Biggest Computer Upgrade?

fps justin · February 13th, 2007

I thought this would be pretty interesting. What's your biggest jump in performance?

Mine:

IBM AT System
1.8ghz celeron
256mb of ram
Craptastic Graphics
30gigs of space

to:

AMD 3000+ S939 Venice clocked to 2.7ghz
dfi ultra-d
1 gig of pc3200
6600GT @ 580//1200
120gig 7900.9 seagate.

**stinger608** · February 13th, 2007

Holy crap, heres a thread that will be huge

from:
asus kt133 mobo
750 Duron
128 mb pc133
can't remember the video card
20gb hard drive

To:
Msi kt3-Ultra
AMD 2500xp barton
1gb of DDR
TI4200 64mb
dual 80gb Maxtors running raid 0

Dr. V · February 13th, 2007

i once went from

penium 1 400MHz
2x64MB SDRAM (leet 1337 baby)
a really old ASUS model motherboard
on-board everything
13" CRT monitor
8GB HD (windows 95 if i remember i think it was 3.1 beforehand though)
video card cant remember
CD-ROM 2x i think

to

AMD Athlon XP 3000
1x512 + 1x256 = 768MB RAM (DDR400)
ASRock it was a nice Socket A board
80GB HDD (windows 2000 whattttttt then xp after it came out)
17" LCD Monitor
GeForce FX5200 128MB
CD-RW/DVD-ROM (52x/16x)

and now to

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
ASUS P5B Deluxe
2x1024MB RAM (yes i did have it in the beginning)
160GB SATA Hard Drive (soon Seagate 7200.10 320GB)
7950GX2 (yes i did have it in the beginning but had to part with it, now 7900GS)
18x LG DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD-ROM

theyre both pretty big jumps, the first being HUGE!!

yes this is gona be an awesome thread! i had a celeron system for 2-3 weeks somewhere in there, but it wasnt permanent like the above 3 for a long period of time!

Tyreal · February 13th, 2007

Highest performance jump? Probably going from this rig:

Athlon XP 2500+
Geforce TI 4200
Abit NF7-S
1 GB

to:

A64 3000+
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI
Geforce 6600
1 gb

It was only a platform change but I haven't upgraded very much....

**simple_inhibition** · February 13th, 2007

300mhz K6-II with 3d now (oc'd to 375mhz)
2x 64mb pc100
crap motherboard
integrated everything
6.4gb bigfoot se hard drive
windows 98

to

AMD Athlon 64 3200 winchester
2x512mb Corsair XMS DDR400 with LED's
Asus A8V-E Deluxe KT890 chipset
Ati X800XL
250gb WD2500JB ATA 100
XP Home.

Dr. V · February 13th, 2007

lmfao this is such an awesome thread!

Bigedmond · February 13th, 2007

from a craptasctic dell
p3 833mhz
256 ram
32mb card
onboard sound
40 gig drive

to this system being built now

intel e6600
EVGA 680i board
2x1024 geil ddr800
8800 gts
soundblaster x-fi
2x500 gig drives
1x200 gig drives
koolance exos2 equiped case, danger den 775 rbx block, gpu block undetermined.

Lead Head · February 14th, 2007

Pentium 3 800MHz Dell
384MB SD-RAM
10GB HD
Onboard Intel GFX.

to

Athlon XP 1700
Soyo SY-K7ADA V1.0 mobo
384(later 768) MB PC2100 DDR
80GB Seagate
FX-5200(later Radeon 9600)

then to the rig in my sig

Quakindude · February 14th, 2007

I went from a:
AMD XP1100
368mb ram
MX4400 video
40Gb HDD

To a:

AMD 2400
1Gb ram
FX5500
80Gb HDD

There was an AMD 1600 in there, but it was my wife's computer while I was in Korea in 2002. The movers lost that one and another one when we moved to Fort Carson, Colorado.

sbohdan · February 14th, 2007

from:

AMD K2-6 450Mhz
no name MB
on board graphics
64MB RAM
200W PS
10GB HD

to:

P4 2.53Mhz
asus MB
MSI GF4200Ti
512MB RAM
350W PS
80GB HD

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigedmond

from a craptasctic dell
p3 833mhz
256 ram
32mb card
onboard sound
40 gig drive

to this system being built now

intel e6600
EVGA 680i board
2x1024 geil ddr800
8800 gts
soundblaster x-fi
2x500 gig drives
1x200 gig drives
koolance exos2 equiped case, danger den 775 rbx block, gpu block undetermined.

