Who Cares If Money Is Tight? It's Time To Upgrade!

[WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
edited June 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">My computer is over 3 years old :o</div> Yar, I might regret it as soon as it's too late. But I just went to newegg and finally decided that this time I was going to finally click "Add to Cart". I don't have much (being a student for most of the year), but I have a job right now and money is flowing inwards instead of outwards <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

My old stuff:
- ASUS "A7M266" (agp 4x max, 266MHz FSB)
- AMD T-Bird 1.2GHz CPU
- 768MB of mixed nameless PC-2100

My new stuff (as soon as they ship it and all that):
- <a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-167&depa=1' target='_blank'>ABIT "AN7" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard ( newegg item #: N82E16813127167 )://ABIT "AN7" nForce2 Ultra ...2E16813127167 )</a>
- <a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-390&depa=1' target='_blank'>AMD Athlon XP 3200+ "Barton", 400MHz FSB, 512K Cache Processor ( newegg item #: N82E16819103390 )://AMD Athlon XP 3200+ "Barton&qu...2E16819103390 )</a>
- <a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-534&depa=1' target='_blank'>Crucial 184 Pin 512MB ECC DDR PC-3200 ( newegg item #: N82E16820146534 )://Crucial 184 Pin 512MB ECC DDR PC-32...2E16820146534 )</a>
(upgrading ram since the new proc is 400MHz FSB and my old ram is only pc-2100)

Video Card (unchanging, upgraded last year): GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB, AGP 4x/8x (ugh, stuck at 4x)

Comments? I still have a few hours before sunrise to cancel the order if I made some terrible mistake.



EDIT: Links to new products added.
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  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    Nice. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I have a GeFroce 4 Ti4200 as well, and an ABit processor, and guess what? UT2004 always locks up five minutes into the game! Woohooo! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Sorry, had to get that off my chest.
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  • AbsolutCamperAbsolutCamper Join Date: 2004-05-10 Member: 28591Members
    it looks good but have you considered going with a cheap athlon 64 instead?
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    I considered it, for about 3/4 of a second.

    When I eased myself into the idea of buying new gear, $200 was my limit, somehow that stretched to $407....... >_<

    Even a cheap 64-bit proc wasn't gonna be worth it. I want results I can see now (faster 32-bit proc > slower 64-bit proc, at least as far as immediate results are concerned)
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    Your "old" PC is better than mine in every aspect except video card. :/
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  • CodemanCodeman Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9497Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    The Athlon XPs are ok if you get a good one with the dual-channel ram hax - 64bit is still pretty costly (read: affordable if I decide not to eat for a while <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

    Good luck with your new rig [WHO]Them, I wish you many happy hours of coding upon it.
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    May your new pc live long and compile in peace. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    edited June 2004
    [Who]Them, may your epenis grow to such a size that it will crush your enemies from a distant planet.

    edit: whoops wrong person.
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    Doom hasn't posted in this thread.
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-version91x+Jun 24 2004, 03:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (version91x @ Jun 24 2004, 03:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Doom, may your epenis grow to such a size that it will crush your enemies from a distant planet. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    uhhhhhh

    *stares into space and has seizure*

    oh yeah, good job w/ the comp. newegg = the win
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Er.. actually, the Ath64s outperform the XPs by a good chunk, [WHO]Them. They've got more optimized paths and memory handling. And if you go for the Ath64 3000+, they're pretty darn cheap. The only down side is that their temp tolerance is 65C maximum, which (even with the boxed cooler) is rare to get even near. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    As a side-note, you don't need ECC registered RAM unless you're going for an SMP or servergrade motherboard. Which that... isn't. It adds a lot of cost for no real reason.

    I'd recommend (if you haven't laid out the cash already) trying to swap over to the 64-3000+. It's a faster proc than the XP3200. Bundle that with an ASUS K8V Deluxe (the nForce3 chipset is a joke.. the VIA one outperfroms it by 20%, straight-up), and you've got a killer machine. In fact, the slowest part about my rig (K8V, Ath64 3200+) is the hard drive access time.. which I could have fixed with a striped RAID array, if I'd thought about it at construction-time. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    Bah sorry who them, meant you, just for the past few times i seem to remember doomaniac having technical answers and what not, anywho im sure doomaniac will let you borrow his epenis :/
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    I'm using ECC because it overclocks better, and I plan on overclocking at least one of my systems one of these days (my current one only goes up to around 1.3GHz before no boot)
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    I would wait a few months for PCI.E if I were you . . . but I'm not. D'oh.
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    edited June 2004
    tale's idea looks seksay

    i wish i had monies :/
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  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    edited June 2004
    Wow, you may actually not have to wait before the signs and symbol appears when you type them <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Get another stick of those ram and an X800 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    While upgrading to 64-Bit seems like a good idea to most, and waiting for PCI Express seems like a good idea. I'm doing this upgrade as a stopgap to boredom until I get done with school and get a real job.

    So, I want the best bang for my buck with a life expectancy of 1.5 Years for this new comp.
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    . . . But if you wait one to two months, it will last even longer for the same price? Honestly, not waiting for PCI.E at this point in time is downright silly.
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  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    edited June 2004
    PCI:E is Bull -**** hype..

    I got that from toms hardware <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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