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Why did I spend this much on my PC?

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EyeMWing

Banned
Old system:
A64-2800 S754
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
1gb of decent RAM (no, I don't remember all the BS specs, nor do I CARE)
1300gb of overall total disk space
Enermax 350w from like 6 years ago
R9600XT 256mb

New system, $800 later:
A64-3700 S939
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
2gb of decent RAM
1300gb of overall disk space
Antec TruePowerII 450w
GF7800GT 256mb

... Since then, the ONLY game I've played is Counterstrike 1.6. For like, 2 hours. In the past 3 months. The RAM and PSU can be justified - because my average memory usage on this workstation is presently sitting around 1.5gb, and that 350w PSU was starting to worry me with those HDDs. But the rest.... I dunno, man. I spent $600 on a CPU, mobo and video card that I'm really yet to use.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Old system:
A64-2800 S754
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
1gb of decent RAM (no, I don't remember all the BS specs, nor do I CARE)
1300gb of overall total disk space
Enermax 350w from like 6 years ago
R9600XT 256mb

New system, $800 later:
A64-3700 S939
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
2gb of decent RAM
1300gb of overall disk space
Antec TruePowerII 450w
GF7800GT 256mb

... Since then, the ONLY game I've played is Counterstrike 1.6. For like, 2 hours. In the past 3 months. The RAM and PSU can be justified - because my average memory usage on this workstation is presently sitting around 1.5gb, and that 350w PSU was starting to worry me with those HDDs. But the rest.... I dunno, man. I spent $600 on a CPU, mobo and video card that I'm really yet to use.
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Because otherwise you would be stuck with AGP which is hitting a dead end in upgread path.
 
if you feel guilty you can always just donate the system to me, since I'm still using an AthlonXP 2000 on an A7V333 with 512MB of ram and a GeForce 4 4200.
 
Originally posted by: Cooler
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Old system:
A64-2800 S754
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
1gb of decent RAM (no, I don't remember all the BS specs, nor do I CARE)
1300gb of overall total disk space
Enermax 350w from like 6 years ago
R9600XT 256mb

New system, $800 later:
A64-3700 S939
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
2gb of decent RAM
1300gb of overall disk space
Antec TruePowerII 450w
GF7800GT 256mb

... Since then, the ONLY game I've played is Counterstrike 1.6. For like, 2 hours. In the past 3 months. The RAM and PSU can be justified - because my average memory usage on this workstation is presently sitting around 1.5gb, and that 350w PSU was starting to worry me with those HDDs. But the rest.... I dunno, man. I spent $600 on a CPU, mobo and video card that I'm really yet to use.
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Because otherwise you would be stuck with AGP which is hitting a dead end in upgread path.
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.... What part of "ill advised upgrade" do you not understand? When you don't need to upgrade, what are you concerned with upgrade path for?
 
I don't get why people are spending so much on 3700's when they can spend a small amount more and get a dual core.
 
Originally posted by: Bozono
I don't get why people are spending so much on 3700's when they can spend a small amount more and get a dual core.
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At the time, it was a $200 difference on a $300 chip.
 
..still using a xp2400+ on a Asus mob w1gig ram and still have a few Athlon slot 950's chuggin along w/xp pro from w 98. Still have one Athlon 950 box w/w98 all wit a mix of nvidia and radeon vid cards. Mabe I ought to throw it all out and start over.
 
Originally posted by: Bozono
I don't get why people are spending so much on 3700's when they can spend a small amount more and get a dual core.
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because he has a socket 754 system and getting a new mobo and an x2 will cost him $150 more then he has.
 
Originally posted by: Mik3y
Originally posted by: Bozono
I don't get why people are spending so much on 3700's when they can spend a small amount more and get a dual core.
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because he has a socket 754 system and getting a new mobo and an x2 will cost him $150 more then he has.
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Not very good at the whole reading thing, are we?
 
Nice, I just spent a buttload on computer parts

Opteron 146 $160
Sapphire x1800xt $360
G.Skill 2gb PC4000 $180
2 17" Samsung LCD's $375

And I most of the time I play Warcraft 3, welcome to the club 😛
 
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