This is an uneventful time to upgrade a computer!

[Serradifalco]

The only real exciting upgrade I can see right now is an SSD maybe. Outside of that, things look pretty stagnant. I have been itching to ugrade something, but have come up uninspired every time. I, by no means, have a cutting-edge system, but can find no way to significantly improve it. I was looking at a GPU upgrade, but came up short. My GTX260 sli cost me under $300 several months ago. There is nothing significantly better in that price range to upgrade to currently. I would probably be looking at a GTX480 for $500 to notice a marginal difference in performance. Or maybe GTX470 sli for $700 to notice a significant difference in performance. DX11 won't be mainstream for a while yet.

The CPU side of things looks even more dismal. Nothing really to mention there. Well, there is the $1000 Intel offering... well maybe not... well definitely not. PSU... no. RAM... no. USB 3.0 or SATA 3? Not too much out there to take advantage of it currently. Maybe 6 months will bring bigger and better things. Meanwhile, the money can just collect interest.

 

[Swivelguy2]

Cool story.

You've got a computer with parts "several months" old. If you send me that money burning a hole in your bank account, I can upgrade some parts that are several years old. Won't that be a satisfying upgrade? I'll send you pictures and handwritten letters with updates about how the new components are going. It'll be just like those adopt-a-third-world-child programs.

 

[mfenn]

Just get a X25-M or OCZ Vertex 2. It'll make more of a difference in general use than any other upgrade.

 

[Serradifalco]

Cool story.

You've got a computer with parts "several months" old. If you send me that money burning a hole in your bank account, I can upgrade some parts that are several years old. Won't that be a satisfying upgrade? I'll send you pictures and handwritten letters with updates about how the new components are going. It'll be just like those adopt-a-third-world-child programs.

Come on... give a guy a break! I spend $200 - $300 every few months on one of my only hobbies. That is how I pacify my wife, anyways! As computer enthusiasts, we do get great deals online by hanging out on forums like these. You gotta love no tax and free shipping! I am not really into adopting anything overseas, but then again I never really gave computer parts any consideration.

Just get a X25-M or OCZ Vertex 2. It'll make more of a difference in general use than any other upgrade.

That is the one upgrade I have heavily considered. I have been looking at the Intel 80gb model which right now is $195 at Ewiz less 3% Bing. It would be a good boot drive for me. My current boot drive only has 35gb on it. I have a seperate game drive and storage drive. That would hold me over for 6 months until things get interesting again. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[sandorski]

Depends on the start point. It was very Eventful for me when I Upgraded to an X6 from a Socket 939 X2.

 

[n7]

SSD(s) indeed. :wub:

As soon as i'd gotten my first one (X25-M 80 GB G1), i wanted one for games too, so i got the Agility 120 GB (Steam folder on there).

 

[Serradifalco]

Depends on the start point. It was very Eventful for me when I Upgraded to an X6 from a Socket 939 X2.

Great point! Sometimes I forget that some people hold on to their computers fo many years. So I guess it would make it uneventful for some and eventful for others.

 

[StinkyPinky]

The SSD was a nice upgrade for me. I'll upgrade my CPU/Mobo/RAM next year.

 

[Powermoloch]

I would probably wait for an upgrade if I were you. Unless you want the bleeding edge technology asap. But atm, lets see what ati or nvidia has to offer.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

SSD or BUST

 

[Serradifalco]

SSD or BUST

How long have you had your Intel SSD? How do you like it?