TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Bb1]

IMO, you'll have a hard time getting a decent amount of money from that stuff...I mean...I bought my entire Pentium 3 retro PC, with matching mouse and keyboard, for $13 CAD, from a PC recycler / refurbishing center. The P4 is maybe worth $5...the board, maybe $20-25, the GPU, maybe $10-$15. You might be able to get more if you put them on Ebay and aren't in a rush to sell...or they could never sell. Honestly, it's almost hard to give away hardware of that age, as it's not really "retro" to most people, but not new enough to make a modern PC...and super common.

I think that's good to know just to put it into context. Like I say, I'm a bit out of touch with it. Will just sell for a modest amount then and hope it brings some joy to someone

 

[Aaron_Henderson]

Good catch on the 3850 AGP guys, I totally forgot that it was the fastest AGP card...might very well be able to sell it on Ebay for a decent amount, with some patience, of course.

I think that's good to know just to put it into context. Like I say, I'm a bit out of touch with it. Will just sell for a modest amount then and hope it brings some joy to someone

I totally looked over the 3850 being AGP...thankfully the others didn't...turns out your GPU might be worth a fair bit of money on Ebay. No harm in listing it, right?

 

[Mr.Scott]

Message me what you hope to get for the CPU and GPU. I might make your day.

 

[phill]

My laptop has a DRAM-less Gigabyte branded one and that's already a thing

And about the Athlon... ofc it's an AXIA core

I had a Duron 650Mhz for my first socket A rig, eventually went to a 1GHz Thunderbird whih did 1.33GHz without many hassles... If I recall, just had to change the FSB from 100MHz to 133MHz

I wish I had some pics of the system but the earliest I go back to is 2004 I think I had that one back in 1999...

 

[JustAnEngineer]

Those were the days of easy overclocking. 1) Buy a Duron of any speed. 2) Pencil-trick it to 700. 3) Bump FSB from 100 to 133 MHz. 4) Duron-933 all-day everyday with no complaints.

 

[phill]

Those were the days of easy overclocking. 1) Buy a Duron of any speed. 2) Pencil-trick it to 700. 3) Bump FSB from 100 to 133 MHz. 4) Duron-933 all-day everyday with no complaints.

And then when the AMD XP M's came out... 1.83GHz to 2.4GHz without any hassles at all and with nice cool temps and no extra volts if you had a good one! Man I loved that era.... GTA 3 was out as well if I recall...

Damn I'm old!!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Damn I'm old!!

Right there with you, and I'm only in my 40's..

 

[Ruru]

I'm only 30 and it feels like yesterday when PCIe came out and it was the end of the single core wars (P4 vs A64).. Pentium D & A64 X2 came in 2005 and damn, it's the half of my life and still feels like it wasn't THAT long ago.

 

[AAF Optimus]

Just resold one of the capacitors that is damaged and works again.

 

[JustAnEngineer]

I'm still using my Altec-Lansing ACS-400 speakers - with an Amazon Echo Dot.

 

[biffzinker]

You can now browse, and apply Winamp Skins to Webamp from the Winamp Skin Museum.

 

[AAF Optimus]

That Winamp... Good times.

 

[natr0n]

I still use winamp.

 

[Ruru]

I still use winamp.

Same here. Some stuff just isn't on Spotify.

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Been using this skin since 2007 or 2008

 

[phill]

Right there with you, and I'm only in my 40's..

I've not long turned 40 but I'm sure my 50's will be around the corner more than face enough since my eldest will be 18.... Damn that's scary!!

 

[bobbybluz]

You kids are young. It won't be long before I hit 70. The older you are the faster time flies by.

 

[stinger608]

You kids are young. It won't be long before I hit 70. The older you are the faster time flies by.

Oh man, I hear ya there. I'm almost 63 and you are exactly correct, the older you get the faster it seems to go. Sucks.

 

[biffzinker]

the older you get the faster it seems to go. Sucks.

Seems to be zipping by already, how much faster can it go? Besides I never have enough time in a day to do what I want as it is.

 

[basco]

i feel ya - getting 47 in a few days and my tennis is getting bad. only excuse i have is my opponent is 29.
maybe i should also do a retro build

 

[Mr.Scott]

Oh man, I hear ya there. I'm almost 63 and you are exactly correct, the older you get the faster it seems to go. Sucks.

Had no idea.
You got a couple years on me.

 

[Apocalypsee]

I'm 33, surprised to see large age gap here but there is common things in this thread; we all love PC parts of yesteryear especially during our youth.

 

[Ruru]

I'm 33, surprised to see large age gap here but there is common things in this thread; we all love PC parts of yesteryear especially during our youth.

Exactly. And I was hella poor as a teen, my first "gaming" PC was an Athlon 1GHz/512MB/GF4 Ti 4200-8x in 2005 so my retro rig has to be somewhat similar. Same CPU (even the famous AXIA stepping which overclocks like mad) though GPU is a little slower. But more RAM.

But it's not just about PCs. I began to be interested in PCs in around 2004, so I was a console gamer since the early 1990s, still play NES (the same one as then!) and PS1/PS2 games. NES games are even more awesome today, PS1 games looks crude but I don't mind and a soft-modded PS2 is a true gem. Kinda a perfect time to be alive, though a good wide CRT would be perfect for retroconsoles.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Just resold one of the capacitors that is damaged and works again.

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Clean those puppies up! They deserve some love after all the years of service they've given!

That Winamp... Good times.

I still use it. There's a saying, if it works and it's useful, it's not outdated.

Same here. Some stuff just isn't on Spotify.

Been using this skin since 2007 or 2008

SNES FF3/6 OST Nice!!

You kids are young. It won't be long before I hit 70. The older you are the faster time flies by.

Oh man, I hear ya there. I'm almost 63 and you are exactly correct, the older you get the faster it seems to go. Sucks.

I suddenly feel like a kid again... Thank You both for that!

 

[Ruru]

SNES FF3/6 OST Nice!!

One of the best games ever. Tho these days I love probably most IX/X/XIII soundtracks.

Fun fact, there was some of the same guys behind X's and XIII's soundtrack.. tho not Nobuo the God on XIII

 

[AAF Optimus]

I still use it. There's a saying, if it works and it's useful, it's not outdated.

You're right. I just installed it.

Same here. Some stuff just isn't on Spotify.

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Been using this skin since 2007 or 2008

What is this skin? Reminds Windows Media Player 11 (XP).