Guest gspacedboy Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 I'm still using my first desktop pc. Its a 233mhz pc i bought from Time about 5 years ago. I don't have a agp slot either. Its so crap. It cost me around £1500 then, now it would go for about £10!
Guest Machineman Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 hi, I'm using my 5th one right now. I'm a gamer and with the new and upcomming games you have to keep up :evil: With my former pc Intel 700 MHz I was not able to run Unreal 2003 so I had to buy an new one :wink: AMD 2000+ is great but with the upcoming games I'm f**ked again :) I use a AGP Nvidia TI4600 ultra vid card with 128 Mb mem (this card has the same options as my total old PC :? !!!! The price I payed for my new PC was €549,-- So not bad at all :twisted: Cya M8 :wink:
Guest gspacedboy Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Where did you buy your pc from... the reason i havent upgraded is down to my lack of funds... although i might buy one for xmas... I was considering building my own from scratch.
Guest Machineman Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Hi, In the end of Oktober there is an big pc convention in Holland. There are a lot of shops and new products for sale for the convention price. And as you guess I bought mine there. Maybe you can visit a local convention there and see what is for sale there. Greetzzzz
Guest siu99spj Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Ohh God this has got me thinking... :-k OK, first desktop was a 286 12MHz, CGA, then VGA, screen, 256K RAM and perhaps a 40MB HDD (This was several years ago!). I remember the days of play Commander Keen and Boxxle... Then DooM came out, I went nuts after playing it on my Dads laptop and soon enough the desktop became a beast worthy to play Doom, a 386SX 25MHz, 8MB RAM, VGA screen and 400MB HDD. Admittedly I had to play in low detail, but it worked! And thats where I started getting somewhat knowledgeable about PC's (My Dad has regretted it since). We also got our first CD ROM drive, caddy based single speed, then a trayed triple speed. Next was a 486DX4-120 (AMD), with 8 speed CD, 1GB HDD and 32MB RAM. Now DooM was REALLY playable, and we ventured into Windows 95 (I still lived in DOS). The came the second family PC (From here on, at least 2 PC's were in the house). This was a Pentium 120, 32MB RAM and Windows 95. It also had a modem, so we began to discover the joys of the internet (Still early days yet, Google certainly didn't exist, Yahoo was search engine of choice). Then there was the Pentium 233 MMX with 64MB RAM and the first AGP video card and a PCI based 3D accelerator card (3Dfx Voodoo1). That was niiccceee. I'd also began to accept DOS was dead and edged my way into Windows 95/98 Then I turned 18, and bought myself a PII-350MHz with 128MB RAM, 20GB HDD and a 3Dfx Voodoo 3 3000. Also had a CD burner, the whole 2x speed of it! I also did my first overclocking, getting a 24% increase in speed from the FSB, creating a stable 434MHz. At Uni, upgraded a bit slower (no money), but still did it. Basically, after working as IT Support for an entire summer, I upgraded to an AMD Athlon 900MHz, 20GB and 30GB HDDs, 256MB RAM, GeForce2 GTS Pro 64MB graphics card. This also had three CD drives, a fast CD reader, 12x CD Burner and a DVD ROM drive. Through its 3 year existance it got a 40GB and then an 80GB HDD (Making 150GB, 30+40+80), 512MB RAM and a 24x CD Burner. And that lasted until pretty recently, when I shrunk down from my full tower case and replaced it all, speakers, keyboard, power leads, monitor, EVERYTHING. I now have a P4C 3GHz, Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, 2 SATA 160GB HDDs in RAID0, PATA 80GB Backup HDD, Sound Blaster Audigy 2, TV Card, 1GB RAM, DVD ROM drive, 4x DVD Burner (Pioneer 106, DVD±RW). Also have an MS natural keyboard, Logitech MX700 wireless mouse, Logitech Z640 5.1 speaker set and a 17" TFT screen (16ms response). It keeps me happy for now... 8) (Sorry for the ridiculously long post guys :oops:)
Guest siu99spj Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Where did you buy your pc from... the reason i havent upgraded is down to my lack of funds... although i might buy one for xmas... I was considering building my own from scratch. Best bet is to buy from these Computer Markets. They tend to be (a lot) cheaper than PC shops and the models are usually built to your specs (Or you can modify them). Its what I've done since the 486DX4. We recently got my Mum a P4 2.4GHz for a little over £200 for everything (Including monitor). Not bad at all. We just had to install Windows, get some speakers and now she's trying to figure out the wonders of E-Mail. Only problem was that was in the Midlands (Where my parents live). Down here in the South, things tend to be a little more expensive... :)
Guest Machineman Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Hi siu99spj, A little long but...... gives a very good view ha ha ha. But IMPRESSIVE :) I go to the convention next week and I'm currious with what I would end up 8) I have my ideas but have to see the prices :evil: Greetzzzz
Guest gspacedboy Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Best bet is to buy from these Computer Markets. They tend to be (a lot) cheaper than PC shops and the models are usually built to your specs (Or you can modify them). Its what I've done since the 486DX4. We recently got my Mum a P4 2.4GHz for a little over £200 for everything (Including monitor). Not bad at all. We just had to install Windows, get some speakers and now she's trying to figure out the wonders of E-Mail. Only problem was that was in the Midlands (Where my parents live). Down here in the South, things tend to be a little more expensive... :) Yeah London is quite expensive... i'll def consider the computer fair though... Ive just moved into my first flat this weekend so money is short... £200 for a P4 2.4GHz sounds good... might try for that! siu99spj, good insight to what others have done to get by over the years...
