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Do you upgrade your PC for Christmas?

Do you upgrade your PC for Christmas?

  • Yes, I gift myself an upgrade

    Votes: 1,189 19.5%

  • Yes, I ask for specific hardware gifts

    Votes: 328 5.4%

  • Yes, I buy with Xmas money/coupons I get

    Votes: 144 2.4%

  • No, I buy new hardware whenever I want

    Votes: 3,012 49.5%

  • Dear Santa, I want an iPad

    Votes: 240 3.9%

  • I'll be happy with whatever I get

    Votes: 1,169 19.2%
  • Total voters
    6,082
  • Poll closed .
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Velvet Wafer

Velvet Wafer

Joined
Jun 16, 2009
Messages
5,123 (0.94/day)
Location
North of Germany
System Specs
System Name Nexus PC
Processor Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3, 3600 MHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3
Cooling Thermalright Macho V2
Memory 24GB DDR3, 1400MHZ CL8
Video Card(s) Sapphire Radeon R9 290
Storage Samsung EVO 960 250gb, EVO 850 250gb, Vertex 3 128gb. 2 TB of Rotational.
Display(s) 1xAsus MX299, 2x Asus MX239, Oculus Rift CV1
Case Sunflower Tower
Audio Device(s) C-Media CMI8738/C3DX
Power Supply Corsair TX850
Mouse Cyborg R.A.T. 7
Software Win7 64Bit Ultimate
There is a point missing: " Im not quite sure yet" would have been my answer ;)
 
ViperXTR

ViperXTR

Joined
Jan 31, 2011
Messages
2,202 (0.46/day)
System Specs
System Name Ultima
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard MSI Mag B550M Mortar
Cooling Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 rev4 w/ Ryzen offset mount
Memory G.SKill Ripjaws V 2x16GB DDR4 3600
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 4070 12GB Dual
Storage WD Black SN850X 2TB Gen4, Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB , 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD sata,
Display(s) ASUS TUF VG249Q3A 24" 1080p 165-180Hz VRR
Case DarkFlash DLM21 Mesh
Audio Device(s) Onboard Realtek ALC1200 Audio/Nvidia HD Audio
Power Supply Corsair RM650
Mouse Steelseries Rival 3 Wireless | Wacom Intuos CTH-480
Keyboard A4Tech B314 Keyboard
Software Windows 10 Pro
id love to finally get an 16:9 19" LED (still stuck with a 17" 5:4 LCD), but dunno i might just save some monies for games and for my extra schooling, im poor so... >_>
 
mjkmike

mjkmike

Joined
Feb 14, 2010
Messages
1,648 (0.32/day)
Location
Alberta,Canada
System Specs
Processor just a few i7's all AMD's gone to friends
Motherboard Mother F%#@& am I board
Cooling It's called Alberta Canada.
Memory Don't remember.
Video Card(s) Hope for blckjack
Storage hurt my toe's when droped
Display(s) never big enough
Case I think they call it a lost case
Audio Device(s) What speek up I'm old.
Power Supply Good old coffee
Software when you get this old everything is soft
Benchmark Scores Always on the bench never on the field.
I think this is wrong time of the year to buy harware. I almost allways wait untill march/april. CES products that are not a dream will be out by then.
 
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brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
Joined
Sep 6, 2009
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19,542 (3.66/day)
My wife bought the first piece of my upgrade then I traded for the rest she bought my ram too. Also she is considering my new HTC incredible a xmas gift as well :)
 
Mega-Japan

Mega-Japan

Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Messages
331 (0.06/day)
Location
New York, NY
System Specs
System Name The Baconator
Processor Phenom II X4 965 @ 4.00GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790FX
Cooling Zalman 9900 CPU Cooler
Memory 16Gb DDR3 @ 1600MHz
Video Card(s) ATi Radeon HD 5870
Storage OS: WD 300Gb @ 10,000rpm. Storage: 2 x 1Tb @ 7,200rpm
Display(s) ASUS 27" LED 1080p Monitor
Case Cooler Master Sniper Medium Tower
Audio Device(s) MoBo Integrated
Power Supply Corsair PSU 750W
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Why is there an iPad option? o_O
I mean, we could have so many other options... Android tablets, WebOS tablets, Windows tablets, etc...
 
South_DL

South_DL

Joined
Dec 27, 2011
Messages
4 (0.00/day)
System Specs
System Name Jessica
Processor i2500K @ 4.2 GHZ
Motherboard Asus R.O.G. MAXIMUS IV Gene-Z
Cooling Cooler Master V8
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws 2133 MHZ @1,5v CAS 11
Video Card(s) ATI 5850 @ Default
Storage Crucial M4 SSD (Boot), Several WD HDD
Display(s) HP w2338h & HP w2207
Case Cooler MAster HAF 912 (Baby HAF)
Audio Device(s) Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium @ Inspire P5800
Power Supply Cooler Master GX 650
Software Win NT 6.1 x64 7601 (Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bits SP1)
Well it depends when i have the money to do it, but i think holidays is just perfect to do so
 
Mandy Kecks

Mandy Kecks

Joined
Dec 5, 2013
Messages
7 (0.00/day)
Location
Riverside
System Specs
System Name BearaCUDA
Processor CPU=Enough
Motherboard MB=SWEET
Cooling C*=Coolness
Memory MEM=Happiness
Video Card(s) GPU=4SCIENCE!
Storage HDD=1 Gigabit
Display(s) TV=3D
Case Smart
Audio Device(s) All Access
Power Supply Angelic
Software Left handed
Benchmark Scores No!
is this like a survey? whatever. I always upgrade all year round. when I was a wee peep I would ask my mom for a new gpu because I would know I would be getting High end that way! C:
 
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