Who upgraded their PC in the last 12 months?

[farlex85]

Had:

Pentium D 915 @ 2.8 ghz
1gb Patriot pc6400
250gb WD SE
x700 pro
msi 650i sli mb
15" crt
xion 450w psu

went to:

Well, what's in my specs. The heart of it (e6750, raptor, p35, 8800gts, ocz gamextream) all came at one time, w/ little upgrades here and there. Coming up on a year now and still pretty happy, change of proc perhaps (maybe not), big hdd (1tb), and a new case (lani-li maybe?) I'm planning on doing in the next year, maybe over to nehalem or amd's competition once the die shrink happens if prices are reasonable and it's worth it. I'd still be on my pd most likely or some other useless combo w/ a sli board and a ati card if not for tpu. Thanks tpu!

 

[Gallatin]

had 12months ago
E6400
Gigabyte p965-s3
2gb 667 twin mos
7950gx2
1x 80 gb wd, 1x 500gb wd
hiper type-r 530w
tt soprano case

the last 3-4 months i have not done any upgrade...(that is very weird)

now
q6600
asus striker 2 formula
2bg crucial ballistix tracer
2x8800gt (soon to be 3 9800gt)
1x 320bg seagate 7200.10 2x500gb wd
tt t-p 700watt
case tt armor jr

before i choose those components i had tried.
abit 650 sli fatality (i don't remember model)
evga 650i ultra (i love it)
asus p5b premium
asus striker extreme

gainward 8800gt

cell shock v2 2x1bg 800mhz
geil ultra? (those with the gold heatsinks)
ocz gold****(something)

thats all... i hope.

 

[paybackdaman]

HAD:
CPU: AMD 5200+ Windsor @ 2.5GHz
Cooler: Arctic Freezer 64 Pro
Memory: Patriot DDR2 800 Extreme
GPU: BFG GeForce 8800GTS 640 G80 (with 112 shaders)
Motherboard: Asus Vista SLI-Premium AM2
PSU: Rosewill Performance 550W
Case: NZXT Apollo

Now Have:
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz
Cooler: Xigmatec 120mm Rifle Cooler
Memory: OCZ CF-cert (gimmick) DDR2-1066 Reapers
GPU: HD 4870 x2 (saving for it ATM)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage Formula x48
PSU: Rosewill Xtreme 850W
Case: Silverstone TJ-09

I sold the previous set up for about $350...So i was able to buy my processor without going to the bank. lol.
except I kept the 8800GTS...and instead replaced it with a XFX 7900GS.

 

[Frick]

It was the cream of the crop, for it's time. Those Tualatin PIII chips were what they based the Merom/Dothan chips off of, and they in turn produced the Core2 chips. That Tualatin PIII-S was much faster clock-for-clock than P4's -- it was weird.

Yeah, I had one of them. Awesome things at the time.

 

[Analog_Manner]

k, so I somehow misread that and got "beverage protection"

it's nice going from an entry-level card to a mid/high-end card isn't it?

It definitely is nice, I am pleased. I had a 6600gt before that, so it was a big move for me.

 

[crazy pyro]

I replaced one of the 512mb RAM modules in my laptop with a 2gb one, rest of what I have/ had is in my system specs.

 

[vega22]

mine are in my sig minus a few sticks of ram i tried.

 

[CDdude55]

Had:
Core 2 Duo E4400



Now:
Core 2 Extreme QX6700



Going to upgrade to a 8800 Ultra

 

[Evo85]

Had:
AMD AthlonXP 3200
Asus Mobo
ATI Radeon x850pro (Highly modded)

Now:
See system specs.

 

[ChromeDome]

how is that Brisbane working out? like it much?

 

[ShadowFold]

This is my hardware history from January 1st 2008 - Now

Here we go.....

