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Ruru

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I was actually older when really got into gaming. It was when the original Doom first came out. I was on dial up of course and the first month was a damn killer! I was messing with the internet and gaming with Doom. I think that first month I had a damn phone bill of $300+!!!!
Needless to say, things changed a ton right after that.
Internet was a "pay per minute" charge on most accounts. I remember getting an AOL account which was a ton cheaper. Then I think I grabbed a NetZero account which was waaaaaaaay cheaper.
 
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I'll be 69 the first week of October, I remember the Apple 2e, I think you had to run it from a 5.25 floppy, I still have some of those disks. Then on to the IBM 8088, a friend gave me one, then on to the 286, 386, 486, etc. I've finally realized at this point in my life, it nice to dig up some of the old bones and build a PC out of those. As I get older, faster just isn't what I need anymore, just good and slow, works fine.
 

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Makes me feel hella young... like I said, born in -90 :laugh:

I'll be 69 the first week of October, I remember the Apple 2e, I think you had to run it from a 5.25 floppy, I still have some of those disks. Then on to the IBM 8088, a friend gave me one, then on to the 286, 386, 486, etc. I've finally realized at this point in my life, it nice to dig up some of the old bones and build a PC out of those. As I get older, faster just isn't what I need anymore, just good and slow, works fine.
Heh, you could be my grandpa and it's nice to see that people of their 70s still are hanging on internet with our younger ones. Gotta respect. :toast:
 
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Makes me feel hella young... like I said, born in -90 :laugh:


Heh, you could be my grandpa and it's nice to see that people of their 70s still are hanging on internet with our younger ones. Gotta respect. :toast:
I'm actually a great grandpa, have 3 great grand kids.
 

Ruru

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I'm actually a great grandpa, have 3 great grand kids.
You must teach these about older tech unless you've done that already ;)


If I have a kid someday I'll make him/her play NES as soon as he/she can hold a controller. :D

edit: 69 and great-grandpa, damn :) you ~70 years old arent even old at this day's standard :D
 
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Does this forum have what you might call a "junkyard" you know, a place where folks can buy used PC parts/components from the members. I am in the A/C and Heating business in Houston and I'm on HVAC-TALK we have one there for parts, new and old.
 

Ruru

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Does this forum have what you might call a "junkyard" you know, a place where folks can buy used PC parts/components from the members. I am in the A/C and Heating business in Houston and I'm on HVAC-TALK we have one there for parts, new and old.
Isn't it this? :)


There's much stuff already in Finland so I haven't bought/sell anything at least not yet here in TPU... also you seem to be a newcomer, welcome to TPU! :toast:
 
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Isn't it this? :)


There's much stuff already in Finland so I haven't bought/sell anything at least not yet here in TPU... also you seem to be a newcomer, welcome to TPU! :toast:
Yes, "real newcomer" as in signed up today. I think my first PC Forum I joined around 20 years ago was AfterDawn.com I'm still a member, just don't know my user name or password. :p
 

Ruru

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Yes, "real newcomer" as in signed up today. I think my first PC Forum I joined around 20 years ago was AfterDawn.com I'm still a member, just don't know my user name or password. :p
As I am hella young for you, I've already a veteran on IRC and many forums... I had also an older nick on here but damn I just forgot it... dammit.

Been on several forums since 2005 but after all, TPU feels comfortable. Also that English isn't my native language so it's nice to train my vocabulary when posting to an international forum. :toast:
 

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Guys I just had a thought, are we now nostalgic hardware if we are over 40 or is that pushing it as well?? :D :laugh: :roll:
 

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Guys I just had a thought, are we now nostalgic hardware if we are over 40 or is that pushing it as well?? :D :laugh: :roll:
I'll be the mascot hanging around :D
 

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January 9, 2021 will be the 10th birthday of Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K. My brother is still using that PC and gaming on it every day.
 
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Hi,
lol yeah we're very old hardware :)

13 y.o. water cooled Q9550 with evga 980ti are doing pretty well as a media center
Win-7 scales way better than win-10 to my cheapo lg quad core 43" smart t.v. for sure and way better than dealing with it's slow crap apps.
MC-2 water cooled q9550-03.jpg
 

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In the computer/microelectronics world, 10 years old is ancient, even with Moore's law slowing down.
So if we are say 30 to 40+...... what the heck are we considered??!! Relics?? :laugh: :roll:
 
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Hi guys I'm also 40! :D

January 9, 2021 will be the 10th birthday of Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K. My brother is still using that PC and gaming on it every day.

DId anyone say SB? I'm still rocking my original 2600K from 2011. Albeit now it has a 1070 GTX instead of the beastly Lightning 580 GTX. :D Bigger SSD's and a bigger HDD.

The 2600K is the best CPU that I ever purchased. Together with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it is still doing history as we speak. :D Hopefully in December when I'll be 41 (Yikes!) I'll change to some Ryzen goodness.

