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| dr awesome wrote : I wouldn't know about the nitrous/4 banger comments - this is my first post on these forums.
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Don't take it as a slam, maybe I should have put a 
in there. If nothing else incrementally upgrading ones personal system, business uses are a different animal all together, is easier on the budget.
You are going the opposite way I'm doing it but then technically, I won't ever finish. Assuming the ATX system specification I started upgrading this system with a 386DX40 and 2M of RAM. While none of that system remains, I've had no system since then that didn't at least have parts from 2 or even 3 generations previous. Currently my last upgrade for a while will be a 4670 or 4830 video card. When I can find one at a price I can convince the wife is an unheard of deal. That or my PSU is past warranty and I'm thinking I'm seeing unacceptable fluctuations at the CPU.
Ya gotta start somewhere.
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Message edited by MISRy on 04-18-2009 at 06:18:43 PM
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| MISRy wrote : Don't take it as a slam, maybe I should have put a |
No no - didn't take it as a slam at all. I've been building computers for years, so I'm aware that pre-built systems usually get a bad rap and aren't super mod ready, so no worries. I'm just trying to figure out the best configuration for the systems I've got haha.
The second system - the pentium - is a custom built machine I inherited, so I feel it might be more custom ready - the only downside is it still uses IDE, and the only ATA ports, which there are two of them, are too far down on the motherboard to reach the top shelf of the tower (pain in the ass...). The one I'm using with the Athlon is a Compaq pre built, so I'm aware it's somewhat limited. I've been out of the computing world for several years now, though, so I'm somewhat... behind at this point.
Any suggestions on what I could add to it would be helpful - even if it's a suggestion on what site I could go to in order to get a more customizable, game friendly system. I've got some cash available, so going for a new tower/board isn't out of the question. I'm just not trying to launch my account into the stratosphere 
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