Check out my new System specs......

[EmoshBZ]

Hi there,

I finally took the plunge and upgraded my Tbird 1.4 athlon, 512 pc2100 ddr, asus A7m-266, kyro2 vid card, IBM 7200 rpm (2mb cache) 20 gig and hercules GTXP sound card.



My specs are.....


AMD 64 3200+
Asus K8V deluxe
1 gig Infineon pc3200 ddr
80 gig WD SE 1600 JB (8 meg cache)
BB ATI 9800 pro 128 megs
Hercules GTXP sound card
Asustek 52 x cdrom
Liteon 52x24x52 cdrw
Mircosoft keyboard internet keyboard elite
logitech mx500
everglide gaming mouse pad
Windows 2000 sp4



My SOUND card is an interim solution until I save up more money for the audigy 2 zs platinum within the coming months.

I see no reason to upgrade to windows xp pro yet and quite a few people told me to stick with windows 2000 sp4 and upgrade when the new 64 bit windows comes out.


I have all the parts and will get her completed by Sunday if all goes well Can you imagine the performance I will see coming from an old tbird 1.4 and kyro2 video card (geforce 2 competitor back in the day).

So excited that I had to share

 

[adams828]

hm yea just a *slight* upgrade.. but why no raptor? looks nice

 

[EmoshBZ]

I can't really justify the price for the raptors right now. I would rather wait for something better to come along or get a raptor if the price comes down.

Besides, with a gig of ram my HDD would be less stressed. I don't think my hdd would hold my performance back that much?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: EmoshBZ
I can't really justify the price for the raptors right now. I would rather wait for something better to come along or get a raptor if the price comes down.

Besides, with a gig of ram my HDD would be less stressed. I don't think my hdd would hold my performance back that much?

well lets just say this... at this point, having such a high powered computer, there isn't really anything left that's a huge bottleneck.
the modern computer's hdd is almost always the overall system bottleneck...

 

[beatle]

I'd just get a regular Audigy 2 ZS if you really need a new soundcard unless you really have a need for the I/O panel on the front of your case (personally, I think they're annoying). Then take the money you save and put it towards a faster harddrive.

 

[EmoshBZ]

I just bought my WD SE 80 gig HDD and would really hate to chuck it out for a more expensive raptor drive


I assume the only way to get "better" performance would be to buy another identical 80 gig WD HDD and set it up in Raid O array? Am I correct here? Any other option?

 

[EmoshBZ]

Originally posted by: beatle
I'd just get a regular Audigy 2 ZS if you really need a new soundcard unless you really have a need for the I/O panel on the front of your case (personally, I think they're annoying). Then take the money you save and put it towards a faster harddrive.

You have raised a rather good point there I have an old hercules GTXP and I LOVE the ease of just plugging stuff into the break out box on top of my case. I personally, love the ease of use there.

Like I said in my previous post, is the performance of the raptor that much better for me to get rid of my present drive?

Why not have a good sound card that would last a long time and just wait for better HDD to come out? Or wait for present raptors to decrease in price?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

*shrug*

I don't know. Personally, I think you waste money and performance suffers when you upgrade all at once like that. I prefer spending $200-300 a year to keep my computer at the almost-top-notch level rather than suffering with an aging computer only to purchase the latest components at a premium only to watch them slowly dwindle into obsolescence over the course of a few years.

 

[newb54]

That is sexy. I just made (still building) a similar upgrade from a 1.3 to my sig.