I use my laptop when my friend visits me to set up a network for gaming. My friend will sit on the laptop and play on there, while I sit at my main machine.
I run at 1.4 volts. You do NOT need to put a lot of voltage on an AMD processor to overclock it. The nice thing about AMD is it overclocks well at low heat output.
You won't notice any big increases in speed in any current games or applications. After the software developers begin adding in support for the dual cores is when your see the vast improvements in speed and performance.
I disagree with the last two posters.
Open Source would result in hundreds of thousands of people who could check the code. Therefore it would be definitely more secure. In your own words, you say that "no one person can ever read or check" all the source code. Open source would be more...
Who manufacturers your PC-3200. If its generic brand memory, then getting 250 mhz out of it would be killer. But top of the line memory can overclock even higher.
Hmmms, never thought about this. I guess I get around 2 years out of my rig before needing to upgrade. Like I said, I never really thought about how long, and didn't time it. Pretty sure though that it is 2 years. Does that answer your question?