Upgrade My PC Please! Episode 9: Phenoms, Pentiums & more!

[Medlyn]

Good luck guys !

 

[Overshock81]

My vote is for Joshua. I'm still using a Gateway PC with a Core 2 Duo E6500 and an ATI Radeon HD2900XT

 

[Overshock81]

Again, all are deserving of upgrades, but I have to hand it to Josh's Prowl. That Core 2 Quad Q6600 was a great CPU when it came out 10 years ago, but even with the BSEL mod to enable a 3.0GHz overclock, it is a serious bottleneck. Best of luck to everyone!

I'm still rocking a Core 2 Duo E6500 in my Gateway Lol!

 

[Slake]

Dust allergy doesn't seem to be an issue...

 

[Atilolzz]

Firt female contestor?

 

[Pedro Santos]

Joshua gets my vote just because I also have a core 2 Q6600 and would try to be part of this upgrade package, SPREAD THIS OUT TO PORTUGAL ON THE NEXT SEASON!

 

[Dinesen]

Good luck boys!

 

[Boilerhog146]

Just got to help that girl ditch the console ,get some real gaming goin on.good luck Francesca!

 

[Joseph Zech]

When you really want to submit your PC, but feel that almost all other submissions could use an upgrade more than you

 

[Zero0123]

Great episode and good luck everyone. Felt weird not seeing the episode in my sub box last week.

 

[Daniel GM]

Good Luck!

 

[Frannykins]

Good luck boys!

and girl!

 

[Fudgsicle]

I had to go for the purple pixel eater not only because purple is my fave colour or the kind of case but because I feel empathy of the A8 chip. I upgrade my a8-550 to a ryzen 1600 and its been so much better, especially with the bottleneck I had on my r9 270 (which that needs an upgrade too)

 

[malblast]

Good luck, I scavenge a lot of my stuff as well

 

[AEKabeer]

That A8 is a hard bottleneck

 

[walentaz]

Pretty easy vote for me - Joshua.

 

[ReidenLightman]

I want to vote for a fellow Joshua, but I had to go with James. I remember what it was like to try to game and be a content creator on a Phenom II x4.

 

[JumpingSteel]

I don't see that many girl gamers, so here is my biased vote

 

[Ming CHOW]

Good luck everyone and all the best. I hope there will be a second season later in the future.

 

[Boilerhog146]

When you really want to submit your PC, but feel that almost all other submissions could use an upgrade more than you

I swear,you look just like Steve by your avatar.
with a billion yanks ,it's a wonder an American doesn't win every time.
I don't submit my rigs as my 3930k and my 3570 k rigs are fairly recent,there is always something needing an upgrade more than mine.I guess I could submit my QX9770 rig with GTX 480 sli .but that still games ok as well.I could submit something even earlier like my C2Q9450 9800GX2 Quad sli,or my C2D E8500 on a 680i sli 9800gt sli,or the X6800 on X48 DQ6, with HD 5770 CF.but you get the point ,I have enough kit for now.I like seeing someone that needs an upgrade getting one.hope no one is cheating by submitting an older rig that actually has something more recent.comon guys give a girl a break.we need more girls in game,we got enough bitches,

 

[PromethBastard]

Good luck all, hard choice in this lot!

 

[PromethBastard]

with a billion yanks

About 323 million as of 2016.

 

[Sohrab]

The "Prowl" got my vote. He needs a serious bump

 

[Boilerhog146]

About 323 million as of 2016.

OK 1/3 of a billion. It was a figure of speech.glad someone is counting though.

 

[SingularitE]

‘Tiny Purple Pixel Eater’ - now that is a name that puts a smile on my face.
I just don't get it why is it tiny, compared to my LP mATX tower that is really fat or at least the camera makes that.

Seriously, I voted for Francesca because that 2nd gen Bulldozer APU has 4x (siamese) cores and that simply means it sucks big time even compared to a Core 2 Quad. With the upgrade the CPU bottleneck can be eliminated and the only thing in question is how much graphics power is needed for those monitors.