PC Specs Thread

-TangleFoot-

I was given a Dragon 32 to tinker with once upon a time. I played Frogger on it.

AdamJK_2

My specs:
Case: NZXT Phantom USB3.0 Tower
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition 3.10GHz @ 4.03GHz Eight Core CPU
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990X
Cooler: Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Hard Drive: 2x 1TB Seagate Barracuda
GPU: Sapphire HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 x2/crossfire
27" Benq LED monitor

Best machine I've owned to date - felt the need to treat myself after using laptops for the last 3 years! I'd recommend Overclockers too if anyone is looking to purchase - just beware of the expensive 0845 sales/service lines.

-TangleFoot-

AdamJK wrote: »

I'd recommend Overclockers too if anyone is looking to purchase - just beware of the expensive 0845 sales/service lines.

On the bright side active forum users get free delivery.

Pugwash69

rmg1 wrote: »

Does my original PC (8086 processor with 32MB of ram) count?
It would only run DOS up to 3.1 (IIRC)

Time has given you overly fond memories! You could just about run Windows 3.0 on Dos 5.5 on a 80286 in 1MB of RAM. The 286 didn't support virtual memory and mine only had 640KB! I had a 40MB HDD with stacker to give about 80MB of space. That was in 1992.

Pugwash69

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

I first learnt computer programming on a Commodore PET.
Do you remember the standard 15 minute long casette tapes that it stored the data on as this was in the days before floppy disks existed let alone hard disk drives.

My dad used to bring the TRS-80 home with twin floppy drives built into the monitor. They existed, but home users rarely saw them. I had a BBC model B soon after this and learned to program. :beer:

rmg1

GunJack wrote: »

newbie why not a ZX80 or 81 ???? (or aren't you quit that old ??) ...damn, by implication I must be an old git

I had the one with the rubber keys with all the different commands printed on them.
Can't remember which exact model it was.

As for my age ..... 21 plus quite a lot of VAT!!!

GunJack

rmg1 wrote: »

I had the one with the rubber keys with all the different commands printed on them.
Can't remember which exact model it was.

As for my age ..... 21 plus quite a lot of VAT!!!

yup, that was the spectrum....preceeded by the 80 then 81...so you're at least almost as old as me

rmg1

Which one was the ZX80?

GunJack

this one 1980 :-
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=262

followed by this 1981:-
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=263

before the spectrums first started in 1982 - scroll down to the sinclair section :-
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=263

rmg1

This is the one I had.
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=223