What computer were you using 10 years ago?

[vshah]

february 2003, just before HS graduation. 1.2ghz thunderbird on an A7a266 mobo - Ali magik chipset. I think I had 512mb of ram. video card was a geforce 2 GTS

in june '03 i built a 3.0ghz northwood box which lasted me through 2009

 

[TwiceOver]

Probably something similar. I bought the 1800xp, board, 4x 256gb, and Windows XP when it came out.

It was smoking' fast.

 

[tential]

4GB in 2004? Almost nobody would have bought that much memory for anything but a server. XP x64 wasn't even released until 2005, and even with that OS it was almost impossible to get one program to use more than 2GB at a time.

It was so long ago maybe I have it all mixed up lol. I may be thinking 2-3 years later down the road.

Maybe I upgraded the ram or something later down the road.

 

[DesiPower]

Dell Dimension 8200, RDRAM ftw!!!

 

[Hugo Drax]

P4 2.4Ghz cpu HT 2GB of ram

 

[dave_the_nerd]

No pics. But it was an Antec SLK3000BQE, Soyo KT400 motherboard, Athlon XP 2400+, a couple of HDDs, ~1GB of RAM (That was the year I upgraded from 512MB to 1.5GB), and either a Radeon 8500LE or a 9600XT.

I had a couple lower-end systems too, and an Apple Powerbook G3 laptop.

 

[adairusmc]

I had a Gallatin Pentium4 Extreme Edition 3.2 that was a total waste of money. I ended up replacing it with an Athlon 64 and and it was much much better.

 

[NutBucket]

That would be a Dell Dimension something or other. P4 3GHz. My parents were still using it last year until I finally got them something better.

 

[Blackjack200]

Core processor. I was ahead of my time.

 

[Anubis]

pretty sure it was a 2500+ or something very similar,

i know i had a 3200+ for a while also had one of the opterons that you coudl just drop in a normal amd mobo and it would work and be unlocked

 

[Imp]

Still in high school but had my own computer. It sucked... Pentium 4, a gig of Ram, and an Nvidia card. I upgraded two years later.

Oh, it's coming back to me. That was the year World of Warcraft came out (later in the year). Every time I went into town, the computer would chug at 1 frame per minute for 5-10 minutes before everything properly loaded.

 

[mikeymikec]

Barton 2500+ / Ti4200 I think. Win2k, 512MB or 768MB RAM. 60 or 120GB HDD.

 

[crownjules]

I would have still been on my first custom build then which was a P3 800mHz and 256MB RAM. Some sort of ASUS motherboard.

 

[Savij]

Dual processor Athlon XP or something like that.

 

[Fern]

Barton 2500 mobile chip, OC'd great.
9800 Pro (my favorite gfx card of all time)
Win 2K
IIRC, 512MB of of some whiz bang ram for OCing that I later found out was unnecessary for AMD cpu's (but helpful in P4's, which I hated).

Fern

 

[moonbogg]

AMD 2400+
9700 pro, then FX 5800 Ultra (stupid side grade)

Can't remember rest, but it was fun and glorious.

 

[TwiceOver]

It's funny how we look back now and 10 years ago AMD was just eating Intel's lunch. Those early XP series processors and the early AMD64 line were just killing it.

 

[alkemyst]

This is just what lived in my current case. Nothing was just a hump and dump.

