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Hello! Just wanted to share the (mostly) final results of some upgrades I've been doing over the past year.

 

Before

 

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Intel Core i5-3330 
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz memory 
OEM mATX b75 motherboard 
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD 
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 2GB 
Dual-band wireless network adapter 
FSP 350-watt Power Supply 
Acer OEM mATX Case

 

After

 

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Intel Core i5-3330 
16GB DDR3 1600Mhz memory 
OEM mATX b75 motherboard 
240GB SanDisk SSDPlus Drive 
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM HDD 
1TB WD Blue 7200 RPM HDD 
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 
Dual-band wireless network adapter 
EVGA 500 BQ Power Supply 
Fractal Design Define Mini C

 

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out visually and performance-wise. The other changes I'm looking at are upgrading to a second hand i7-3770 (non-k) for a bit of a performance bump, and an aftermarket CPU cooler like the Cryorig H7 for quieter operation.

 

Full write-up on it can be found on PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/cNxG3C 

 

Let me know what you think!

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Looks way better than before =) 

 

 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Very nice! Planning on a CPU upgrade in the future?

Yeah. Money is a little tight since the holidays, but I eventually want to grab an i7-3770 if I can manage. Looks like they go for about $120-$140 on eBay.

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Wow, good job!

When I saw the first picture, it was like I was looking at a picture of how my PC used to look. I mean look at it.

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Just curious what was/is the model of your PC? Mine was/is a Acer Aspire M1930.

Main PC: Acer IPISB-VR│Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz│AeroCool AirFrost 4 with Noctua NF-A9│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│nVidia GeForce GTX1060 6GB│Cricual MX500 250GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm + Seagate 1TB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 & Windows 11 Pro│CoolerMaster Silencio 352M│Seasonic M12II-520 EVO 520W│Acer SA220Q 22" 1920x1080

Secondary PC: MSI H81M-P33│Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│16GB DDR3 1866MHz (1600MHz) Dual-channel│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + Seagate 1TB│Windows 11 Pro│Acer Aspire M1930 case│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

Test PC/Nice XP PC: ASUS M2N│AMD Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz│CoolerMaster unkown model│4GB DDR2 800MHz│nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB│Hitachi Deskstar 80GB 7200rpm + WD Raptor 74GB 10000 rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 + Windows XP Pro SP3│TurboX Case│Zalman 450W│LG Flatron L1718S 17" 1280x1024

Future workshop PC: ASUS M4N68T-M-V2│AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8GHz│Some 130W tower cooler│8GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│AMD Radeon HD4670 512MB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840 case│Antec VP350P 350W│Lenovo L220x. 22" 1920x1200

HTPC: HP Elite 8200 USDT│Intel Core i7-2600s 2.8GHz│6GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD Graphics 2000│WD Blue 1TB 5400rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64│JVC LT-32VF30K 32" 1920x1080

New Main laptop: HP ProBook 455 G9│AMD Ryzen 5 2625U 2.3GHz│16GB DDR4 3200MHz│AMD Radeon RX Vega 7│1TB NVMe SSD│Win 11 Pro│15.6" 1920x1080
Old Main laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│Kingston 240GB SSD│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Secondary laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Corei7-3520M 2.9GHz│8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│2 x Crucial BX500 500GB SSDs│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Main phone: Sony Xperia X Compact│Other phones: Sony Xperia L3, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (x2){and both are dead now}, Sony Xperia E3, Sony Xperia Tipo + 12 more (not going not list everything)

Most other PCs and laptops I own:

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Small laptop: Acer Aspire One D255│Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz│2GB DDR3 1333MHz│Intel GMA3150 256MB│Western Digital 500GB 5400rpm KingDian S100 32GB Apacer AS350X 120GB SSD│Win 7 Ultimate x64 & Win 10 Pro x64 Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 32bit & Q4OS│10.1" 1024x600

