PC History

[HeLLHounD]

Well, it's actually quite interesting to see and know people who have experienced with different types and models of computers. Therefore, I create this topic and I'll start with my history 


2002

Type: Laptop
Brand: Toshiba
OS: Windows ME
RAM: 96 MB
Processor: Intel Celeron
GPU: ATI Rage Mobility 4MB
Internet Connection: Dial-up (now LAN)
Condition: Still in use as alternative Wrecked.


2006

Type: Tower
Brand: -------
OS: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 447 MB
Processor: AMD Sempron 3000+
GPU: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 64MB
Internet Connection: LAN
Condition: Still in use as alternative Burnt


2010

Type: Pocket PC
Brand: Sony Ericsson
Model: M1i Aspen
OS: Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional
RAM: 256 MB
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7227
GPU: Touchscreen
Internet Connection: 3G & WLAN
Condition: Still in use as primary phone Wrecked.


2013

Type: Tower
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
OS: Windows 8
RAM: 16 GB
Processor: Intel i7
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 3GB
Internet Connection: WLAN
Condition: Still in use as primary Sold


*NEW*

Type: Tower
Brand: None (Custom Built)
OS: Windows 8 Professional x64
RAM: 8 GB
Processor: Intel Core i5 4670
GPU: Intel HD 4600 (GTX 660 yet to be bought)
Internet Connection: WLAN
Condition: Still in use as primary computer


Type: Tower
Brand: None
OS: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 640 MB
Processor: Intel Celeron
GPU: SiS
Internet Connection: WLAN
Condition: Backup PC

[stormeus]

Oh man. Get ready for the Epic of Stormoose.


~2000-2001
Type: Laptop
Brand: IBM Thinkpad
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows 98 SE
Purpose: General use
RAM: ? ? ?
Processor: Intel Pentium III
GPU: Onboard VGA
Condition: Trashed
Fate: Destroyed after falling out of a moving vehicle in the Dominican Republic

~2002-2004
Type: Desktop (tower)
Brand: eMachines
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows 2000
Purpose: General use
RAM: ? ? ?
Processor: Intel Pentium 4
GPU: Onboard VGA
Condition: Trashed
Fate: Crippled by virus that I may or may not have taken out of quarantine.

~2005-2008
Type: Desktop (tower)
Brand: eMachines
Model: C2881
OS: Windows XP, later upgraded to Vista Home Basic
Purpose: Personal use for some schoolwork and occasional experimentation
RAM: 512MB
Processor: Intel Celeron D
GPU: Onboard Intel Extreme Graphics
Condition: Trashed
Fate: Motherboard destroyed after failed installation of RAM. Forceful installation of RAM module damaged memory slot, and subsequent boot caused machine to fail to POST as the scent of melting electronic parts filled the room.

2007-2008
Type: Laptop
Brand: Dell
Model: Latitude (unknown series)
OS: Windows XP (openSuSE for a brief period of time)
Purpose: Personal use for mobile gaming and programming experiments
RAM: ? ? ?
Processor: ? ? ?
GPU: Onboard Intel Extreme Graphics
Condition: Trashed
Fate: Blunt trauma to screen damages display to the point of being completely unusable.

2009-2010
Type: Laptop
Brand: Dell
Model: Inspiron 1525
OS: Windows Vista Home Basic/Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx, if I'm remembering the time right)
Purpose: Personal all-purpose
RAM: 1 GB
Processor: Intel Celeron 550(?)
GPU: Onboard Intel Extreme Graphics
Condition: Unusable
Fate: Hinge for monitor lid became loose. One day, an attempt to close the lid led to the plastic hinge breaking entirely. Monitor damage incurred. Finishing blow delivered when charger port on motherboard loosened gradually to the point where it refused to charge. Coroner's report lists cause of death as suffocation.
Mugshot: http://i.imgur.com/FwKjx53.jpg

2011-2012
Type: Laptop
Brand: Toshiba
Model: Satellite (unknown model)
OS: Windows 7 SP1/Stormlinux
Purpose: Personal all-purpose (at one point used for finding exploits on the Gawker network)
RAM: 2 GB
Processor: ? ? ?
GPU: Onboard Intel Extreme Graphics
Condition: Trashed
Fate: Coca-Cola spill on keyboard causes motherboard to crap out and die. Coroner's report lists cause of death as internal bleeding caused by poisoning.