Celeron 300A @ 464MHz to Intel Pentium III 850MHz @ 995MHz (8.5x117)
Global Win to Alpha P3125 w/ generic fans
Intel Pentium III 850MHz @ 995MHz (8.5x117) to Celeron 1.1A @ 1.42GHz
Alpha P3125 w/ generic fans to Alpha PEP66T w/ Tualatin Clip (Artic Silver 3)
ASUS V3400TNT/TV to Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 Ultra (Nvidia TNT2 Ultra core/mem@180/200)
Windows 98 SE to Current
Mitsubishi LS120 1x SuperDisc to Current
HP ScanJet 4p to HP ScanJet 4cse
Added 1 256MB Crucial PC133 CAS2 DIMM
Epson Stylus 860 Color to Epson Stylus 880 Color
Imation (Plextor) 8/20 to Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32S
Added Pioneer DVD-305S
Western Digital Expert 18.0 GB @ 7200RPM to Current
Cambridge Soundworks Speakers to Altec Lansing ADA885, THX certified
Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 Ultra (Nvidia TNT2 Ultra core/mem@180/200) to ATI Radeon 8500 128MB, Retail (283.5 core/283.5 memory)
Samsung Syncmaster 17GLsi to Hewlett Packard M900 (Hitachi SuperScan Elite 751 Clone)
OptiUPS 650E to APC SmartUPS 1250
Logitech Mouseman Wheel+ to Current
Alpha PEP66T w/ Tualatin Clip (Artic Silver 3) to Thermalright SLK-800 (Artic Silver 3)
Sanyo Denki Pico Ace 25 (21 CFM, 28 dBA) to Sanyo Denki Petit Ace 80MM (36.4 CFM, 29 dBA)
Abit BX6r2.0 to ASUS TUV4X
Added Zalman ZM-NB32J
Intel Celeron 1.1A @ 1.42GHz to Intel Tualatin PIII-S 1.4GHz/512K [SL657, FPO/Batch: H208017W] @ 1.5GHz
Added 1 512MB Crucial PC133 CAS2 DIMM
4 ADDA whisper case fans (3in/1out @ 29CFM, 22.9dBA) to Current
Tekram 390F SCSI Adapter to Current
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 to Current
PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 300ATX to PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 425W
Added DSL
Added Linksys BEFW11S4 version 4 WAP/Router
Added Westell 2100 DSL Modem
Epson Stylus 880 Color to Canon i960
Added APC Back-UPS ES series, 350VA
Canon PowerShot A50 to Canon PowerShot A70
IBM DeskStar 60GXP 60GB, 2MB Cache @ 7200RPM to Current (hard drive 2)
Intel Tualatin PIII-S 1.4GHz/512K [SL657, FPO/Batch: H208017W] to AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2000MHz) Winchester, 3820+ (2520MHz): 280.0 x 9, 3x HTT
Thermalright SLK-800 to Current
Sanyo Denki Petit Ace 80MM (36.4 CFM, 29 dBA) to Current
Zalman ZM-NB32J to Zalman ZM-NB47J
ASUS TUV4X to ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
1GB of Crucial PC133 CAS2 (2x256MB,1x512MB) to OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 PC3200 (2x512MB, 2-2-2-5 1T @ 235.8MHz 2-3-3-7 1T, 2.85V)
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB, Retail (283.5 core/283.5 memory) to BFG 6800GT OC (core/mem stock: 370/1000, Overclock: 405/1025)
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe to Current
Deleted Zalman ZM-NB47J
Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32S to Sanyo BP6
3Com Palm IIIxe with Serial to USB cradle to Current
Canon PowerShot A70 to Canon PowerShot A620
InterSys PCD-15B to Sabrent SBT-ICR42W
APC SmartUPS 1250 to Current
Added APC AP9606 Web/SNMP Network Management Card to SmartUPS 1400
PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 425W [Silencer 80MM #802312 Fan installed] to Current
Hitachi SuperScan Elite 751 Clone: Hewlett Packard M900, 19" CRT to Sony CPM-G500 OEM: Dell P1110, 21" CRT
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2000MHz) Winchester, 3820+ (2520MHz): 280.0 x 9, 3x HTT to AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego LCB9E 0646RPMW @ 283.0 FSB x 10, 3x HTT, 1.525V
Artic Silver 3 to Current
229.1MHz 2-3-3-7 1T to OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 PC3200 (2x512MB, 2-2-2-5 1T @ 235.8MHz 2-3-3-7 1T, 2.85V)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard to current
Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 to Current
bellsouth.net 1.5Mbps DSL to Current
Linksys BEFW11S4 version 4, 11Mbps Wireless Access Point/Router to Current
Westell 2100 to Current
Siemens SpeedStream 1024 Wireless NIC to Current
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego LCB9E 0646RPMW @ 283.0 FSB x 10, 3x HTT, 1.525V to AMD Opteron 165 (1800MHz) Denmark LCB9E 0702WPMW, FX-60+ / 5200+ (2700.0MHz): 300.0 FSB x 9.0, 3x HTT
Thermalright XP-120 to Current
OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 PC3200 (2x512MB, 2-2-2-5 1T @ 235.8MHz 2-3-3-7 1T, 2.85V) to Current
Modded Addtronics 7896A to accept Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
Removed ACARD AEC-7720UW IDE-to-SCSI Bridge on DVR-108 to current
Removed Plextor UltraPlex 40 Wide
Removed Sanyo CRD-BP4
Removed Western Digital WD1200JB, 120GB, 8MB Cache Special Edition @ 7200RPM; Manfactured 3/4/2003 / Died 3/7/2008
Moved Seagate 7200.8 ST3300831A-RK, 300GB, 8MB Cache @ 7200RPM to Current
Added Vantec NexStar-3 USB 2.0 to EIDE External Hard Drive Enclosure
Canon PowerShot A620 to Current
BFG 6800GT OC (core/mem stock: 370/1000, Overclock: 405/1025) to BFG 8800GTX OC (575/1350/1800 standard, 600/1400/1800 BFG OC, 600/1470/2030 actual)
Altec Lansing ADA885, THX certified to current
AMD Opteron 165 (1800MHz) Denmark LCB9E 0702WPMW, FX-60+ / 5200+ (2700.0MHz): 300.0 FSB x 9.0, 3x HTT to current
K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (MS-7100) to current
7100MOD3A1 BIOS by aicjofs, to enable 1T timing with San Diego CPU to current
G.Skill F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX (2x1GB, 2-3-2-5 1T) 225.0MHz 3-3-2-5 1T 2.80V to current
Removed Ultra Wide SCSI, LSI LSIU40SE: 40MB/s dual channel
Pioneer DVD-305S with 1.05 firmware (RPC-1), 10x Max to current
Pioneer DVR-108 with 1.18 NILS firmware (RPC-1 + 12xRIP + nx4all), 16x Max to current
HP ScanJet 4cse to current
Removed Matsushita LKM-F934-1 LS-120 SuperDisk, 2x
Sabrent SBT-ICR42W to current
BFG 8800GTX OC (575/1350/1800 standard, 600/1400/1800 BFG OC, 600/1470/2030 current) to current
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz to current
Sony CPM-G500 OEM: Dell P1110, 21" CRT to current
Canon i960 to current
Linksys WRT54G version 2, 54Mbps Wireless Router (Speedboost modified) with v4.71.1, Hyperwrt 2.1b1 + Thibor15c firmware to Current
Encore ENLWI-SG 802.11b/g PCI Super-G 108Mbps to current
AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE (2800MHz) Deneb CACZC AC 0906BPBW @ 3600MHz. 200.0 FSB x 16.0, 10x HTT (2000MHz), 13x NB (2600MHz) to Current
Arctic Silver 5 to Current
Panaflo 120mm FBA12G12L1A (68.9 cfm / 30.0 dB / 1700 rpm) to Current
4 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer 80MM #802312 (27 CFM / 20 dBA / 1700 rpm) (3in/1out) to Current
OCZ Modstream 520W to Current
added Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ, 1TB, 32MB Cache @ 7200 RPM
ColorMunki Create to Current
Router OEM firmware to Current
Windows XP Professional SP3 to Current
Vantec NexStar-3 USB 2.0 to EIDE External Hard Drive Enclosure retired
Seagate 7200.8 ST3300831A-RK, 300GB, 8MB Cache @ 7200RPM to Current(backup drive)
Handspring Prism with Magellan GPS, RS-232 cable for ODBScan retired
Linksys WRT320N, 300Mbps Wireless N Router to Linksys E3000
Motorola Surfboard 5120 to Current
Logitech Dual Optical to Microsoft Sidewinder X8
Linksys E3000, Dual Band/Dual Radio to Current
Microsoft Sidewinder X8 to Current
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ, 1TB, 32MB Cache @ 7200 RPM to Current
Canon PowerShot A650is [stolen 09/02/2009] to Current
Apple iPhone4 to Apple iPhone4s
Apple iPhone4s to Current
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard to Current
Cisco E4200, Dual Band/Dual Radio to Current
6000Kbps/384Kbps to Current
Arris TM602G to Current
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit to Current
APC Smart-UPS 1400 to Current


