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  1. 05-12-2014, 05:31 PM #1
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    QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    And have the upgrades lived up to your expectations?
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    Swapped out a VooDoo 2 for a Voodoo 3 3500. Does that count?
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    Upgraded with Samsung EVO SSD in laptop!
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    Put in a Crucial 256gb SSD in my desktop, now boot up in under 2 seconds plus games load a lot faster, definitely worth it!
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    I upgraded my front room PC to a GTX780, makes the experience much better.

    Other than that, it's been a slow year for upgrades.
    Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
    HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    AMD 7870 -> AMD R9 290 Beasty!
    Coolermaster V10 -> Corsair H60 same performance but more space.
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    Took the plunge with 4K. Which in turn lead to GPU, CPU and yes I upgraded everything
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    New SSHD in laptop
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    The only thing I have done is add a WiFi card as my current PC has been without one for 3.5 years lol.
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    I put an external SD hard drive on my Atari STe earlier this year and a drive 9 SD2IEC drive piggy backing my C64 1541 disk drive.
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    coolermaster (not so) Elite 460W -> XFX ProSeries 450W Core Edition Bronge
    the old PSU started failling (first some line spike alerts then BSOD in games) so I replaced it with something really good.

    I also got a new coolermaster N300 case to replace my old no-name macpro like case, but I haven't switched yet, I plan to open my office in 2015 and I want it to look brand new.
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    build a total new liquid cooled haswell i7 /MSI computer , i still need is a new monitor and a few SSD drives , i took however the Radeon 270x Gaming, 4GB card because the 290 just was too expensive , pretty happy with it , but could be better
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    Upgraded to a 250GB Evo SSD in my Y50. Thinking I should have gone for 500GB when I found out that Far Cry 4 is 31 GB :O
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    Samsung SSD for my desktop OS. Amazing upgrade.
    Built the kids a Kaveri APU micro tower each. Very capable for anything other than gaming on the latest titles
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    Re: QOTW: Which PC components did you upgrade in 2014?

    made my desk with pc inside, so replaced everything really
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    Case: From a crappy Thermaltake to a Corsair 750D
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