Who has the crudiest main computer

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-06 10:31pm

Wow, I might take this. I only have 6 gigs on my hard drive. I don't know any of my other stats though.

drifter god · Post by **drifter god** » 2003-04-06 10:38pm

1.7GHz p4, 256 pc-800 ram, geforce 3 video card, creative soundblaster audigy platnum sound card, cambridge sound-wroks dtt3500 speakers, 110 gigs of space (5 hard drives), and 2 monitors
running xp pro on it. its not great, but i love my computer. built it myself, only problem i have is i change one thing, it might explode

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-06 10:43pm

Well, I did a little searching, found I have 163 MB RAM.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-04-06 10:51pm

On the other hand I have the best soundsystem for my computer. Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard feeding a Kevin Gilmore Class A headphone amplifier which drives my Sennheiser 580 headphones. This setup has better sound than a $3000 stereo system.

KGCA headphone amp (redesigned miniaturized circuit board)
BTW, those are silver conductor RCA interconnect cables, no skimping on quality there.

Sennheiser 580 Headphones

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-07 04:14am

I got a 800MHZ P3 Hewlett Packard shitbox.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-07 04:31am

For some odd reason, with my new motherboard I can't get my Athlon XP 1800+ to go past 1.1 GHz. It's supposed to normally run at 1.5 GHz, at the default FSB speed of 133 MHz and a multiplier of 11. However, it's rather unstable at that speed, so I've resorted to running it at 100 MHz with a multiplier of 11...

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2003-04-07 05:01am

aerius wrote: Nope, you'll have me beat then as I'm running a PII-400. Of course it overclocks nicely all the way to 500 but I don't feel like shortening its lifespan by doing that. I've been thinking about a new computer for the last couple years but I can't justify it. Spending $2000 just so I can play the latest games is not a worthwhile thing to do with my cash. I'll upgrade when my job requires a faster computer.

$2000 will get you a top computer. A $1000 computer should be able to run
most games pretty well. I upgraded my computer for EUR 1000 and got a
Nforce2 board, Athlon 2200PR, 1GB RAM , 80 GB HD and a Gforce4 Ti4200
with 128 MB RAM.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-04-07 06:22am

My cheapass work comp

Damnit I need a bigger budget.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-04-07 07:16am

More RAM then mine.

How the hell are you running WinXP on a 300 MHz comp?

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-04-07 07:28am

Pu-239 wrote:More RAM then mine.

How the hell are you running WinXP on a 300 MHz comp?

It actually works quite good.

It's a bitch to startup but once it is running it has all i need.

VNC, Remote Desktop, NetOp, Mail and Browser

(yes 3 remote control programs) Silly customers can't deside on one system...

Oh and last restart : 53 Days, 2 Hours, 53 Minutes, 44 Seconds

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-04-07 08:10am

I should take a picture of my $6.25 headset that I've recently had to tape back together.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-04-07 08:37am

My computer at home is a Dell PII 266, running Win95, with the ever-powerfull Voodoo3, still runs great. Bought an XBox to save myself from having to upgrade.

My work computer is a Misc. AMD 1.4 Thunderbird, Win2000, with an NVidia Quadro2.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-04-07 04:20pm

The slowest box running in my place is a P-133

The fastest one is an XP 1500.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-04-07 06:18pm

The slowest one I have is a P-120.

The PII-450 my cousin is giving me I think comes with SCSI drives.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-07 06:29pm

OK, it's not my main computer, but a computer that I reassembled for my father to use for ham radio is a 486 DX (33MHz) with an amazing 8 MB of RAM. Well, at least it has a CD-ROM, even if it hardly works with new CDs...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-07 06:30pm

Crayz9000 wrote:OK, it's not my main computer, but a computer that I reassembled for my father to use for ham radio is a 486 DX (33MHz) with an amazing 8 MB of RAM. Well, at least it has a CD-ROM, even if it hardly works with new CDs...

Now THAT'S a Rat Boat!!!

EDIT: Correction: MOUSE Boat!!

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-07 06:34pm

LOL... yeah.

My primary laptop happens to be an IBM 486 DX4 (100 MHz) with 24 megs of RAM. It's actually a pretty decent performer for its age.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-04-07 06:47pm

I've still got a 486/25mhz SX up in my room....with all of 4 mb of ram....and a P200 with 32mb of ram in a closet somewhere....

