My system rocks, but...
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 10:33 am
I wana upgrade This and why?
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 11:20 am
It is a sickness we all have to some extent. My system has far more power than I am likely to use and I always want to upgrade it.
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 3:20 pm
ummm yeah... you're all just a bunch of sickos... 
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 7:49 pm
My system will never be done. I'm running out of hard drive space and am thinking of going SCSI now. Dunno if it will be worth the $$$ or not, but everybody raves about it so it's time I try it out. Once I get some money, heh.
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 7:54 pm
I would sugest A 18-36g scsi boot drive and then IDE drives for storage and all that. 
Greg
Greg
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 8:16 pm
Thats exactly what I was planning on doing Probably keep these two 40gigs for music/movies and have a 36gig drive for windows/games/video editing.
Probably keep these two 40gigs for music/movies and have a 36gig drive for windows/games/video editing.Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 6:24 am
Like Dad's mentioned, most of us here probably have more PC than we really NEED these days but those of us who frequent these PC boards are always trying to keep up with the latest and greatest OR all the other PC "freaks" here......."just because......."
The only times when PC upgrades (like new cpu's) REALLY seemed very noticeable was years ago when the older ones were very slow compared to now, like when they were about 100-200mhz and Win95 crashed often. I wasn't into PCs before that so I'm sure they were even worse and seriously slow way before that.
The only times when PC upgrades (like new cpu's) REALLY seemed very noticeable was years ago when the older ones were very slow compared to now, like when they were about 100-200mhz and Win95 crashed often. I wasn't into PCs before that so I'm sure they were even worse and seriously slow way before that.
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 12:23 pm
I remember major speed increases going from my P150 to my K6-450. Then I noticed a pretty big jump from that 450 to my 700. After that 700, I haven't noticed much, if any. Now it's more like, how fast of a video card do you have? Now-a-days it seems like overclocking is pointless. Now you may get 200MHz, but you hardly feel a difference unlike back in the days of 100Mhz chips, if you overclocked it 50MHz you'd atleast notice it.
Now-a-days it seems like overclocking is pointless. Now you may get 200MHz, but you hardly feel a difference unlike back in the days of 100Mhz chips, if you overclocked it 50MHz you'd atleast notice it.Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:53 pm
yeah, i have more power than i need and i m only running a 1.3 ghz tbird on a kt133 board
probably gonna upgrade to a DDR setup since ram is cheap
probably gonna upgrade to a DDR setup since ram is cheap
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 3:34 pm
I recently upgraded my P3 "ex-wife" system to a new P4 "foreign girlfriend with too many college degrees and no sense of humor" system".
Neither came with an on-line manual, reliable circuitry, or cooking software.
Next time I'll verify the seller's comment file before I purchase.
I been trolled.
Neither came with an on-line manual, reliable circuitry, or cooking software.
Next time I'll verify the seller's comment file before I purchase.
I been trolled.
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 4:09 pm
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 4:26 pm
It is never fast enough ... at least not for a long time.
You think your system can tackle everything on the market ? Play some Morrowind, it'll certainly tax even the fastest system when you play highres, max out details and play with FSAA enabled.
Soon there will be Unreal 2 or DOOM3, the next games that might drive you into upgrading once again
You think your system can tackle everything on the market ? Play some Morrowind, it'll certainly tax even the fastest system when you play highres, max out details and play with FSAA enabled.
Soon there will be Unreal 2 or DOOM3, the next games that might drive you into upgrading once again
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2002 10:01 pm
Your rig is a turtle. Maybe just sign up for AOL? That oughta do it ! 
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 5:04 pm
dont knock it till youve tried itOriginally posted by VidmanII
Your rig is a turtle. Maybe just sign up for AOL? That oughta do it !
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 9:17 pm
Oh I've "tried" it alright. I'll just say that AOL represents the ultimate in bloatware, spam and newbieness. It's a friggin' virus with a user interface if you ask me. I've done repair work on numerous PCs with that mess on there and if I never see it again, it will be too soon.