dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

i love those cases.
it looks like a antec SX635 except yours has front usb.
if you are in europe, then it's probably a chieftec.
chenming manufactured those cases for both companies and sold under their own label as well.
if you got what you wanted, then you didn't over pay.

dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

It is a very nice case ! Very well built plus an Asus p4 478 mobo and Asus DVDRW too.

wirerogue wrote:

i love those cases. it looks like a antec SX635 except yours has front usb. if you are in europe, then it's probably a chieftec. […]
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dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

i love those cases.
it looks like a antec SX635 except yours has front usb.
if you are in europe, then it's probably a chieftec.
chenming manufactured those cases for both companies and sold under their own label as well.
if you got what you wanted, then you didn't over pay.

Probably is a latter version of the SX635 with front usb/FireWire.
Im not To keen on the style of the case, however they are tanks and well built with good cooling for their age. Tge case will suit the system well.
But to honest I over payed. Sure I had the money, but I still don’t like the price.

Horun wrote:

dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

It is a very nice case ! Very well built plus an Asus p4 478 mobo and Asus DVDRW too.

Thanks. You hardly ever see older cases like that in such good shape and so complete. I didn’t really care about that motherboard as I just wanted the case.

dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

Rip that P4 sticker off right away please. Who uses a P4 instead of an AthlonXP anyway?

No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying old hardware.
If it wasn't just bragging people wouldn't want to point out how good a deal they made with their purchase. Those who want to show others an interesting card or computer won't feel the need to include the price. They simply make the photos and start a conversation about the hardware.
Big box scrap buyers are always like that, they absolutely HAVE TO tell others how cheap it was.
It's more important than the hardware itself especially when they get a pat on the back "nice find for the price!" Point of retrogasm.

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No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying […]
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No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying old hardware.
If it wasn't just bragging people wouldn't want to point out how good a deal they made with their purchase. Those who want to show others an interesting card or computer won't feel the need to include the price. They simply make the photos and start a conversation about the hardware.
Big box scrap buyers are always like that, they absolutely HAVE TO tell others how cheap it was.
It's more important than the hardware itself especially when they get a pat on the back "nice find for the price!" Point of retrogasm.

And if that annoys you does that say something about you or the one who is bragging?

appiah4 wrote:

Colder wrote:

No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying […]
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No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying old hardware.
If it wasn't just bragging people wouldn't want to point out how good a deal they made with their purchase. Those who want to show others an interesting card or computer won't feel the need to include the price. They simply make the photos and start a conversation about the hardware.
Big box scrap buyers are always like that, they absolutely HAVE TO tell others how cheap it was.
It's more important than the hardware itself especially when they get a pat on the back "nice find for the price!" Point of retrogasm.

And if that annoys you does that say something about you or the one who is bragging?

Ans also, what is a grat deal? And what is a tight budget? For example someone can say, its not too expensive but for others 10-20-30euro can be a lot. For example I have a good job but have to pay for my car insurance, fuel it, buy clothes, and I have to pay when I go out with my girlfriend (She pays too not only me) So for me monthly 50Euro is my budget and for most of collectors thats nothing

respect2759 wrote:

Ans also, what is a grat deal? And what is a tight budget? For example someone can say, its not too expensive but for others 10-20-30euro can be a lot. For example I have a good job but have to pay for my car insurance, fuel it, buy clothes, and I have to pay when I go out with my girlfriend (She pays too not only me) So for me monthly 50Euro is my budget and for most of collectors thats nothing

I think this is a really good point. There's always a decent chance that what you consider expensive is a catch to someone else! Sometimes there's just no accounting for other people's conceptions of value 😀

For me it's less about the spending cap but more about actually making time to play games, as well as negotiating the wife acceptance factor.

I got this system for exactly €30.
It could be the deal of a lifetime but it's not that simple.
I live in ex-commie Hungary so our money is shit compared to EUR (330:1).
Hungarian minimum wages: 5.400 EUR/year
German minimum wages: 20.000 EUR/year
So when I get something for €30 it's more like €110 for me and it's not far from the real WEU prices at all. Looking at sold listings you can get this computer for around €130.
So I am not really tooting my horn I just came from a less developed country.
Bigger countries also mean bigger markets. Buying an original IBM in the US is far easier than buying one in Hungary. IBM was made for that market while this region could only afford compatible clones.
I had to wait months to get this machine for the right price and I only got it because the seller gave it to me and didn't put it up for auction.
This site is international and low prices mean that you don't have to be rich to indulge in retro computing. That is very reassuring.

