'puter upgrade time... - Page 3

OneSickPsycho · 03-04-2009, 10:48 PM

So it's that time once again.... Gotta upgrade the ol' computer... I've been doing a lot of movie downloading recently and have found that my machine is incapable of running 1080p codecs without eating shit and pissing me off... Been thinkin' about adding more storage anyway, but my current hardware is very limited for what I want to do...

That being said, I'm pretty far out of the loop these days when it comes to computer hardware. My general rule of thumb is to buy good quality components that are not top of the line performance. I don't game, I don't edit video... it's just an HTPC that needs a little more ooomph... I tend to upgrade every 2-3 years anyway...

This is what I'm lookin' at so far:
motherboard
CPU
RAM
HDD (2 in mirror RAID)
PSU

The only current hardware that will transfer are my two DVDRW's, 2 SATA HDD's, a firewire card, and a TV tuner card (that I'll probably upgrade later)...

Thoughts?

03-04-2009, 10:48 PM	#1
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	'puter upgrade time... So it's that time once again.... Gotta upgrade the ol' computer... I've been doing a lot of movie downloading recently and have found that my machine is incapable of running 1080p codecs without eating shit and pissing me off... Been thinkin' about adding more storage anyway, but my current hardware is very limited for what I want to do... That being said, I'm pretty far out of the loop these days when it comes to computer hardware. My general rule of thumb is to buy good quality components that are not top of the line performance. I don't game, I don't edit video... it's just an HTPC that needs a little more ooomph... I tend to upgrade every 2-3 years anyway... This is what I'm lookin' at so far: motherboard CPU RAM HDD (2 in mirror RAID) PSU The only current hardware that will transfer are my two DVDRW's, 2 SATA HDD's, a firewire card, and a TV tuner card (that I'll probably upgrade later)... Thoughts? Last edited by OneSickPsycho; 03-04-2009 at 10:53 PM..