Spare Parts Computer

NullUnit2000 · 04-10-2002, 11:15 AM

Well, I finally reached that magic moment. The moment when I realized that after years of upgrading and replacing parts, I had the makings of a whole other computer sitting in my closet. With a $60 investment in a cheepy MoBo and a case I now have a new machine!

Check the specs (but don't laugh):

Athlon Classic 800 MHz on a MicroStar 6191 MoBo
128 MB of Kingston PC133 RAM
8 Gig Maxtor ATA66 HD
Guillemot Cougar VE TNT2 M64 AGP Video Card
Net Gear 10/100 NIC
52X CD-ROM Generic
On board audio.

Not exactly top of the line, but not an underpowered POS either. I think I'll give it to my sister so she can stop using her cruddy 233 MHz eMachine with the whopping 32MB of RAM. The poor girl.

~~DoPeY5007~~ · 04-10-2002, 11:25 AM

it is always nice to have an extre just lay'n around

aglio412 · 04-10-2002, 01:57 PM

damn...your collection of spare parts is almost as good as my regular pc. i think with my collection of junk, i could build a K62-300, a P166 and a 486DX2-80

Bires · 04-10-2002, 07:54 PM

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I think I'll give it to my sister so she can stop using her cruddy 233 MHz eMachine with the whopping 32MB of RAM. The poor girl

On behalf of big brothers accross the world providing free technical support...I Salute You!

Merlin · 04-10-2002, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by aglio412
damn...your collection of spare parts is almost as good as my regular pc. i think with my collection of junk, i could build a K62-300, a P166 and a 486DX2-80

Hiro · 04-11-2002, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bires
On behalf of big brothers accross the world providing free technical support...I Salute You!

i know the feeling.

Hoser · 04-11-2002, 08:10 PM

I just built a PC for my son to use, and all I bought was the motherboard and CPU. I could've just bought a motherboard because I've got an AMD Duron 750 without a home. There's a local computer place that had a motherboard (Biostar M7VKD Pro) and Duron 1GHZ for $109. I already had a case that had an ABIT BH6 motherboard that died recently. I added a Voodoo 4 4500, Soundblaster Live MP3, 6X Toshiba DVD, HP 9100 CDRW, 512MB, and a 13GB hard drive. I'll update the hard drive when I empty one of my bigger drives.

That's the nice thing about have many computers, each one get hand me down components from the computer above it.

04-10-2002, 11:15 AM	#1
NullUnit2000 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: SF by way of OC Posts: 586	Spare Parts Computer Well, I finally reached that magic moment. The moment when I realized that after years of upgrading and replacing parts, I had the makings of a whole other computer sitting in my closet. With a $60 investment in a cheepy MoBo and a case I now have a new machine! Check the specs (but don't laugh): Athlon Classic 800 MHz on a MicroStar 6191 MoBo 128 MB of Kingston PC133 RAM 8 Gig Maxtor ATA66 HD Guillemot Cougar VE TNT2 M64 AGP Video Card Net Gear 10/100 NIC 52X CD-ROM Generic On board audio. Not exactly top of the line, but not an underpowered POS either. I think I'll give it to my sister so she can stop using her cruddy 233 MHz eMachine with the whopping 32MB of RAM. The poor girl. __________________ ------------ -NU2K

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04-10-2002, 11:25 AM	#2
~~DoPeY5007~~ court-martialled Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brig Posts: 0	it is always nice to have an extre just lay'n around

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aglio412 Still Unbanned Commander Join Date: May 2001 Location: Suburbia Posts: 1,362	damn...your collection of spare parts is almost as good as my regular pc. i think with my collection of junk, i could build a K62-300, a P166 and a 486DX2-80

04-11-2002, 08:10 PM	#7
Hoser Commander Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, NE, United States Posts: 1,275	I just built a PC for my son to use, and all I bought was the motherboard and CPU. I could've just bought a motherboard because I've got an AMD Duron 750 without a home. There's a local computer place that had a motherboard (Biostar M7VKD Pro) and Duron 1GHZ for $109. I already had a case that had an ABIT BH6 motherboard that died recently. I added a Voodoo 4 4500, Soundblaster Live MP3, 6X Toshiba DVD, HP 9100 CDRW, 512MB, and a 13GB hard drive. I'll update the hard drive when I empty one of my bigger drives. That's the nice thing about have many computers, each one get hand me down components from the computer above it.

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