Who has the oldest daily computer?

Onkel Neal · 03-10-09, 12:37 AM

Ok, this only counts for desktops, it has to be the newest PC you own, the one you use to play games. How old is your newest computer?

Not counting my laptop, my gaming PC is (as mentioned in previous threads) a Gateway 500X, bought Sept. 10, 2002! It has the original P4 2.4Ghz CPU, upgraded to 1GB RAM, upgraded to a 500w PSU, Radeon X1650, and three additional hard drives--the original internal 75GB drive that I had to move to slave after a Windows corruption, the 120GB I made master to run the OS, and two external drives, 500GB and 1TB.

Yeah, top that! (By top that, you will be proving how desperately poor you are or how stingy you are with money. I'm both, ha!)

Now, don't bother bragging about the 486 you have on the side running a mail server, or something like that. Only your newest daily computer counts. Pictures for extra credit. Of course, by this time next week, I will no longer be running a 6 1/2 year old PC

and will be out of the running.

Neal

Onkel Neal · 03-10-09, 03:13 PM

Eh? everyone out there is running new stuff?

Sailor Steve · 03-10-09, 03:15 PM

Mine's only from 2005, but it still has its AGP graphics slot, which means I can't get a great new card to play SH4 on. I know they make new AGP cards, but I can't afford them, so there!

silentrunner · 03-10-09, 03:20 PM

Mines still pretty new from late 07

Zachstar · 03-10-09, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Mine's only from 2005, but it still has its AGP graphics slot, which means I can't get a great new card to play SH4 on. I know they make new AGP cards, but I can't afford them, so there!

How about considering a new mobo?

Thomen · 03-10-09, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Eh? everyone out there is running new stuff?

My Wife uses my old box as a secondary PC. P4 2.4 Ghz, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (AGP), Soundlaster Live!.

Can't really remember when I bought this thing. But I think somewhere around 2002.

AVGWarhawk · 03-10-09, 03:29 PM

My old one is from 2005. AU31 AGP motherboard. My daughters use it now.

Sailor Steve · 03-10-09, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Zachstar

How about considering a new mobo?

Considering a lot of things. No money to buy them with, though.

Wolfehunter · 03-10-09, 04:01 PM

Dell XPS 730 4 months old

Now heavily modified thanks to me...

longam · 03-10-09, 04:06 PM

Mine is still doing ok.....

Naw, still have the P4 running for my daughter and she is gaming just fine on it.

AkbarGulag · 03-10-09, 07:02 PM

Still used a 'Commodore 128D' for games like 'Darkhorn' 'Defender of the Crown' and 'War of the Lance' until the disk drive crapped out 6 months ago. Even have a 'Freezeframe' cheatcode card for that

Now run those games on emulator software for the PC.

Also just retired an 'Intel 850' RD-ram board.

Turned the Abit-IC7-Max3 2.8 gig into a home data server, it hosts 2 terabytes of movies atm, with room for 3 more Sata drives, and has gigabit LAN, so works on the home network like a dream. Kinda glad, as the 30kg double sided case it resides in, that once housed an old scuzzy raid server was a PITA to haul from Lan to Lan

NeonSamurai · 03-10-09, 07:41 PM

The desktop i had been using before i got my laptop (which i use to game) was an athlon xp 1700 with 2 gigs of ram, when i got it was early 2002, the rest of the machine was 12 years old (i rebuilt it as it originally had an athlon 700 or something), other then when i had to replace the video card a year ago when it died. Oh and I was able to get Crysis to run on it (it's frame rate was single digit during the last battle but otherwise ok) and beat it.

Since that is my only desktop I guess in the lead so far... yay...

Now if you want to talk really old computer, i still got a working Texas Insturments TI99/4A which goes back to 1981.

Onkel Neal · 03-10-09, 08:08 PM

So, so far, I'm the guy who runs the website, and I'm running the crappiest machine? Man, that sure makes me look bad.

SUBMAN1 · 03-10-09, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

So, so far, I'm the guy who runs the website, and I'm running the crappiest machine? Man, that sure makes me look bad.

It would be hard to compete when you already broke your own rule - the laptop you have is better than your desktop.

Anyway, I could probably produce a pretty old machine for this competition, but I can't due to all the other machines I have!