2012-2012
Type: Desktop (small form factor)
Brand: Dell (bought at garage sale)
Model: ? ? ?
OS: Windows XP
Purpose: Personal experimentation with servers
RAM: ? ? ?
Processor: ? ? ?
GPU: Onboard VGA
Condition: Trashed
Fate: Booted exactly once before the power supply failed entirely.

2011-present
Type: Desktop (tower)
Brand: Dell (bought at garage sale)
Model: Dimension 3000
OS: Windows XP (upgraded to Windows 7)
Purpose: General use
RAM: 1 GB
Processor: Intel Celeron D
GPU: Onboard Intel Extreme Graphics
Condition: Working. Decommissioned from personal use for family use.
Mugshot: Unavailable because it is 1am as of this post.

2012-present
Type: Desktop (large tower)
Brand: Dell (bought at garage sale)
Model: Precision Workstation 530MT
OS: Windows XP (upgraded to Windows Server 2003, followed by Ubuntu Server and Arch Linux 2013.06.01)
Purpose: Server experimentation and BOINC client
RAM: 1 GB
Processor: Intel Xeon (two-threaded)
GPU: Unknown VGA card
Condition: Working and in use.
Mugshot: http://i.imgur.com/9wu2M3d.jpg

2012-present
Type: Laptop
Brand: Toshiba
Model: Satellite C855
OS: Windows 7 SP1
Purpose: Personal use (schoolwork, gaming, development, etc.)
RAM: 4 GB
Processor: Intel Pentium B970 (two-threaded)
GPU: Onboard Intel HD Graphics
Condition: Working and in use.
Mugshot: http://i.imgur.com/Mas5NPv.jpg

[Charley]

Holy shit Storm, that's one expensive computer habit :p

[GrinDBanG]

~2004-2008
Type: Laptop
Brand: Toshiba
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 98 and later on Windows XP
Purpose: Gaming and general use
RAM: Don't know
Processor: Don't know
GPU: Don't know
Condition: Still working
Fate: Got a better laptop

~2008-2011
Type: Laptop
Brand: Compaq
Model: N/A
OS: Windows XP and later on Windows 7
Purpose: Gaming and general use
RAM: 6GB DDR3
Processor: AMD V120 2.1 GHz Single Core
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4250
Condition: Still working
Fate: Got a PC

~2011-2012
Type: Desktop
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 7
Purpose: Gaming and general use
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Processor: AMD Llano A4 2.7 GHz Dual Core
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6450
Condition: PC I'm using ATM but upgraded
Fate: Upgraded

~2012-2012
Type: Desktop
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 7
Purpose: Gaming and general use
RAM: 6GB DDR3
Processor: AMD Llano A6 2.4 GHz Triple Core
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7770
Condition: Current PC but upgraded
Fate: Upgraded

~2012-2012
Type: Desktop
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 7
Purpose: Gaming and general use
RAM: 8GB DDR3
Processor: Intel i5 3570 3.4 GHz Quad Core (Non k version)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 660 Ti PE OC 2GB
Condition: Still in my room but upgraded
Fate: Upgraded

~Current PC *Updated*
Type: Desktop
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 7
Purpose Gaming and general use
RAM: 20GB DDR3
Processor: Intel i7 3770k 4.4 GHz Quad Core (With Hyper-threading enabled)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 660 Ti PE OC 2GB 2-Way SLI
Condition: Running perfect
Fate: In my room

[Deso]

Rich faggots.



















































jk.

[Blurry]

~Current PC
Type: Desktop
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 7
Purpose Gaming and general use
RAM: 8GB DDR3
Processor: Intel i7 3770k 4.4 GHz Quad Core (With Hyper-threading enabled)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 660 Ti PE OC 2GB 2-Way SLI
Condition: Running perfect
Fate: In my room

Fucking beast.
Hey btw did you try running crysis 3 on it? D:

[GrinDBanG]

Fucking beast.
Hey btw did you try running crysis 3 on it? D:

Hell yeah
Crysis 3 is awesome.