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4200+(Jan-Feb), Core 2 Duo E2200(Feb-May), Core 2 Duo E7200(May - Now)
GPU: HIS HD 3850 IceQ(Jan-July), HIS HD 4850(July-July), ATi OEM HD 3650(July-July), ASUS HD 4850(Now) Gotta love how fast newegg RMA is
Mobo: ASUS AM2 GF6100(Jan-Feb), Gigashit P35(Feb-Mar), Foxconn P35A(Mar-May), DFI LP P35(May-June), ASUS P5Q Pro P45(Now)
RAM: Corsair 2gb 512mb x 4(Jan - May), Crucial Ballistix Tracers 2gb(May-June), Crucial Ballistix Tracers 3gb(Now)
HDD: Western Digital 250gb(Jan-May), Seagate 250gb(Now)
Case: Old HP case(Jan-Feb), Rosewill midtower(Feb-May), Raidmax Katana(May-July), Antec Three Hundred(now)

 

[Evo85]

how is that Brisbane working out? like it much?

Actually I couldnt be happier with it. Thanks to all the people here it is nice and fast, and at 3.1 my max temps are at 49-51c.

I probably could have went BE and got more out of it, but I am still very happy.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Had:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego
PowerColor X800 XL 256 MiB w/ VIVO

Now:
AMD Opteron 180 Toledo
EVGA 8800 GT 256 MiB


Server had XP Pro x64, now has Server 2003 Standard x64 ($700 :|).

 

[AsRock]

I did all details in system specs. All though i skipped the v card as there's not one i want to replace it with yet. Been thinking of getting the 9800GT with the max watts being a fair bit lower and get a 5870 if possible when they come out.

 

[JC316]

October 2007:

Had:
Intel Q6600
Arctic Freezer Pro 7
Sapphire 2900XT
Corsair DDR2 675
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W.


Now:
Asus P5Q-Pro P45
Intel E5200
Arctic Freezer Pro 7
G.Skill DDR2 800
Asus HD3870
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

 

[Dark_Webster]

I did:
Corsair VX450 and Xigmatek RS1283

 

[HELLSPAWNPR]

Had
4 X 1GB ADATA Vitesta ddr2800+
3850 ATI GEcube OC edition

NOW
2 X 2GB ADATA Vitesta ddr2800+
Gecube 3870 512MB OC edition
MSI 3870X2 1GB OC edition

coming soon
better PSU to Tri CFX

 

[imperialreign]

within the last 18 months:


Intel Pentium 4HT => Intel Q6600
Intel D101GGC => ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe => ASUS P5E3 Deluxe
PNY DDR 800 => PNY XLR8 DDR2-800 => OCZ DDR3 1600
ATI X700 PRO => ATI X1950 PRO (2) => ATI HD3870 (2) => ATI HD4870 (2)
Hiper-R 580W => Kingwin 900W
WD IDE 200GB => WD SATA-3 320GB
CM Mystique 690 => CM Stacker 830

+ countless smaller upgrades, peripherals, accessories, etc

cooling setup within the next 2 weeks (I've already got the parts here )

 

[amd64skater]

Had:

AMD Athlon 3500+ Newcastle @2.4 ghz
1 gig ddr 1 pc3200 kingston generic dual channel
200 gig ide western digital
msi 7393 mb
ati diamond viper x1300 256mb pci-e gddr2 450/200
300 watt generic psu
old gate way system tower
windows xp mce2005 sp2

Now:
AMDX2 Athlon 6000+ Windsor @3 ghz
3 gig ddr 2 pc 5400 samsung
500 gig sata western digital
ECS MCP61PM-AM
sapphire hd 3650 512 mb pci-e 2.0 gddr3 749/819
APEVIA TURBO LINK 500 WATTS
gateway tower again
windows vista premium 32bit sp1


got this system for cheap for $530 in a last minute pinch

 

[Kursah]

Had:

