How old and/or shitty is your computer?

[ferengi]

The computer I currently own is about 4 years old.
1.2 GHz Intel Celeron processor, 256 MB SDRAM (only after salvaging one 128MB stick from a friend's trashed computer), 40 GB HD, Generic HP CD burner, 17 inch monitor (again, salvaged from friend's trashed computer), 4 MB onboard graphics (disabled and replaced with a 64MB nVidia GeForce 2 PCI graphics card), onboard sound card with two shitty little speakers, 2 USB 1.0 ports.
Initial cost of PC: $900
Total amount of money spent on upgrades: $100
Current value of PC: probably less than $300

I really... REALLY hate HP. Next computer I get I'm going to build myself.

[Smoke]

Mine owns you all!
64 MB ram, 133 mhz, soundblaster 5, I can't remember the rest of the hardware, due to the fact that its so old. :thumbsdn:

[ferengi]

I bow to the 1337|\|3$$ of your PC :thumbsup:

[FUCKORBEFUCKED]

386-40Mhz overclocked, 4MB RAM, Windows 3.11 for workgroups.

This thing is blazing. :thumbsup: :D

[Descent]

Lol...

As soon as this fucking motherboard arrives (GET YOUR FUCKING ACT TOGETHER eCOST.COM!) I will have dual 1.8Ghz Durons (2200+ speeds chips).

Current Sepcs:

1.8GHz AMD Duron (Used to OC it, but it became unstable)
Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
512MB of Crucial PC2100 RAM
80GB Western Digital 7200 RPM HD w/ 8MB cache
Sound Blaster Live! Value sound card
Two Paradigm Atom speakers routed through a Pioneer reciever
Belkin F5D6050 Wireless Network Adapter (802.11b)
Artec 52x24x52x CD-RW drive
Artec 16X DVD-ROM drive
Aspire X-Dreamer II Case
Aspire 350w PSU (Kick ass PSU)
2 Arctic Cooling Blue lighted fans w/ speed control
TR2TT by ThermalTake slient 21db CPU cooler w/ copper base, and tri-color lighted 80mm fan
Mitsumi 1.44MB Floppy drive (Still need 'em!)
ASRock (Asus Value Brand), K7S8XE+ mobo with SiS 748 chipset (Great chipset)
6 Rear USB 2.0 ports and two front ones, total of 8 ports
HP Deskjet 990Cse Printer
Artec e+48u Scanner
Windows Server 2003 set up as a workstation OS (Very stable, my all time favorite OS)

Great rig...it handles all my games like a charm, and is VERY fast.

My second machine:

Compaq Presario 5700T (Got this fucker for free!)

500MHz Pentium 3 (Katmai Core)
Aopen 32MB TNT2 Video Card
320MB of Cruical PC100 RAM
10GB 5400RPM Western Digital Hard Drive
Sound Blaster 128 sound card
4 USB 1.1 Ports, 2 firewire ports
Generic NIC
Generic Compaq Modem
Generic Mitac Motherboard with ultra crappy Via Apollo Pro 133 chipset (It's a stable board, though)
Compaq 5700T case
200w Compaq PSU
4x2xx24x CD-RW drive
10x DVD-ROM drive

I'm going to put my ASRock board in this case after my new one comes, along with another 1.8GHz Duron, and a Radeon 9550, and 512MB of RAM.

Life is good :banana: .

[vicodincasserole]

Mine:

its refurbished, got it cheap. lol

p3 1.0ghz
768 pc133 ram :D
52X burner
60mm or so exuast fan.
oh yeah 64 meg geforce 2
2 20gig ide hdds


thats about it... oh yeah and floppy drive :D

[Freakless]

Dual 3.22 gigherz processors
Saphire Radeon x800 PRO GFx card
1.5 gigs of ddr2 ramm
raided 120 gig HDDs
Soundblaster Audigy 2 sound card
24 inch LCD TV monitor
Logitech Z-680 speakers
crappy dell keyboard/mouse
ghetto ass mouse pad(I have a steel pad, but my mouse doesn't work with it)
Re-Used Dell Workstation case(didn't have any money left to buy a case)

:mfinger: (solute to Dell)

[dull_bullet]

Dual 3.22 gigherz processors
Saphire Radeon x800 PRO GFx card
1.5 gigs of ddr2 ramm
raided 120 gig HDDs
Soundblaster Audigy 2 sound card
24 inch LCD TV monitor
Logitech Z-680 speakers
crappy dell keyboard/mouse
ghetto ass mouse pad(I have a steel pad, but my mouse doesn't work with it)
Re-Used Dell Workstation case(didn't have any money left to buy a case)

:mfinger: (solute to Dell)

that's a shitty/old computer?

but yeah dell sucks. custom order the memory and motherboard and stuff like that....too much hassle, not enough service

[gehtfuct]

Mine has an 8-track player and is as big as a VW.

