Upgrade or dump my rig.

2010-11-25 12:32:22

#1

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6256|Vortex Ring State

So it's finally coming around to the time of year where I'm receiving cash from relatives and such.

and I'm considering finally upgrading my PoS rig (don't laugh at the specs, guys)

3.0 GHz Pentium 4
2.5 GB RAM, DDR2.
stock Dell D8400 mobo
Radeon X300 graphics card (lul)

Don't think my mobo has the buses to support faster ram/processors, and my PSU is probs shit too.

2010-11-25 12:36:05

#2

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6672|Finland

Time for new rig, how much is your budget and what are you going to do with the pc?

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2010-11-25 12:36:25)

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2010-11-25 12:41:21

#3

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

Trotskygrad wrote:
Pentium 4

Lol, complete overhaul required. Overclock that to like 5ghz for teh lulz before you do though.

Anyway,

https://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/Guide.png

Last edited by Finray (2010-11-25 12:41:34)

2010-11-25 12:52:40

#4

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5225|Dundee, Scotland.

I think you'll find that everyone will tell you to buy a new pc. Keep that one though, use it as a server for the lulz

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2010-11-25 12:56:08

#5

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6256|Vortex Ring State

Finray wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
Pentium 4
Lol, complete overhaul required. Overclock that to like 5ghz for teh lulz before you do though.

Anyway,

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af1 … /Guide.png

I might try that OC for the lulz, and get back to you with pics

I'm considering this case, looks decent

I have a couple SATA drives lyin around, so HDDs are $0.

I'd say my budget is about $250 USD, for case, mobo, PSU, DDR3 RAM, graphics card, CPU, everything else I already have.

so would I have money to get a SSD?

2010-11-25 12:59:04

#6

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5225|Dundee, Scotland.

Trotskygrad wrote:
Finray wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
Pentium 4
Lol, complete overhaul required. Overclock that to like 5ghz for teh lulz before you do though.

Anyway,

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af1 … /Guide.png
I might try that OC for the lulz, and get back to you with pics

I'm considering this case, looks decent

I have a couple SATA drives lyin around, so HDDs are $0.

I'd say my budget is about $250 USD, for case, mobo, PSU, DDR3 RAM, graphics card, CPU, everything else I already have.

so would I have money to get a SSD?

How good do you want this pc to be?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2010-11-25 12:59:34

#7

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6672|Finland

Trotskygrad wrote:
budget is about $250 USD, for case, mobo, PSU, DDR3 RAM, graphics card, CPU, everything else I already have.

so would I have money to get a SSD?

No, you can barely manage a light gaming pc with used components and without a case for that money. What are you going to do with the PC? I hope not much gaming.

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2010-11-25 13:14:04

#8

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6256|Vortex Ring State

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
budget is about $250 USD, for case, mobo, PSU, DDR3 RAM, graphics card, CPU, everything else I already have.

so would I have money to get a SSD?
No, you can barely manage a light gaming pc with used components and without a case for that money. What are you going to do with the PC? I hope not much gaming.

K well, let's deal in terms of individual budgets then, what I'm currently considering is after the budget, the price for that is after the URL.

Case ($30) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6811147023 ($30)
PSU minimum required that won't fry my crap
Graphics ($150) ?
CPU ($100) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819103699 ($68)
RAM ($60) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820231316 ($59)
Mobo ($70) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813135250 ($50)

ik that's a shit-ton more than what I first stated, but yeah I think I can get a decent comp for under $300 apart from the graphics card.

Will the shit I listed fit together, at least?

2010-11-25 13:36:05

#9

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6256|Vortex Ring State

Greh, with my graphics card budget, my choices are rather limited:

considering:

4770
4850
this sucker: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814187098 (Nvidia GTS 250)

2010-11-25 13:42:50

#10

alexb: <3; +590|6197|Kentucky, USA

I'd save up more money if I were you.

2010-11-25 14:01:21

#11

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6970|US

alexb wrote:
I'd save up more money if I were you.

2010-11-25 14:04:08

#12

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5225|Dundee, Scotland.

Tdog2007 wrote:
alexb wrote:
I'd save up more money if I were you.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2010-11-25 14:43:43

#13

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

Camm wrote:
Tdog2007 wrote:
alexb wrote:
I'd save up more money if I were you.

2010-11-25 14:58:02

#14

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6218|Places 'n such

re-use old case etc and buy an i5+mobo in a cheap bundle and a gtx 460, then upgrade part by part?

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-11-25 15:09:48

#15

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6363|eXtreme to the maX

I have a Radeon X600 I can sell you, should be twice as good.

Fuck Israel

2010-11-25 15:20:31

#16

alexb: <3; +590|6197|Kentucky, USA

Dilbert_X wrote:
I have a Radeon X600 I can sell you, should be twice as good.

That would be a pointless upgrade. All it will do is make a decent paperweight.

Last edited by alexb (2010-11-25 15:20:50)

2010-11-25 20:15:25

#17

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6363|eXtreme to the maX

Dude, he has an X300. X600=2x X300.

But really, just dump the lot and start again.

Fuck Israel

2010-11-25 20:23:04

#18

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6999|FUCK UBISOFT

I have an x300 just lying around maybe he can crossfire them.

2010-11-25 20:25:57

#19

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6454|Winland

Actually, I do believe the X600 is slower than the X300.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-11-25 20:36:26

#20

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6256|Vortex Ring State

well I have a Radeon 9800 pro lying around that I use as a paperweight, so no thanks.

Upgrading is out of the question now, this is now (build a new rig)

2010-11-25 20:45:58

#21

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6432|Sydney | ♥

You need at least 600 for a decent computer, period.

Heck... you need 300 for an office PC....

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