One thing I never got about eBay is people bidding so damn early.

There's six days left on this vintage camera and it already has 15 bids. Like... why??

henryVK wrote:

respect2759 wrote:

Ans also, what is a grat deal? And what is a tight budget? For example someone can say, its not too expensive but for others 10-20-30euro can be a lot. For example I have a good job but have to pay for my car insurance, fuel it, buy clothes, and I have to pay when I go out with my girlfriend (She pays too not only me) So for me monthly 50Euro is my budget and for most of collectors thats nothing

I think this is a really good point. There's always a decent chance that what you consider expensive is a catch to someone else! Sometimes there's just no accounting for other people's conceptions of value 😀

For me it's less about the spending cap but more about actually making time to play games, as well as negotiating the wife acceptance factor.

People come here and brag about having found a great deal and show off a piece of hardware that is worthless to me, then say they only paid 200 euros for it, and I balk when people congratulate them.

But value is subjective and who am I to meddle into what who pays.

Still..

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No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying […]
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No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying old hardware.
If it wasn't just bragging people wouldn't want to point out how good a deal they made with their purchase. Those who want to show others an interesting card or computer won't feel the need to include the price. They simply make the photos and start a conversation about the hardware.
Big box scrap buyers are always like that, they absolutely HAVE TO tell others how cheap it was.
It's more important than the hardware itself especially when they get a pat on the back "nice find for the price!" Point of retrogasm.

It definitely triggered you to the point that 2/3 of your posts so far on this forum are of envy/jealousy. Rarely does anyone here care -- we say congratulations on the awesome deal to each other.

appiah4 wrote:

People come here and brag about having found a great deal and show off a piece of hardware that is worthless to me, then say they only paid 200 euros for it, and I balk when people congratulate them.

But value is subjective and who am I to meddle into what who pays.

Still..

Wait, is that an actual screenshot from Monkey Island?

OT: I wonder what kind of value people get out of collecting for the sake of collecting, but I try not to judge!

I'm sure I have my own neuroses that other people can't relate to 🤣

I always put the price in my posts, not to brag, but to let others know what sort of prices you pay when buying locally. I don't buy HW from eBay as I have way too much junk already, but I still tend to find things very cheaply just by checking local recycling centers etc. If someone posts a picture of something interesting and says "I got it cheaply from a local store", it doesn't really tell me anything as I'd like to know what is cheap in your country or what do you consider to be cheap. It's great to see you can still find good deals on eBay, but as I don't lurk there anymore I wouldn't have bought the item anyway so it doesn't bother me that someone else did and good for them if it was really cheap.

Yes it is. This one is the EGA version but the VGA version also has it.

Also, impulse purchase of the week:

Never judge a video card by the box:

For $15 it was a fair purchase I would think. My third AGP Banshee. I would give away 2 of them for one PCI Banshee..

At least it has a cooling fan on there. $15 is not bad considerably.

Today's gift:
A only used 2-3 months ASUS DRW-1608P3S (OEM Pioneer DVR-111) IDE DVD writer (Black bezel)
A MSI MS-6119 Motherboard with a Intel Pentium III 450MHz Slot 1 processor with 192MB SDRAM by Samsung

appiah4 wrote:

dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

Rip that P4 sticker off right away please. Who uses a P4 instead of an AthlonXP anyway?

I did back in the day, and it was far faster then the AthlonXP systems my friends had at the time. Then again my system had a abit ic7-max, a P4 running at 4ghz with 1gb of ddr ram running at 450ish mhz if I recall right.

dan86 wrote:

appiah4 wrote:

dan86 wrote:

I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing.
The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system.

Rip that P4 sticker off right away please. Who uses a P4 instead of an AthlonXP anyway?

I did back in the day, and it was far faster then the AthlonXP systems my friends had at the time. Then again my system had a abit ic7-max, a P4 running at 4ghz with 1gb of ddr ram running at 450ish mhz if I recall right.

Eh, by that time Athlon64 was out.