The Perpetual Upgrade Thread

ninja fetus · 07-04-2005, 02:50 PM

It's been pretty good, the thing is a beast in size it takes up my whole motherboard tray!

Sniper · 07-04-2005, 03:35 PM

congrats on the new system B! I might not upgrade for quite a while yet

F@H would give you loads of points.

Exfoliate · 07-04-2005, 08:39 PM

Nice choices BB, that proc won't let you down, me and Waffles know...

go_raiden · 11-04-2005, 05:30 PM

Upgrading is fun isn't it? Here's my new components.

2 x (323275) Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600 GT PCI Express 128MB DDR3 Video
Card w/HDTV-Out & DVI Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** @ $169.99

1 x (270402) Enermax EG565P-VE FMA 535W Power Supply Retail ***Free 2nd
Day*** @ $93.99

1 x (246494) DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron
Skt939 DDR Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free
2nd Day*** @ $185.00

1 x (80699-2) AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd
Day*** @ $146.00

I went with the dual video card SLI setup. This blows away even a single 6800U. I also got free shipping for all my parts at zipzoomfly. They are pretty good pricewise and the free shipping I love.

Oh and I've got 1 GB of Patriot 2-2-2-5 memory too. But I had that before I ordered the other upgrade parts. I'm planning to OC the hell out of the Athlon 3000+

Sniper · 11-04-2005, 06:28 PM

welcome go_raiden

thats going to be a beast for gaming man, nice choice of parts!

ninja fetus · 11-04-2005, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniper

welcome go_raiden

thats going to be a beast for gaming man, nice choice of parts!

one hell of a beast!

spuff · 11-04-2005, 11:39 PM

Well, I've begun all my major upgrading by ordering most of my bits today ... yay! I've already got me an Antec Sonata case with my 'old' stuff in it. I'm hoping to have a quiet gaming PC ... hence, it'll be unlikely I'll be overclocking ... much! lol This is what it's gonna include:

The already mentioned Antec Sonata
DFI LANParty UT NF4 Ultra-D mummyboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200 CPU (already bought retail box for £100 at a computer fair ... brand new, sealed and it even smells nice! LOL

)
Sapphire ATi Radeon X800 XL 256MB graphic card
Geil value dual channel 1GB (2x512 modules) PC3200 memory

I'm keeping my current 80GB HDD but it may be on the way to the graveyard so may be replaced with a 160GB SATA drive. I'm also keeping the Sonata's 380 Watt PSU because after a little research, it may just be enough power to keep it going with no or little overclocking but if not, I'll just fork out for a Tagen 480 Watt unit ... my poor credit card!

This system better kick much ass or I may have to hang myself ... well, maybe not but it better!

zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG · 12-04-2005, 12:05 AM

i think that the 6600GT wud be awesome on sli, they released scores and in many points it beats the 6800ULTRA now compare 600$ to 332$ (XFX thats what im gettin) on sli and notice that graphics in games won't improve much drasticly in the next two years, but i think somethin better than a 6800 ultra will last u a good 3-4 years on an endless fraggin spree.

Exfoliate · 12-04-2005, 02:09 AM

It beats the ultra? Hmmm, you're probably right but I read that 2 GT's are about as good as one 6800GT, could be wrong. A good friend of mine still uses his GeForce 4MX to play Doom 3 and all that so it's surprising how long you can make a card last.

ninja fetus · 12-04-2005, 04:14 AM

SLI may sound sexy, but it's useless. BTW, nice sig exfoliate

Exfoliate · 12-04-2005, 08:45 PM

Currently, pretty much, unless you want to play D3 @ 1600x1200 on Ultra settings. And thanks ninja!

im_pretty · 13-04-2005, 12:31 PM

im upgrading soon to:
Socket 939 3000+
DFI NForce 4 Ultra-D
A 6600GT
A new case and power supply(for it wont all fit in my humble antec aria.)
1gig(2 512 mb sticks) of OCZ pc 3200 VX ram.

Cant wait to overclock this baby!

afidelino · 13-04-2005, 04:52 PM

just got my new parts for my PC, everyone is upgrading to AMD but for me im still sticking with P4.... here are my specs now.

P4 3.4Ghz socket 775
Asus P5AD2 Premium Motherboard
(4x) 512mb Corsair XMS (2 of these are from my old PC)
Asus EN6600GT128Mb Graphics Card (it comes with Doom 3

)
Seagate 80GB 8MB SATA HDD( from old PC )
Maxtor 160GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA HDD ( from old PC)
Maxtor 200GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA HDD
DVD-rw drive and CDRW combo drive
Thermaltake Shark Casing
TAGAN 380W PSU ( i know its stupid but its from my old PC,
but guess what its working well... i completely forgot
that the mobo i bought has 24 pin power socket, so i
just tried my 20 piinner PSU. It worked.... now im just
being lazy to buy a new one. )

Can someone also suggest a nice cooling for 775 im just using the intel bundled fan.

Waffle · 13-04-2005, 08:11 PM

got enough hard disks

nice man, although I would consider a 64 bit processor at some point

afidelino · 13-04-2005, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waffle

nice man, although I would consider a 64 bit processor at some point

yeah ur right, well thats my next step though, thats why i decided to upgrade to 775.. coz i've learned that Pentium 64 is on 775 aswell(unless i've heard it wrong

), and after all Windows Longhorn is not available yet....

