• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

It Never Stops...

W

waterboy787

Limp Gawd
Joined
Apr 20, 2001
Messages
324
All -

I just like to pronounce a little over 2.5 months ago I decided to upgrade to an AMD64 and an nf3 platform. THinkinging that would be all I need.

And then little did I know..my upgrading fever started. And now, after 2.5 months later..I've spent a total of about $800 on a new case, ram, hard drive, heatsink, and new optical drives to match the new case.

Where did I go wrong? . :)
 
If its a good system... you haven't gone wrong at all :)

Unless of course you have a problem with upgrading, like you are spending too much money, finding the computer takes all of your life, etc. Tell us what the problem is, and the [H]ardCounsellors will try to help. :)
 
Well I do got the same problem.
I spent thousands of euros on my computer.
But what may help is if u keep some distance from ur computer. :)
 
$800? I think you did pretty good. I spent over a couple thousand upgrading mine over the past few months and now I'm scrambling to find stuff to sell to try and recoup some of the cost. Thank god for eBay. :eek:
 
Let's see what I've purchased...
-NF3 board
-Venice 3200
-1 gig of ballistix ram
-XP90 heatsink w/fan
-Antec P180
-Dvd burner & floppy drive
-74gb raptor drive

*sigh* Hopefully my systems runs a lot better. Thanks for the comfort by [H]ardCounsellors.
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that NF3 chipset simply blows compared to NF4 Ultra.
aerger.gif
 
Heh, I think you did fine. I don't really feel like listing all the parts I threw together in the last 3 months(carried over stuff like monitor and speakers that were bought 3 months ago) because I really don't want to know the exact amount that I spent on my new system. I can tell you it was very well above the projected $1200-$1500 that I was thinking would be enough when I was considering building 6 months ago. Not to mention, just when I think I'm finished and my system has been up and running great for a month or so, I still want to add more to it(maybe an X-fi to replace that Audigy 2 ZS that I bought a little less than a month ago, and a new kyboard). Not to mention make a SFF out of my old system, and also not forgetting that I want to build my little brother a new system so he can play most of the games his older brother plays. Of course he can't afford it but being a nice big brother, I will help him out. I can definitely understand that it never stops.
 
I'm well-aware the NF3 can't match the newer NF4s. Hence, "Next generation." But I had an 6800GT AGP, so had to go that route.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top