Post pics of your old rig!

[matrix563]

LOL compaq!!!! i had one too

 

[buffbiff21]

This was not too long ago.

I've tidied things up though.

 

[Jay_2]

1.

P4 2.8 @ 3.4
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
1GB Corsair XMS DDR 800MHz
80GB IDE HDD
XFX 6800GT @ Ultra
Tagan 2Force 420W
Water Cooling Loop
Black Sunbeam Transformer Case with Blowhole

2.

(Old HP Recased)

P4 2.8
HP Motherboard
ATi 9700Pro
1GB Corsair Value DDR
80GB HDD
Akasa 420W PSU
Nemesis Case

 

[cleric_retribution]

Pwnd

...

hahah those cases were so leet, I went through three or four of them, but the best was one that I got that was a dual pentium 133 ... the motherboard was MONSTROUS hah

 

[silent-circuit]

Retired ~2 years ago. Served me well, except for the goddamn Antec PSUs.

Athlon 64 3500+ (no OC, motherboard was horrible)
ThermalTake SilentWater kit (better than stock at least...)
Gigabyte GA-K8U-939
Sapphire Radeon X800XT AGP (running PE speeds under an Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer)
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music (early full-height full hardware version)
1GB (2x512MB) PQI TurboMemory low-latency DDR-400
750GB total HDD space
16X DVDRW, 16x DVD/52X CDRW combo drive
Antec Sonata mid tower case
Windows XP Pro

(Yes, the combination radiator/pump/reservoir thing is zip-tied to the back of the case... only one of the fan mounting holes matched up. )

 

[Thund3rb1rd]

my first was a 33mhz 2mb ram tandy floor model from radio shack.
I crashed it the first weekend I had it tinkering with the files in the windows directory
my step-father had to take it back to radio shack for them to reinstall windows, the dude looked at me and said "don't ever do whatever you did again"
fondest memory from this machine would be wolfenstien 3d, and doom

my second was an IBM 133mhz w/ MMX 128mb EDO from best buy
fondest memory from this machine would be the discovery of online multiplayer FPSers
TF classic FTW!!

here's my PII, it current does what it's best at....collecting dust in the closet

here's my P4 2.4, doing what it's best at...crunching 24/7 !!

 

[AMD_RULES]

You call that an old computer!!!??!!!?

 

[y3k]

Ya dudes, rigs that are like 4 weeks old dont really belong in this thread. lol

 

[walwalka]

technically they do because they are his old rig.

 

[Nahid]

The title should be changed to "Your old rig [at least number of years]"

 

[Nicksterr]

 

[lamboman]

This could be an 'old computer', 'cus it is an old case and motherboard (I got replacements):

But for my true old computer:

 

[RangerXML]

I wish I could find some pictures of my old Micron 386 (first computer, I owned) and some of the other older machines I've had, but I never really took any pictures before I got digital cameras, always considered it to big of a pain in the ars.

 

[illuminate]

here's my P4 2.4, doing what it's best at...crunching 24/7 !!

haha, dude, is that a seagate 40g hard drive?

my computer that i posted on the last page, came with that in 2000, and i STILL use it. its never failed, and its been reformatted like 100 times. lol

 

[grjr]

I win

 

[fluke420]

The case is long gone but it did have a [H] blow hole on the top. And it still runs.

 

[pxc]

Wow the memories. I had almost forgotten, but I had an old Packard Bell Pentium computer with a Voodoo II. Looked for it in storage yesterday, but only the motherboard remains, so when I pulled off the heatsink to rescue the Pentium for a chuckle, I got a LOL instead:

Talking about old CPUs... One of my older CPUs:

The thing that started Intel's headaches.

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I don't have any older systems to post. I have long ago trashed, given away or sold any case and motherboard older than 2 years.

 

[Mad_CatMk2]

I wish I could find some pictures of my old Micron 386 (first computer, I owned) and some of the other older machines I've had, but I never really took any pictures before I got digital cameras, always considered it to big of a pain in the ars.

Is that a fuzzy wristpad in front of the keyboard?

 

[leezard]

I pulled these two out of my "storage pile" this afternoon to mess with and see if I wanted to do anything with em or get rid of em.

One on the left is 1GHz Celly with 1GB RAM currently running Ubuntu one on the right is 700MHz Celly with 192mb of RAM running winXP

And my "server" in the basement Abit IC7-G, P4 2.4C, 1GB RAM and 1.04TB storage

 

[horrorshow]

I win

A Cyrix?

Nah man, you lose.

Lol j/k! I had an AMD K6 with "3D Now" technology....

So I feel your pain!

*nods

EDIT: 1990, what series CPU is that? 286ish??