Old secondary PC: ASUS A7V8X-X│AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz│Titan CPU Cooler│1.75GB DDR 400MHz│nVidia GeForce FX5700LE 256MB│2 x WesternDigital 40GB 7200rpm (sadly one seems to be dead)│Windows XP Pro SP3│Some case│Codegen 300XA 350W│Dell E173FP 17" 1280x1024 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768Philips 200P4 20" 1600x1200

"The Old" PC: eMachines eTower 466i│Intel Celeron 466MHz│512MB RAM PC133│nVidia GeForce FX5200 128MB PCI ATi 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x_ 4MB│Seagate Baracuda 40GB 7200rpm│Windows 98SE & Windows XP Pro SP3│IBM P50 14" 1024x768 CRT

"The Floppy" laptop: Clevo 2700C│Intel Pentium III 1.1GHz│512MB PC133 SDRAM│SiS 630 32MB shared│Samsung 40GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│15" 1024x768

"The P4" laptop: HP Pavillion ZD8000│Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz│2GB DDR2 666MHz Dual-channel│ATi Mobility Radeon X600 256MB│Seagate 100GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│17" 1440x900

Dell laptop: Dell Latitude D600│Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz│1.5GB DDR 333MHz│ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB│40GB IDE│Windows XP Pro SP3│14.1"  1400x1050

Future workshop PC (dead): MSI MS-7302│Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz│Stock cooler│3GB DDR2 800MHz│AMD Radeon HD7470 2GB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840│FSP Group 250W│Samsung SyncMaster 730bf 17" 1280x1024

Old Secondary PC: HP IPISB-CH│Intel Core i5-2320 3GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│8GB DDR3 1333MHz│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 2.5"│Windows 7 Ultimate x64│Acer Aspire M1930│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

 

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4 minutes ago, dsv1999 said:

Wow, good job!

When I saw the first picture, it was like I was looking at a picture of how my PC used to look. I mean look at it.

7Spiflo.jpg

Just curious what was/is the model of your PC? Mine was/is a Acer Aspire M1930.

Yeah, like looking in a mirror lol. The model is/was an Acer Aspire AT3-600-UR11. I think I picked it up from newegg for about $300 when my office closed down and I was forced to work at home to keep my job back in 2013. I've moved and am working out of an office again, so this one is now for play instead of work =)

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On 1/12/2018 at 10:34 AM, Gaming_Groove said:

Hello! Just wanted to share the (mostly) final results of some upgrades I've been doing over the past year.

 

Before

 

217560.ec36b60a01cf26d6cdcbc73c341fa72d.

 

Intel Core i5-3330 
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz memory 
OEM mATX b75 motherboard 
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD 
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 2GB 
Dual-band wireless network adapter 
FSP 350-watt Power Supply 
Acer OEM mATX Case

 

After

 

217560.7c46650d9f54359733bc031002448c45.

 

Intel Core i5-3330 
16GB DDR3 1600Mhz memory 
OEM mATX b75 motherboard 
240GB SanDisk SSDPlus Drive 
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM HDD 
1TB WD Blue 7200 RPM HDD 
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 
Dual-band wireless network adapter 
EVGA 500 BQ Power Supply 
Fractal Design Define Mini C

 

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out visually and performance-wise. The other changes I'm looking at are upgrading to a second hand i7-3770 (non-k) for a bit of a performance bump, and an aftermarket CPU cooler like the Cryorig H7 for quieter operation.

 

Full write-up on it can be found on PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/cNxG3C 

 

Let me know what you think!

I really like what you did.  I personally just re purposed a pre-built into a Corsair Bulldog 

 

On a side note with SSD, RAM, GPU, and even CPU prices and availability being so out of wack it is not out of question of buying a pre-built and using the parts to build from there and still being cheaper than piecing it together

SFF Time N-ATX V2 - Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI - AMD Ryzen 9 5800X3D - Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 4090 - LG C2 OLED 42" 

 

 

 

 

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