My upgraded pc

bobcat · 04-16-2004, 10:05 PM

Athlon AMD XP 3000+, 512 DDR Ram, Mobo of some sort that's good, and Radeon 9600TX with 256MB DDR Ram.

UT/CS and WC:TFT run so damn well now.

Jonbo298 · 04-16-2004, 10:10 PM

What was your prev. setup?

And looks good. Maybe you should edit it and make it say 9600XT

Null · 04-16-2004, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

What was your prev. setup?

And looks good. Maybe you should edit it and make it say 9600XT

What? you dont like the TX model? thats like the super version. its higher then the 9800XT

Yoda9864 · 04-17-2004, 12:41 AM

That's a very nice, very competant system. I actually upgraded about a month ago. I got a little better stuff that you though, lol. My core components are now an AMD 64 3000+, 1gb DDR 3200, and a 9800 Pro 128mb.

That's upgraded from a AMD Athlon 2500+ "Barton", 768mb DDR 2700, and a GeForce Ti4200 128mb. I guess the only thing that I really needed to upgrade was my video card, but then I figured I'd go all out.

Jason1 · 04-17-2004, 12:20 PM

I want more RAM. Does anyone know any places that sell the DDR 3200 RAM for cheap?

Null · 04-17-2004, 12:49 PM

online like price watch or newegg.com but i've seen DDR Ram at Best Buy for $50 (512MB) after rebates. rebates are a pain tho.

Jonbo298 · 04-17-2004, 03:14 PM

I'd go a gig but the ram I have (512mb) cost me a pretty penny (I think $120) and its fast enough until I can find ram that have nearly the same timings.

Yoda9864 · 04-17-2004, 08:58 PM

I got my RAM at Newegg for I think $83 a stick. That's 512mb DDR 3200. I don't keep up much with RAM prices, but I think that's fairly good.

Jonbo298 · 04-17-2004, 09:07 PM

I too got mine from newegg but the timings on it are 2-2-2-6 so its some of the fastest pc-3200 ram from Kingston (HyperX Series). If I can find some 2x512 sticks that are like 2-3-2-6 ill live with it

bobcat · 04-18-2004, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

What was your prev. setup?

And looks good. Maybe you should edit it and make it say 9600XT

AMD 1.4Ghz (XP 1600), 768 SDRAM, Geforce 2 GTS 64MB DDR RAM vid card, etc.

Yoda9864 · 04-19-2004, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bobcat

AMD 1.4Ghz (XP 1600), 768 SDRAM, Geforce 2 GTS 64MB DDR RAM vid card, etc.

Lol, I used to have the GeForce 2 GTS-V before my Ti4200. The GTS-V was like a watered down GTS, wow, I think I bought that for like $40 back in like 2000.

Hero2 · 04-19-2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

I too got mine from newegg but the timings on it are 2-2-2-6 so its some of the fastest pc-3200 ram from Kingston (HyperX Series). If I can find some 2x512 sticks that are like 2-3-2-6 ill live with it

It is nice having two sticks of it. now I only need cable and my computer will no longer be slowed down by dail up.

MasterMind · 04-21-2004, 03:25 AM

Do you guys actually need the upgrades or are you just upgrading to keep up with technology and the new stuff? Just wondering. I would like to upgrade as well, but I've got no money to do that right now and I don't think I really need an upgrade, my AMD 1.4ghz is still holding up fine. Although it doesn't hurt to have the best, I'm not a big PC gamer and I don't think I need a faster machine yet.

Wish I could upgrade as freely as some of you are.

How big are the differences when you upgrade from 1.4ghz to like a 2+ghz? I know going from 300mhz to 1.4ghz was big. It was a drastic improvement.

Next planned upgrade, is to get a DVD burner. What's yours?

Jonbo298 · 04-21-2004, 09:51 AM

Since I game quite a bit I like to upgrade when I can. My current computer took me a few months to complete because all I did was buy the core componenets at first, then each check buy a few more things to it. And I started in November and I believe finished up "unofficially" sometime in January.