Other Your rig(s) - 2000 vs. 2010

Ok, it's probably the graphics that I'm mistaken about.

We've still got it at home, and it'd still make an excellent office/web computer if I was allowed to do a fresh OS install on it and replaced the fans.

 

2000 (built in 99 I assume)

P3 450 MHz
256 MB Sdram
~10 GB-ish hard drive(?)
Riva TNT 16 MB
Sound Blaster (the normal one, whatchmacallit... 16 or 32..)
Generic case
56 k modem
SCSI-card(!)
Windows 98

Was my parents rig, I didn't get it until 2003.. Gotta love the slot processors, those things were just silly.

Current workhorse
Q9450
4 GB
1 TB
HD4870
passively cooled 400 W psu
Fortress 1

What really makes these two systems apart is that the current case, PSU, keyboard and mouse cost over 500 €, and back in the day paying such money for those would have gotten me to mental hospital. It's also more than the cpu+mobo+memories and probably graphics together...

 

Numpty..i love that word!

 

10 years ago, huh?

Then:
Manufacturer: Self-built
CPU: Celeron 700MHz
Ram: 128MB
VGA: Riva TNT

Between:
a 2000+ Athlon XP, a 2.8GHz P4 Prescott

now (3 years old as well, mostly - but still game-worthy thanks to a new GPU and a RAM injection)
C2D E6600 2.4GHz, running at 3.2 GHz
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
GeForce GTS250 512MB
around 2TB of various HDD space

 

Crikey, my interest in PC's has increased a lot in that time;

2000:

Manufacturer: Packard Bell
CPU: AMD 750mhz
RAM: 128mb
GPU: Riva TNT2 16mb
HDD: 16GB
Networking: Some wierd Netgear USB thing that I've still got somewhere
OS: Microsoft Windows 98

Today:

Manufacturer: Custom
CPU: Intel E6400 2.13Ghz @ 3.2Ghz
RAM: 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2-1066
GPU: Ati HD4870 1GB Toxic
HDD: 750GB Samsung F1
Networking: Sitecom PCI Wireless 300N
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x64

 

2000ish
Self-built
333Mhz PentiumII (these were awesome. And huge )
128MB
Some 4MB vid card
12MB Voodoo2
20-30GB HDD space
CD burner

Current
Click here, first machine

 

EDO (Extended Data Output) I believe

 

P3 800mhz
asus cuv4x
128mb ram
gf2 mx
soundblaster pro

self built, I was 10 at the time ^^

2010
macbook pro

 

2000:

Some old ass dell...
450Mhz
128MB ram
20GB hard drive

2010:
Self-built
Q6600 - 3.6GHz w/ S1283, Ultra Kaze 3k, taped
GA-EP45-UD3R (UD3P soon)
4GB DDR2 800 ram
2 250GB Seagate drives RAID 0, 1 500GB Caviar Black
Modified Antec 300 - Painted and side window mod (plus an extra fan).
TX650W
HD 5770 V2 @ 1030/1400

MacBook Pro (currently using as my main rig is in OH)
2.6GHz C2D
4GB DDR2 667
8600M GT 256MB
250GB hard drive
Triple boot: Mac OSX, Linux, Windows XP

 

I didn't have a PC in 2000 so

 

had my first pc since 2002, but it is really old, older than the OP.
as I was very little, so can;t even remember the specs.

 

2000:

pII 400
768mb pc-100 (maybe 133 running @ 100)
gateway OEM (intel built) 440bx board
ATI Rage Fury 32mb (my first upgrade)
350w psu (my first mod, shoehorning that in a gateway case)
sb live 5.1 with the front thingie
2x 17" viewsonic crt's

10gb & 30gb quantum fireballs
100mb zip
2 floppies (old sony cam was a mavica-fd)
2 sets of creative 2.1 speakers for 4.2 surround

 

you were still a tiny little boy so that's no surprise

 

i don't remember if i even had a pc in 2000 let alone its specs.

 

2000:

Manufacturer: HP
CPU: AMD K6-2 350MHz
RAM: 32MB 100MHz sdram
GPU: SIS intergrated 4MB (SIS 530 I think)
HDD: 4.3GB Quantum Fireball (screamed like a banshee with a megaphone)
Other Drives: HP cd reader
Networking: 56k dialup modem
OS: Microsoft Windows 98
Screen: 15" HP screen at 1024x768 60Hz
Sounds: Soundblaster pci audio w/ 2 channel Polkaudio speakers (that went pretty damn high for only being jacked with a 3.5mm plug)

2010:

