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Basics of Modern Intel CPUs

Doggie Fizzle writes "For those who think you can drop a Xeon into your Celeron system for an upgrade... 'Although there are currently only two main players in the CPU market, AMD and Intel, the number of choices is still enough to make the typical consumer's head spin. Each manufacturer has a few different models to promote, and many of these models can be found in a few different form factors (namely, the "sockets" to which they connect) that exclude interchangeability. This two-part series of Tech Tips will look at a few details of each of the currently-supported CPU (Central Processing Unit) sockets and how they are all similar and different from one to another' "

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  1. WTF by repruhsent · · Score: -1, Troll

    What's with Taco's half-hearted captcha attempt? He went through all the trouble of hooking a captcha up to this shitty site and then abandoned it in a week?

    Methinks Taco has trouble finishing what he started... which is probably why his wife was over here last night getting some real dick (TM).

  2. WOW!!! by Gverig · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!! Could you please post links to "Introduction to Notepad" and "Mastering Paint"? Oh, and "Ctrl-Alt-Del for dummies", yeah, that one too!