Since we all like to talk about our "Manly Fords" and all the power they have, how about a thread on our PC's?

I'm still running a 475 AMD k62 on a 13 gig HD with a Cable modem, maxed out at 512 megs of ram.

I can remember it was considered the ultimate gaming Pc....*sigh*.

to think that I paid 1700 dollars for it new too....

What's under your shell?

 

Dell 1850 2.4 Pentium 4, 512 mb RAM, 60gb HD, 128 mb Radeon 9700 video card, 17" LCD blah blah blah

 

I have a moo-moo (Gateway) bought three years ago and was top of the line. 600MHZ K6 AMD, 128MB memory (SDRAM), 20 GB 5400 RPM hard drive, CR-RW, DVD, Digital speakers, SoundBlaster Live! Value with Digital out, Windows 98, 16" viewable CRT. All this for $2200!!

I have added another 20GB drive, another 256MB of memory, and replaced the CD-RW.

We are looking at a new one for my wifes home business. Can you say 'tax write-off'?

Computer's are a worst investment than cars (note: I said cars, not trucks -

 

Lets see..

Regular everyday PC - Dell PIII 700, 128 mb ram, 20gig drive running XP Professional. ATI video card and Sound Blaster Sound Card, Iomega Zip Drive, US Robotics Courier, 21" Dell Monitor

Server - Dell Poweredge PIII 500 running gig of ram, about 80gig hard disk space (RAID 5), cd burner, Appian dual monitor card, dual IBM 15" lcd flatscreens. It Runs BBS software, provides mp3 storage, Runs a Ham Radio Packet BBS, and a few other things.

Workstation - Sun Sparc 20, 64 mb ram running Solaris 7, 9gig drive (used mostly with work applications), 20" Monitor

Laptop - Toshiba 133mhz, 64mb ram, 2 gig hard drive

IPX/TCPIP Bridge - NCR Pentium 133, 32mb ram, 2 gig hard drive running linux

Alarm Clock - 3com Audrey modified with Linux

Dos Machine for old Netgames - Clone PC PII, 64mb ram, ?? gig hard drive (can't remember)

VoIp Switch - Ericsson WebSwitch 100 - Great for talking with my brother overseas!

Printer - HP Laserjet 4

APC SmartUPS 1400

All networked with Cisco 2924 10/100 switch, behind a Sonicwall SoHo2 Firewall (provides VPN to Office, friends) which is connected to the Cable Modem

I'm a network administrator for a living..


Thats all the live stuff.. There's old computer carcasses about with various components in boxes

 

Abit KX7-333
AMD XP1600 (1400mhz) @ over 1700mhz (just ordered XP2400)
512mb Crucial PC2700 DDR
Geforce FX 5200 vid card
40gig Maxtor 7200rpm hard drive
13.6gig Maxtor 7200rpm hard drive


Superranger: time for an upgrade. Build your own and save money. Stay at least a generation behind in parts and you'll save tons.

 

AMD 1600+
256MB
40GB Maxtor
NVIDIA Geforce 256

My son's old hand me down machine, but works fine for what I do. He has the superfast gamer rig.

 

I've got an Alienware custom hotrod job (yee-haw!) that's about 2 years old now.

P4 1.7G
384Mb RDRAM
64MB Nvidia video card.


That's all I can think of right now; it's 3:20am and I'm tired.

XXL

 

I can't say what I have...you would all laugh at me.

That would cause me to ............. ~(8^)+

 

The machine i'm using now is a AMD K62 366 mghz machine, 192 mb ram, ATI Radeon 7200 32mb vid card, samsung 48x dvd cd-r burner with a 40gb maxtor 7200 rpm hard drive.

My new machine (well new to me.) is going to consist of a 1.7 ghz cpu with 512mb ram, the same radeon vid card, cd burner and hard drive, with a soundblaster live 5.1 sound card.

i think i aught to be able to handle some fairly new games with this setup.

 

What is it? a IBM 486?

 

My parents just got one just like yours, I got to put it together and tweak it.

Yeah I was drooling.

Not to sure if i Like XP though, been running windows 98 for so long any thing different would take some time to grow on me.

 

Once you learn your way around XP you will like it as long as you upgrade to the pro version. XP is the first windows since 3.11 that works good. Sorry to say but 98 was not the finest flower that Gatesware ever built.

I forgot to mention that I run a 19" SONY Flatscreen CRT.

I still like the CRT's because the LCD's just aren't fast enuf yet to run good games on and my son still uses my machine for a guest every so often. He has a 17" trueflat CRT, he wouldn't like hauling a 19" to LAN's. There are supposedly a couple of fast LCD's but he has tried them and still did not like them.

 

I'm running on an old, old, P2 400, 256megs of ram 10 gig HD, GeForce 2 MX 64meg. It's pretty damn slow
Once I get my tax return or save up $400, I'll be building my new one

Athlon XP 2.2+
512 megs of PC-2700 DDR Ram
110 gig HD (100gig + my 10 gig I have now)
21" Moniter (got this now)
Radeon 9700 PRO

EAT THAT NEW COMPUTER GAMES I WANT TO PLAY!
He he, I can't wait to start building the thing, I need it so bad.

 

I have a Hp Pavilion that my son in law upgraded a little. It has a 1.2 pentium. A 100 gig hardrive. 528 megs ram. And a sony Dvd-CDR. I'm not to computer smart. I just play with it. Oh ya Its on DSL from earthlink. I think the dsl was the greatest improvment.

 

Athlon XP 1700+, 512 mb pc133, 32mb ATI Rage 128, SB Live! Gamer, 20gb HDD, 17" Optiquest flat tube. 2 4x CD-RWs, It's got a few pieces in need of upgrade,. but it serves it's purpose and is faster than our dell, p4 1700 with 512mb of rambus ram.