I got my new computer from GamePC late yesterday, and have been playing with it today.

Went from:
Compaq AMD 3000+, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD to
GamePC AMD 4600+, 2GB RAM, Raid 0 240GB HD setup

The new rig is a lot faster. Part of that is just the fact of having a clean install versus the two years of built-up cruft on the old PC.

Benchmarks:
Bonnie’s Bookstore full compile - dropped from 41 seconds to 23 seconds
Boot up PC and launch Firefox (displaying Yahoo home page) - dropped from 163 seconds to 48 seconds.

The only downside (so far), is that the NForce 4 motherboard in the new system doesn’t like my Aten 1764 KVM switch, so for now I’m having to plug everything directly into the PC. I’ve read that if I use a USB hub (between the KVM and the PC) things will work better, but we had 3 inches of snow this morning, so I’m holding off on a~8 mile drive to CompUSA til later.

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