ThePacster
New Member
Recently my computer's motherboard and processor blew, and still not up to building/replacing parts myself, I had the computer sent to the shop to get parts replaced. This computer is holding me over until I can build my own, and since the motherboard is working fine, so I have no complaints. However, I was curious about the processor. I only say this because at first, they called and said it was merely the hard drive, and they'd have to replace and reformat it. I thought it was no big deal. However, they called back five minutes later (really, only five minutes), and told me it was actually the processor and motherboard that were the problem. Not only that, but they were already able to tell me how much the parts were to replace.
I'm hoping it's because they're 'computer gurus', but to me it seems strange for them to already know how much a fully compatible processor and motherboard are going to cost in five minutes, not to mention ones that are ideally of equal or greater value. And now that I have the computer up and running, I noticed the processor is a different brand that I'm not familiar with (AMD), so I thought I'd ask how it compares to what I'm used to (Pentium).
Before the replacement, our computer was running on a Pentium 4 1.9 GHz processor, and now it's running on an AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.60 GHz. The one thing I do know is that AMD and Pentium processors don't exactly scale evenly, but I just thought I'd ask if this new processor is about the same, or better than the previous.
I'm hoping it's because they're 'computer gurus', but to me it seems strange for them to already know how much a fully compatible processor and motherboard are going to cost in five minutes, not to mention ones that are ideally of equal or greater value. And now that I have the computer up and running, I noticed the processor is a different brand that I'm not familiar with (AMD), so I thought I'd ask how it compares to what I'm used to (Pentium).
Before the replacement, our computer was running on a Pentium 4 1.9 GHz processor, and now it's running on an AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.60 GHz. The one thing I do know is that AMD and Pentium processors don't exactly scale evenly, but I just thought I'd ask if this new processor is about the same, or better than the previous.
