Nightrain
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Well Ive been contemplating upgrading my pc for months. Ever since I bought my 22" monitor back on my birthday in May. Computers are my life, everything revolves around them, and yet no income is based off them yet so justification of spending money on something I technically dont need is driving me crazy.
Ive been working on designing a case from the ground up. I found this old mid tower atx case for free a while ago and honestly it was disgusting. There was really nothing right about the case, and yet I fell in love with the thing. But there wasn't enough space for my liking so Ive been building a bottom section for it. Now the case is coming along and If I really wanted to I could finish it relatively soon. And with that Again I have the urge to upgrade. I feel like putting the year old hardware into the case Ive put so much effort into is just wrong or something...I don't know.
I sat earlier just looking at the Newegg screen staring at the order button for the Evga 8800Gts 320mb, red led fans to match the rest of the case, and 2 sata DVD drives. Staring at that $400 number too.
Ive been dieing to get a watercooling kit forever, but can't justify spending $300+ on a kit when 1.) Can't get the damn board I have to go an inch past 333mhz fsb if i remember correctly (Hence the e6300 getting stuck at like 2.2ghz) and 2.) if it is really going to improve on the temps my ACFreezer7Pro is giving me. The apartment is pretty darn hot and i haven't seen that thing get over 40C. Most of the time on normal hot days im mid 30's. And cool winter days im at around 30C.
But I want the water cooling because its something I havent done, and it just seems to add more substance to the case build I'm doing.
There is a Swiftech H2O kit on Newegg for $150 that seems decent for the price, but worth spending the money for a minimal improvement? not sure to be honest.
I just bought my Macbook about a month ago for college as well sooooooo....
I just priced out a build for everything to build a new pc on newegg and Im looking at like $1800 for a nice 680i or p35 mobo, e6750, hdd, psu, ram, 8800gtx, new sata drives, water cooling kit and whatever else i forgot just now. Dream computer. And yet I said that last year when I built the current rig, and I already want more.
Sorry for the rant, who knows what I'll go and do on a whim and what I will end up buying...arghhh... I dont know... I don't even play video games that much and the games Ive been buying and playing all play at high settings without AA/AF and look beautiful (FEAR, DOOM3, Oblivion, HL2, EP1, NFS series...although those Im not happy with the performance...and no widescreen res's...but thats another topic lol).
Any one else ever look around and get the desktop upgrade envy?
I will probably just order the 8800gts and the drives and fans that I wanted for the new case. Keep my motherboard and ram. Then upgrade the gts if i want through the step up program. Then Get a new motherboard and ram down the road that will be good overclockers for my e6300 instead of wasting money on a new processor. Then if I have the need for water, then get watercooling. Then I can do it in steps and by the time im done it WILL be a completely different computer, and probably will be cheaper and more satisfying in the long run I suppose.
What is a really good motherboard for the e6300 that actually can overclock decently well. I know it depends on the chip itself too. I just want to be stable at atleast 2.5ghz. Would prefer 2.8 or 3.0 but Im not picky. Or if the money is even worth the increase from 2.1ish that I can run everyday as it is. Probably not.
Sorry for going crazy, I know you guys are used to me posting actual helpful and suggestive things.
After my surgery a month ago, I had this whole new outlook on life. Crap, I was told I was going to die if I didnt get the surgery, that I couldof during the surgery. When I got out I was so happy and enjoyed everything sooo much and appreciated everything. Now I just feel like this past week life is just catching up and things are just falling back into the way they were before.
Honestly I feel like crap thinking about buying things that aren't really necessary or vital or anything, even though I could if i wanted to, when there are people that don't have anywhere near what I have (even though as guilty as it seems sometimes just feels like nothing and I don't know why). And crap, in the past year Ive built and donated 2 real nice computers to kids that didn't have them and needed them, and yet now i feel like crap. Guilty. For wanting something nice when I dont "need" it. When I have sooo much for just getting my life back. Even though I lost 2 months of it lying in a bed not able to do anything and another two on medicine not knowing half of what was going on around me. I dont go wasting my money on other things. Computers is what my money goes into, what little I have anyway.
I don't know, It would be so easy to click that button and order things. Money is money, stupid paper...or data on a computer in a bank...it has no real value. Why not spend it on things that you want.
I spend hundreds, no a few thousand on computers to help other people out, and yet I feel like crap wanting something that i dont really need. I could easily sell the other computers that I have lying around to make up for it...but for some reason I still just feel wrong doing/thinking about it. Maybe Im just crazy. Dont know if anyone feels the way I do as well...
Again, sorry mods, if this is creating headaches. Tried to make it tie in to desktop questions that i did have in the back of my head seeking answers. But I guess the core all together is something entirely different.
I guess getting my life back, just makes me feel crappier about doing something for myself and not more for other people. Guess Ill just get some sleep and see if that helps. I know my feelings arent going to change, but maybe ill find someone to help tomorrow and feel better by the end of the day.