WOW - this is a Quantum leap

February 13th, 2007	#1
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	Biggest Computer Upgrade? I thought this would be pretty interesting. What's your biggest jump in performance? Mine: IBM AT System 1.8ghz celeron 256mb of ram Craptastic Graphics 30gigs of space to: AMD 3000+ S939 Venice clocked to 2.7ghz dfi ultra-d 1 gig of pc3200 6600GT @ 580//1200 120gig 7900.9 seagate. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

February 13th, 2007	#2
stinger608 Silence..Or I kill you! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,707 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? Holy crap, heres a thread that will be huge from: asus kt133 mobo 750 Duron 128 mb pc133 can't remember the video card 20gb hard drive To: Msi kt3-Ultra AMD 2500xp barton 1gb of DDR TI4200 64mb dual 80gb Maxtors running raid 0

February 13th, 2007	#3
Dr. V Yes - the Doctor is back. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,700	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? i once went from penium 1 400MHz 2x64MB SDRAM (leet 1337 baby) a really old ASUS model motherboard on-board everything 13" CRT monitor 8GB HD (windows 95 if i remember i think it was 3.1 beforehand though) video card cant remember CD-ROM 2x i think to AMD Athlon XP 3000 1x512 + 1x256 = 768MB RAM (DDR400) ASRock it was a nice Socket A board 80GB HDD (windows 2000 whattttttt then xp after it came out) 17" LCD Monitor GeForce FX5200 128MB CD-RW/DVD-ROM (52x/16x) and now to Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 ASUS P5B Deluxe 2x1024MB RAM (yes i did have it in the beginning) 160GB SATA Hard Drive (soon Seagate 7200.10 320GB) 7950GX2 (yes i did have it in the beginning but had to part with it, now 7900GS) 18x LG DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD-ROM theyre both pretty big jumps, the first being HUGE!! yes this is gona be an awesome thread! i had a celeron system for 2-3 weeks somewhere in there, but it wasnt permanent like the above 3 for a long period of time! Last edited by Dr. V; February 15th, 2007 at 05:02.

February 13th, 2007	#4
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? Highest performance jump? Probably going from this rig: Athlon XP 2500+ Geforce TI 4200 Abit NF7-S 1 GB to: A64 3000+ MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Geforce 6600 1 gb It was only a platform change but I haven't upgraded very much.... I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

February 13th, 2007	#5
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,469 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? 300mhz K6-II with 3d now (oc'd to 375mhz) 2x 64mb pc100 crap motherboard integrated everything 6.4gb bigfoot se hard drive windows 98 to AMD Athlon 64 3200 winchester 2x512mb Corsair XMS DDR400 with LED's Asus A8V-E Deluxe KT890 chipset Ati X800XL 250gb WD2500JB ATA 100 XP Home.

February 13th, 2007	#6
Dr. V Yes - the Doctor is back. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,700	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? lmfao this is such an awesome thread!

February 13th, 2007	#7
Bigedmond Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV. Posts: 75	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? from a craptasctic dell p3 833mhz 256 ram 32mb card onboard sound 40 gig drive to this system being built now intel e6600 EVGA 680i board 2x1024 geil ddr800 8800 gts soundblaster x-fi 2x500 gig drives 1x200 gig drives koolance exos2 equiped case, danger den 775 rbx block, gpu block undetermined. INTEL Core 2 Duo E6600 Processor EVGA 122-CK-NF68 nForce 680i SLI MOBO 2GB Giel PC2-6400 Memory BFG 8800GTS Video Card Thermaltake Toughpower 750w Power supply Koolance PC3-720BK Professional Case Danger Den 775 RBX, Switftech MCW60-R Blocks Western Digital 500gb Hard Drive

February 14th, 2007	#8
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? Pentium 3 800MHz Dell 384MB SD-RAM 10GB HD Onboard Intel GFX. to Athlon XP 1700 Soyo SY-K7ADA V1.0 mobo 384(later 768) MB PC2100 DDR 80GB Seagate FX-5200(later Radeon 9600) then to the rig in my sig Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

February 14th, 2007	#9
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Biggest Computer Upgrade? I went from a: AMD XP1100 368mb ram MX4400 video 40Gb HDD To a: AMD 2400 1Gb ram FX5500 80Gb HDD There was an AMD 1600 in there, but it was my wife's computer while I was in Korea in 2002. The movers lost that one and another one when we moved to Fort Carson, Colorado. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

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