Current is at http://www.30moons.com./pc_chiapet.php

may not be totally updated.

I have been "on-line" since 1983

 

[IronWing]

It was a Compaq Presario with a big, ugly blue target looking thing on the front that opened to hold CDs if one so chose.

It looked like this:

http://www7.pcmag.com/media/images/2654-compaq-presario-7000t-7000z.jpg

 

[Mide]

P4 with HT
36GB Raptor

 

[notposting]

Athlon XP 1800+ (JIXIB, iirc), Asus A7N8X, 32 MB TNT2 M64. At some point got the gift that kept on giving, the refurb X800XT PE from the Ati store (eventually got money back from it, and then a new video card as well, thank you class action suits).

 

[HeXen]

I think it was an Athlon64 4000+ but I have slept since then. Wish I could go back to that time and steal my Voodoo 5500 from myself that I had in storage before I threw it away. I stopped hoarding around that time and regret it once in a while.

 

[HeXen]

It was a Compaq Presario with a big, ugly blue target looking thing on the front that opened to hold CDs if one so chose.

It looked like this:

http://www7.pcmag.com/media/images/2654-compaq-presario-7000t-7000z.jpg

lol, I had one of those back in the Pentium 3 days. That was longer than 10 years ago though wasn't it?

 

[Mixolydian]

HP Pavilion 743c.

2.4GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 80GB, Windows XP.

 

[IronWing]

lol, I had one of those back in the Pentium 3 days. That was longer than 10 years ago though wasn't it?

It finally died in 2005. I replaced it with a Dell XPS P4 blast furnace.