 

[grjr]

A Cyrix?

Nah man, you lose.

Lol j/k! I had an AMD K6 with "3D Now" technology....

So I feel your pain!

*nods

EDIT: 1990, what series CPU is that? 286ish??

The Cyrix chip is the math coprocessor for the AMD 286 12MHz cpu below it. I have the computer in my closet collecting dust except for once in a blue moon when I hook it up to relive old memories

 

[dyesan]

My first case mod on a Micron PC

 

[silent-circuit]

That's actually really cool in a "wow you need to sand/file the edges" kind of way.

Knightmare, yeah?

 

[Down8]

This is while I was tuning my 2nd computer, after an upgrade from a P3-500MHz (@700MHz!) on a Soyo 'board, to a 2500+Barton on an NF7-S v2. This is the original $30 case from Fry's (with 250W free PSU!).


I am still using this desk - bought circa 2001.

 

[speedrat]

That's actually really cool in a "wow you need to sand/file the edges" kind of way.

Knightmare, yeah?

But it does look nice.

 

[MR2DI4]

Pics are circa 2000. I remember being so proud of my box and the fact that it's cheap AMD K6/2 500 and Voodoo3 3000 worked so well. I did the painting under a blacklight to ensure even coverage of the primer and fluorescent paint coats (There were 4 coats of each +2 clear coats!) I still have the case, but even after upgrading the chip to a K6-3+ 450 later I don't use it hardly at all. I keep it mainly for sentimental reasons.

 

[Jay_2]

Top job on that case! Very nice work and 8.1 years but still a noobie??

 

[fluke420]

I love the sea of CRT's.

 

[jmroberts70]

My bulletproof Thinkpad 700c. Still works. Still boots faster than anything else. Still is a better typing experience than any other keyboard I own. I still use it for long typing sessions.

Here's my Thinkpad collection:

 

[Riccochet]

And my "server" in the basement Abit IC7-G, P4 2.4C, 1GB RAM and 1.04TB storage

What kind of case is that for your server?

 

[shadowlord]

intel slot 1 p2 266mhz

 

[ric0chet06]

alright, here's mine:
Mid 2006: Thermaltake Tsunami, AMD x2 4200, Golden Orb, 1 evga 7900gt, 1 200gb silenced HD, 2GB ram, A8n-32, Hiper 580watt modular (i want you back hiper psu!!!) Watercooled

Later 2006: X-qpack, Evga m-atx SLI NF44 mobo, x2 4200 w/ Golden orb, 2x 7900gt's in SLI, 2x 36gb raptors in RAID 0, 1 320gb hd, 2gb ram

Early 2007: Same as above parts wise, except Microfly modded w/ urban grillz and carbon fiber

that's as far as ill go, since then ive gone to a alienware mj-12, CM 690, and now a Zalman Fatal1ty.

 

[StillFunkyB]

My first case mod on a Micron PC

Someone needs a Dremel!

 

[MR2DI4]

Top job on that case! Very nice work and 8.1 years but still a noobie??

Thank you, I'm usually found posting on Ars' OpenForum and elsewhere. I just happened to be going through my tech bookmarks and wanted to see if my forum account was still around since I hadn't logged on in over four years. Maybe I'll hang around for awhile...lurk...post...whatever...

 

[shadowlord]

here's a pic of a PIII 500mhz

and here a PIII 800mhz with rambus

 

[LibertySyclone]

Not a great pic but this is my AMD turion 754 socket, 6600 GT (Agp)

 

[y3k]

alright, here's mine:
Mid 2006: Thermaltake Tsunami, AMD x2 4200, Golden Orb, 1 evga 7900gt, 1 200gb silenced HD, 2GB ram, A8n-32, Hiper 580watt modular (i want you back hiper psu!!!) Watercooled

Later 2006: X-qpack, Evga m-atx SLI NF44 mobo, x2 4200 w/ Golden orb, 2x 7900gt's in SLI, 2x 36gb raptors in RAID 0, 1 320gb hd, 2gb ram

Early 2007: Same as above parts wise, except Microfly modded w/ urban grillz and carbon fiber

that's as far as ill go, since then ive gone to a alienware mj-12, CM 690, and now a Zalman Fatal1ty.

Love the qpack. Any worklog or moar pics?

 

[leezard]

What kind of case is that for your server?

Its an old Aspire X-alien

 

[Sniper_Merc]

1998 my first windows based pc that was actually mine, though I had been using one since 1996 at my parents.

AMD K62 350, pc chips m598 mboard, onboard sound and video, 6.2 gig seagate harddrive, 17" proview monitor.

 

[y3k]

Is it me or is that pic crappy quality?