[ferrari32]

~2004-2008
Type: Desktop
Brand: No idea
Model: A big white one
OS: Windows XP professional
Purpose: General use
RAM: 512 mb
Processor: Some old good-for-nothing pentium
GPU: Some poor ATI, can't remember
Condition: Barely alive, tried starting it a month ago and got electrocuted.
Fate: May it burn in hell

~2009-Present (but upgraded)
Type: Desktop
Brand: Fujitsu Siemens
Model: Celsius w380
OS: Windows 7 Eternity
Purpose: General use (gaming)
RAM: 2 GB
Processor: Intel Core i5 3.20 GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Condition: Works like a charm
Fate: To be alive until I fuck it up

[Sora_Blue]

~2004-2008
Type: Desktop
Brand: HP
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows XP
Purpose: General use
RAM: 1GB
Processor: Intel Pentium M
GPU: Unkown
Condition: Dead power supply
Fate: Fabricated into new cumputer parts.

~2008-Present
Type: Laptop
Brand: Samsung
Model: R510
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium, later updated to Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit.
Purpose: General use
RAM: 2GB
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 2GHz (2 CPUs)
GPU: Integrated GPU
Condition: Replaced HDD after it got damaged and died, updated with Windows 7 Ultimate, Bought an external 20TB HDD.
Fate: Getting old.

~2013-2014
Type: Desktop
Brand: N/A
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
Purpose: General use, personal purpose, high performance games, media, studies, technical stuff for jobs/studies.
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3-1600.
Processor: Intel Core I7-3970X
GPU: Nvidia GTX680 4GB.
Condition: Custom build for the next generation.
Fate: Sold to build a better system.

2014-Present
Type: Full/Super Tower
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
Purpose: General use, personal purpose, high performance games, media, studies, technical stuff for jobs/studies, bragging rights, being the ultimate gaming pc, etc.
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D.
PSU: Corsair AX860i.
Storage: Adata SP900 256GB MSata drive directed through PCI-e, Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD, Intel 520 180GB SSD, Adata SP900 256GB SSD, WD Black WD1003FZEX 1TB HDD, will add my 2 laptop 160GB HDDs once my laptop dies.
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A, upgraded to an Asus TUF Sabertooth Z87, upgraded to an Asus TUF Sabertooth Z97, possible plan to upgrade to the LGA2011-3 platform in the near future.
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinums running in dual channel mode @1866MHz, possible upgrade in the near future to DDR4 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinums running in quad channel @2666+MHz.
Processor: Intel Core I5 4670K overclocked @4.5GHz, upgraded to a Intel Core I7 4770k overclocked with a baseclock @4.5GHz and a boostclock @4.75GHz. Upgraded to a Intel Core I7 4790K overclocked with a baseclock @4.5GHz and a boostclock @5.4GHz. Possible upgrade in the near future to a Intel Core I7 5960X overclocked with a baseclock @4.2GHz and a boostclock  @5.0GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i watercooler running in a push/pull configuration.
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning overclocked @1.12GHz, upgraded to a Gigabyte GTX 780Ti Ghz edition overclocked @1.22GHz, might add a second identical card running in SLI in the future.
Monitor: Asus VG248QE with G-Sync module.
Condition: Prestigious condition.
Fate: Be the best of the best.

[GRAND]

2003-2004

Type: Tower
Brand: -
OS: Windows 98
RAM: 64 MB
Processor: Intel Celeron
GPU: -
Internet Connection: -
Condition: Scrap-heap


2005

Type: Tower
Brand: -
OS: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 128 MB
Processor: -
GPU: -
Internet Connection:
Condition: Scrap-heap


2005-2007

Type: Tower
Brand: Compaq (motherboard)
OS: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 256 MB
Processor: Pentium III (I don't remember the clock)
Internet Connection: ADSL 512kb/s, later 1mb/s
Condition: Scrap-heap


2007-2011

Type: Tower
PSU: Deer (300W if I remember correctly) (time bomb )
Brand: Gigabyte (motherboard, I don't remember the model)
OS: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 later 3GB DDR2
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 (2x1.60GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 later 9500GT 1GB GDDR2
Internet Connection: ADSL 1Mb/s
Condition: It was my PC, later I left it for my sister when I've bought better hardware.

2011-now

Type: Tower
PSU: Chieftec 500W
Brand: ASUS P5G41T-M LE (motherboard)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 (2x3.00GHz overclocked to 3.2GHz)
GPU: Sapphire Radeon 6750 512MB GDDR5
Internet Connection: ADSL 10Mb/s
Condition: Great, have to change the CPU, I think I'll buy Quad Core soon.

