- Joined
- Sep 15, 2001
- Location
- Middle Peninsula Virginia
I'd like to know what everyone's summer upgrade plans are.
Now that school is out for me, i'll be working more and my disposable income will increase. This computer is nearing a year old and since i'm not building a totally new box this year, i'm gonna upgrade most of the major components over the course of the summer. What i have now is in my sig, but i'll list the component with what its going to be replaced with, just for comparison.
P4 2.26ghz--->P4 2.8ghz
1x maxtor 80gb 7,200rpm--->2x WD SE 80gb 7,200rpm (so i can finally do raid), will keep old hdd for storage and linux
Leadtek Ti4400--->Sapphire 9700pro
Aopen 16x DVD (has served me two WONDERFUL years, is starting to get flaky)--->Lite-on 16x DVD
and finally, only if memory prices stay low:
512mb Corsair XMS3000c2--->512 Corsair XMS3500c2
How does that all sound to you guys? If prices stay the same (if anything, they should drop by the time i buy all of it, except memory), i'm looking at about roughly $900 i just realized how much that is . i'll wait to upgrade the cpu last i guess, and only the memory if prices stay low. the other stuff is pretty essential imo.
anyways, rather than keep the hardware or sell it in the classifieds, i'm going to help out my best friend. he's stuck on a 500mhz emachines pos (no money to upgrade), and it can't really do much of anything useful these days. i figure i'll sell him my old chip, video card, and memory for the amazingly insanely low price of $200 just to get him headed in the direction of a new computer. he's planning on building one this year sometime, and he already has a hdd and burner. so if all he has to get is a case and motherboard, he's looking at an awesome computer (he won't be gaming) for a really good price.
well anyways..what are your plans?
jeff
Now that school is out for me, i'll be working more and my disposable income will increase. This computer is nearing a year old and since i'm not building a totally new box this year, i'm gonna upgrade most of the major components over the course of the summer. What i have now is in my sig, but i'll list the component with what its going to be replaced with, just for comparison.
P4 2.26ghz--->P4 2.8ghz
1x maxtor 80gb 7,200rpm--->2x WD SE 80gb 7,200rpm (so i can finally do raid), will keep old hdd for storage and linux
Leadtek Ti4400--->Sapphire 9700pro
Aopen 16x DVD (has served me two WONDERFUL years, is starting to get flaky)--->Lite-on 16x DVD
and finally, only if memory prices stay low:
512mb Corsair XMS3000c2--->512 Corsair XMS3500c2
How does that all sound to you guys? If prices stay the same (if anything, they should drop by the time i buy all of it, except memory), i'm looking at about roughly $900 i just realized how much that is . i'll wait to upgrade the cpu last i guess, and only the memory if prices stay low. the other stuff is pretty essential imo.
anyways, rather than keep the hardware or sell it in the classifieds, i'm going to help out my best friend. he's stuck on a 500mhz emachines pos (no money to upgrade), and it can't really do much of anything useful these days. i figure i'll sell him my old chip, video card, and memory for the amazingly insanely low price of $200 just to get him headed in the direction of a new computer. he's planning on building one this year sometime, and he already has a hdd and burner. so if all he has to get is a case and motherboard, he's looking at an awesome computer (he won't be gaming) for a really good price.
well anyways..what are your plans?
jeff