My collection of computers and stuff!

johnvosh

Member
So I figured I'd post a couple pics of what I've got in my collection for computers/CPU's/etc... As you can see in the pics, I've got a lot of stuff. I've got many different motherboards, CPU's, cases, etc...

The oldest system I have is a Compaq Presario CDTV 920 with an Intel Overdrive 486 @ 100MHz running Win 98, 24mb ram, 350 & 500MB HDD. All of the computers you see do in fact run and I've only got 3 that I don't have an OS on right now. I am running everything right now (win 98/98se/ME/2000 Pro/2000 Server/XP home & Pro/Win 7). I am running a Pentium non-MMX, an AMD K6-2+ 500, various P4's, a Core 2 Duo e6400, various Athlon's (XP, 64, 64 X2), I've even got a server running dual Xeon's and in the next couple weeks I plan to have a system with dual Opteron 252's/14GB ram and probably Win 7 Pro.

In the storage bins I've got cables, fans, heatsinks, ram, PCI/AGP/PCI-E video cards, network cards, modems, sound cards. I've got IDE/SATA/SCSI HDD's, CD/DVD drives. On the shelf above my desk I've got over 365 CPU's in various shape (some have pent pins, others dead, but most run perfectly fine). I eventually plan to have them all in a nice display case on the wall. I've got a spread sheet with every CPU I've got right now. I've got a couple Xeon CPU's that were once worth over $3700, a P2 Xeon 450 W/ 2MB cache & a Xeon MP S604 3.33GHz with 1MB L2 & 8MB L3 cache. Now they are worth under $50

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spirit

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You've got lots of stuff there! :D As I said before, you've got too much space and money man! ;) I own 3 machines myself, the 2500K rig and the Q8300 rig (see my rig), and one older Athlon 64 rig which isn't in my sig.
 

johnvosh

Member
Well for the most part I didn't pay that much for most of the computers. Have been collecting them for a few years. Some of them were actually mine that I gave to family members then got back when they upgraded. The blue case computer was actually one of my first builds. It's based on a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 Socket A board. I've changed the CPU a couple times, but am running an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton in it right now with 1.5GB ram & Win XP. It's the CPU's I have paid the most for. Some of them are very hard to find, but 90% of them have come off eBay!

I actually still remember my first CD burner, man did I hate that thing! I installed it in an old Pentium 200 MMX and then moved it to a K6-2 450 system. It was an LG 2X and it created more coasters than I knew what to do with. Right now the oldest CD burner I have is an LG 12X
 

spirit

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Staff member
Oldest computer I've ever owned had a Pentium II 266MHz (I think? Defo a PII though), 128MB RAM and a 4GB HDD. I threw it out a few years ago but kept the 4GB HDD just for the lols. :)
 

strollin

Well-Known Member
The oldest computer I currently have in my possession is a 1981 IBM PC. I used to have a 1979 Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I but I sold that a few months ago.

Wish mine was stored as neatly as you have yours!
 

iMacG3

New Member
The oldest I have is a HP Kayak, it's from 1995. I have a custom built toaster from 2005, my new toshiba with crappy processer, adn a iMac G3 indigo.

It's a miracle, I got Windows XP Pro to work on my HP Kayak!
 

Gun

Member
Nice collection you've got there! I like how you've mounted the motherboards to the wall :p.
 

Perkomate

Active Member
Not bad at all. It's a little better than my collection. I've got 8 pcs and one mac. The oldest is a Toshiba Satellite, one of the first laptops made. It still runs too.
 

G80FTW

Active Member
The oldest HDD I have is a Conner CP-341i. It has a super large capacity of 40MB out a Compaq something.

Well you got me beat. My oldest HDD used to be a WD Caviar 240MB with Windows 3.1 on it. I dont know what I ever did with that, but now I just have a 500MB Quantum Fireball as my oldest HDD and it came out of an old early 90s Compaq desktop.

I used to have a Monorail PC. I wish I would have kept it, it would probably be worth money by now. One of the original all in one PCs, years before the iMac ripped them off. Was really cool looking and had a Pentium 133MHz with less than 1MB of RAM and a built in HDD with about 150MB or so.
 

Gun

Member
You've got lots of stuff there! :D As I said before, you've got too much space and money man! ;) I own 3 machines myself, the 2500K rig and the Q8300 rig (see my rig), and one older Athlon 64 rig which isn't in my sig.

Don't forget the Raspberry Pi! ;)
 

AlienMenace

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My first computer I ever owned was a "Tandy Model 4" and my first IBM compatible was a 8086. Start out in 1988. Boy, does that make feel "Old". LOL
 
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johnvosh

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Just wanted to add 2 more pics, as it is kinda of part of my "computer room". I will be getting these into a wall display unit eventually. Right now it will be approx 40" wide, 60" tall and about 3" deep. It will have 23-25 angled shelves and then 2+ flat shelves. If you check out the pics here and here I've added notes to the pics so you can see which are which... And I do have a spread sheet of everyone I have and 90% of them do work. The other 10% are dead or have bent pins.

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