Is that bad?

[Diesel]

I got you all 0wn3d.

IBM PS/2 Model 50
286 10MHz processor
1MB RAM
20MB hard drive
MCA architecture

And yes, it still runs. I fired up the original Wing Commander on it about a month ago... choppy, but playable.

However, it actually has something "good" about it, which takes away from it's total suckitude. It came with an IBM M-type keyboard... quite possibly the best damn keyboard ever made.

[BrIONwoshMunky]

Wing Commander owns all. That is all. :thumbsup:

[13371]

*cough*

3,8 Ghz P4 HT (1066 FSB)
2 Gigs Ram DDR Dual Channel
PCI Express MotherBoard
ATI X850 XT Radeon (Platinum Eddition, naturally.)
Dual 160 Gig Raid 0 HD (320 gig total)
CD-RW 48x + DVD-RW 16x dual cdroms
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
20 Inch flat pannel Ultra Sharp

Dell makes bitchin gaming PC's these days, just got it from them about a month ago.

[UberSkippy]

I got you all 0wn3d.
It came with an IBM M-type keyboard... quite possibly the best damn keyboard ever made.
:clappin:
Well yeah, I mean if you ever need to stop a bullet, beat an elephant to death or have a penchant for spilling shit in your keyboard that one will do. So what if it weighs more than most desks can handle?

:D

[UberSkippy]

Dual 3.22 gigherz processors
Saphire Radeon x800 PRO GFx card
1.5 gigs of ddr2 ramm
raided 120 gig HDDs
Soundblaster Audigy 2 sound card
24 inch LCD TV monitor
Logitech Z-680 speakers
crappy dell keyboard/mouse
ghetto ass mouse pad(I have a steel pad, but my mouse doesn't work with it)
Re-Used Dell Workstation case(didn't have any money left to buy a case)

:mfinger: (solute to Dell)

Dude, I'm impressed that you could get all that shit to fit in a Dell case. Who's the jackass that designed that stupid fucking butterfly case in the first place? You need two hands just to press the fucking buttons and two more to pull the fucker open.

[Descent]

Wing Commander owns all. That is all. rage/smilies/thumbsup.gif

FreeSpace 2 > FreeSpace 1 > Wing Commander Series > Super StarFox > StarFox 64 > Shadow Squadron (Sega 32X)

All the space sims I played. I grew up with those things. That, Descent, and Sonic. OH, AND VIRTUA RACING DELUXE!

90's Gaming > All Gaming Eras

2002 > All years for gaming

2004 > All years for FPS titles

That's just my personal countdown.

The 90's owned, because everyone was ripping off of each other, WHILE innovating.

Wolf3D, then Doom. Then Descent, which was never a Doom clone, then marketed as one. It was a flight sim/80's action arcade game hybrid.

Then, you had the KING of all gun-totin FPS's: Duke Nukem 3D!

Strippers, hookers, and aliens, oh my!

The automatic pistol is almost as fun as the Doom shotgun, which as almost as fun as Descent's Plasma Cannon. That cannon shot so fast it made you swear you were piloting a Ferrari.

Damn, we need the 90's back. I'm gonna go build me a time machine!

[Diesel]

I'm gonna go build me a time machine!

heh, just what we need... you getting into more electronics that you'll never be able to figure out how to make work properly. :tongue:

[Descent]

STFU. The 90's are calling me.

*Intense evil lolling heard in the background*

[Descent]

Christ. I forgot I had that old shit!

Man, dems' some old specs.

May as well post the new shit.

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro
WD 80GB 7200/8MB ATA/133 HD
512 MB Infineon dual channel PC3200 RAM (Got it from a friend for $50!)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card wired into a Pioneer VSX-D307 reciever with two Paradigm Atoms (2001 Model year)

Yeah, I'm an audiophile.

Artec 52x32x52 POS CD-RW
Pioneer 10x DVD-ROM drive w/ OEM Compaq suck-ass Firmware (I'm going to load the region-free shit on this thing soon)
Chaintech 7NIL1 w/ nForce 2 Ultra 400 chipset (Nice little board, just goes to show you startups don't always sucks ass!)
Generic ALi USB 2.0/1394a card. No brand whatsoever, but it rocks. 4 rear USB 2.0, one internal, one header, Two external 1394a, one internal, one header. I bought this card off computergeeks.com for the portage.
Total of 10 external USB ports, 3 1394a
MGE Viper case w/ blue Aspire 80mm rear fan
MGE 500w Stock PSU (Great Product)

[Diesel]

Please explain how 3 pieces of consumer grade electronics makes you an audiophile.