I can see a P133 from this keyboard that is operational and has Windows 98 on it!

-S

Onkel Neal · 03-10-09, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

So, so far, I'm the guy who runs the website, and I'm running the crappiest machine? Man, that sure makes me look bad.

It would be hard to compete when you already broke your own rule - the laptop you have is better than your desktop.

Anyway, I could probably produce a pretty old machine for this competition, but I can't due to all the other machines I have!

I can see a P133 from this keyboard that is operational and has Windows 98 on it!

-S

Eh? The rule was

Quote:

this only counts for desktops

So, what is your newest desktop? I have several older machines too but my newest destop is... a 2002 model.

03-10-09, 12:37 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Who has the oldest daily computer? Ok, this only counts for desktops, it has to be the newest PC you own, the one you use to play games. How old is your newest computer? Not counting my laptop, my gaming PC is (as mentioned in previous threads) a Gateway 500X, bought Sept. 10, 2002! It has the original P4 2.4Ghz CPU, upgraded to 1GB RAM, upgraded to a 500w PSU, Radeon X1650, and three additional hard drives--the original internal 75GB drive that I had to move to slave after a Windows corruption, the 120GB I made master to run the OS, and two external drives, 500GB and 1TB. Yeah, top that! (By top that, you will be proving how desperately poor you are or how stingy you are with money. I'm both, ha!) Now, don't bother bragging about the 486 you have on the side running a mail server, or something like that. Only your newest daily computer counts. Pictures for extra credit. Of course, by this time next week, I will no longer be running a 6 1/2 year old PC and will be out of the running. Neal __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web Last edited by Onkel Neal; 03-10-09 at 08:52 AM.

03-10-09, 03:13 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Eh? everyone out there is running new stuff? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-10-09, 03:15 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Mine's only from 2005, but it still has its AGP graphics slot, which means I can't get a great new card to play SH4 on. I know they make new AGP cards, but I can't afford them, so there! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-10-09, 03:20 PM	#4
silentrunner Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mind your own business English Types Posts: 334 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mines still pretty new from late 07 __________________

03-10-09, 03:29 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	My old one is from 2005. AU31 AGP motherboard. My daughters use it now. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-10-09, 04:01 PM	#9
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	Dell XPS 730 4 months old Now heavily modified thanks to me... __________________

03-10-09, 04:06 PM	#10
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Mine is still doing ok..... Naw, still have the P4 running for my daughter and she is gaming just fine on it.

03-10-09, 07:02 PM	#11
AkbarGulag Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2007 Location: cfgdatsimZOMGddstgasns Posts: 571 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 1	Still used a 'Commodore 128D' for games like 'Darkhorn' 'Defender of the Crown' and 'War of the Lance' until the disk drive crapped out 6 months ago. Even have a 'Freezeframe' cheatcode card for that Now run those games on emulator software for the PC. Also just retired an 'Intel 850' RD-ram board. Turned the Abit-IC7-Max3 2.8 gig into a home data server, it hosts 2 terabytes of movies atm, with room for 3 more Sata drives, and has gigabit LAN, so works on the home network like a dream. Kinda glad, as the 30kg double sided case it resides in, that once housed an old scuzzy raid server was a PITA to haul from Lan to Lan __________________ "6 days into his patrol, the first enemy ship was spotted... a trawler... ...It was at this point, Captain AkbarGulag realised how green his crew was..."

03-10-09, 07:41 PM	#12
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	The desktop i had been using before i got my laptop (which i use to game) was an athlon xp 1700 with 2 gigs of ram, when i got it was early 2002, the rest of the machine was 12 years old (i rebuilt it as it originally had an athlon 700 or something), other then when i had to replace the video card a year ago when it died. Oh and I was able to get Crysis to run on it (it's frame rate was single digit during the last battle but otherwise ok) and beat it. Since that is my only desktop I guess in the lead so far... yay... Now if you want to talk really old computer, i still got a working Texas Insturments TI99/4A which goes back to 1981. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff Last edited by NeonSamurai; 03-10-09 at 07:52 PM.

03-10-09, 08:08 PM	#13
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	So, so far, I'm the guy who runs the website, and I'm running the crappiest machine? Man, that sure makes me look bad. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web