07-04-2005, 03:35 PM	#17 (permalink) Top
Sniper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Age: 24 Male Posts: 4,266 Times Helpful: 112 My Mood: Blah Status: Offline My Computer	congrats on the new system B! I might not upgrade for quite a while yet F@H would give you loads of points. __________________ Zone 365 \| F@H Team \| Team Stats \| Use The Thank You System \| My Groups: Manchester United \| Apple

07-04-2005, 08:39 PM	#18 (permalink) Top
Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	Nice choices BB, that proc won't let you down, me and Waffles know... __________________

11-04-2005, 06:28 PM	#20 (permalink) Top
Sniper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Age: 24 Male Posts: 4,266 Times Helpful: 112 My Mood: Blah Status: Offline My Computer	welcome go_raiden thats going to be a beast for gaming man, nice choice of parts! __________________ Zone 365 \| F@H Team \| Team Stats \| Use The Thank You System \| My Groups: Manchester United \| Apple

11-04-2005, 11:39 PM	#22 (permalink) Top
spuff Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 24 Male Posts: 120 Status: Offline My Computer	Well, I've begun all my major upgrading by ordering most of my bits today ... yay! I've already got me an Antec Sonata case with my 'old' stuff in it. I'm hoping to have a quiet gaming PC ... hence, it'll be unlikely I'll be overclocking ... much! lol This is what it's gonna include: The already mentioned Antec Sonata DFI LANParty UT NF4 Ultra-D mummyboard AMD Athlon 64 3200 CPU (already bought retail box for £100 at a computer fair ... brand new, sealed and it even smells nice! LOL ) Sapphire ATi Radeon X800 XL 256MB graphic card Geil value dual channel 1GB (2x512 modules) PC3200 memory I'm keeping my current 80GB HDD but it may be on the way to the graveyard so may be replaced with a 160GB SATA drive. I'm also keeping the Sonata's 380 Watt PSU because after a little research, it may just be enough power to keep it going with no or little overclocking but if not, I'll just fork out for a Tagen 480 Watt unit ... my poor credit card! This system better kick much ass or I may have to hang myself ... well, maybe not but it better! Last edited by spuff; 11-04-2005 at 11:41 PM.

12-04-2005, 02:09 AM	#24 (permalink) Top
Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	It beats the ultra? Hmmm, you're probably right but I read that 2 GT's are about as good as one 6800GT, could be wrong. A good friend of mine still uses his GeForce 4MX to play Doom 3 and all that so it's surprising how long you can make a card last. __________________

07-04-2005, 02:50 PM	#16 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	It's been pretty good, the thing is a beast in size it takes up my whole motherboard tray!

11-04-2005, 05:30 PM	#19 (permalink) Top
go_raiden Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 9 Status: Offline My Computer	Upgrading is fun isn't it? Here's my new components. 2 x (323275) Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600 GT PCI Express 128MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out & DVI Retail *Free 2nd Day* @ $169.99 1 x (270402) Enermax EG565P-VE FMA 535W Power Supply Retail *Free 2nd Day* @ $93.99 1 x (246494) DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron Skt939 DDR Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail *Free 2nd Day* @ $185.00 1 x (80699-2) AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor Socket 939 Retail *Free 2nd Day* @ $146.00 I went with the dual video card SLI setup. This blows away even a single 6800U. I also got free shipping for all my parts at zipzoomfly. They are pretty good pricewise and the free shipping I love. Oh and I've got 1 GB of Patriot 2-2-2-5 memory too. But I had that before I ordered the other upgrade parts. I'm planning to OC the hell out of the Athlon 3000+

12-04-2005, 12:05 AM	#23 (permalink) Top
zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak Join Date: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,487 Times Helpful: 101 My Mood: Amused Status: Offline My Computer	i think that the 6600GT wud be awesome on sli, they released scores and in many points it beats the 6800ULTRA now compare 600$ to 332$ (XFX thats what im gettin) on sli and notice that graphics in games won't improve much drasticly in the next two years, but i think somethin better than a 6800 ultra will last u a good 3-4 years on an endless fraggin spree.

12-04-2005, 04:14 AM	#25 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	SLI may sound sexy, but it's useless. BTW, nice sig exfoliate

12-04-2005, 08:45 PM	#26 (permalink) Top
Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	Currently, pretty much, unless you want to play D3 @ 1600x1200 on Ultra settings. And thanks ninja! __________________

13-04-2005, 12:31 PM	#27 (permalink) Top
im_pretty Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5 Status: Offline My Computer	im upgrading soon to: Socket 939 3000+ DFI NForce 4 Ultra-D A 6600GT A new case and power supply(for it wont all fit in my humble antec aria.) 1gig(2 512 mb sticks) of OCZ pc 3200 VX ram. Cant wait to overclock this baby! Last edited by im_pretty; 16-04-2005 at 12:12 AM.

13-04-2005, 04:52 PM	#28 (permalink) Top
afidelino Geek Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 28 Posts: 80 Status: Offline	just got my new parts for my PC, everyone is upgrading to AMD but for me im still sticking with P4.... here are my specs now. P4 3.4Ghz socket 775 Asus P5AD2 Premium Motherboard (4x) 512mb Corsair XMS (2 of these are from my old PC) Asus EN6600GT128Mb Graphics Card (it comes with Doom 3 ) Seagate 80GB 8MB SATA HDD( from old PC ) Maxtor 160GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA HDD ( from old PC) Maxtor 200GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA HDD DVD-rw drive and CDRW combo drive Thermaltake Shark Casing TAGAN 380W PSU ( i know its stupid but its from my old PC, but guess what its working well... i completely forgot that the mobo i bought has 24 pin power socket, so i just tried my 20 piinner PSU. It worked.... now im just being lazy to buy a new one. ) Can someone also suggest a nice cooling for 775 im just using the intel bundled fan. Last edited by afidelino; 13-04-2005 at 05:18 PM.

13-04-2005, 08:11 PM	#29 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	got enough hard disks nice man, although I would consider a 64 bit processor at some point

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