crappy computer thread

[wheresmybacon]

It still runs WoW OK but I can't wait to get something new when I save up some cash in a couple months. I've just been a cheap-ass and saying to myself "it does what I need it to do..."

Here it is:

Athlon XP 1800+
1.5 GB pc2700 DIMM
GeForce 3
1x 120 GB Western Digital HD
1x 80 GB Maxtor
Sony DVD ROM
Mashita 12x CDRW

Users of "ancient" hardware represent your rigs.

 

[Rufus12]

You can get a really cheap s.939 machine nowadays.

 

[Garet Jax]

My car is black.

 

[Ika]

P4 Northwood 1.8ghz 400FSB
512mb Ram @ 133
6800nu (yay upgrade!)
1x20gb Maxtor HD
1x80 WD HD
External DVD-RW
40x CDRW (yay black friday)

Worse than yours except for graphics card.

 

[Electric Amish]

That is not ancient....other than the video card.

Jam in a 9800 Pro or something from the ATI X-series that's AGP and you can still milk that goat.

My friend is currently running that system with a 9800 Pro.

 

[wheresmybacon]

I'm going to spend around $2k considering I haven't purchased anything new in forever...

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: Aflac
P4 Northwood 1.8ghz 400FSB
512mb Ram @ 133
6800nu (yay upgrade!)
1x20gb Maxtor HD
1x80 WD HD
External DVD-RW
40x CDRW (yay black friday)

Worse than yours except for graphics card.

If we ran benchmarks against eachother it would be like the special olympics.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: hungfarover

Originally posted by: Aflac
P4 Northwood 1.8ghz 400FSB
512mb Ram @ 133
6800nu (yay upgrade!)
1x20gb Maxtor HD
1x80 WD HD
External DVD-RW
40x CDRW (yay black friday)

Worse than yours except for graphics card.

If we ran benchmarks against eachother it would be like the special olympics.

I think I get 3220 or so in 3DMark05

 

[SlitheryDee]

I have a duron 750 mhz and a k6-2 300 mhz laying around somewhere.

Better yet, I just did some work on a Pentium 90mhz for someone.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: Rufus12
You can get a really cheap s.939 machine nowadays.

I agree, get a cheap cpu/mobo combo and a nice mid range video card and your set, even your PC2700 ram will still work well with it.

If you must play and have two grand burning a hole in your pocket build a new conroe rig. But unless you do some serious CPU intense stuff on your computer, the increase in performance from a decent 939 system to a conroe system definately won't be worth the price difference from $300 to $2000

 

[mordantmonkey]

PIII @ ~997Mhz
512MB pc133
geforce3 (ti200!!! "modded" with a blue orb VGA cooler after fan died. now it's got a cool tan spot on the pcb. still runs perfectly though)
40GB WD HD
120GB Seagate HD
1x broken CD-RW (haven't bothered to take it out yet)

edit: ok, so it' not my main rig. but it was 3 years ago.

 

[nakedfrog]

I just finally upgraded this year... to a Barton 2400+ (which I'm running at something like 2.047GHz) and a 6600GT. I only have 768MB of RAM, though.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
I'm going to spend around $2k considering I haven't purchased anything new in forever...

spending 2k on a desktop in this age = retarded.

 

[Red Dawn]

I have a P4 1.6 with onboard video. Does what I need it to do. There's so many other things I'd rather spend money on other than a faster PC to surf the net.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Your rig is better than mine.

Dell 4550 o)
2.00GHz (runs at 1993MHz )
512 (2x256) MB of generic RAM
2x18GB Hard Drive
1x27GB Hard Drive
GeForce4 MX420 Video Card
Internal CD/RW
External CD/RW
External DVDROM

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I have a duron 750 mhz and a k6-2 300 mhz laying around somewhere.

Better yet, I just did some work on a Pentium 90mhz for someone.

Have? Oh, if you want to go into the "I HAVE a crappy computer" section, I could work nicely there. I've got an Intel 486 (is that what they were called?) that I don't even KNOW the speed of. It booted up in DOS and we had to load windows manually. Those were the days...

 

[Baked]

The GH forum is ^ way.

 

[Steve]

My 3rd floor apartment is really hot (no central air) so while I was A/C-less my Athlon XP3200+ would overheat. So I moved it into my rarely used HTPC and in my main PC installed my Duron 1.8 Oh and my main hard drive is a 40GB IBM. That's right, Deathstar baby!

EDIT: Oh yeah, I still have my original Aptiva with a K6-2 450, 256MB, and a 27GB Quantum. That hard drive is a tank, it just will not die.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Your rig is better than mine.

Dell 4550 o)
2.00GHz (runs at 1993MHz )
512 (2x256) MB of generic RAM
2x18GB Hard Drive
1x27GB Hard Drive
GeForce4 MX420 Video Card
Internal CD/RW
External CD/RW
External DVDROM

That's ALMOST exactly like my computer. Dell Dimension 4500, weaker processor, same ram, same video card (before I upgraded), and almost the same drives. We did get a good deal on our HD though.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy

Originally posted by: Rufus12
You can get a really cheap s.939 machine nowadays.

I agree, get a cheap cpu/mobo combo and a nice mid range video card and your set, even your PC2700 ram will still work well with it.

If you must play and have two grand burning a hole in your pocket build a new conroe rig. But unless you do some serious CPU intense stuff on your computer, the increase in performance from a decent 939 system to a conroe system definately won't be worth the price difference from $300 to $2000

I'm so out of touch with hardware since I haven't had money to spend on it for so long. Anyone care to link a recommended 939? I feel like I should know where to look but I don't.

 

[imported_LoKe]

My 4550 came with 256MB of ram, lol.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: LoKe
My 4550 came with 256MB of ram, lol.

128 here

I think I win (lose?) when we fight.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
PIII @ ~997Mhz
512MB pc133
geforce3 (ti200!!! "modded" with a blue orb VGA cooler after fan died. now it's got a cool tan spot on the pcb. still runs perfectly though)
40GB WD HD
120GB Seagate HD
1x broken CD-RW (haven't bothered to take it out yet)

edit: ok, so it' not my main rig. but it was 3 years ago.

Same cpu but with 128MB RAM
Voodoo 5500
60GB Seagate HD
52X CD-RW

I installed windows xp in it and it runs like ass but my mom uses it to check her email and browse the web and she's fine with it.

 

[SLCentral]

I run an iMac G4 15" 700MHz with a measly 256MB of RAM on every other week, for a week.

256MB seems like a decent amount, but not with OS X. And going from a 30" to a 15" display every week is killer.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I have a P4 1.6 with onboard video. Does what I need it to do. There's so many other things I'd rather spend money on other than a faster PC to surf the net.

well, that plus the fact that I might just win you a new one