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DoStuffZ wrote: Graphic cards are in the no3 iteration.
That's another thing I'd like to upgrade (after I get a bigger case), get two cards instead of the one I have now (it's a great card, runs everything at max settings on 1080p, it just can't run games well at 2560x1440, but apparently even most new high end ones can't on their own).
But I understand your pain, my computer has more money in it than my last car was worth.
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But you probably don't have to worry too much about cooling these days - my brother lives in Silkeborg and I understand it is a bit chilly at the moment. 
Soren Madsen
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I draw the line at mobo/cpu swaps; ram/disks/gfx cards are just upgrades. The former two because they're just supporting components; the latter because as a gamer, it's the one part where an upgrade actually does make a huge performance difference. I'm currently on my 3rd/4th GPU for my LGA1366 based desktop (GTX 260, GTX 260x2, 5870, GTX 560) and working to convince myself that buying a 670 now when the rumor mill has AMD and nVidia's next gen cards starting to show up in the next 3 to 6 months isn't a good idea.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Since then every desktop/server has been an upgrade..
Here is a pretty accurate list of the CPU upgrades.
1 x Intel 486 100 MHz
1 x AMD 586
1 x Intel Pentium 1 100Mhz
2 x Intel Pentium 1 133 Mhz
2 x Intel Pentium 1 233 Mhz
2 x Intel 300A clocked at 466 MHz
2 x Intel Pentium 2 600 Mhz ( not exactly sure of the frequency)
2 x Intel Pentium 2 850 Mhz
2 x AMD Athlon 1200
2 x AMD Athlon MP 2400
1 x AMD Athlon 2800+ (only used 2 weeks)
1 X AMD Opteron 240 Single core
2 X AMD Opteron 850 Single core
2 X AMD Opteron 285 Dual core
2 x AMD Opteron 250 Dual core
1 X Intel Q9550 4 core / 4 threads (2008)
1 x Intel i7 920 4 core / 8 threads (2010)
1 x Intel i7 970 6 core / 12 threads (2011)
John
modified 3-Dec-12 8:47am.
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Are you using the same Packard Bell box?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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No. There were parts from the Packard Bell in the first few Pentium 1 systems however they certianly have not made it to today. There are no parts in either of my desktops that are from the Packard Bell. However the case in my main windows box is over a decade old. That is by far the oldest part in either machine.
John
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every couple of years. Now that I am a tramp, things will be different. No more squandering my riches on prostitutes and cheap wine.
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it will b beter that you purchase computers parts differently and assemble them . It will cost you less and quite give you good performance. 
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Human or Machine... its all about upgrading their memory!!
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality!!!
http://aniruddhaloya.blogspot.com
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In every PC I bought since 1994 I made sure it contained enough memory. When the standard was 2MB, I bought 4MB. When the standard was 32MB, I bought 96MB. When the standard was 128MB, I bought 512MB. My latest PC (now 5 years old), has 4GB (of which it can only use 3.2GB, damned).
But, in every PC, without exception, I had to add additional drives.
Nowadays, this is super-easy with USB drives and network drives.
My advise to friends and family was always: if you have to choose, go for more memory instead of a faster cpu.
Enjoy life, this is not a rehearsal !!!
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I agree with you with a difference point.
Nowadays I would not go for a faster CPU, but I would buy a SSD as system drive and the one that comes with the computer as second one for data. That does make a difference.
Regards.
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I am with you there - unless you have SOOO much memory you don't use any virtual.
If you are routinely generating page faults in the millions, then add more RAM or get the SSD and see your performance increase from that.
I need a 32 bit unsigned value just to hold the number of coding WTF I see in a day …
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I miss the improvement of aerodynamics to decrease the cd-value. 
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How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night.
War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.
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Racing "Stripes" is a bit off, but close enough. I actually just add stickers for the different tech I worked with on that machine. My current laptop only has stickers for Arduino so far, but that's because I haven't gotten any stickers for Android yet.
When at first you don't succeed, use more XML!
When XML does not appear to solve it, you are not using enough XML!
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They missed out on 'duct' tape.
I broke open my old HP Server last night because the damn release was not working, now the 'clamshell-easy-open' case is held together with duct tape.
I need a 32 bit unsigned value just to hold the number of coding WTF I see in a day …
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I think most of us max the memory on the initial purchase if we can afford it. Drive and memory are just a consumables, neither of which I would consider an upgrade.
I have pretty flashy blue lights on the tower so I don't need fancy racing stripes! You think I'm joking, Acer have a booster/overdrive button, the fan goes apeshit and blue light gets all excited and flashes madly. It sounds like a landing zone, I pushed it once, never again!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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In the past that was always a bad thing to do, memory prices fluctuated a lot, the price of upgrades didn't, and were always higher than buying it later.
Now a days, you have to check that in the drive to make laptops all the more breakable, they've not soldered the damn stuff on.
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A revolving red light with a klaxon would be even more amusing!
I need a 32 bit unsigned value just to hold the number of coding WTF I see in a day …
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