Thanks to all for answers on processors.

I would like to thank everybody, mainly Paul, then Bazzer, for the answers I
received to my questions about processors. I'm still far from a processor
expert, but the knowledge I gained here in very little time I couldn't have
obtained on the net unless I had spent weeks on research. I'm afraid I
wouldn't have done that.

It's sad, but magazines such as Tom's Hardware seem to always take for granted
that their readers have good basic knowledge of hardware. I'm afraid they lose
a lot of readers this way. 10 years ago, magazines took more pain to explain
the basics.

If Paul wanted to write a page on processors on his site, I'm sure many people
would pay a visit, mainly if there were pages on other pieces of hardware:
monitors, power supplies, etc. No testing, just the basic concepts. But it's
important to keep it simple. Concentrating on the Athlon 64 3500+ has helped
me to learn notions that would also apply to other AMD processors.

Thanks to all again. I received a good demonstration of the usefulness of usenet.