Post your old rigs...
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masterblaster
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no pics yet but I still have
Sinclair ZX81 with a 16k ram pack
Spectrum +2 and about 400tapes
Amiga 1000
Atari ST
and an old Dell that my Mum still uses
will dig them out and photograph (except the Dell as it's 300 miles away at my Mums)
Sinclair ZX81 with a 16k ram pack
Spectrum +2 and about 400tapes
Amiga 1000
Atari ST
and an old Dell that my Mum still uses
will dig them out and photograph (except the Dell as it's 300 miles away at my Mums)
First ever "real" PC, in 2001-2002:
Compaq Presario 5000 (LEET)
AMD Duron 700MHz
512MB PC133
GeForce 2 Ti 32MB AGP 4x
SB Live! 5.1
24x Lite-On CD-RW
40x Lite-On CD-ROM
20GB Quantum Fireball 7200RPM
VIA KT133 Chipset
I later added a 1.1GHz AMD Thunderbird to it too.
Then I built my first ever rig, in 2002. I was 9 years old, or 10 I think.
MSI KM2M Combo-L later Soyo KT600 Dragon Plus (POS)
AMD Thunderbird 1.1GHz later AXP 2000+ T-Bred
Aspire X-Gear (Green) later Antec Performance Series PlusView 1000AMG
512MB PC133 - later 512MB PNY PC2700
GeForce FX 5200 128MB AGP 8x
40GB Western Digital 7200RPM
52x I/OMagic CD-RW
350w Enermax (still have in sisters rig)
After trying to unlock my axp, which killed it, I built my first Intel rig. The AXP still is with me, a keychain on my backpack.
In 2003...
Giga-Byte GA-8IPE1000 Pro-G (with Dav0s now)
Pentium 4 2.4GHZ C w/HT
Antec Performance Series PlusView 1000AMG
512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000
GeForce FX 5200 later BFG 6800OC
80GB Hitachi Deskstar 80GB IDE later 80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (with apex32)
52x IO Magic CDRW
350w Enermax later 420w Noisetaker
Then I got a 3000+ Newcie & dead MSI KT800 board free.. so i RMA'ed teh board and had..
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R later DFI Lanparty nf3 250gb
3000+ Newcie
Antec Performance Series later Antec Super Lanboy
512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000 later 2x512MB GeIL Golden Dragon
BFG 6800OC
80GB Seagate SATA still
52x IO Magic CDRW
420w Enermax
In 2004/2005 to now
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum to DFI Infinity nf4 sli to EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra (all while MSI was out for RMA cause I killed it) back to MSI (still have)
3200+ Venice did 2.7ghz max nekkid later 3200+ venice did 2.7ghz, 2.75 max nekkid later and now 3000+ venice at 2.5ghz does 2.8ghz
Antec Super Lanboy to Lian Li PC7B Plus II W/window
2x512 ballistix to 2x1gb corsair to 2x1gb Patriot 3200LLK
X800GTO @ 16p 550/550 to X1800XT @ 700/800 to X1900GT @ 700/800 to 7900GS
80GB SATA Seagate to 80GB WD SATA to 160GB SATA SEAGATE
16x nec dvd burner / 48x nec cd burner
Enermax 420w Noisetaker to Tagan 2Force 480w
So yeah.. I've had a crap load of rigs.
Compaq Presario 5000 (LEET)
AMD Duron 700MHz
512MB PC133
GeForce 2 Ti 32MB AGP 4x
SB Live! 5.1
24x Lite-On CD-RW
40x Lite-On CD-ROM
20GB Quantum Fireball 7200RPM
VIA KT133 Chipset
I later added a 1.1GHz AMD Thunderbird to it too.
Then I built my first ever rig, in 2002. I was 9 years old, or 10 I think.
MSI KM2M Combo-L later Soyo KT600 Dragon Plus (POS)
AMD Thunderbird 1.1GHz later AXP 2000+ T-Bred
Aspire X-Gear (Green) later Antec Performance Series PlusView 1000AMG
512MB PC133 - later 512MB PNY PC2700
GeForce FX 5200 128MB AGP 8x
40GB Western Digital 7200RPM
52x I/OMagic CD-RW
350w Enermax (still have in sisters rig)
After trying to unlock my axp, which killed it, I built my first Intel rig. The AXP still is with me, a keychain on my backpack.
In 2003...
Giga-Byte GA-8IPE1000 Pro-G (with Dav0s now
)Pentium 4 2.4GHZ C w/HT
Antec Performance Series PlusView 1000AMG
512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000
GeForce FX 5200 later BFG 6800OC
80GB Hitachi Deskstar 80GB IDE later 80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (with apex32)
52x IO Magic CDRW
350w Enermax later 420w Noisetaker
Then I got a 3000+ Newcie & dead MSI KT800 board free.. so i RMA'ed teh board and had..
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R later DFI Lanparty nf3 250gb
3000+ Newcie
Antec Performance Series later Antec Super Lanboy
512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000 later 2x512MB GeIL Golden Dragon
BFG 6800OC
80GB Seagate SATA still
52x IO Magic CDRW
420w Enermax
In 2004/2005 to now
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum to DFI Infinity nf4 sli to EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra (all while MSI was out for RMA cause I killed it) back to MSI (still have
)3200+ Venice did 2.7ghz max nekkid later 3200+ venice did 2.7ghz, 2.75 max nekkid later and now 3000+ venice at 2.5ghz does 2.8ghz
Antec Super Lanboy to Lian Li PC7B Plus II W/window
2x512 ballistix to 2x1gb corsair to 2x1gb Patriot 3200LLK
X800GTO @ 16p 550/550 to X1800XT @ 700/800 to X1900GT @ 700/800 to 7900GS
80GB SATA Seagate to 80GB WD SATA to 160GB SATA SEAGATE
16x nec dvd burner / 48x nec cd burner
Enermax 420w Noisetaker to Tagan 2Force 480w
So yeah.. I've had a crap load of rigs.
