Re: The awesome and terrifying Upgrade thread

[Fangirl Three]

I see that one does SATA as well.

I'm guessing in both cases you have to sort out your own power supply to actually spin the disc?

[Guest]

Unless it's a little ones, the little laptop ones that takes the power off the cable.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I see that one does SATA as well.

I'm guessing in both cases you have to sort out your own power supply to actually spin the disc?

Only if it's a 3.5" drive. If it's 2.5", the USB provides the power to the drive.

[Guest]

I had a power pack for one of those, it literally blew it's top off when it prematurely reached End of Life.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I've just ordered a new WiFi card for my laptop.

And this one has bluetooth!

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Make a Thinkpad Laptop Look Brand New With Plasti Dip.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

My laptop now haz bluetooth.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

In the last two weeks I have:

Doubled my RAM.
Replaced the old HDD with a new SSD.
Replaced the optical drive with an HDD.
Installed a new WiFi/bluetooth card.

Total cost: £36.

The only thing left is to replace the CPU with a more powerful one.

That will have to wait, as it's more expensive and more riskier.

At some point, I'd like to see if I can get the RAM up to the 16GB limit but I don't currently have the financial security to be spending money on 16GB of RAM that might not work.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

My laptop's now connected to the Internet via my phone's bluetooth.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'm going to do a speedtest to see how it compares with my broadband.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Download: 1.2 mbps, compared to my broadband's 2.4 mbps.

Upload: 1.0 mbps, compared to my broadband's 0.4 mbps.

Ping: 61, compared to my broadband's 38.

I don't have a clue what ping is.

[Guest]

Packet InterNet Groper.



Oh,apparently not.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I have turned off the bluetooth and am now connected via my phone's WiFi.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Now to do a speed-test on that, for comparison.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Download Speed: 3.1 mbps.
Upload Speed: 1.8 mbps.
Ping: 56.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I have a 4G phone due to arrive tomorrow. Isn't that supposed to be 10 times faster than my current 3G?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

If it works, I can dump my landline and just use mobile Internet, saving me nearly £25 a month.

[Guest]

Have you won the pools or something?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

My plan is that the phone pays for itself, thanks to the fall in my Internet costs.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I currently pay £38 a month for my landline, fixed broadband and mobile data combined.

I only use 40-45 GB of data a month, from all sources.

I can get 50 GB of mobile data a month for just £15.

Therefore, if I go mobile only, I save £23 a month.

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