Poll: What's your next computer upgrade?

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  1. Member johns0's Avatar
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    Mine will be an ivy bridge cpu,most likely the 3770k.
    I think,therefore i am a hamster.
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  2. My next upgrade is a new video card which isn't listed as an option.

    My existing system still has enough life in it. Down the road a bit is a new CPU, mobo, and RAM but I'm in no rush.
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  3. Member johns0's Avatar
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    Added video card.
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    Does an HDMI video capture device count? Maybe a Hauppauge HD PVR2.
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  5. Member johns0's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    Does an HDMI video capture device count? Maybe a Hauppauge HD PVR2.
    Yup.
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    Whatever goes tango uniform next.
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    Did an upgrade about 2 months ago to these items:

    1200 watt Corsair PSU
    Gigabyte Z77-D3H M/B
    Intel 3770K CPU
    8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws RAM
    Sapphire 7950 OC GPU
    Divco Dual Digital4 TV card

    Still need to buy a SSD, extra 8 GB RAM and a NAS. I did do an upgrade to Windows 8, but due to some problems I had to go back to my Window 7 until they sort a few issues out with it. At least it only cost me $40 for it
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    I want to build a new computer sometime this year, however my printer is old enough that chances are I will need to replace it soon.
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    Originally Posted by p_l View Post
    Whatever goes tango uniform next.
    Yeah, it goes without saying. Something is bound to go tits up eventually.

    I suppose I'll build another computer soon, even though my last build (in computer details) is adequate.
    Pull! Bang! Darn!
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    Might make more sense to me to have multiple choices. I have a few computers so when I buy something I just about always order another external hard disk and some other peripherals as well. My next larger purchase will be a mother board and CPU combo.

    That option was not avail.

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  11. Some day I will replace my monitor with one that does not change color every time I move my head half an inch; color-correcting photos is something of a challenge.
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    I've been building mine up incrementally since I did an Ivy Bridge build six months ago or so. I'd hate to stop and think how much its adding up to.
    But I'm stopping now. Really. No, I mean it.
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  13. Member johns0's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by Kerry56 View Post
    I've been building mine up incrementally since I did an Ivy Bridge build six months ago or so. I'd hate to stop and think how much its adding up to.
    But I'm stopping now. Really. No, I mean it.
    Until they come out with the pearl bridge at 12nm at 5ghz 8 core.
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    really depends how bad ass haswell turns out to be; if it lives up to expectations, then probably a 4770k and new motherboard.
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  16. Member olyteddy's Avatar
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    I picked 'Video capture card/device' although I actually bought a tuner. Just ordered another 3 tuners of HDHomeRun Prime. Wife wants HD in the bedroom too.
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    Originally Posted by olyteddy View Post
    I picked 'Video capture card/device' although I actually bought a tuner. Just ordered another 3 tuners of HDHomeRun Prime. Wife wants HD in the bedroom too.
    You don't need another HDHomeRun Prime just to have HD in another room. We have only one but can watch on any computer in the house. Unless you need more tuners, of course.
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    I upgraded my router to N finally. I guess thats something.

    Other than that nothing really.

    I would like to upgrade my aging dual core someday.

    However between car maintenance and my ever growing and demanding movie collection I haven't put my resources to a new computer yet.
    Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw?
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    Whole new computer system for me later in the year - Ivy Bridge i7 for video work, with decent ram and a bucket-load of disk space - probably a 256GB SSD as primary, and a pair of 3TB Greens as secondary, maybe a fast 1TB as a working drive as well. Don't care about graphics card so much, as it won't get much gaming use. Before I sort that, however, I need network file storage - have my eye on a 7-Bay NAS. Now all I need to organise is the finances........
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    Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    Originally Posted by olyteddy View Post
    I picked 'Video capture card/device' although I actually bought a tuner. Just ordered another 3 tuners of HDHomeRun Prime. Wife wants HD in the bedroom too.
    You don't need another HDHomeRun Prime just to have HD in another room. We have only one but can watch on any computer in the house. Unless you need more tuners, of course.
    Yeah, that. We have 3 PCs and an extender. We also go to bed by 10:00 PM and a lot of the shows we like get recorded.
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    I need a Blue Ray burner for my wedding progects.
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  22. Member zzyzzx's Avatar
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    I'm supposed to upgrade it? It seems like it was just yesterday, in 2004 when I built it, and it still works fine???
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  23. The last computer I built was in 2005.
    I have a steep learning curve to get the best video editing machine for the buck...
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