First real pc was some old apple, i dont have the specs but theres a pic of it somewhere and it suckedso bad. This was before we even had aol i think. It took like an hour to load paint, and when you moved the cursor outside of the paint box, it crashed and was a pain in the ass to get working again.
I'll find out specs and a pic if i can. hehe. dumb thing.
I'll find out specs and a pic if i can. hehe. dumb thing.
Here is a few of my first ever build last year, Please excuse the quality but they were taken with a webcam.
Spec:
AMD 3500+ Winchester 939 @ Stock Speeds (Didnt know how to overclock)
Asus A8V Deluxe
Sapphire X800 Pro (I loved it till I blew it :banghead: )
2x1gb Geil Value Select
Cheapo Case & Power Supply
When I first built "her" I took it down my local computer shop and he said it was the fastest pc he had ever been on :rollingla
Will try and dig out some more of the one before that (Pentium 4 2.4ghz)
Spec:
AMD 3500+ Winchester 939 @ Stock Speeds (Didnt know how to overclock)
Asus A8V Deluxe
Sapphire X800 Pro (I loved it till I blew it :banghead: )
2x1gb Geil Value Select
Cheapo Case & Power Supply
When I first built "her" I took it down my local computer shop and he said it was the fastest pc he had ever been on :rollingla
Will try and dig out some more of the one before that (Pentium 4 2.4ghz)
Ty07allstar
New member
My first "real" computer that had internet and everything was a Dell XPS with 128mb ram, 20gb hd, and a pentium 3.
FarFarAway
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Pretty sure I had an Acorn Archimedes 300
OMFG 512k ROM upgradeable to 1mb!!
Obviously the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
OMFG 512k ROM upgradeable to 1mb!!
Obviously the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
I remember a PC we bought about 9 years ago, cost £1000. (I think we got ripped off)
It was a pentium 133, 32MB of ram, 3GB HD, 32X CD drive and 4MB gfx card....
Outstanding! I used to install game demos from CDs, but just deleted the files in windows explorer. It got slower and slower, until it just died! When playing games, opening and closing the CD drive would make it load quicker. Ahh, what a beast
It was a pentium 133, 32MB of ram, 3GB HD, 32X CD drive and 4MB gfx card....
Outstanding! I used to install game demos from CDs, but just deleted the files in windows explorer. It got slower and slower, until it just died! When playing games, opening and closing the CD drive would make it load quicker. Ahh, what a beast
I have a Nascom 2 that I built in 1982, altho it's buried in the box room somewhere at the mo. Will try and dig it out this weekend and take photos.
It was Z80 based, running a Nascom version of CPM (NASDOS IIRC). It sat in a barebones chassis based on the map80 bus, with most cards being 12" sq.
Had a 5.25" Floppy but most big programs, Like basic or pascal support were added in an eprom socket. Added a pimped up ram card which was 64K, plus you could switch it in banks of 8k with big toggle switches on one edge.
It came out before the Speccy, Genie and the SuperBrain. Anybody got a SuperBrain? Isn't that the coolest name for a computer? You can just imagine one in Dr.Evil's volcano hideout
It was Z80 based, running a Nascom version of CPM (NASDOS IIRC). It sat in a barebones chassis based on the map80 bus, with most cards being 12" sq.
Had a 5.25" Floppy but most big programs, Like basic or pascal support were added in an eprom socket. Added a pimped up ram card which was 64K, plus you could switch it in banks of 8k with big toggle switches on one edge.
It came out before the Speccy, Genie and the SuperBrain. Anybody got a SuperBrain? Isn't that the coolest name for a computer? You can just imagine one in Dr.Evil's volcano hideout
Rastalovich
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omg old kit..
c64 to start with, then c128 all the necessary (in attic)
Amiga500, with all kinds of extras (about 6 in attic)
Amiga1500 (in attic)
A1200, 020/30/40, 240ppc, running AOS, MacOS, Redhat, inactive for ~10 years (on floor in room for eff-sake)
Some slotA Athlon can`t remember stats, boxed up, might be binned.
AMD Athlon 800 (I think might be 1g), running @ 1333 - masses of drives.
AMD Athlon 1.2, on loan atm
AcerPower pII running at pfft don`t care, with 512m, good hard drive in it tho (being taken out this weekend)
AMD Athlon 2600, in the lab
AMD64 Sempron 2800, to be given away soon
AMD64 Athlon 3800 x2, in the lab
c64 to start with, then c128 all the necessary (in attic)
Amiga500, with all kinds of extras (about 6 in attic)
Amiga1500 (in attic)
A1200, 020/30/40, 240ppc, running AOS, MacOS, Redhat, inactive for ~10 years (on floor in room for eff-sake)
Some slotA Athlon can`t remember stats, boxed up, might be binned.
AMD Athlon 800 (I think might be 1g), running @ 1333 - masses of drives.
AMD Athlon 1.2, on loan atm
AcerPower pII running at pfft don`t care, with 512m, good hard drive in it tho (being taken out this weekend)
AMD Athlon 2600, in the lab
AMD64 Sempron 2800, to be given away soon
AMD64 Athlon 3800 x2, in the lab
FarFarAway
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First PC my family had was when I was 10. Was pretty much mine too. Can't remember specs but it was a 386 
Not even my AMP rig which I lusted over for a year or two after building. In fact, I don't even have a picture of my first A64 build either.
