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Jun 19, 2004, 09:44 PM
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Roxy Music
Join Date: Jul 2002
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How old is your main computer?
Subject says it all.
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Jun 19, 2004, 09:56 PM
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American Soldier
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Williamsburg, VA
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3 1/2 years since my last upgrade, but the oldest part in it is nearly 8 years old.
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Jun 19, 2004, 09:58 PM
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I = Greatest Dood
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: PuNk
Posts: 5,854
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got this computer as a gift for going to college about a year and 2-3 months ago... stupid cheap emachine
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Jun 19, 2004, 10:20 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 12,942
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Less than 3 months
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Jun 19, 2004, 10:22 PM
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Mr. Nobody
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher
Posts: 5,933
Rep Power: 45
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Less then a year...
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Jun 19, 2004, 11:03 PM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Clemson Uni
Posts: 3,127
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<2...like 1 3/4...im building a new one after christmas tho  gonna sink alot of cash into it too |
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Jun 19, 2004, 11:08 PM
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Styleless Wonder
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 6,049
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Last object installed?
Or..what? Mine is a less than 8 hours... Cuz I just got a 9800 PRO |
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Jun 19, 2004, 11:14 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
Join Date: May 2002
Location: IN Rem-Dormancy
Posts: 24,210
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newest part is barely a month old.... oldest part... well... erm.... 5 years?
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Jun 19, 2004, 11:36 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Not Vegas, anymore :(
Posts: 1,372
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pretty much 4 years old, but Im building my PC atm, just got my case and am moddin  |
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Jun 19, 2004, 11:59 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,595
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Kinda hard to say, my P4 is less than 2 months but my 9800 is closer to 6 my Hd's are a yr or more, my DVD drive is over a yr maybe 2.
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Jun 20, 2004, 01:28 AM
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Roxy Music
Join Date: Jul 2002
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If you made enough changes to your system that WinXP would think it is a new system then count it as such.
Adding a video card alone would not count as a new system.
I hope we get enough voting here to actually see the trends.
This one might even be nice as a sticky?
Greg
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Jun 20, 2004, 01:38 AM
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confutatis maledictis
Join Date: May 2002
Location: somewhere dark
Posts: 5,952
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my CPU/mobo are 26 months old (2year2month). I have older and newer parts, but the CPU/mobo is what I'd count.
and yes, I know that's pretty old by most of your standards
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Jun 20, 2004, 01:47 AM
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Painlord of Ichor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: bloinkin!
Posts: 1,610
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rgerge
Audigy MP3+ = November 2001
Case = April 2002
Western Digital Drive = November 2001
CD-Burner = November 2001
Keyboard = November 2001
Mouse = December 2001
Speakers = April 2002
Floppy Drive = September 1997 (heh...floppy...floppy never changes. the beginning of the floppy happened pretty much as we expected. too many files, not enough space....)
Printer = July 2002
DVD Burner = May 2004
Maxtor Drive = February 2004
TV Card = May 2003
Motherboard = January 2004
CPU = January 2004
Kingston RAM = January 2004
OCZ RAM = June 2004
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro = November 2003
Think that about covers it. Yay for Logitech, Antec, Western Digital, Microsoft, Nameless Floppy Drive Makers, ioMagic and Creative Labs!
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Jun 20, 2004, 01:52 AM
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Roxy Music
Join Date: Jul 2002
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As long as you feel your upgrades have made your system "new" then sure, works for me no matter what the upgrade is.
Even the video card upgrade could count for this if the system difference was major enough you 'felt' like you now have a new system.
Im easy. Just use your own judgement.
Greg
Quote:
Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
my CPU/mobo are 26 months old (2year2month). I have older and newer parts, but the CPU/mobo is what I'd count.
and yes, I know that's pretty old by most of your standards
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Jun 20, 2004, 02:42 AM
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confutatis maledictis
Join Date: May 2002
Location: somewhere dark
Posts: 5,952
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I'm geeky enough to give my computer a revision number. currently ver 2.85, it will become 3.0 when I finally upgrade the CPU/mobo.
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Jun 20, 2004, 02:49 AM
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Mr. Nobody
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher
Posts: 5,933
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
I'm geeky enough to give my computer a revision number. currently ver 2.85, it will become 3.0 when I finally upgrade the CPU/mobo.
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Jun 20, 2004, 03:33 AM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Viriginia
Posts: 560
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Just 5 months old
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Jun 20, 2004, 06:06 AM
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Watching
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The void
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6 months old and some parts are even newer... new upgrade in august when I go over to the states |
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Jun 20, 2004, 06:36 AM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,899
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Less than a year. |
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Jun 20, 2004, 08:44 AM
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DH's Latest Mac Convert
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Basement of the first floor
Posts: 15,750
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cpu - axp 2500 - december 03
m/b - ga-7nnxp - january 04
gpu - radeon 9600 se - march 04
soundcard - audigy es - march 04
hdd1 - december 03
hdd2 - april 02
hdd3 - january 00
monitor 1 - january 00
monitor 2 - sometime around 96/97
speakers - edirol ma10d - october 03
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Jun 20, 2004, 11:27 AM
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Painlord of Ichor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: bloinkin!
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sge
Yay for Frankenstein computers!
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Jun 20, 2004, 11:55 AM
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Delete Me
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 14,676
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lol..vampy....i do the same...i even named it  I'm currently on Xeocube 1.0....2.0 will be vastly better since it'll eb watercooled, and 3.0 should move up to RAID 5 |
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Jun 20, 2004, 10:13 PM
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confutatis maledictis
Join Date: May 2002
Location: somewhere dark
Posts: 5,952
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Digitalis 2.85, hehehe. I only bump the first number with a CPU/mobo upgrade.
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Jun 20, 2004, 11:02 PM
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Mostly lurking lately....
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: U.S.A.
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Our main PC hasn't been updated for awhile. It's been about 8-10 months.
Our main PC:
NF7-S rev2
AthlonXP 3000 (Barton)
1gig PC3200 RAM
Audigy Platinum
BBA Radeon 8500DV
21" CRT monitor
about a half a terrabyte of harddrive.
...a whole slew of printers, scanners and VCR's and other stuff.....
It's due to get a video card upgrade REAL SOON. It will be a 9800 AIW. Should happen within a month.
My bro has been considering upping the CPU to a 3200 to get the FSB up on it, and the 3000 will be handed down to me. Of course, I'd have to upgrade my motherboard to go to that CPU, no big thing. I think I could sport the cash to get a new motherboard when I'd be getting a free CPU upgrade.  |
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Jun 21, 2004, 08:06 AM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Clemson Uni
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yea, pretty soon im gonna be getting a new proc/mobo p4 combo for real cheap...itll lift that HORRIBLE bandwith wall on my pc right now...i have a 166mhz bus LOL . im getting a new case to match, and new ram...its gonna be a whole different animal |
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Jun 21, 2004, 11:11 AM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
Join Date: May 2002
Location: IN Rem-Dormancy
Posts: 24,210
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i'm holding off as long as possible... i am either waiting for ABIT to release a MAX3 series revision 2 with the KT880 chipset.... OR waitting for abit to release a max series with a PCI-EX abilities
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Jun 21, 2004, 11:42 AM
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