Top 3 upgrades of 2001 ??

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 2:50 pm

1) Celeron 366@550 to a AMD 1.4 Ghz Tbird
2) Voodoo 3 2000 PCI to GeForce 2 GTS
3) 128MB RAM to 256MB RAM to 512MB RAM, and soon hopefully to 768MB RAM

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 4:08 pm

1. Celeron 300a @450 to a PIII 600 & Abit BH6 to Abit BF6 mobo
2. Voodoo 3 3000 to Creative Geforce 2 GTS
3. 128 ram to 256

sheerdark · Post by **sheerdark** » Sun Dec 16, 2001 5:08 am

Athalon 750 Slot > Athalon 1.4 ghz Socket = Amazing speed increase
Win 2k A.S. > Win XP Professional and RH Linux 7.2 = Better reliability
External Backpack 4X burner > Ricoh 20X10X40 = CD's in 4 minutes, who would have thought

It has been a good year for me and my computer...very impressed...I have basically built 3 new computers for what it cost me to build my first a few years ago. Hardware prices are so nice recently. Of course, as far as internet connection goes, I have DSL at home via Bellsouth.net which is amazing on my home network of 6 PC's...and I have a network connection here at school (T3)...so I am surfin the net in style now.

Matt

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Sun Dec 16, 2001 8:20 am

1. added 256 meg DDR
2. Ti200 GF3 vid card
3. XP Pro

sethpa

York1 · Post by **York1** » Sun Dec 16, 2001 10:30 am

#1 Full SCSI system Adaptec 39160,Seagate 15K RPM HD,Plex 12/10/32,Ultrplex Wide
2>Asus Geforce 3 8200 Deluxe and a beautifull Flat 21inch Trinitron
3.Went from a single PIII800-Dual PIII 800-Dual PIII 1ghz and finally to Dual 1.1ghz@ 1.32ghz and a full gig of ram

Celery101 · Post by **Celery101** » Sun Dec 16, 2001 10:33 pm

1. switch from 17" automatic full screen antialising fishbowl to 21inch dell/sony monitor.

2. Radeon DDR , Still don't know if I am blessed and cursed by this item.

3. SB cheapo ensoniq cheapo headphone to Turtlebeach Santa cruz with panasonic hd1000 headphone. (don't have money for Grado yet )

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Sun Dec 16, 2001 11:36 pm

1) New state of the art Toshiba notebook computer (P3-850mhz, 14.3", DVD, 376mb ram), not really an "upgrade" per-se but it replaced my old, very slow Canon 360, AMD 133mhz laptop where its screen finally died.
2) XP Pro upgrade for spare #2 PC (still no rush to replace Win2K in main #1 SCSI PC).
3) New inexpensive yet very impressive 19" MAG monitor for #2 PC (replacing an old 14.5" monitor).

Otherwise, no new part upgrades this year as everything used/built in '00 is still very functional, no complaints or problems thus can't justify new parts.

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 12:44 am

hmmmm
Top 3....
1 - traded my GF2 GTS for a GF3 Ti200 which runs 240/520
2 - traded my Epox 8K7A for a Soyo DRAGON+
3 - traded my Iomega 12x CDRW for an AOpen 24X CDRW

Emo · Post by **Emo** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 2:34 am

Well, I thought I wouldn't get any upgrades this year since I got a laptop last Christmas but getting Win XP prompted me to change a few things:

1. XP1600+ @1.59GHz (nice upgrade from P3-700@933)
2. Geforce 3 Ti200 @230/540 from GF2 (nice speed increase at high res)
3. switching from PC133 to DDR was great (768M Crucial PC2100)

Oh, I forgot the two WD drives (100 and 120GB) and the KT266a mobo, but hey you said only 3.

SuperDave · Post by **SuperDave** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 1:03 pm

Hmmm. Tough to choose 3. I've been busy.

1. Breaking the Ghz barrier with a 1.2.

2. Single 17" to 17"/19" dual monitors.

3. Windows XP. I'm with Blade here - I really like this OS.

tyler_durden · Post by **tyler_durden** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 3:04 pm

1. 19inch Samsung SyncMaster 955df monitor. Beautiful. much better then the cheapy comp usa brand 17inch i had before

2. Atholon 1.4 gig. upgraded from a Pentium 800. Love AMD, don't plan on going back to Intel soon. Also lead to 384 megs DDR.

3. 16 X 4 X 40 CDRW. burn cds in 5 minutes. great.

and the runner up. win2k->win xp (not too exciting).

Zak33 · Post by **Zak33** » Sat Dec 22, 2001 10:03 am

.........

1: The Amp (Kenwood 6 channel) and Speakers (Eltax Hollywoods all five of 'em) for the pure POWER

2: IWILL KK266, beacuase I wanted the best at the time

3: My little friend the Axia Y 1 gig at 1.4 and over when the window is open....

OH let me have one more.........go on.........thanks

4: My SK-6 ...the most beautifull piece of copper to adorn my PC

Thanks for letting me share it with you all hehehe

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Sat Dec 22, 2001 3:13 pm

Just upgraded from athlon 1.1ghz on azza crappy mobo, 384megs pc100 running at 136fsb to
Epox8k7a with athlon xp 1.4 @ 1.54 running 145fsb DDR 256meg 2100ddr stick.

Still to come is my 8500 to replace the 64meg vivo I have now

Darkheart · Post by **Darkheart** » Sun Dec 23, 2001 6:20 am

1) NTL modem connection-> NTL Cable, makes internet a totally different experience and SO good value.

2) Upgraded Geforce DDR -> Geforce 3 Titanium 200, WHAT A DIFFERENCE, like bl**dy hell! I strongly recommend joining the Tit club. It's great, now everything runs 1024x768 @ 32bit and is still fast, everything looks so pretty.

3) Tie between Upgrading Chip from 800-1.3Ghz Athlon and Mem from 256Mb-> 512Mb mostly to accomodate XP.

Darkheart

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Top 3 upgrades of 2001 ??

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