CPU: e6300 @ 3.5Ghz (500x7)
Cooler: AC F7P
MB: Asus P5B Deluxe
RAM: 2x1GB G.Skill DDR800 HZ
GPU: ATI x1950XTX
HDD: Seagate 7200.9 500GB
Case: Aspire X-Cruiser
PSU: Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W, Corsair HX520
Monitor: Acer AL1917W

6 Months-ish:

CPU: Q6600 @ 3.6GHz
Cooler: Xigmatek S1283
MB: DFI Lanparty P35 Dark-T2RS/GB P35-DS3L
RAM: 4x1GB G.Skill DDR800 HZ
VID: Palit 9600GT Sonic, OC'd
HDD: WD 6400AAKS

NOW:

CPU: e8600 E0 and e8500 C0
Cooler: Added Scythe Ultra Kaze to Xig S1283
MB: Asus P5Q Deluxe
RAM: 2x2GB G.Skill DDR1000 PQ
VID: EVGA GTX260 Core216
PSU: PC P&C Silencer 750 Quad

Some of these were upgrades I had to do lol, some were to donate to my G/F's rig or someone else's rig, giving me a good reason to upgrade and not feel it was a complete waste. My rig screams now...at least in my views, it's built for gaming and it does excellent for my needs!

 

[imperialreign]

curious, Kurs . . . you find the e8600 to be faster for gaming than the Q6600?

 

[Kursah]

curious, Kurs . . . you find the e8600 to be faster for gaming than the Q6600?

Are we talking stock or oc'd? I'd really have to say very similar results overall, maybe a little faster with the dual since it's 2 cores are flat out faster both stock and at my oc'd levels. I miss the Q6600, was easy to OC, temps were pretty good...the e8600 is a different story to an extent, but it does OC quite well. I didn't feel I really used a quad when I sold mine, and I still feel that way, the dual is enough for me and my needs on gaming...it definately is not slower by any means going from quad to dual in modern games yet, but I'm sure that will change.

 

[Woody112]

Had:
Q6600
Intel 975xbx2
2 gigs Patriot memory DDR2 800
2--HD3870's
3--34gig raptors
650W Thermaltake ToughPower PSU
Antec P180 case
32 bit Vista Premium
Swiftech MCW-60 GPU water blocks

Upgaded to:
QX9770
Intel 48xbt2
4 gigs Munskin memory DDR3 1600
HD4870x2
2--VelociRaptors
PCP&C 860W PSU
Lian Li PCA20A Case
64 bit Vista Ultimate
Koolance Full card water block

 

[BrooksyX]

I upgraded twice, I think I need to upgrade again!

Oldest:
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ socket 754
Asus k8u-x
1 gb ddr ram
80 gb WD HDD
74 gb WD Raptor hdd
Ati Radoen 9600xt
350w Rosewill psu
Generic black roswell case

Older:
Amd Athlon x2 4000+ AM2
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 motherboard
4gb G. Skill DDR2 ram
Leadtek 8600gt 256mb
250gb WD HDD
430w Thermaltek psu
Generic black rosewill case

Current:
Amd Athlon x2 5000 BE AM2
Msi K9A Platinum
4gb G. Skill DDR2 ram
2x 250gb WD HDD in raid 0
1x 80gb WD HDD
Ati Radeon 3870 512mb
Ati Radeon 3850 512mb
550 watt Antec modular psu
Antec solo case.

 

[SimFreak47]

Had:
CPU: P4 Northwood 2.66GHz
Memory: Nanya, Infineon, 1.5GB DDR400 Single Channel (2-2-2-5)
GPU: BFG GeForce 6200 256MB AGP
Motherboard: MSI MS-6577

Now Own:
CPU: AMD Turion MK-36 2GHz
Memory: Samsung 1GB DDR2 533 Dual Channel, 4-4-4-12 1T (2x 512)
GPU: ATi Radeon X1100 128MB
Motherboard: Acer Navaroo

I bet you'll never figure out what I changed/upgraded