I've seen you post repeatedly about how you're an audiophile, as if you're trying to convince everyone that you actually are.

Here's a tip... audiophiles actually use audiophile grade equipment because they know it sounds better.

Get out of consumer grade, and you'd know that.

[Descent]

Get out of consumer grade, and you'd know that.

You're telling an unemployed 16 year old to get out of consumer grade?!

Wow. Like I can afford that.

I am probobly going to buy a Rotel in the summer, and as for Paradigm, they are VERY high grade consumer.

In fact, they make a set a $3000 speakers my father and me were amazed with. The sound was so warm and balanced, it was unbelievable!

Such deep bass, tight midrange, and crisp treble, all coupled with crystal clear sound, to the point where all you truly heard was the music, and not a bit of anything else.

You have to admit, the Atoms are killer speakers for $180 a pair. I hate listening to MP3's on them, the experience is tainted. They expose all of the flaws in that format.

I'll keep the Santa Cruz because it's better for gaming than an M-Audio, IMO. It's 3D stereo enhancement kicks ass. It really gives me the edge I need in UT.

[Freakless]

I'll keep the Santa Cruz because it's better for gaming than an M-Audio, IMO. It's 3D stereo enhancement kicks ass. It really gives me the edge I need in UT.


Umm...I hope you don't use speakers for FPS online games.... if you ever wanna be 'good' buy directional headphones.....

[Descent]

Umm...I hope you don't use speakers for FPS online games.... if you ever wanna be 'good' buy directional headphones.....

Bleh. I hate those things.

Clearly, you've never used a Santa Cruz, because it's 3D Stereo Enhancement creates perfect, uncolored 5.1 surround, thanks to Sensaura technology.

And yes, I can get really good 5.1 sound with two stereo speakers.

Do you use an Audigy 2?

[Diesel]

You're telling an unemployed 16 year old to get out of consumer grade?!

Wow. Like I can afford that.


If you can't afford it, stop trying to pretend by saying that you're an audiophile, when clearly you're not.

I can appreciate that you "like audio", but let's be realistic... how can you possibly call yourself an audiophile if you've never listened (a VERY safe assumption based on the equipment you tout) to equipment that's actually considered audiophile-class?

That's like someone who's 5'3" trying to tell Shaq what it's like to be tall. How would they possibly have any clue what it's like?

Yes, Paradigm makes good speakers... at the high end. Which the Atoms are not. In fact, they are the lowest-end model they offer in their performance line.

My "commuting" headphones (ie. the ones I wear on the way to work) cost more than your speakers. My "good" headphones... more than twice as much. Both are considered audiophile quality. Both get run through a headphone amp before I'll even consider listening to them.

My HT amp, and I can say this with the utmost degree of certainty, cost more than your speakers, AVR, and probably all of the computer parts you own, put together. Why? Because I actually care what things sound like when I play them.

It's not about cost though... it's about quality. An audiophile cares more about sound quality than anything else. If you're still listening to Paradigm Atoms, you really have a thing to learn about sound quality.

Now, again, what's it like being tall?

And yes, I can get really good 5.1 sound with two stereo speakers.

There's nothing I can possibly say that proves my above point better about how little you know about audio than you just did with that statement.

[Descent]

I've heard super audiophiles are elitist.

You just proved my point. FYI, the guys in the store we shop at are old-school, two channel guys, who have the store lined with rare LP's, high end equipment, and many other things.

I you think that Paradigm Atoms sound like crap, I truly, dearly feel sorry for you.

If your expectations are that high for your equipment, why are you calling someone with a setup that is superior to almost everyone else here who buys Logitech and Creative speakers a retard?

You have to make do with what you have. Would I buy a set of Theils or $3000 Paradigms? Yes! But I don't have that kind of cash.

Considering the limited budget I have, I did a good job. You can't deny that.

You should look at the whole picture. Very few audiophiles spend that much on equipment, you're one of those guys who's never satisfied with their equipment.

Doesn't it reach a point where you spend too much?

Oh, and by the way, consult Junglizm or Morelos about Turtle Beach. They know how good they are for the money.

And yes, I can get really good 5.1 sound with two stereo speakers.

If you were to play UT99 or FreeSpace 2 in A3D mode, you'd see my point.

[UberSkippy]

You're telling an unemployed 16 year old to get out of consumer grade?!

Wow. Like I can afford that.


How the fuck does an unemployed 16 year old carry all the shit you're always going on about. Dual Athlon XP 2600+ procs that you were going to shelve last week because Descent doesn't play well... now you've got dual Duron something or others... There's another one in there somedamn place... a Duron right? Two different relatively high end boards...

Damn boy, if you'd stop buying all that crap you could afford to actually be an audiophile.

