Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs! >_

Nintendo Maniac 64 Not dead, just a lurker	Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs! >__... « on: July 28, 2006, 07:31:56 pm »
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	HP Pavilion 8650C (6 years old) Windows 98 Second Edition 4x HP CD Writer Plus Drive ?x DVD Playback Drive 3.5" FLOPPY DRIVE! 20 GB Hard Drive 533MHz Intel Celeron 64MB RAM + Added-in 128 MB RAM PCI 64MB ATi Diamond Stealth w/ Radeon 7000 Video Card 2 USB 1.1 Ports Custom-Made Nobilis Business PC (5 years old) Windows 2000 Professional 52x CD Drive 3.5" FLOPPY DRIVE! 30 GB Hard Drive 667MHz Intel Pentium 3 256MB RAM AGP 32MB 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 Video Card 2 USB 1.1 Ports HP Pavilion N5250 Laptop (5 years old) Linux, still going through distros (came with WinME and I replaced with Win2K Pro) ?x CD Drive (originally Non-Working DVD Playback Drive) 3.5" FLOPPY DRIVE! 10 GB Hard Drive 700MHz Intel Pentium 3 128MB RAM 4MB S3 Video PCA Video Card 2 USB 1.1 Ports Cracked and non-working 1024x768 LCD screen non-working battery So um... what's a geek to do with crappy PCs? >_> (they can't even play flash at full speed!) And it's not like I can get a new one, I'll probably have to wait 2 years until I go to college or something and then my parents will get me a new laptop NOTE: I DO have even older PCs that are like 10 years old <_< But we really don't use them anymore. « Last Edit: July 28, 2006, 09:02:24 pm by Nintendo Maniac 64 » Logged
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	ZFGC's resident straight-male kuutsundere (because just "tsundere" makes people think of "Shana clones" shivers) Fate/stay night-related and other extended music loops: http://www.youtube.com/user/nintendomaniac64 CPU + iGPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.6GHz／1.281v RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64

NickAVV	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #1 on: July 28, 2006, 07:56:12 pm »
Lionfish App dev Reputation: +1/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 3456	This might just me being stubborn, but they're all crap x10 cuz none of them run Mac. lol Logged

Kleaver

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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2006, 08:47:01 pm »

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Well the DVD Writer is the only thing worth it

Oh and one of the 3,5" floppy drives would spare you a $5 rebuy

But pretty much the rest isnt worth savaging...all parts are really cheap. But if you do, this would be the best.

- Find the newest motherboard...put in:
- 700MHz Intel Pentium 3
- 60 GB (All 3 Hard Drives if they fit your casing)
- 384 MB RAM (Put in both RAM cards...you could maybe put in the 64...but its really bad
- Put in the PCI 64MB ATi Diamond Stealth w/ Radeon 7000 Video Card....but please. Even a Geforce 4 is like 128 Mb and doesnt cost more than $30 these days.

In fact. Most PC parts arent that expensive. There are 200Gb HDs for nothing these days.
But hey, Ive had crappier PCs than those all my life before I got this one a few years ago. And this one it already extremely outdated. But Im buying a new one with like a ???1000,- budget

next year.

Good luck lol.

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Nintendo Maniac 64 Not dead, just a lurker	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #3 on: July 28, 2006, 09:01:52 pm »
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	Quote from: Kleaver on July 28, 2006, 08:47:01 pm Well the DVD Writer is the only thing worth it You do realize it's only a DVD Drive as in PLAYER... Quote from: Kleaver on July 28, 2006, 08:47:01 pm - Find the newest motherboard...put in: - 700MHz Intel Pentium 3 - 60 GB (All 3 Hard Drives if they fit your casing) - 384 MB RAM (Put in both RAM cards...you could maybe put in the 64...but its really bad Um... the 700MHz P3 is in a Laptop, it can't be removed; actually NONE of the processors can be removed. (YES I've opened up all of the PCs and looked, you can't replace them) And laptop RAM isn't gonna fit in a desktop PC Same with a laptop HDD. Quote from: Kleaver on July 28, 2006, 08:47:01 pm Good luck lol. Tell me about it « Last Edit: July 28, 2006, 09:07:18 pm by Nintendo Maniac 64 » Logged
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	ZFGC's resident straight-male kuutsundere (because just "tsundere" makes people think of "Shana clones" shivers) Fate/stay night-related and other extended music loops: http://www.youtube.com/user/nintendomaniac64 CPU + iGPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.6GHz／1.281v RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64

Kleaver	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #4 on: July 28, 2006, 09:55:31 pm »
Reputation: +4/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4747	Ok, I misread that...oh well. Get a job and start saving money ^_^ Logged

Nintendo Maniac 64 Not dead, just a lurker	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #5 on: July 29, 2006, 01:17:43 am »
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	I was saving money, but I spent that on a 1GB CF card, CF + SD + Memorystick Reader, and a SuperCard CF + SuperKey. So that was $120 >_> Logged
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	ZFGC's resident straight-male kuutsundere (because just "tsundere" makes people think of "Shana clones" shivers) Fate/stay night-related and other extended music loops: http://www.youtube.com/user/nintendomaniac64 CPU + iGPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.6GHz／1.281v RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64

Kleaver	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #6 on: July 29, 2006, 01:43:22 am »
Reputation: +4/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4747	Well you shouldnt have. You have to prioritize. If you want stuff for your DS or whatever first then thats where you spend your money. But if you also want a better computer its tough. $120,- would have been a nice start for saving Logged

cb43569	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #7 on: August 01, 2006, 12:27:01 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2890	Quote from: Nintendo Maniac 64 on July 29, 2006, 01:17:43 am I was saving money, but I spent that on a 1GB CF card, CF + SD + Memorystick Reader, and a SuperCard CF + SuperKey. So that was $120 >_> Ah, perhaps wanting to play some GBA\NDS homebrew, or perhaps only interesting in listening to music on your handheld? I wish I had a 1GB CF Card . I only have a lousy 64MB. Logged

shadow_caliber	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #8 on: August 03, 2006, 04:39:59 am »
	Are you certain none of the processors are removable? What kinda of motherboards do they have in them? Logged

Nintendo Maniac 64 Not dead, just a lurker	Re: Rate the crappiness of my (mainly-used) PCs!... « Reply #9 on: August 03, 2006, 06:16:49 pm »
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	I believe they are intel motherboards. I I'm pretty sure they're not removable because I tried removing on on this really ond PC and the very corner broke off, and now I'm not sure if this caused it, but it won't boot up >_> The prosessors are the same type as the image below (the thing with the gold corner is the processor, and also the corner that broke off) Logged
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	ZFGC's resident straight-male kuutsundere (because just "tsundere" makes people think of "Shana clones" shivers) Fate/stay night-related and other extended music loops: http://www.youtube.com/user/nintendomaniac64 CPU + iGPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.6GHz／1.281v RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64

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