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Well, the latest upgrade was the new router.

But besides that, my most recent upgrade was to my iMac.

I added two 4gb RAM cards from OtherWorldComputing.com to it, in addition to the stock two 2gb cards. Giving me a total of 12gb of RAM.

Fast does not even begin to explain how this thing rocks. Photo editing in lightroom and video editing is insanely quick.

However, me being like I am, I plan on upgrading the stock cards to two 4gb cards giving me a total of 16gb of RAM.

Once the next gen iMacs come out, I'm going to pick up the i7 ivy bridge. Then I'll up that unit to 32gb of RAM.
 
that seems low.. what program are you using?

I was getting 115GFlop with IBT

your setup should be higher.

edit: just got 107GFlop with about 10 things going on in the background. That I didnt shutdown.

I used the default settings for IBT
 
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Pictures of my latest upgrades
Case: Fractal Design Define R3
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k @ 4.3Ghz (1.275v core under IBT)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3
Ram: 8GB (2x4) Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333
GPU: 2x XFX Radeon 5770 1GB OC in Crossfire
Storage: 1x Crucial m4 64GB SSD, 1x WD 640GB Blue, 1x WD 1TB Green (recertified w/WDIDLE3 disabled)
PSU: XFX Pro Modular 650W
ODD: 1x Samsung BD-ROM/DVD+RW, 1x LG DVD+RW
Cooling: Corsair H50 w/2x Corsair 120mm fans w/1 bottom intake (120), 1 side intake (120), 2x front intake (120), and one top exhaust (140). All intake fans have filters on them, and are low speed so it's completely silent except when the GPUs are under load.

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Intel Burn Test. Don't mind the temps, those are really high for this test for me, only because we don't have the A/C running and ambient temp is already 80f or so. Sandy Bridge ftw
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And the most recent run of crystaldiskmark from a month or two ago.
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My network file server.
Case: Antec 300
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965BE undervolted idle 800Mhz at 0.850v
RAM: 4GB (2x2) Crucial DDR3-1333
Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-V Evo/USB3
Storage: 1x 320GB Hitachi Deskstar (boot, application), 1x Samsung Ecogreen 500GB (Music, Pictures), 1x WD 2TB Green (w/WDIDLE Disable)
PSU: Antec Neo Eco 400C (80PLUS)
Cooling: Stock AMD Phenom II CPU cooler (lapped), 2x Intake 120mm fans, 1x 120mm rear exhaust and 1x 120mm intake side
GPU: Integrated 880G

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And my Lenovo Z565-4311 Laptop
CPU: AMD Phenom II N660 (Dual Core, 3Ghz)
RAM: 6B (4+2) Crucial DDR3-1333
HDD: WD 320GB Scorpio Blue
Wireless: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230

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Just ordered:

Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1Ghz

GigaByte GA-Z77-DS3H and

G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3 1600 kit


This is replacing an Athlon 64 3700 on a ASUS A8N5X with 2gb of DDR 400. Should be a good upgrade! I'd post pics but it's nothing most of you haven't seen before.

Next up? SSD's. It was *really* hard not to order them with this stuff, but I'm trying to wait for a hard drive failure. These Western Digital's just won't die!
 
I replaced the HD's in my laptop and my "play" home system with SSD's. These made an astonishing jump in performance, especially on the laptop (C2Duo), less so on the home i5 box.

Also installed 32GB of RAM on the home box. The 'egg had a sale on DDR3 awhile ago, 2 x 8GB sticks for $89, so I bought a bunch and only just now installed them. It's just insane...
 
Today, May 29th 2012
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
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upgrading FROM:
Netgear WNDR3700v2 w/dd-wrt
2x XFX Radeon 5770 (1GB) in crossfire
Corsair H50 watercooling kit

Full system specs for refresher
Intel Core i5-2500k OC 4.3Ghz
8GB (2x4) Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333
ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3 Motherboard
XFX Double Dissipation Radeon HD 7850 OC
Crucial m4 64GB SSD Boot
WD 1TB Green (Storage), WD 640GB blue (Games)
XFX 650W Pro Modular 80PLUS Bronze PSU
Fractal Design Define R3 case

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So far, so good. Got everything set up and hooked up and it works perfectly. I especially like the newfound 5Ghz range with the new N66U.
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Also, I have to post this just because lol
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Note that the 7850 is overclocked to 1050Mhz core (860 Stock) and 5.4Ghz Memory clock. Better than 7870 and 6970 for $250, can't really be beat.