How the fuck do you afford it all anyway? Are you selling yourself at the truck stop again?

[Descent]

What? The mobo was bought by my dad. Some of the money I won gambling in school over a two year old relationship breaking up between two emo kids.

I won $40 one day over that.

Oh yeah, I spent like $200 on those proccys. I'm gonna start liquidating my parts and buy some real shit. Like a Rotel reciever.

I have more power cables than you can imagine. 30? Hell, I have no clue where the came from.

I think it's cause everyone dumps their shit in my closets.

[UberSkippy]

I have more power cables than you can imagine. 30? Hell, I have no clue where the came from.

I think it's cause everyone dumps their shit in my closets.

It's funny that you say that. I've got more power cables than God. I don't ever remember owing that many things that required those cables. That an pre-made Cat 5 cables... why the hell do I have so many and where the hell did they come from?

[Descent]

HAHA! I feel your pain. I can't find a way to get rid of them.

Why would I throw away good cables?

[junglizm]

http://img109.exs.cx/img109/8854/becausemac1wl.jpg

[Descent]

That picture is flawed, because that machine started the computing revolution!

You gotta give it to Apple: The Apple II helped make the Internets what it is today via BBS systems.

However, when Steve Jobs' one track mind took over, and made his support crapnicians deny it ever existed, he failed.

Steve Jobs != Skilled CEO. His whole evil plot seems to be to create a novelty product, that will lose interest over time.

Colored iMac, then the Cinema Display and the iPod.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm rusty on my Apple history.

What next? The Red Delicious?

[junglizm]

Does it ever end with you? Jesus, just go post on IGN or Fark. :confused:

Nonody cares; stay on topic.

[Descent]

Fark is the world's worst forum, besides RoflCopter.

Is IGN really that bad? I've never checked it out.

'Doh! I went off topic again. Damn ADHD.

I think Smoke won the shit PC contest.

[Diesel]

I've heard super audiophiles are elitist.
Yes, you've heard... you don't actually know from experience.

You just proved my point. FYI, the guys in the store we shop at are old-school, two channel guys, who have the store lined with rare LP's, high end equipment, and many other things.
That's like saying you're an audiophile because you know someone who is. It has nothing to do with anything. Move on.

I you think that Paradigm Atoms sound like crap, I truly, dearly feel sorry for you.
I never said they sound like crap. But if you think they're great speakers, you've obviously never heard the difference between them and high end speakers, and have no basis for comparison, so you have no idea what you're talking about. Period.

If your expectations are that high for your equipment, why are you calling someone with a setup that is superior to almost everyone else here who buys Logitech and Creative speakers a retard?
Again, has absolutely nothing to do with anything. We're not talking about computer speakers. I question why you even brought it up.

You have to make do with what you have. Would I buy a set of Theils or $3000 Paradigms? Yes! But I don't have that kind of cash.

Considering the limited budget I have, I did a good job. You can't deny that.
I never did deny that. However, it still doesn't make them audiophile-grade, nor you an audiophile.
You can't deny that they are entry-level consumer grade speakers. That's the product line they're made for, that's the component grade they're built with, that's the market segment they're targeted for, and that's the retail chains they're sold in.

You should look at the whole picture. Very few audiophiles spend that much on equipment, you're one of those guys who's never satisfied with their equipment.

When did I ever say I wasn't satisfied with my equipment?!? I'm completely enamored with my equipment and the setup I have. That's because I did the research, picked out the right parts, and spent an appropriate amount of money to achieve the sound quality I desired.
Clearly, you have absolutely no idea of what an audiophile actually is. As I said before, it has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with quality.


Doesn't it reach a point where you spend too much?
No, but when you achieve the sound you want, it's the point where you've spent enough. If you were an audiophile, you'd actually know that.

Again, the point isn't about spending money. You're problem is that you're walking around, saying you're an audiophile, when you CLEARLY have no idea of what good sound quality is based on the equipment you're using.
If you had true audiophile quality components, you'd hear the difference immediately, and it would be a night and day difference. But as is, you have absolutely no basis for comparison. You only know what other people have... not what it actually sounds like.


Oh, and by the way, consult Junglizm or Morelos about Turtle Beach. They know how good they are for the money.

What for?!? They're not the ones claiming to be audiophiles using that card.
I know the Turtle Beach stuff is good. I own an Audiotron. But then, I'm not the one claiming that it's audiophile quality.

If you were to play UT99 or FreeSpace 2 in A3D mode, you'd see my point.
Your point was that you get 5.1 sound from a 2.1 setup.
Sorry, it's impossible. You're getting synthesized sound effects instead of discrete channels. There is NO comparison. So, again, you clearly don't know what you're talking about.