PC upgrade time!!

[Uber_Tiny]

Yeah I jsut spent almost $600 on PC parts!

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache


ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35


OCZ SLI-Ready 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)


ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler


I actually meant to get a different set of ram....oh well. I had plans of upgrading to 2x2Gig sticks any how.

[SirBaron]

Sweet! Finally coming out of the dark ages i see .

[Uber_Tiny]

Sweet! Finally coming out of the dark ages i see .

Yeah about freaking time to. Been wanting to upgrade for about a year now and I finally have the money to do it!

[synk]

The ip35 pro is a sweet board (thats why I picked it) just check that the heatpipes make good contact in the pwm area. It is deffinately the hottest spot on the board and the factory hasent seemed to qc it enough. If you get one (like mine) that dosent make good contact it is easy to fix before installing, I didnt though and have been lazy lately and still need to take care of it.

That zalman cooler wont do much to cool the chipset so try to find someway to point a case fan at one of the heatsinks.

Enjoy the new stuff, should be pretty sweet!

[infowar]

is there any reason you are upgrading?
i want to and have the funds, i just cant justify it with any current software.
maybe i should just buy vista and hope microsoft kills off pc gaming so more people play xbox...i could pay $600 to play aero or whatever it's called.

[Uber_Tiny]

is there any reason you are upgrading?
i want to and have the funds, i just cant justify it with any current software.
maybe i should just buy vista and hope microsoft kills off pc gaming so more people play xbox...i could pay $600 to play aero or whatever it's called.

My reason is not stemmed from gaming purposes, be it a major plus. I do allot of multi tasking and on my current A64 3500+ and DDR3200 ram it just doesn't cut it for what I do. I could have gone allot cheaper with just an upgrade of my proc to a duel core AMD. But then I would still be stuck with shitty ram and motherboard. It's all really old stuff and it's just time to upgrade as this is the longest I have ever gone without upgrading. First time in a long time I will be able to have the top performance stuff in my build.

This is what I mean by multi tasking:
Photoshop
music
Both FF and IE open with multiple tabs
Game in background usually
multiple chat programs with multiple chats going on
folding

With the new setup I will be able to ad TV on another monitor

[infowar]

cool man i just wanted to make sure i hadn't missed the great game that had just come out.

i think i will stick with mine awhile because i use opera and therefore less resources

[Uber_Tiny]

cool man i just wanted to make sure i hadn't missed the great game that had just come out.

i think i will stick with mine awhile because i use opera and therefore less resources

LOL

Opera and less resources....you crack me up. Neither FF or IE was the straw the broke the camels back.

I'm a PC enthusiast and I like to have new toys. But my current toys are far beyond time to replace.

[infowar]

I'm a PC enthusiast and I like to have new toys. But my current toys are far beyond time to replace.

i feel ya on that one......but my current parts arent breaking fast enough....i will get a seagate 500gb or 1tb for christmas so i can download some new movies witrhout deleting whatr i have......i bet if i deleted all of my old porn i wouldnt have a problem, but i want to keep it for some reason.

[Uber_Tiny]

hooray!!!

I figured I wouldn't get my stuff till later today. Got it around noon! Taking a breather as I am sick ATM. Doing some last minute saves and shit on the main PC before transferring to the new stuff. Wooot!!

Wish I had a camera, would take pics.

[Uber_Tiny]

This is a beast compared to my A64 3500+. This is also my first proc with more than one core.

[infowar]

dual core is pretty cool, but i'd rather have a 6ghz cpu.

[coyote81]

I'm going to be upgrading from a crappy crappy Hp pavillion. I used to have a decent gaming maching me and OverclockN built a few years ago but sold it for about half what I paid new.
Now I'm going to be getting this......
OC convinced me this is the case to get. COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution


Here's the MoBo. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard


The Pride and Joy lol. EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB


Here's the PSU. Antec NeoPower 650 Blue ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply


The Cpu. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Black Edition Processor


Then a few sticks of Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066.
A 500GB WD SATA HDD. Lite-on DVD Burner combo and 7 120mm fans

[SirBaron]

Any particular reason you going AMD?

Just wondering if it's a price issue or something, seeing how the Intel Core Duo 2 basically destroys virtually any AMD CPU .

[OverclockN]

He was going AMD to stay within a certain budget that he had set. I helped him pick out hardware here and there, but he did most of the research. Although, he recently added in the case. I asked him tonight when I saw this thread what he thought about skipping the case and going with an Intel setup instead since he apparently raised the budget a bit.

[Uber_Tiny]

He was going AMD to stay within a certain budget that he had set. I helped him pick out hardware here and there, but he did most of the research. Although, he recently added in the case. I asked him tonight when I saw this thread what he thought about skipping the case and going with an Intel setup instead since he apparently raised the budget a bit.

Would be WELL worth it. Believe me.....wow what a difference!!

[coyote81]

Yeah, money is an issue but if I don't get that case, I think I might go with a Intel Quad-Core set-up. Basically I'd only have to change the MoBo and Chip and the rest of what I have picked out should work.

[Uber_Tiny]

Update

Finally got my new PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341002
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W



Some before and after pics **NOTE: Without having a bunch of time to do a whole lot of anything, the PC is thrashed from dust, and not managing wires when I first got the new setup because I was planning on getting a new PSU anyhow. I don't like letting my PC look lie this and I was disgusted when I looked inside.**

Just a couple things unplugged here


Image of previous PSU - Enermax 420 watt noisetaker *first addition* it's old


New PSU with everything cleaned


Everything put back in, with some useless stuff removed.


Up close pic of the coolness.


The side panel back on, as you can see it's black, the entire case will soon be like this, which means another wiring job later. :

[Uraloserface101]

i want a new PC!