Xolvix 57 Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 Gigabyte H310M S2H Motherboard Intel Core i5-8400 CPU 8 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Couple of TB of storage, all SSD I am in the process of procuring an upgrade to 16 GB of RAM, but only because of Cyberpunk 2077. It's been a very long time since I upgraded for any specific purpose like a game, it's normally only when enough hardware is out of date to make typical usage unacceptable... or when things die. I suppose I could upgrade the graphics as well but since I only play 1080p @ 60 Hz stuff, even "modern" titles run at acceptable performance for the most part. I also play a heck of a lot of older titles - I feel guilty when spending lots of money on a new graphics card when there's little I play to utilize it with. But that's just me. 1 Quote A word of warning, Agent Denton. This was a simulated experience; real LAMs will not be so forgiving. Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Asus rampage iv extreme, with a core i7 3930K and 32 gig kingston black edition ddr3 ram, crucial MX500 SSD and several mechanical seagate HDD (storage space in excess of 8 TB). The board and CPU are pretty old but still able to handle anything i can throw at it, sadly 3 fan headers have become broken over time but else everything works 100%. GFX card is an sapphire R9 390 with 8 gb ram, while not able to handle 4k with any reasonable fps i normally game at 1080 resolutions and at that resolution this old geezer still eats any game i can throw at it. I havent upgraded anything for several years now, but im pondering going for the 6800 XT when it comes out. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
noni 1 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 ThinkBook 15 G2 ARE, AMD Ryzen 3 4300U (4 nuclee, 2.7GHz), 15.6'' FHD IPS AG 250N, 8GB DDR4 3200MHz, 256GB SSD M2 2242 NVME TLC, Integrated Graphics, WLAN 2x2AX +BT. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zerg Rush 58 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 (edited) Laptop Lenovo V145-15AST CPU AMD A9-9425 Radeon R5 - 5 Cores 8Gb GPU AMD Radeon R5 Graphics 2Gb SSD 256 Windows 10 Home 1909 Browser Vivaldi 3.6 Edited February 13 by Zerg Rush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Old RIVE board has been replaced with a temporary P9X79 LE board. Takes the same cpu and has mostly the same options though only 2 sata 6 ports compared to the 4 on the RIVE and 4 usb 3.0 where the RIVE had 8. As a blast from the past it actually supports both ps/2 keyboard and mouse xD where the RIVE could only take either a ps/2 keyboard or a mouse. At some point ill probably scrounge up the dough for an asus X79 deluxe board, yeah staying with my old cpu seems like a weird decision but an upgrade to something similar new would cost me an arm and both legs and the old cpu still has plenty kick left in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zerg Rush 58 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Mine cost € 350 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 found a few on ebay at about half that even comes with cpu and ram though it only comes with a core i7 4820 still it seems to be a good deal. Got a xeon laying around also though it is even worse than the 4820 as it is also a quad core but has no hyperthreading like the 4820, still it might come in handy for some if they just need a cpu for testing a socket 2011 board. The nice thing about the X79 deluxe is that it has allmost double the amount of ports for sata 6 and usb 3 compared to the RIVE, also sports a built in wifi card and the asmedia usb 3 chipset was updated to a newer version compared to the RIVE and other asus boards from that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter_spy 1603 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 (edited) Switched to an nvme drive for system and apps, and separate SSD for games. Guess I'm stating the obvious, but first loading time for most TDM missions has improved substantially. Edited February 18 by peter_spy Quote Misc. assets for TDM Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 ssd's really give a kick especially on older pc's depends on the chipset though, the older asmedia and marwell chipsets are slow going still faster than mechanical but not lightning speed. Fastest i seen yet was the one in my asus laptop it used an intel chipset win 10 litterally started before i could hit the bios key Oo which is nice speedwise but not so much if you need to make changes in bios lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter_spy 1603 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 (edited) It's a significant change for both old and new rigs, when you switch from HDDs. M2 drives are even bigger blast. I can barely see win10 login screen, system is fully booted in 2 seconds. If there are no apps blocking the shutdown, it powers off in one. I need to kick the old habit of switching the computer on and going to the kitchen for something to drink, as I can just push the power button, sit down, and it's ready to work Edited February 18 by peter_spy Quote Misc. assets for TDM Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 I ment comparatively but yes it gives a nice boost regardless. measured my asus laptop once and the throughput was in excess of 25GB per second... that is insane no wonder i could not manage to hit any buttons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter_spy 1603 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Yup, while the fastest sata SSDs go to like 500 megs, m2 nvme drives can go up to 30 gigs right now. Quote Misc. assets for TDM Link to post Share on other sites
Zerg Rush 58 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 (edited) 22 hours ago, revelator said: found a few on ebay at about half that even comes with cpu and ram though it only comes with a core i7 4820 still it seems to be a good deal. Got a xeon laying around also though it is even worse than the 4820 as it is also a quad core but has no hyperthreading like the 4820, still it might come in handy for some if they just need a cpu for testing a socket 2011 board. The nice thing about the X79 deluxe is that it has allmost double the amount of ports for sata 6 and usb 3 compared to the RIVE, also sports a built in wifi card and the asmedia usb 3 chipset was updated to a newer version compared to the RIVE and other asus boards from that time. I think a laptop with the specifications of mine for € 175 must be second hand, but not new. But yes, a basic CPU can be had for this and even for less, not for an arm and both legs. Today there are very good offers in computing that make you doubt the need to expand an old computer or use it better as an auxiliary equipment for the new one (which I would do) or as home server. Edited February 19 by Zerg Rush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Aye these boards are all used though sometimes you can get lucky and get a brand spanking new one though prices on ebay are rather unrealistic for those 1200 pounds or more for those are not unheard of. In these days the CPU does not really matter that much anymore for gaming atleast since most of the heavy stuff was moved GPU side, still it is nice to have a workhorse capable of 12 threads or more when multitasking which i do a lot . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Sadly neither my old RIVE or the replacement board can use an nvme drive for booting unless i hack the bios (which i did a long time ago with UBU hehe) so when the X79 deluxe is in i might buy an nvme add in card for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AluminumHaste 1067 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 11 hours ago, revelator said: I ment comparatively but yes it gives a nice boost regardless. measured my asus laptop once and the throughput was in excess of 25GB per second... that is insane no wonder i could not manage to hit any buttons. What NVME drive are you using that gets 25GB's per second? Quote I always assumed I'd taste like boot leather. Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Its built into my asus laptop so not sure without taking it apart but from there site it looks to be this one -> https://en.accessoires-asus.com/laptop/storage/ssd-nvme-storage/modele/a712fa mines just a 500GB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 strange though that it says 2600MB while hdtune says around 24GB maybe a bug in the program ?. EDIT: sorry 25GB ca. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AluminumHaste 1067 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 2.6GBs per second makes more sense. Quote I always assumed I'd taste like boot leather. Link to post Share on other sites
revelator 266 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Aye i was a bit unsure about that one, but seems my old hdtune does not correctly support ssd's. 25gb's was a bit unrealistic tbh. Still 2.6gb's is nothing to scoff at :). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
svperstar 3 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Intel 10875h CPU Nvidia 2070 Super 32 gigs DD4 2 TB Sabrient SSD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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