After three years of fathfull service my desktopp PC has died. :(

Bits im keeping from old pc are:

Samsung 1TB

Samsung 24" monitor

Sapphire 4870 x2

Coolermaster 850w real power PSU

Random water cooling bits...

So on to the new one...

I have ordered the following:

Overcockers i7 Bundle:

Intel i7 920 D0 (overclocked to 4.0ghz)

Patriot Viper RAM 6gb 1280

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Mobo

Coolermaster ACTS 840

Also other various bits to update my watercooling loop!

Will post pics when shes built.

old PC looked like this so expect something close!

Very tidy cabling! I approve!

Very tidy cabling! I approve!

Yes -I like it ,but ,when you get what I've had - bad connections on the power leads to HDD ( 12V in to plug ,nothing out ) and IDE cables playing sillies - sometimes a neat layout is more of a hindrance than a help . Partly caused by one size fits all power leads from my PSU - SORTED ( I just extended them ) , but it's hard to find longer IDE leads .

IDE? You're still using IDE!? :no:

IDE? You're still using IDE!? :no:

I still have a floppy drive in mine.

Damn thing has been running for about 8 years without missing a beat. Missus won't get a new one till it dies.

Edited 4 May, 201016 yr by Aspman

A floppy drive!?

Jesus!

And serial ports

I dug out my 120 mb floppy drive, ran off of IDE. Cnat remember the name of it though... :think:

LS120 comes to mind...

I dug out my 120 mb floppy drive, ran off of IDE. Cnat remember the name of it though... :think:

LS120 comes to mind...

Used them at Uni more than 10yr ago. I had my 100Mb zip disks

And serial ports

A far, far greater loss than the floppy.

Anyone for a 'Turbo' button?

A far, far greater loss than the floppy.

Anyone for a 'Turbo' button?

Some cases have them for the new CPU's again

Shweeeeeet.

And at times like this ,when the system dies ,and tels you it can't see the HDD or the DVD /CD drive ain't accessible - those of us with no floppy drive ,or no understanding of DOS ,head down to the PC shop( like sheep to the shearing ring to get fleeced) .Those of us with floppies and a working knowledge of DOS , get stuck in and system is up and running in minutes ,waiting for an OS to be put on . :rofl:

I run a light-weight Linux distro from USB stick

And at times like this ,when the system dies ,and tels you it can't see the HDD or the DVD /CD drive ain't accessible - those of us with no floppy drive ,or no understanding of DOS ,head down to the PC shop( like sheep to the shearing ring to get fleeced) .Those of us with floppies and a working knowledge of DOS , get stuck in and system is up and running in minutes ,waiting for an OS to be put on . :rofl:

DOS?!!!!

Not much DOS left in this world, even BIOS updates don't need DOS these days.

And serial ports

Serial ports

Great for:

- vag-com

- x10

- configuring serial devices (cisco and the like)

Just a bummer my current machine only has one serial port, and my "garage" PC just beeps at when when I turn it on now... bad bad thing :S

Serial ports

Great for:

- vag-com

- x10

- configuring serial devices (cisco and the like)

Just a bummer my current machine only has one serial port, and my "garage" PC just beeps at when when I turn it on now... bad bad thing :S

Well mine didnt even make a squeak, powers up and I dont even get a POST.

Been told i can have the bios reflashed as that is the cause of the problem, not sure how that works if the PC does not boot to POST.

Seen that with borked memory.

Also wonky psu.

Both PSU and Memory are fine, tested them in another machine. infact the 4Gb I had in this machine is going in to my media\LAN PC.

A floppy drive!?

Jesus!

BBC News - The mystery of the mega-selling floppy disk

BBC News - Sony to stop selling floppy disks from 2011

Edited 13 May, 201016 yr by Jim H