I've been keeping the 2600K since 2011 @ 1.3V and 4.4GHz full throttle. Truth be told I never bothered to take it higher. If it works why bother? :D They say when you get older you also get wiser. :D yeah right ...

I still own a FHD monitor and I hope to change that too. :D

I'll keep my Bitfenix Colossus Pro Venom Edition as I STILL LOVE THE BEAST!!!! :peace:

The PC has suffered some tweaks and changes and now it has 4x TY-150 fans inside and two TY-141SQ. I love Thermalright Stuff! Archon POWAH!!! :D No water cooling for me. AIR COOLING! and NO ARGIBII !!!

The pics bellow are from 2011, 2016 and 2020.

The TIM on the CPU, Arctic MX-4, has been changed only in 2020. I did some tests and it was still fine after 9 years. No thermal throttling or other problems. I trust the MX-4 to keep my old HW frosty too and it is good to know that this stuff is viable for many, many, years. It would've been a PITA to know that I'll have to soon change again the TIM on all my retro HW, slot A, slot 1 Cpus, graphic cards and you name it. :D

When I'll change my system I'll post a special episode for this PC on the Project logs section. These parts will never be sold and I'll hang to them like my first PC. The 2600K was my first ever no money limit system. I still feel the tingles I got when I placed the order for the motherboard and CPU combo.
 

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Cerrone - Supernature

Hi guys I'm also 40! :D



Has anyone said SB? I'm still rocking my original 2600K from 2011. Albeit now it has a 1070 GTX instead of the beastly Lightning 580 GTX. :D Bigger SSD's and a bigger HDD.

The 2600K is the best CPU that I ever purchased. Together with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it is still doing history as we speak. :D Hopefully in December when I'll be 41 (Yikes!) I'll change to some Ryzen goodness.

I've been keeping the 2600K since 2011 @ 1.3V and 4.4GHz full throttle. Truth be told I never bothered to take it higher. If it works why bother? :D They say when you get older you also get wiser. :D yeah right ...

I still own a FHD monitor and I hope to change that too. :D

I'll keep my Bitfenix Colossus Pro Venom Edition as I STILL LOVE THE BEAST!!!! :peace:

The PC has suffered some tweaks and changes and now it has 4x TY-150 fans inside and two TY-141SQ. I love Thermalright Stuff! Archon POWAH!!! :D No water cooling for me. AIR COOLING! and NO ARGIBII !!!

The pics bellow are from 2011, 2016 and 2020.

The TIM on the CPU, Arctic MX-4, has been changed only in 2020. I did some tests and it was still fine after 9 years. No thermal throttling or other problems. I trust the MX-4 to keep my old HW frosty too and it is good to know that this stuff is viable for many, many, years. It would've been a PITA to know that I'll have to soon change again the TIM on all my retro HW, slot A, slot 1 Cpus, graphic cards and you name it. :D

When I'll change my system I'll post a special episode for this PC on the Project logs section. These parts will never be sold and I'll hang to them like my first PC. The 2600K was my first ever no money limit system. I still feel the tingles I got when I placed the order for the motherboard and CPU combo.
OMG :twitch::twitch::twitch:
 

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Memory Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
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Hi guys I'm also 40! :D



DId anyone say SB? I'm still rocking my original 2600K from 2011. Albeit now it has a 1070 GTX instead of the beastly Lightning 580 GTX. :D Bigger SSD's and a bigger HDD.

The 2600K is the best CPU that I ever purchased. Together with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it is still doing history as we speak. :D Hopefully in December when I'll be 41 (Yikes!) I'll change to some Ryzen goodness.

I've been keeping the 2600K since 2011 @ 1.3V and 4.4GHz full throttle. Truth be told I never bothered to take it higher. If it works why bother? :D They say when you get older you also get wiser. :D yeah right ...

I still own a FHD monitor and I hope to change that too. :D

I'll keep my Bitfenix Colossus Pro Venom Edition as I STILL LOVE THE BEAST!!!! :peace:

The PC has suffered some tweaks and changes and now it has 4x TY-150 fans inside and two TY-141SQ. I love Thermalright Stuff! Archon POWAH!!! :D No water cooling for me. AIR COOLING! and NO ARGIBII !!!

The pics bellow are from 2011, 2016 and 2020.

The TIM on the CPU, Arctic MX-4, has been changed only in 2020. I did some tests and it was still fine after 9 years. No thermal throttling or other problems. I trust the MX-4 to keep my old HW frosty too and it is good to know that this stuff is viable for many, many, years. It would've been a PITA to know that I'll have to soon change again the TIM on all my retro HW, slot A, slot 1 Cpus, graphic cards and you name it. :D

When I'll change my system I'll post a special episode for this PC on the Project logs section. These parts will never be sold and I'll hang to them like my first PC. The 2600K was my first ever no money limit system. I still feel the tingles I got when I placed the order for the motherboard and CPU combo.
the pics, looks like you keep them for years in pristine condition
 

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the pics, looks like you keep them for years in pristine condition
Isn't that always the case? :) Gotta look after the hardware, can't go abusing it!! :D
 
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