Good Guys Clan

Hoss · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: Puter upgrading this week

Well, every once in a while I upgrade my computer and this is the week
that I do it.

I am using the same (kinda outdated) ASUS motherboard and am
upgrading the following:

1. Processor: from AMD Athlon 64 3500+ to a 4000+
2. Memory: from 1GB of Kingstom Value Ram to 2BG of OCZ Platinum Ram
3. Video: from eVga Geforce 7600GT to 8800GT (both pci-e x16)
4. I loaned a Soundblaster Audigy Pro card to a friend and will be
getting it back in a few days too. I have been using the on-board sound.

Number 1 is a modest upgrade, number 2 is a decent upgrade, and
number three is a major upgrade. Number 4 is a a decent upgrade too.

Will be doing a thorough case cleaning while I install this stuff.. Lots of dust and
Dood hairs are in there.

So, soon my rig will look like this:

Thermaltake Xenon II case with 7 case fans (including 1 blow hole fan)
Asus A8N5x motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 4000+ processor
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro processor cooler
2GB of OCZ Platinum memory, dual channel, matched pair
650w Antec power supply
Soundblaster Audigy Pro sound card (oldie but goodie)
Sony 32x DVD burner
5 hard drives, from 160gb to 500gb each. (about 1.5 tb storage)
eVga Geforce 8800GT video card
Samsung 22" wide screen monitor
Logitech G15 gaming keyboard (with popup LCD info screen)
Logitech MX518 optical mouse
Generic Firewire adapter card
Windows XP Home Edition/sp2

And after having DSL for a few weeks now... it sucks. Sad

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Shadow · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

nice ~ i need to buy me a nice new dual core
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JET · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

what you do with the stuff you take out?
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Hoss · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

I'll upgrade Mrs Hoss's puter with the old stuff.
She plays games that are not intense like I play though,
stuff like Bookworm Adventures and Scrabble and stuff like that.
She tried to play ET once. Once.
It was hilarious. Um, I guess some people can't coordinate
well enough to do FPS's.

Dood would be a great ET player because he has terrific
coordination. Problem is, he can't apply it to the mouse and
keyboard. And he does NOT like to wear headphones.
I tried that. Confused

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