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Auri87

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looking around i see that most of you guys have decent if not amazing computer specs and i was wondering how you all keep it up to date. Do you guys just upgrade your parts regularly or buy a whole new system every year or 2 years?
 
upgrade first.. revamp later unless you want a new cpu meaning a new HSF, and of course a new MB to run it requiring faster ram meaning better HD to avoid that bottleneck and of course that snazzy new graphics card with the *insert technobabble here* frame buffer and pixel shading then you're all done with your upgrade... but it wont fit so you need a new case.. argh no power supply.. get one of those...

at this point you realize you have a totally new comp with perhaps the HD's swapping over till you get all your files off it which of course takes until the next upgrade shopping spree
 
Lusankya said:
in short.. you never actually finish building your rig.. its constant upgrading limited only by your wallet and your girlfriends grip
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Exactly true. Some of us like to sell our old ones then build a spanking new rig
 
Up ‘till yesterday, my rank was “The Mad Upgrader”. Lol My computers are always evolving. What I do is upgrade my main one piece by piece, and save all the stuff that I take out. Once I have enough leftover parts, I build a new one. :D I’m going to start putting together 2 more in a few weeks, a brand new one for me, and one for my sister. My main pc needs to be upgraded again too. :p
 
aaaaaaaaaaaand, BAM! :D

Actually, my Gateway 2000 worked plenty fine. Was running ALL ORIGINAL hardware well into last September, when lightning struck:( (Brightest ***damn light I have ever seen, instantaneous thunder clap/bolt, so it was darn close, monitor still works fine however), which is why my parents bought this here Compaq, then after we saved up more money, did a low budget retrofit, and it now runs very good. Hopefully gettin a router soon so's I can use it,(only usin this one cause of the Internet access LOL). :)
 
I have two rigs one dual and one XP that except for the cases wer entirely constructed from the OC forums classified.
 
cyber mouse45 said:
Up ‘till yesterday, my rank was “The Mad Upgrader”. Lol My computers are always evolving. What I do is upgrade my main one piece by piece, and save all the stuff that I take out. Once I have enough leftover parts, I build a new one. :D I’m going to start putting together 2 more in a few weeks, a brand new one for me, and one for my sister. My main pc needs to be upgraded again too. :p
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Same here man, just threw together an Athlon 1800+ last night, still looking through the closet for a spare CD drive. I know there is one in there somewhere.
 
I don't really upgrade to the newest and best thing. I just kinda collect lots of bits and pieces and then put another system together. I suppose one of these days I'll put together a system and keep it current by upgrading it every few months.
 
I started out with the endless upgrade (a piece at a time) but in the last couple of years I've switched to doing it all at once. I think I missed that "wow" factor when do everything and see a huge improvement.


BHD
 
as we are all capable of upgrading computers to meet our needs (or should be - this is a computer forum!) we can upgrade to what we what for not much money and usally keep parts in a boxes untill we have enough to build another computer for our siblings or anyone else who wants one - most of the time buying a new rig is expensive and will leave us with duplicates of things we already have from previous upgrades

i dont keep my computer at the fastest i can - i cant afford to, but i like to keep it running at a ok speed with a small upgrade every now and again - the next upgrade for me is DDR ram and a MoBo - thats right i still have SDR ram in my compuer!
 
SD here too

I just upped from PC-100 to PC133 SDRAM... It was a free upgrade for me. The "other half" snagged some from work.. I am still going to get DDR soon tho... Maybe for X-mas.. who knows...
 
Basically, now that I have a real quality case and PSU, I upgrade the CPU, mobo, and RAM whenever the urge strikes me. Drives and burners I only upgrade when something craps out. I have built a bunch of extra rigs with leftovers.
 
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