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

[The1stCobra]

Gotta go with Akki on this one. Some of the people entering these contests don't seem to know what true low end hardware is. I'm certainly throwing my Q6600 gaming/backup image storage/home server/torrent/co-op N64 emulation machine in the next contest! I've been limping it along for nearly a decade now with free hardware I beg off of family/friends.

Good luck man! I look forward to voting for your system

 

[JKWilli]

I feel so bad for Akki, hence why he gets my vote. A old CPU along with a dead DIMM slot only allowing him single-channel. It's a FeelsBadMan for him.

Lets all hope he gets a decent GPU for the right price in the future to replace that 480!

 

[Fathead7000]

Akki def deserves this imo!

 

[Mizocker]

My support goes to Akki, his freaking case mod got my vote. It's a pity that there is no more money over to replace the old gpu, but I think it will be solid upgrade. I'm exited about the result if he wins.

 

[ovywan]

Good luck Akki! You deserve it mate

 

[Anggoro Putra]

I give sympathy to the i5-750 system..

 

[ryeIII]

Good Luck!

 

[PaperChickenNug]

Akki needs to get that red and black colour scheme going

 

[Delon]

Well my vote goes to Akki as well. At least both of my DIMM still running but his doesn't. Good Luck. Would like to enter as well in the future.

 

[Shashwat sharma]

Voted for ray.
Hope you get this series done international in the next season. My pc needs to ryzen (rise) from its hardships.
I have an i5-4440 with a nvidia gt740.
I know poor choices were made.
Hope you have a good day

 

[SvDKILLSWITCH]

Akki's PC seems like the obvious pick for me, the last three systems in the video all seem pretty decent in their own right and really just need a bit of a clean up. Ray's PC is a pretty comfortable second place in my mind. A new case and a beefier cooler would probably alleviate a lot of his issues, and that i5-750 could probably hit higher clocks too.

 

[Endranii]

Had hard time deciding between "Akatsuki" and "ol m8" but that case "modding" just tipped the scale :d

 

[Curtisp]

Good luck guys.

 

[Alicar]

Akki deserves the upgrade I think good luck to everyone

 

[Slavjan]

Akki needs an upgrade the most, sorry other mates. Gotta support my fellow Kiwi too.

 

[SarzzeR]

Akki is in dire need for an upgrade, so give it to him!

 

[Reece Kersten]

As a student myself, I know the struggles of gaming and work on a potato tower. Akki!!!

 

[Fellers]

Akki gets my vote with that hilarious side fan. Shame not much could be done with the GPU.

 

[Stark256]

Love the series even though I cant participate good luck to everyone

 

[Outtheredude]

Akki's PC really needs professional help. Totally voted for him.

Been there myself with an S939 Athlon 64 X2 4800+ on an nForce3 Ultra motherboard that could only do accelerated graphics with Windows 7 in single core mode using a flaky 256MB HD 2600 Pro AGP(?!?) card with a flaky pre(historic) 80 rated PSU that kept eating HDDs, right up to 2015.

Now got two systems that're significantly better and much more stable. An 8GB E8400/2GB 750 Ti XP/8.1 build and a 32GB 4790K/4GB 960 SLI 10 build using SanDisk X400 system SSDs and Western Digital Black data HDDs with EVGA G2 PSUs. Ironically, I started the E8400 XP/8.1 build after the 4790K build to replace the Athlon 4800+ one to be able to carry on with old XP games and software when the 4790K build didn't work too well with USB devices in a dual boot configuration.

Lived on nothing but value beans and porridge, with multi-vitamin, mineral & cod liver oil pills, and no new clothes for around 2 years to do these builds. Sacrifices to Gaben had to be made to ascend to something resembling this decade's idea of PCMR goodness.

Good luck to all the contestants!

 

[Jollyriffic]

Akki by a landslide. man there really wasn't a chance for anyone else, that thing reminds me of the vast majority of my computer cases. thankfully a friend donated me a haf evo xb for my rig, prior to that I was living off of cardboard on my desk.

 

[AngeloW]

Good luck everyone!

 

[Jayesh216]

Akki deserves it more than anybody else.. good luck with your upgrade buddy..

 

[rubricae]

Tough one for me - between Akki for his persistence with that case and ray for me. Voting ray as I can sympathize with the i5-750 - definitely showing it's age in performance now, was still using one myself up until a month ago when I almost fried it.....

 

[trgz]

No competition - it's Akki's, it's almost like it's been weighted towards that one, heavily.