Should I build another?
The parts in my computer are two years old now (almost exactly) and I'm wondering if I should fork out some cash to build a fancy new one. There's nothing wrong with my PC now. It runs fine: I can use Dreamweaver, Photoshop, MySQL Query Browser, and browse the web all at the same time.
I could get a ton of memory, quad core processor, mid range motherboard and GPU for less than 500 smackers.
For you guys who have upgraded recently, have you noticed a big improvement in speed and power?
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 19:29 — 30th December 2008.
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What are you running now?
I upgraded from a single core AMD Athlon and a crappy video card to an AMD Phenom 9850 Quad Core with a GeForce 8600 GTS earlier this year. That upgrade was like night and day. Now, I can't max out the system if I tried - unless I'm rendering a movie or something.
The best thing I like about multiple cores is that if a process wigs out on my system, I still have 75% of my CPU available to correct/terminate the out of control process.
teammatt3 posted this at 20:10 — 30th December 2008.
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A single core to four? That must have been awesome.
Here are the current specs
Dual core AMD X2 3800
GeForce 7600GT 256MB
2 gigs of dual channel memory ($130 EACH when I bought it)
I think it's a fairly good system now. I'm not unhappy with it. I just don't know if there's going to be a noticeable performance difference.
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 20:33 — 30th December 2008.
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Wow, the price sure came down on the memory.
Your PC is a decent build. I would probably keep it for now if it were me. I usually hold out on upgrades as long as possible and then go all out. I used to upgrade a piece at a time, but that got hard to do when the socket types, video card buses, etc. started to change so rapidly.
teammatt3 posted this at 17:27 — 2nd January 2009.
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If you think it's an ok system too, I should probably keep it until those infinity core processors come out.
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