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-07 06:51pm

aerius wrote:On the other hand I have the best soundsystem for my computer. Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard feeding a Kevin Gilmore Class A headphone amplifier which drives my Sennheiser 580 headphones. This setup has better sound than a $3000 stereo system.

You built a Gilmore?? You've got some soldering skills.

I was thinking of an HD580, but decided not to. If I get some headphones I'll probably get some Beyerdynamic DT770s (closed headphones are your friend!)

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-04-07 07:23pm

I can't tell much of a difference between so called "High quality" audio and "Medium quality audio". What exactly is the point of spending so much money for a marginal increase in quality? I rather spend money on eye candy- graphics cards, large monitors, etc, etc. Too bad I don't actually have any money.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-04-07 07:34pm

Apple IIGS hardwired to a rickety old television set from the late 70s with a keyboard mising most of the caps. No Audio, and yes it was hit by Y2k.

Fortunately it never gets viruses though because the viruses themselves are too large to be held by my meager Hard drive. And look! I have floppy disks! Real Floppy disks! The five inch kind!

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-04-07 07:40pm

phongn wrote:You built a Gilmore?? You've got some soldering skills.

I'm a certified thru-hole/surface mount and rework technician, which means I know which end of a soldering iron to hold.

I should also note that I have 2 Gilmore amps and a tube amp as well as a pair of Senn 495 headphones.

I was thinking of an HD580, but decided not to. If I get some headphones I'll probably get some Beyerdynamic DT770s (closed headphones are your friend!)

A quick search of the head-fi forums reveals that they've gotten to you, unless that's another phongn on that board. Thankfully I don't have noise problems to worry about so I can get by with open headphones. Screaming siblings huh? Good thing I'm an only child...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-07 07:48pm

aerius wrote:
phongn wrote:You built a Gilmore?? You've got some soldering skills.
I'm a certified thru-hole/surface mount and rework technician, which means I know which end of a soldering iron to hold. I should also note that I have 2 Gilmore amps and a tube amp as well as a pair of Senn 495 headphones.

I'd probably have trouble making a cmoy, much less one of those superamps.

Saving up for one of Jan Meier's toys?

I was thinking of an HD580, but decided not to. If I get some headphones I'll probably get some Beyerdynamic DT770s (closed headphones are your friend!)
A quick search of the head-fi forums reveals that they've gotten to you, unless that's another phongn on that board. Thankfully I don't have noise problems to worry about so I can get by with open headphones. Screaming siblings huh? Good thing I'm an only child...

Yes, my wallet trembles in fear. I didn't get any headphones though, but my sound system consists of mostly used parts off of eBay. A Rotel RB-951 50W/ch amplifier, a NAD 1240 Preamp and a pair of Axiom M3ti bookshelf speakers. It sounds very, very nice.

I did get my sisters a pair of Koss PortaPros for their birthday back when they were on sale for $20/ea. They love the things.

My dad has a pair of cheap wireless headphones, but he usually just listens to the TV when on the treadmill so he doesn't care about the sound quality.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-07 07:50pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:Apple IIGS hardwired to a rickety old television set from the late 70s with a keyboard mising most of the caps. No Audio, and yes it was hit by Y2k.

No audio on a IIGS? Shame on you!

(And those keyboards can easily be replaced by anything that uses the old ADB plug).

Fortunately it never gets viruses though because the viruses themselves are too large to be held by my meager Hard drive. And look! I have floppy disks! Real Floppy disks! The five inch kind!

I had a IIGS with a bunch of drives daisy-chained together, it looked absolutely absurd.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-07 07:51pm

Pu-239 wrote:I can't tell much of a difference between so called "High quality" audio and "Medium quality audio". What exactly is the point of spending so much money for a marginal increase in quality? I rather spend money on eye candy- graphics cards, large monitors, etc, etc. Too bad I don't actually have any money.

Depends on what you call "high quality" and "medium quality." I have what many would consider a "medium quality" setup, as with my grandpa, and they do sounds good. My uncle has a higher-end setup that blows either one away (it sounds fantastic).

Many can't really tell the difference, though, some can. If you ever go shopping for audio, what's important is what you think, but keep an open mind and stay away from Bose