Guest siu99spj Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 Hi siu99spj, A little long but...... gives a very good view ha ha ha.:oops: Well, it did seem as though a history was the best explanation. As to the question, its not that bad at all, though Windows takes AN AGE (5 mins+) to boot up, gonna fix that when SP2 finally gets out. But IMPRESSIVE :) :oops: Aw shucks! :oops: I go to the convention next week and I'm currious with what I would end up 8) I have my ideas but have to see the prices :evil: We all have ideas. I just decided to hell with some of the savings I'd made from my first 9 months at work (Not that much with a student loan AND living in London...). Also going to a big fair in Germany this weekend (Separate reason for going to Germany, just happens to be on in Stuttgart) so might end up wasting my money on something else...
Guest mores Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 first computer: 386SX-25, 4Mb RAM, 120Mb HD (those were the days :) *sigh*) current desktop: dual-athlon 1500+XP, 512Mb RAM, 80Gb HD current laptop: apple powerbook g4, 833Mhz, 1Gb RAM, 40Gb HD
Guest muff Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 Where did you buy your pc from... the reason i havent upgraded is down to my lack of funds... although i might buy one for xmas... I was considering building my own from scratch. buying online is always a good option try www.overclockers.co.uk , they do some nice kit, and superb service
Guest gspacedboy Posted October 31, 2003 Report Posted October 31, 2003 Hey i used to live down the road to these guys at Uni!
Guest siu99spj Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 buying online is always a good option try www.overclockers.co.uk , they do some nice kit, and superb service Overclockers are OK, but tend to be more in the boutique and therefore expensive market. If you're looking for stock components, you can't go wrong with Dabs or eBuyer. Oh, and from my trip to Germany, I now have an A4 graphics tablet (For a mere €29), a boatload of glossy paper (200 sheets A4 and 100 sheets 10x15cm for €24), a 4 port USB hub (€7) and a video switching box (€9,50. Not strictly for my PC but my video, DVD player and PC all connect to it). So, fairly reasonable bargains...
Guest Matt Kirby Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 I have to say - for buying components online is the way to go - and ebuyer is one of the best (they also do some complete systems).
Guest gspacedboy Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 I have to say - for buying components online is the way to go - and ebuyer is one of the best (they also do some complete systems). Yeah i was on there the other day and bought a webcam and usb hub, both for £20... i was well pleased, although thanks to postal strikes i haven't got them yet. :)
Guest gspacedboy Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 tell me about it, i bought a set of speakers around the 1st last month on ebay.. i havent got them either!
Guest beersoft Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 My desktop wins my first pc *EEEK* that was an amstrad 1640 (4.7mhz 8086 640K ega, dual 5.24 drives and 20meg MFM hard disk) then a 486 sx25 (4mb ram, 106meg hdd, 1meg svga(trident i think)) then loads of pentums and stuff to a amd 2400, 1gb ram, grforce3, 150gb+ hard disks etc... the oldest working PC i have in the house is a badged ibm XT from 1985 or some vague time like that :) later Owen "old, slow, nope its a classic"
Guest amo Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 Got a laptop which is a 386, 8Mb ram and 80mb hard drive - managed to get it onto the internet with an external 33k serial modem!!!! MoDaCo in all its black and white glory!!!
Guest siu99spj Posted November 6, 2003 Report Posted November 6, 2003 Oh well, if we're going to non IBM-PS2 compatible PC's (Does anyone really call them that anymore?) the I guess the first I remember was a Commodore 64. Those were the days, along with its instant load cartridge, tape deck and a floppy disk drive (You would not believe how huge it was)! Talking of C64's, in Stuttgart (Modelbahn Süd) they had a C64 stand. It had C64's with CD-ROM drives modded onto them. A bit slow maybe, but it worked! However, from C64, I went to an Amiga 500+ with 1MB RAM and 2 floppy drives. I also had a Megadrive at some pont, though I pretty much ditched them with my 386 PC, XTreeGold and FDO. Thankfully though the postal strikes didn't affect the arrival of my Game Boy Advance catridge reader/writer, the G-Bank (But my trip to Germany did)! Can finally start programming for it again... Even better is that it will accept my SD card, so I can switch memory between my phone and GBA.
Guest casper508 Posted November 6, 2003 Report Posted November 6, 2003 Getting nostalgic are we? :) My first comp was a Commodore 64 and loved it more than I loved my first car. Got an Amiga 500 couple of years later (1988??) along with a IBM PC 10-III which ran at 2Mhz. Did NOT have a hard disk , just ran floppys and the old DOS 3.2. Moving on to PCs, 286 -> 386 -> Cyrix 686 -> AMD 350Mhz -> P3 900 -> AMD XP 1600 -> upgrade overdue !! Cas P.S. My desktop isnt bad enuf to compete here.
Guest beersoft Posted November 6, 2003 Report Posted November 6, 2003 i had a dragon32 for my first computer (and i still have some of the game carts in a box somewhere) then a bbc model B then its all sad pc's from then on :) later Owen "beer? i don't mind if i do"
Guest PsychoDave Posted November 6, 2003 Report Posted November 6, 2003 Still got my original speccy and c64 with disk drive and action replay ( I was so cool :( ) and they are still in their boxes, bargain hunters ahoy :) after that it was all downhill 286 > 386 > the usual pentiums Still not got the same feeling as eventually loading a commie game after 10 minutes and then realising you don't really want to play it anymore :D
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