[Ryne]

~2005-2006
Type: Desktop
Brand: Dunno(Assembled)
Model: N/A
OS: Windows 98
Purpose: General use
RAM: 256 MB
Processor: Intel Pentium 4
GPU: Unkown
Condition:laying dead in my store room


~2006-2008
Type: Desktop
Brand: Assembled
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows XP
Purpose: General use
RAM: 1GB
Processor: Dual core
GPU: 256 internal
Condition:Dead

~2008-2011
Type: Desktop
Brand: Assembled
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows Vista
Purpose: General use
RAM: 1GB
Processor: i guess core 2 duo
GPU: 1 GB internal
Condition: Dead power supply

~2011-2013
Type: Laptop
Brand: Sony Vaio
Model: idk
OS: Windows 7
Purpose: General use
RAM: 6GB
Processor: intel i5
GPU: 3 GB inbuilt
Condition: pretty fine
Fate: in use

[7echn0]

~2004-2006
Type: Desktop
Brand: idk
OS: Win98
Purpose: General
RAM: i don't remember but it was about 256MB
Processor: some shitty one
GPU: idk
Condition: R.I.P

~2006-2012
Type: Desktop
Brand: Gigabyte afaik
Model: idk
OS: WinXP
Purpose: General
RAM: 1GB
Processor: Intel Dual Core 2 Duo
GPU: 128MB in-built
Condition: in use

~2012-
Type: Desktop
Brand: Neo
Model: 3464 Performer
OS: Win7
Purpose: General
RAM: 4GB
Processor: AMD A4 X2 3400 APU 2.7GHz
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 6410D
Condition: in use

[Thijn]

oh fancy topic, nice idea!


~2000-2002
Type: Desktop
Brand: IS, no idea what it stands for. But that's what's on the side
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows 98 SE
Purpose: General use
RAM: No idea, something small
Processor: Intel Pentium II
GPU: Unknown
Condition: Still working
Fate: Generating dust in one of our rooms

~2001-2002
Type: Desktop
Brand: Unknown
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows ME
Purpose: General use
RAM: 128MB
Processor: Intel Pentium III
GPU: Unknown
Condition: Still working
Fate: Generating dust in one of our rooms

~2002-2004
Type: Desktop
Brand: Unknown
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows XP
Purpose: General use
RAM: 256mb
Processor: Intel Pentium 4
GPU: Unknown
Condition: Still working, first one with an internet connection!
Fate: Generating dust in one of our rooms

~2004-2008
Type: Laptop
Brand: Asus
Model: A600 series
OS: Windows XP, upgraded to Win7, died. Reinstalled Ubuntu server
Purpose: General use, bit of gaming
RAM: 512mb
Processor: Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz
GPU: Nvidia Go 7300
Condition: Still working
Fate: Not being used much, but still laying around in my room.

~2008-2011
Type: Desktop
Brand: Unknown
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows 7
Purpose: Gaming, School stuff
RAM: Probs 512mb or 1gb
Processor: Intel one, not sure which. I think it had around 2GHz
GPU: Intel graphics
Condition: Passed on to my dad/mom
Fate: You know what happens to a PC when you pass it off to your dad. R.I.P.

~2011-Present
Type: Desktop
Brand: None
Model: None
OS: Windows 8
Purpose: GAMING YAAAA
RAM: 8gb
Processor: Intel i5
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
Condition: Being used at this very moment
Fate: Probably gonna last a couple more years, then I'm either gonna upgrade it or buy another one..

~2012-Present
Type: Laptop
Brand: HP
Model: G6
OS: Windows 7, Upgraded to Windows 8
Purpose: School
RAM: 4GB
Processor: Intel i5
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7450M
Condition: Fine, it's being taken to school every day. Some it ain't that pretty anymore
Fate: Could last a couple more years.

[GrinDBanG]

GPU: Nvidia GTX690 4GB (main GPU), thinking about putting a second one in it aswell as support for big HD tv, Nvidia GTX770 2GB.

Never put in 2 different cards.
If you do that you could even lose performance.
Just put in another GTX690 if you want 2 GPU's

[Shadow.X]

~2004-2008~
Type: Tower
Brand: HP
Model: Unknown
OS: Windows XP Professional
Purpose: General use
RAM: 786MB
Condition: In-Use & Upgraded.

~2009-2013~
Type: Laptop
Brand: HP
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Purpose: Gaming
RAM: 4 GB
Processor: Core2Duo
Condition: Works like a charm.