Thanks ahead of time for all the support guys, Im sure someone understands. I hope.
Ive been working on designing a case from the ground up. I found this old mid tower atx case for free a while ago and honestly it was disgusting. There was really nothing right about the case, and yet I fell in love with the thing. But there wasn't enough space for my liking so Ive been building a bottom section for it. Now the case is coming along and If I really wanted to I could finish it relatively soon. And with that Again I have the urge to upgrade. I feel like putting the year old hardware into the case Ive put so much effort into is just wrong or something...I don't know.
I sat earlier just looking at the Newegg screen staring at the order button for the Evga 8800Gts 320mb, red led fans to match the rest of the case, and 2 sata DVD drives. Staring at that $400 number too.
Ive been dieing to get a watercooling kit forever, but can't justify spending $300+ on a kit when 1.) Can't get the damn board I have to go an inch past 333mhz fsb if i remember correctly (Hence the e6300 getting stuck at like 2.2ghz) and 2.) if it is really going to improve on the temps my ACFreezer7Pro is giving me. The apartment is pretty darn hot and i haven't seen that thing get over 40C. Most of the time on normal hot days im mid 30's. And cool winter days im at around 30C.
But I want the water cooling because its something I havent done, and it just seems to add more substance to the case build I'm doing.
There is a Swiftech H2O kit on Newegg for $150 that seems decent for the price, but worth spending the money for a minimal improvement? not sure to be honest.
I just bought my Macbook about a month ago for college as well sooooooo....
I just priced out a build for everything to build a new pc on newegg and Im looking at like $1800 for a nice 680i or p35 mobo, e6750, hdd, psu, ram, 8800gtx, new sata drives, water cooling kit and whatever else i forgot just now. Dream computer. And yet I said that last year when I built the current rig, and I already want more.
Sorry for the rant, who knows what I'll go and do on a whim and what I will end up buying...arghhh... I dont know... I don't even play video games that much and the games Ive been buying and playing all play at high settings without AA/AF and look beautiful (FEAR, DOOM3, Oblivion, HL2, EP1, NFS series...although those Im not happy with the performance...and no widescreen res's...but thats another topic lol).
Any one else ever look around and get the desktop upgrade envy?
I will probably just order the 8800gts and the drives and fans that I wanted for the new case. Keep my motherboard and ram. Then upgrade the gts if i want through the step up program. Then Get a new motherboard and ram down the road that will be good overclockers for my e6300 instead of wasting money on a new processor. Then if I have the need for water, then get watercooling. Then I can do it in steps and by the time im done it WILL be a completely different computer, and probably will be cheaper and more satisfying in the long run I suppose.
What is a really good motherboard for the e6300 that actually can overclock decently well. I know it depends on the chip itself too. I just want to be stable at atleast 2.5ghz. Would prefer 2.8 or 3.0 but Im not picky. Or if the money is even worth the increase from 2.1ish that I can run everyday as it is. Probably not.
Sorry for going crazy, I know you guys are used to me posting actual helpful and suggestive things.
After my surgery a month ago, I had this whole new outlook on life. Crap, I was told I was going to die if I didnt get the surgery, that I couldof during the surgery. When I got out I was so happy and enjoyed everything sooo much and appreciated everything. Now I just feel like this past week life is just catching up and things are just falling back into the way they were before.
Honestly I feel like crap thinking about buying things that aren't really necessary or vital or anything, even though I could if i wanted to, when there are people that don't have anywhere near what I have (even though as guilty as it seems sometimes just feels like nothing and I don't know why). And crap, in the past year Ive built and donated 2 real nice computers to kids that didn't have them and needed them, and yet now i feel like crap. Guilty. For wanting something nice when I dont "need" it. When I have sooo much for just getting my life back. Even though I lost 2 months of it lying in a bed not able to do anything and another two on medicine not knowing half of what was going on around me. I dont go wasting my money on other things. Computers is what my money goes into, what little I have anyway.
I don't know, It would be so easy to click that button and order things. Money is money, stupid paper...or data on a computer in a bank...it has no real value. Why not spend it on things that you want.
I spend hundreds, no a few thousand on computers to help other people out, and yet I feel like crap wanting something that i dont really need. I could easily sell the other computers that I have lying around to make up for it...but for some reason I still just feel wrong doing/thinking about it. Maybe Im just crazy. Dont know if anyone feels the way I do as well...
Again, sorry mods, if this is creating headaches. Tried to make it tie in to desktop questions that i did have in the back of my head seeking answers. But I guess the core all together is something entirely different.
I guess getting my life back, just makes me feel crappier about doing something for myself and not more for other people. Guess Ill just get some sleep and see if that helps. I know my feelings arent going to change, but maybe ill find someone to help tomorrow and feel better by the end of the day.
Thanks ahead of time for all the support guys, Im sure someone understands. I hope.