Manufacturer: Me
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E5300 (@ 3.4GHz)
RAM: 4Gb (2x2gb) DDR2-850
GPU: Nvidia Galaxy GTX260+ (@ 666/1500/1200 I think)
HDD: 1TB western Digital GP
Other Drives: none (network my DVD burner from my other machine if needed)
Networking: 1Gb wired, 54Mb wireless
OS: Microsoft Windows 7
Screen: Dell 2007FP @ 1600x1200 60Hz
Sounds intergrated audio (ALC 883 I think) connected to 2 stereos with RCA SPDIF & 3.5mm, 8 speakers & 1 Ssub

(also an AMD K7 system I use most with 2GHz CPU, 1GB DDR400, 320 + 500GB HDD, ATI X1650 pro AGP & HD 2400pro PCI, 100Mb wired & 54Mb wireless, LG DVD burner, Phillips 109B6 19" CRT 1600x1200/75Hz, some Dell CRT at 1360x1024, Dell 2007FP 1600x1200)

 

2000

Manufacturer: Me
CPU: Penium II 350MHz
RAM: 64MB 100MHz sdram
GPU: Onboard Sis 620 later upgraded to a Tnt2 M64 pci
HDD: 4.3GB Samsung
Networking: 56k modem
OS: Windows 98se
Screen: Fugly 14" Samsung Ctr
Sounds: Old Realtek audio

2010


Manufacturer: Me
CPU: Phenom X4 9650
RAM: 4 Gb DDr2
GPU: Pny Geforce 9600GT
HDD: 2x250gb Wd Sata 2.0
Networking: Wifi, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet XD
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Screen: 23" Lg Md23w
Sounds: Old Realtek audio

 

SFF?

 

Then:

Manufacturer: Heavily modified compaq
CPU: Intel 486 100MHz
RAM: 64Megs EDO
GPU: 1Meg tseng(or was it trident?!) ISA graphics card *phear my powah!*
HDD: 600Meg drive (dont remember specs)
Other Drives: 24x CD drive
Networking: None
OS: Win95

This was my first PC I had when I was about 13 I think, it was a hand me down from my cousin, who even today supplies me with spare parts when I need them. He's pretty awesome like that.

Today:

Manufacturer: None, Self-Built
CPU: Intel P4e 3GHz, overclocked to 3.4
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) DDR400
GPU: Sapphire ATi Radeon HD3850 512MB AGP
HDD: 260GB Seagate 7200
Other Drives: IDE DVD-RW/CD drive
Networking: onboard gigabit
OS: Win XP / Win7

Not the most powerful system its about 4 years old now I think, but it handles everything I throw at it game wise (so far) so im not too fussed. That being said an upgrade would be nice, maybe next year or later this year i'll consider it. I'll have to at some point since im nearing its limits for upgrading.

But im in that position where if anything goes (CPU, graphics card,memory) it means buying a new motherboard and completely rebuilding the system since they dont really make DDR/AGP graphics/S478 CPU's anymore. Not cheep

 

2000:
Manufacturer: Time(modified)
CPU: AMD Athlon 900Mhz
RAM: 32MB(upgraded to 64MB)
GPU: Nvidia TNT2 AGP
HDD: 20GB seagate of some sort.
Other Drives: 24x Sony CD-RW, 4x Sony DVD player
Networking: 56k modem, which got replaced with a Asus Wi-fi card in 2006.
Sound: Creative Soundblaster
OS: Win98SE

I remember that PC being a beast when my dad bought it in '99, and it came with a large number of games(C+C Red Alert, Recoil, Star Wars:Rogue Squadron and some others) and tacky looking hardware(scanner, printer, joystick-replaced with a nice saitek, gamepad)
Now:
Manufacturer: Self-built
CPU: Intel Q6600 3.6Ghz
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR2
GPU: ATi HD4850 1GB
HDD: 500GB Samsung F1
Other Drives: Belkin CD/DVD R/W
Networking: Asus wifi, gigabit networking not used
Sound: Creative X-fi Fatality
OS: Win XP 32bit/Windows 7 64bit
This one I got to pay for, but definatly worth the money. Still play some of the games from 2000. I have C+C installed anyway and the whole Baldurs Gate series.

 

2000:

Manufacturer: Dell?
CPU: Celeron 300Mhz
RAM: 128mb PC66
GPU: intergrated
HDD: 8GB
Other Drives: CD-ROM
Networking: 56k dialup modem
OS: Microsoft Windows 98
Screen: 14" screen at 800*600

was my parents, Only said good-bye about a month ago

2010:

Manufacturer: Self-build
CPU: AMD Athlon x2 6000+ @3.4Ghz
RAM: 4Gb 800Mhz DDR2
GPU: Gainward 9600gt 1GB
HDD: 160Gb Samsung
Other Drives: DVD-RW
Networking: 10/100 Wired
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 64Bit
Screen: 19" Dell E198WFP at 1400*900 60Hz