Re: Modern motherboards lifespan

Posted on 2016-04-26, 23:10

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Using an old EVGA socket 939 AMD board right now from around 2004. Every component in this custom machine has lasted great since then (save for the old Nvidia gfx card, which was replaced not long ago). But I'm happily running Debian on it right now on 1.5GB of RAM and a 2.4Ghz single core CPU 😀

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Re: Anyone use an old linux OS on an old PC?

Posted on 2016-04-14, 17:11

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Well, I have recently acquired an old AMD Athlon 64 4000+ gaming machine from 2005. I was tired of using Winblows XP and decided to install Debian. So far I am very happy with that OS and it fulfills my purposes (and then some). I have a lot of packages already installed (Xchat, banshee, Filezilla, …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-04-12, 22:09

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I just got a socket 939 system, and it had a gig of ram. I added 2 more sticks so now its 1.5 gigs. The mobo is an EVGA and its pretty interesting. I want to get FreeBSD on there, but the old nvidia gfx card has issues.

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Re: What does your "workshop" area look like?

Posted on 2016-04-12, 22:07

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I (my parents) have a finished basement and I do most work stuff down there. There's a phone line, carpet, furniture, etc. But it is quite a mess ATM, so I'm too embarrassed to post any pics 🙁

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-04-12, 22:04

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Here are some updated ones, my setup has changed quite a bit as I've been upgrading it a lot. Hoping to get a new CPU soon. For now it plays gta 5 fine at medium settings, so thats good. A lot of the parts (case, ODD, one HDD, etc) are from older builds. I did add a 1TB hdd (halfway used already) …

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Re: Windows 10 + no internet???

Posted on 2016-04-12, 21:47

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Yeah, I had windows 10 with a shit connection for a little bit (sometimes 4g hotspot other times dial up). I am using 7 for the most part now however. There is a trick where you can disable all updates here http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/features/how-to-disable-windows-10-automatic-updates-728049 …

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Re: Fun with Macintosh Performa 6115CD

Posted on 2016-03-16, 19:58

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Hello, I apologize for bumping an older thread. However I have the chance to buy a Performa 6116CD . Also the guy has a few Power Mac 6100/60's. I want to get one of each (he has a few of both). Would I have to get a monitor with them that is Mac compatible? He has some, so it would not be a problem …

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Re: Anyone use an old linux OS on an old PC?

Posted on 2016-02-14, 18:59

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Hey guys, sorry to bump an old thread. Anyway, I got an old Pentium M Dell Laptop and I installed Linux Mint on it without any issues. I even picked up a book that explains the *nix command line and all that. I wanted to try Arch linux, however the latter part of the installation requires downloads …

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Re: Old PC's used as props in movies

Posted on 2016-02-14, 18:52

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I can also say that I've never seen an Apple II in person. However I do have a CBM-64 and a Tandy 1000EX. But the movie "Hackers" was a somewhat interesting (albeit cheesy and mostly BS hacking) film and it had some aspects of the Hacking/phreaking scene back in 1995.

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Re: Need advice on trash picking computers at the dump

Posted on 2015-12-16, 01:20

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Where I live if its out on the street its considered public property. If it is in a dumpster make sure the dumpster is on public property, IE: City park or on the street/curb. If the dumpster is locked then its a big no-no. I mainly get computers from the thrift shops. One of the ones I frequent …

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Re: Dual Pentium 3 socket 370 Asus Motherboard

Posted on 2015-11-28, 15:51

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Well, I'm going to go pick it up today! Also going to get some free old PC games (Unreal tournament, starcraft, etc.)

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Dual Pentium 3 socket 370 Asus Motherboard

Posted on 2015-11-26, 23:27

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Hi guys, I got an email from a guy who I got some old PC's in the past. He said he found an old ASUS CUV4X-D tower that he used as a home server running XP. He says its got dual 1ghz Pentium 3 CPU's and a gb of PC133 ram. I read the manual he sent me and it says max 4gb ram. That's pretty awesome! …

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Re: Anyone use an old linux OS on an old PC?

Posted on 2015-11-08, 01:42

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I've been on a "hiatus" with the machine I installed Slack on for about a week (Thanks school!). ATM I'm going through the pain in the ass motions of installing DOS and then 9x. Ugh.

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Re: Favourite / best FPS?

Posted on 2015-11-08, 01:39

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I agree with the Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. Great game.

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Re: Favourite / best FPS?

Posted on 2015-11-07, 04:00

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I have Far Cry 3 and It's on my top-10 favorites list.

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Re: Fallout 4 discussion thread. Begin your preload now!

Posted on 2015-11-07, 03:58

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my bro is getting the XBONE+Fallout 4 bundle for Xmas. Me, I probably will get some upgrades for my gaming pc. Maybe then I'll get fallout 4.

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Re: DosFreak calls it the conspiracy theories, but Forbes says otherwise...

Posted on 2015-11-02, 20:59

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I have a separate machine with XP for all my pirated stuff anyway. And even on my main machine I have Win7 with no issues. I have tried 10 and the only thing I didn't care for were mandatory updates, but there are ways around it, so oh well.

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Re: Happy Halloween to all.

Posted on 2015-11-01, 15:26

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Where I live (WNY) there is always halloween. I never go though. I'd rather go buy marked down candy the next day then freeze my ass off outside.

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2015-11-01, 14:28

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A bicycle 😜

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Re: I need a list of good PC multiplayer games that do not require the internets

Posted on 2015-11-01, 14:26

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I am going to set up my old Core2Duo Mobo for a LAN party and I'm looking for some newer (2005-2011) games for LAN. I know I mentioned Left 4 Dead, but besides those I'd like to know some newer ones.

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