you know you're a geek when...
 

When you get warm and fuzzy inside after you order a new part for your pc :P

I just ordered a set of OCZ 2x256 DDR PC3200 memory. Link to the product

I recently swapped out my (dead) ECS K7S5A motherboard for a Soltek 75FRN2-L one, and went from an XP 1900+ to a 2500 barton.

The problem was that I had a half gig stick of pc2100 ram in there, which was underclocking the proc.

I'm spending more on this PC at once than I had hoped to, but at least now I can play with a bit of overclocking, which just about all my previous hardware didn't allow me to do.

Just thought I'd put this one out there, because I thought it was kinda funny that I actually felt excited that I'd ordered the ram and it's coming in 1-2 days from monday :)

btw, I paid $180 ($207 after taxes and shipping) for it. From what I saw from looking around, it was a pretty fair price.

That's a fair price if it's Canadian, which I assume from your location.

And isn't it just great ordering new parts? =D

Bah. Glad you got away from that ECS mobo. I had that exact same mobo and it was the biggest piece of utter shite...

yeah, i got really excited the day i ordered my 120 gb usb 2.0 fantom...you don't want to know what happened the day it arrived, lets just say my roomate smacked me for being annoying

bacon_masta: the "annoying child on christmas morning" effect? :P

sailor, I bought it last year just for the price, because I was in need and simply couldn't afford anything more than it. However, while hearing constant complaints by users, I really didn't have any problems with it. It definitely was not a high end board, but I wasn't expecting one. For what it cost me (about 50-60 bucks if I can remember correctly), it did its job. Although I'm not too sad that it's gone ;)

and MooseMan3000, yeah it's Canadian dollars. I guess I should have mentioned that.

I've been in hardware tinkering mode for a few days now. Not good for the wallet, but it's something I've wanted to do for a long time now. I've never really built a PC that I've been very happy with. My computers always seem to be built during economic turmoil :P

After a few more parts, I'll essentially have replaced everything. Now just for a case that isn't a POS... I'll keep you guys posted :)

New puter parts make me feel all warm-n-fuzzy inside too :D

/me huggles her puter :p

I was ecstatic when I upgraded my Geforce 2 MX (with no heatsink!) to a 9600 XT.

Of course that led to the heat issues, and then the mysterious "loud pop" :o

Yep, I was super excited when I got my first batch of computer parts in. New mobo, processor, hdd, ram. Ah, it feels like it was just yesterday when I was scoring 13000 on 3dmark2001.

haha, I've never had reason to run 3dmark or any other benchmarks with my hardware. It was never worth the bother.

I think after this box is finished up, I might just have to do that :D

when all the girls u have talked to is coz of the net (like me)