[ChrisRay]

Old.. Ancient...out dated.. piece of... oh.. wait what you were saying?

 

[Toshiro]

My computers back in Canada, the oldest is my rigg, which was purchased a year ago. (XP 2500+ OC = 3200+, 1G RAM, WD120G HDD SATA, Abit NF7-S v2.0, GFX5600 from Asus), the second is a little newer by 4 months, which is the same specs above except for the video card being a GF4 Ti4200.

Then my latest piece of hardware would be my laptop for my travels to Japan, and Asus A2K, which I custom ordered. AMD64 Mobile 3000+, 1G RAM, ATi 9700 Mobile with dedicated 128M, 15" TFT and well other perks).

 

[n_w95482]

My current PC is a little more than a year and a half old so I rounded up and selected 2 years on the poll . Since I built it, I've overclocked the CPU, got a new video card, heatsink, sound card, and my dad's old 40 GB Seagate hard drive. I'm thinking about getting 3 new case fans (my current ones suck), a Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu (should perform as well as my current heatsink, without all of the noise), a nice Intel NIC (onboard one sucks), and a NV Silencer 5 heatsink for my 6800 GT so I can overclock it without high temperatures :evil:.

As for my other machines, this was my first computer. The only difference between that one and mine is that mine had a monochrome monitor. My parents got it probably somewhere around 1993 and we got rid of it in 1995 as we had no more software for it to run (the Hangman floppy died, and the typing program floppy was corrupted when we got it).

From 1995 to 1997 I used a couple of 486's that were owned by my dad's various girlfriends .

In 1998, I was able to use a Pentium 1 for the first time (my stepmom's), which is sitting about a foot from me. Unfortunately it won't turn on for some reason. Ever since I took out the PSU to test my 5x86 (more info in a bit), it hasn't turned on. Hopefully I'll be able to get it to turn on as I've had many fond memories with it .

In 2002, my parents gave me their old computer that they got when they gave me the Pentium 1, which was the AMD K6-2 (500 MHz) that I had until I built my current computer. It was reliable but slow, due in part to the crappy motherboard (PCChips M598) and that the CPU wasn't that great. I upgraded it temporarily with a stick of 256 MB PC133 SDRAM and a GeForce 4 MX 420 PCI video card. I sold those two parts to a friend about a month before I got my current computer.

Last September, I got a box filled with computer parts for free from my dad's friend. Included in it was the AMD 5x86 (basically a sped up 486, ran at 133 MHz), 3 or so 5 1/4 inch floppy drives, a 250 MB tape drive and complementary tape, 51 various ISA cards (a couple were CPU cards), 2 PCI cards, 13 motherboards from the 286, 386, and 486 era, some weird serial port touchpad thingy, a 9600 baud external modem, 5 hard drives of various capacities (so far, one died), and a Back to the Future-style RCA VHS camcorder . Some of the 286 stuff is from around 1984-1985 or so. The only things I've tested out of the pile were the 5x86 and the motherboard it was inserted in and one of the PCI cards (Matrox Impression 2 MB). I've attached some pictures of the contents of that box as well .

 

[Valcrist]

That is friggin schweet.

 

[n_w95482]

The neat thing about that is that he gave me the parts for free. If I hadn't have taken them then he would have sold them to someone else. I don't know of any other people who would use the stuff though .

 

[Mr. Killjoy]

6 years old, at first it was P2 350mhz, 32mb SDRAM, a crappy Ati Rage IIC and an ISA sound card, now it's like in my sig.... the only part that never changed is the case

 

[ChrisRay]

6 years old, at first it was P2 350mhz, 32mb SDRAM, a crappy Ati Rage IIC and an ISA sound card, now it's like in my sig.... the only part that never changed is the case

I kept my original case for a long long time during my period of upgrades. At a certain point I realised. Whats the point in having a nice PC with a crappy case? In any event. I replaced the case. Sadly I run with the side panel off these days to keep the heat down on both my cases and they are nice cases.

 

[Mr. Killjoy]

Yeah, my case is always open for cooling and tweaking purpose... and it's hidden somewhere in the furniture (word?), so I don't care if it looks good or not ^^
(and I'm too lazy to unplug everything just to change the case)

 

[bahamut_2006]

Well, most of my primary rig's parts are new. Most of the internal components I got back in late February. I have had the case since March 2004, and the monitor since March 2003 (when I built my secondary rig)

 

[Yeloazndevil]

this is a 3 year old pc, but I update it every few months or so. so its basically new

 

[sights]

...my oldest computer is 19 years old.

It's an Amstrad CPC 6128 my dad bought me (after he succumbed to my iincessant nagging for a computer :evil: ).

