I just upgraded, share my joy

[WageSlave]

Finally upgraded to an Athlon XP 1700+, just ordered from newegg a few minutes go this is the FIRST system I have built that wont have to be OC'ed to get the performance I want! I'm very excited.

 

[vi edit]

Congrats

I upgraded from a celeron 400 to an Nforce board and and Athlon XP 1600.

Quite a change!

 

[AzAbyss]

Cool, I just ordered an 1800+ last Friday after waiting 2 months for the price to come down to a "reasonable" level. I agree with you about the OC bit though. Plus, the little XP buggers are a pain to OC.

-Az

 

[Geekbabe]

Congrats!!! there's nothing like the joy of getting some fast new toys!!

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

congrats to all who upgraded. Mebbe I should try and oc my 1.0 Ghz tbird...

 

[Doggiedog]

Congrats on your new rig.

I just was forced to upgrade too because my Athlon blew up. I also got the 1700XP non OC-ed and the chip is incredible. It is light years faster than my old setup (Athlon Oced to 1.33).

 

[darkjester]

Congratulations!

 

[WageSlave]

Wow, it sounds like the XP is a really fast little chip! I am upgrading from a celery 366@550, so it looks like I am REALLY going to nitice a difference... now im chomping at the bit to get this thing!

 

[DannyLove]

i upgraded from a celeron 500 to a T-bird 1 ghz last summer. wow, last summer.............. i'm still happy with my system. she never breaks down on me. and i always go down on her :Q

danny~!

 

[StinkyMeat]

Nice to see you're posting something other than "6".

 

[WageSlave]

sometimes 6 says more than most of the other posts in a thread

 

[Keego]

whee?

 

[dakata24]

i hope it wasnt a retail athlon xp 1700+ !!! :| they better still be in stock.. waiting for some gainward gf3 ti200's to come in... ahhh! going nuts here.. do they usually restock their stuff pretty quickly?




<< I just was forced to upgrade too because my Athlon blew up. I also got the 1700XP non OC-ed and the chip is incredible. It is light years faster than my old setup (Athlon Oced to 1.33). >>



how did that happen? i hope overclocking wasnt the cause..

 

[Koing]

NICE

always good to upgrade....

 

[WageSlave]

i hope it wasnt a retail athlon xp 1700+ !!! they better still be in stock.. waiting for some gainward gf3 ti200's to come in... ahhh! going nuts here.. do they usually restock their stuff pretty quickly?

The one I ordered was retail... the OEM is 122$ so I think a 3 year warranty + a decent backup heatsink and fan is definitley worth 10$ (retail 132$)

 

[TallBill]

the athlonxp's are nice chips! got one.. gettin two more soon

 

[dakata24]

<< i hope it wasnt a retail athlon xp 1700+ !!! they better still be in stock.. waiting for some gainward gf3 ti200's to come in... ahhh! going nuts here.. do they usually restock their stuff pretty quickly?

The one I ordered was retail... the OEM is 122$ so I think a 3 year warranty + a decent backup heatsink and fan is definitley worth 10$ (retail 132$) >>



still in stock.. you're off the hook . yeah, that retail seems like a good deal with the extra warrenty/heatsink.. i would have like to goto the XP 1800+ but that $28 jump doesnt seem worth it.. since im going to OC anyways, ill get at least to 1800+ levels with my new setup.

 

[killmeplease]

What M/board did you choose?

 

[goog]

Congrats, I upgraded from a P120 to a Tbird 900 about a year ago, now that was an upgrade

 

[zsouthboy]

<< i upgraded from a celeron 500 to a T-bird 1 ghz last summer. wow, last summer.............. i'm still happy with my system. she never breaks down on me. and i always go down on her :Q

danny~! >>




18 more posts and it's curtains for you, huh?


zs

 

[WageSlave]

yup, the jump to 1800+ is pretty big, the best price/performance I think is the 1700+ right now...

Of course.. upgrading from the celery 550, the 1700+ is going to seem amazing without OCing