Picture of the bottom of the card, borrowed frmo overclockersclub
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You can actually check out the full review of this card here
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Going to revive a old thread!

No PC upgrades yet just the network..

In TL-WDR4300 (Don't pay attention to the house long-term project!)
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Replaced a old Linksys WRT45G. Nothing wrong it didn't support "N" or have a gig network connection. The difference is more than I would of thought. Also added a TrendNet 8 port gigabit switch about a month ago. Really helped the WD NAS 2TB that only averaged 5-6 over a standard 100Mb connection. Now it's 10 average on our clients with 100Mb connections.. no gig cards yet. Now thinking about computer upgrades.. our newest which is laptop was purchased in 2009.
 
Gotta love that speed increase new network gear can bring.
I haven't done a PC upgrade in a while but my last was a Sandisk Extreme 120GB SSD for my boot drive. It has been great. and boot and load speeds are what you could expect from a drive with that kind of performance. I haven't changed anything else in a while but when you have decent stuff to begin with, you can easily milk the life out of the components if you are not concerned with utmost FPS among other things.
 
None of our stuff is really worth upgrading unfortunately...

2 AMD Turion Laptops, AMD 64 x2 2200 desktop (htpc running linux) and a P4 3.2GHz. The AMD 64 x2 I'm going to add 2GB of RAM to since it's cheap the others have 3-4GB already. Thinking of giving my sisters old laptop to my dad and getting a mac mini quad core and upgrading to a SSD. Naughty word I know tired of messing with Windows and don't want to tinker with Linux. My wife gave me permission just holding off.. must have something wrong with me!
 
Added ASUS RT-N66U recently and installed Tomato on it.

I also have a 4GB RAM stick in the mail for my Lenovo X230.

Also waiting on some computer/audio gear to arrive for my office.
 
Upgraded my AMD PC's processor. Put together this unit in 2008 after a NewEgg Black Friday parts purchase.

Tossed out the Athlon X2 5200+ dual core CPU in favor of a AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana triple core.

Didn't think it would help much, but it's almost Q6600-like in performance. MUCH better than the 5200+ which felt more like a P4 2.8 on daily tasks.

Crunching high-bit rate MP3 or AAC files to 80Kbit AAC v2 (HE) is noticably quicker, which was my objective for this $60 upgrade. The 5200+ CPU saw a speed of 17X conversion. The new 450 Rana CPU shows 27X. Our Q6600-equipped PC converts at 30X. So yes, I'm happy to have this PC upgraded for cheap to achieve decent performance.

As a comparison, converting on an Intel Q9400 CPU is 38X, i5-530, 49X. The Intels are faster, but for $60, it's far cheaper than buying all new PC guts.
 
Added an LG 27" IPS display to my rig. Now I need an active displayport to HDMI adapter to run my TV as the 3rd desktop though.... arg.
 
Thats the problem I had. Couldnt get more than two outputs from the Radeon. Instead of buying an adapter, I bought a GeForce GT 520 and stuck that in along side my 6970 to run my secondary monitor and TV.
 
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Thats the problem I had. Couldnt get more than two outputs from the Radeon. Instead of buying an adapter, I bought a GeForce GT 520 and stuck that in along side my 6970 to run my secondary monitor and TV.


I just bought a 7770 for it, screw the adapter! The video card is the same bloody price!
 
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Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Thats the problem I had. Couldnt get more than two outputs from the Radeon. Instead of buying an adapter, I bought a GeForce GT 520 and stuck that in along side my 6970 to run my secondary monitor and TV.


I just bought a 7770 for it, screw the adapter! The video card is the same bloody price!

Yup! In order to get a third 'obsolete' output you need an 'active' converter. It made no sense to me to buy an adapter when another card is the same price essentially. Plus, I found that with my 6970 only running the primary display, it would actually drop down into low power mode. Saving power and heat. Of course, now the thing is running WCG, so thats moot. But, I found it interesting and nice at the time.
 
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