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The Athlon 64's still run 32bit games and programs FAST AS

Thank you! I'm glad someone mentioned trusty Athlon 64. No need to "go 32 bit" when Athlon 64 gives you both 32 bit and 64 bit, at a good price, too. When home user software finally catches up to 64bit, you'll be ready. Which leads me to:

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Well, hardware has been ahead of software lately

Hasn't hardware always been ahead of software? Sure, Microsoft wants you to think your computer isn't fast enough for XP 2003 ServicePack 9. I'm willing to bet the highly advanced optimization hardware in my processor is gathering dust from underuse thanks to overstructured code. Hm, when will they release Seti@Home 64? (Super Mario 64?)

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Can someone recommend an attractive case?

Ah, attractive cases are for kids who bring them to LAN parties. What your dad (and you, and everyone else) needs is a trusty SuperPower Polaris II, Landmark, Concord, Triumph, or like my PC case, Zephyr. These are the best constructed cases in a decent price range that I've ever seen; and I've seen many. So sturdy, so simple, so hard to cut yourself on them, so easy to quickly work inside them, etc. Unfortunately, they are impossible to find for sale anywhere. My last sighting of them was at Axion Technology. (wait, $20 for the mid tower?? nice.) Just be sure to swap out their crappy power supply, or simply replace the 80mm power supply fan, immediately. I've never seen such a high failure rate in PSU fans as the ones bundled with my many (10?) SuperPower cases.
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