Upgrade My PC Please! Episode 3: Core Hi Five!

[PilferedGlory]

Akki ‘Akatsuki’ from New Zealand get's my vote!!

 

[Giody]

Good luck to all

love the series!
come to europe guys please! (my gts 250 needs an upgrade oh geez!)

 

[Metallic484]

Akki has my vote. Good luck!

 

[Blues Gutierrez]

Go Akki!

 

[Shane Johnson]

Akki ‘Akatsuki’ gets my votes simple because I think he needs the upgrade the most plus he seems to be an anime fan like my self as hinted by the pc's name best of luck.

 

[Techubiquity]

Obviously Akki is getting my vote! It's s landslide He needs it more than anyone! Good luck everyone

 

[SingularitE]

My vote goes for Old M8, I think that's the most in need for an upgrade.
That old i5 750 performance wise is merely at Core 2 Quad level so in comparison that sandy bridge i5 2300 is quite an upgrade.

BTW, Akki's PC is literally cutting edge!

 

[Sidechaff]

Akki definitely deserves the upgrade his pc is the worst out of all the other ones. Plus I like the name!

 

[SingularitE]

Well where do I start.

I'm a 63 year old Grandfather who has been a computer geek since stone tablets were replaced by the IBM PC way back in yonder times.

I'm an avid BOINCer (The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC, pronounced /bɔɪŋk/ – rhymes with "oink"[2]), an open-source middleware system, supports volunteer and grid computing.[3] Originally developed to support the SETI@home project, it became generalized as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, linguistics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, environmental science, and astrophysics, among others.[4] BOINC aims to enable researchers to tap into the enormous processing resources of multiple personal computers around the world.) and 'crunch' projects such as Skynet Pogs, Milkyway, Moo! Wrapper, Rosetta and SETI.
I use re-purposed 1 x HP ML 370 G3 and 1 x ML370 G5 severs for BOINC projects as a member of the Gridcoin Team. With these projects I donate my computations to the scientific community to help humanity.

I'm also an avid gamer and love my old games which I play on an old Compaq Deskpro running Windows 98 and of course DOS.

My all time favorite game is Star Elite and this is the reason for replying to this topic. At present for some modern day games, I use an old Dell Optiplex 520X with an HD 7950 GPU attached using an extender as it will not fit into the Dell case.

I'm really looking to play Elite: Dangerous but as you can imagine with my present setup it's impossible.
My youngest son is also an avid gamer although he uses an XBox One and I never get a look in even though I have always preferred PC gaming to the normal 'games systems'.

I honestly don't know whether I would qualify for this competition at all considering my setup, age etc.
However I thought I'd give it a try as nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Many thanks for all your interesting articles and videos.

Mercosity

Looks like you really need a platform upgrade with a GPU like that.
I say definitely go for it, submitting for Upgrade My PC Please! is free.

 

[CENEBITE666]

Akki should win, for his chainsaw modding of his p.c. Hope he sees the light and leaves the dark side and comes over to the AMD way of the force... good luck to all and keep on gaming

 

[Crissyfox]

It would be cool to be picked for an episode, but even if I was I doubt people would vote for me

 

[Steveanonymous]

I grant the pc-update to Akki. He deserves it, I think.

 

[babarnette]

I had to go with Carson this week.

 

[8ballchrono]

I also feel bad for Akki and would have voted for the Akki. However being pragmatic and realistic here, his PC is simply so old and behind now that $500 isn't going to be enough to fix it properly.

Yeah, those were my thoughts as well. I entered my trusty old PC even though this may be the case.

 

[annasoh323]

Honestly, I was thinking about voting for Akatsuki even before watching the video based on the name alone. But, after having seen the video, I definitely voted for Akatsuki.

Side question: who are people's favorite members of Akatsuki? Itachi fan here.

 

[Akshay Silswal]

Honestly, I was thinking about voting for Akatsuki even before watching the video based on the name alone. But, after having seen the video, I definitely voted for Akatsuki.

Side question: who are people's favorite members of Akatsuki? Itachi fan here.

yes I'm a fan of itachi yuhooo

 

[IFlamingLion]

It looks like Akki is going to win a landslide victory, and it's totally deserving, that case modding would have taken some serious determination.

 

[Pajco]

I'm not entirely familiar with part purchasing methods, but this is what you can buy with 500 USD currently on amazon (in picture).
All parts are better then Steve suggested, except case... but on the other hand, you get an SSD. Still, if you want a better case, you can drop the SSD, and, for 120+ USD get almost any case you like.

I'm talking (ofc) about Akki's pc.

 

[Akshay Silswal]

I'm not entirely familiar with part purchasing methods, but this is what you can buy with 500 USD currently on amazon (in picture).
All parts are better then Steve suggested, except case... but on the other hand, you get an SSD. Still, if you want a better case, you can drop the SSD, and, for 120+ USD get almost any case you like.

I'm talking (ofc) about Akki's pc.

I really appreciate your feedback but you have to take other factors into consideration which I think that might be the case why he choose these components. its not like he choose the worst parts the thing is he have to buy all the things from local retail shop in New Zealand so 500USD to NZD would be 680 something and prices here differ from as you can see on amazon. So quite unfortunate amazon is not well established for New Zealand at the moment. But what he choose would not be the best but considering what else he need to take into account when he choose those components. We have to appreciate what he choose for us. I would be really happy if I'll win because of you guys you supported me a lot and thanks to Steve as well for making me part of this show.

 

[CyberSnypa]

Whirlpool Forums? WTF?

 

[CyberSnypa]

Where are you getting these people from? The computers aren't potatoes. You are just buying people new video cards... I cant believe I am watching this...

 

[HDtheNatBK]

Akki definitely needs a new case but Ray needs one just as much. I'm going with Ray on this one. Great video series btw. It's oddly satisfying to see other people's custom build.

 

[Redwhiteleft65]

Akki a+ for case modding.

 

[oldmanian]

Akki for me, great series and damn has Steve taken off. Love his content.

 

[ErnestC]

Akki looks like the one that needs the upgrade the most. He gets my vote.