Boilerhog146
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Yeah we need AMD to stay in thegame or else intel will charge 10000 dollars for a next gen cpu.lol.
My first couple desktops I replaced graphics cards when games wouldn't play on them anymore lol, then replaced them when they got too slow & out of date, but the last two times I've bought laptops I've gone to the higher end of the feature spectrum so they'll last the longest.
Had my last laptop for 7 years, and replaced the hard drive after 5, then kept it until it died. My current I've had 2.5 years and I'm adding more RAM & a SSD. I probably won't go all the way to 7 years before replacing it this time though.
I'll build it with an old drive and then look for a good price on a 500GB HD.
Just curious but did you build your desktops in the past or were these pre-fabbed units from Dell, HP, etc?
What do you guys do with your old hardware?[/q
I try to find a use for it. You can setup a better nas, give it to a kid or a friend, maybe a parent. I have also sold MBs, CPUs and monitors on ebay and Craigslist, for scrap and a recycle drop off.
They were craptastic IBM & HP lol - I'm not advanced enough yet to build my own. I'm afraid of the soldering lol
I've wanted to do it for a while now. It's just taking the plunge lol
Usually about every 18 months which Im due for now. Waiting to see also what haswell brings to the table to upgrade my 2600k. My 3Gb 580 is in need of an update also but didnt see the 680 as being worth it. Waiting for the 780 series. I game at 2560 x 1600. Already have enough ram - 16gb ddr3. I'm good on hard drives - 256gb ssd/4tb backup/3tb backup/300gb velociraptor. XFI sound is good.
I hear you but let me ask you this: have you replaced any components in your old workstation before (graphics card, hard drive, memory, etc)? If so you've taken your first steps toward building a PC. It may sound daunting but if you're the type of person who has attention to detail and knows how use a Philips head screwdriver then you can do it.
I've replaced graphics cards, sound cards, ethernet cards (in the old days lol), and hard drives. I'm waiting for the parts to arrive for my most ambitious project to date lol: adding RAM and a SSD and replacing the optical drive with the old hdd. So I may be shopping for a new computer sooner than I think when it all goes south lol I probably just need to get something simple to practice on. I think the motherboard and fan scares me the most lol