 

[RF]

The bulk of my system is coming up to about 4years now :S

2100+ Originally bought with new pc... 3yrs
A7N8X DLX Originally bought ... 3yrs
OCZ PC2700 512mb Ram .. 3yrs
Radeon 9600pro... 2yrs I think
Liteon 52246S CD-RW .. 2yrs
Pioneer DVR-108 Less than 5mths
WDJB1200 - 120gb hdd. 1yr
Seagate 80gb - 1yr

Almost time for an upgrade after working through the summer

 

[n_w95482]

I forgot to mention I got the Pentium 1 (233 MHz) to work . All I did was take the power supply out and test it with the 5x86 again, no problems there. I then threw it back into the P1 and it turned on oO. It is quite slow since it only has 24 MB of RAM but it's still fun to use . I also overclocked my old K6-2 to 550 MHz a few weeks ago and for the short amount of time I used it, it ran perfectly. Hopefully soon I'll try overclocking my Pentium 1 using that motherboard :evil:.

 

[Betamax]

...my oldest computer is 19 years old.

It's an Amstrad CPC 6128 my dad bought me (after he succumbed to my iincessant nagging for a computer :evil: ).

I can go one better . I had its predesssor, the cpc464, which I got as a christmas present when I was 4 (1983). I got my first pc back in '94, a 486 sx 25. I didn't even have sound back then . I never really replaced it, rather I kept upgrading it over the years. In its current regeneration it is an athlon 64 3200 .

As for the newest that would be my G4 ibook.

 

[Aided Onslaught]

I got my computer 2 years ago christmas

AMD 2700
1gb of 2700 ram
9700 Pro
audigy 2 plat sound card (use it for recording...I wish I had something a little better now)
80gb hard drive
20gb hard drive
and I think that's all that's really needed to talk about...

I use to have an old Honey well computer, I was like 3 years old, haha...I don't remember much but this one game that you shot arrows across the screen and hit a ship that passes by, then I got a 486 computer, wolfenstine 3d was fun...haha...THen I got my computer that held me through good times, the P 166, for some reason it ran at what a 233 would (not overclocked) but the benches I ran on it, then I put a P233 in it and it ran slower....okay I'm done...

 

[Kane]

I can go one better . I had its predesssor, the cpc464, which I got as a christmas present when I was 4 (1983). I got my first pc back in '94, a 486 sx 25. I didn't even have sound back then . I never really replaced it, rather I kept upgrading it over the years. In its current regeneration it is an athlon 64 3200 .

As for the newest that would be my G4 ibook.

Damn. We draw on that one. My Dad got the 464 in '83 too. Still got it too.

 

[Samor]

most of my pc is about 2 years old.
amdxp2500+, geforce4ti4800se.
Only thing I changed after that was storage media
It's likely to stay like that for a while too; I used to upgrade for games, but I jumped the console bandwagon at last

the oldest I still have is a ~1996 toshiba laptop that used to be my dad's. It's nice for Screamer, etc. . I have older systems but they were (re)bought later, second-hand.

 

[sights]

I can go one better . I had its predesssor, the cpc464, which I got as a christmas present when I was 4 (1983). I got my first pc back in '94, a 486 sx 25. I didn't even have sound back then . I never really replaced it, rather I kept upgrading it over the years. In its current regeneration it is an athlon 64 3200 .

As for the newest that would be my G4 ibook.

...always good to hear from a fellow CPC user.

...IIRC the 464 was released in 1984, so you must have been at least 5 years old ...either that, or my memory has begun to fail me...
...still, you were very fortunate to get one that early (you lucky batard !! ). I was VERY indecisive as to what I would choose for my entry to the world of computers...

The guy at the store where I was shopping cartridges for my Atari 2600 was trying to promote the Atari 800 XL, but for some reason I was already leaning towards the ZX Spectrum or its big rival (at the time), the Oric.
Then I decided that maybe it would be better to consider the good but pricey C64, or the "newcomer" 464. But soon enough (so to speak), the 6128 appeared (with 664 making a quick appearence) which at that point seemed (at least to my eyes) as a great offer.
So I thought "this is it" - "if I wait any longer, I'll never get anything in the end".

As for a PC, my first one was a '386 DX at 40MHz, bought in '92 (beat you there ).
The reason I bought a PC this late was that my Amiga more than coverd my needs before that...

 

[Samor]

hm. our first pc was my dad's Pentium 75 in 1995; fairly late I'd say. The reason I know a thing or two about classic pc gaming is that at about the same time he dug up an old 286 for me from his work. I caught up

 

[Kane]

You are indeed correct, sights. I remember it being when I was very young, but I was sure it was 83, before I would have been compus mentis

1984 Amstrad launches the first mass market Home Computer package (CPC range), designed by Amstrad engineers in the UK. This product captures the market from the existing players Commodore and Sinclair.