Curious about everyone's build and computer history. I have a little spreadsheet I keep that has the details of all the computers I've ever owned (starting with a Franklin ACE 2200, which was an Apple II clone). Yes, I'm a nerd. Anyway, here are the vital stats:
1988 - Franklin ACE 2200 (Apple II Clone)
1.02 MHz 65C02 Processor
128 KB RAM
2x 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive
AppleDOS 3.2
1991 - Locally built PC
33MHz Cyrix 386 SX
2MB RAM (later upgraded to 4MB)
80MB HDD (later upgraded to 250MB)
3.5" and 5.25" Floppy Disk Drives
SVGA Video card (unknown make)
ProAudio Spectrum 16 Sound card
DOS 6.2 / Windows 3.1
1996 - Locally built PC - This is the computer I took to college
166MHz Pentium
16 MB RAM (later upgraded to 32MB)
2.1 GB HDD (later added an additional 6GB drive)
6x CD-ROM Drive
3.5" FDD
2MB ATI Rage video card
SoundBlaster 32 PnP
Windows 95
1998 - Gateway
350 MHz Pentium II
64 MB RAM (later upgraded to 320MB)
28 GB of HDDs (3 Drives)
32x CD-ROM, later replaced with 4x CD-RW and 6x DVD-ROM
16MB Riva TNT, later upgraded to 32MB GeForce II MX, then to 64 MB GeForce 3 ti 200)
SoundBlaster Live
Windows 98
Now starts my builds: (only main machines...two others were also built and not included here)
2001
Athlon XP 1700+ @ 1.58 GHz
Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus motherboard
512 MB RAM
300 GB of HDDs (3 drives)
Lite-On 40x CD-RW
NEC 8x DL DVD-RW
256MB ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Windows XP Professional
2005
Athlon64 3000+@ 2.2GHz
Epox EP-9NDA3+
1GB RAM
520 GB of HDDs (4 drives)
Lite-On 40x CD-RW
NEC 8x DL DVD-RW
256MB GeForce 6800GS (unlocked to GT)
Windows XP Home SP2
2007
Core 2 Duo E6420 @ 2.67GHz
MSI P35 Neo 2
2GB RAM (later upgraded to 4GB)
690 GB of HDDs (4 drives), later upgraded to 2.95 TB of HDDs (4 drives)
256 MB GeForce 8600 GT, later upgraded to 512MB GeForce 9800GT
NEC 8x DL DVD-RW (later upgraded to LG 10x BD-R/RW)
Windows XP Home SP2 (later upgraded to Windows 7)
2012
Core i5 2500K @ 4.2GHz
Gigabyte GY-Z68AP-D3
16GB RAM
128GB Crucial M4 SSD
3 TB HDDs (3 drives)
1GB GeForce GTX460
LG 10x BD-R/RW
Windows 7
1988 - Franklin ACE 2200 (Apple II Clone)
1.02 MHz 65C02 Processor
128 KB RAM
2x 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive
AppleDOS 3.2
1991 - Locally built PC
33MHz Cyrix 386 SX
2MB RAM (later upgraded to 4MB)
80MB HDD (later upgraded to 250MB)
3.5" and 5.25" Floppy Disk Drives
SVGA Video card (unknown make)
ProAudio Spectrum 16 Sound card
DOS 6.2 / Windows 3.1
1996 - Locally built PC - This is the computer I took to college
166MHz Pentium
16 MB RAM (later upgraded to 32MB)
2.1 GB HDD (later added an additional 6GB drive)
6x CD-ROM Drive
3.5" FDD
2MB ATI Rage video card
SoundBlaster 32 PnP
Windows 95
1998 - Gateway
350 MHz Pentium II
64 MB RAM (later upgraded to 320MB)
28 GB of HDDs (3 Drives)
32x CD-ROM, later replaced with 4x CD-RW and 6x DVD-ROM
16MB Riva TNT, later upgraded to 32MB GeForce II MX, then to 64 MB GeForce 3 ti 200)
SoundBlaster Live
Windows 98
Now starts my builds: (only main machines...two others were also built and not included here)
2001
Athlon XP 1700+ @ 1.58 GHz
Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus motherboard
512 MB RAM
300 GB of HDDs (3 drives)
Lite-On 40x CD-RW
NEC 8x DL DVD-RW
256MB ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Windows XP Professional
2005
Athlon64 3000+@ 2.2GHz
Epox EP-9NDA3+
1GB RAM
520 GB of HDDs (4 drives)
Lite-On 40x CD-RW
NEC 8x DL DVD-RW
256MB GeForce 6800GS (unlocked to GT)
Windows XP Home SP2
2007
Core 2 Duo E6420 @ 2.67GHz
MSI P35 Neo 2
2GB RAM (later upgraded to 4GB)
690 GB of HDDs (4 drives), later upgraded to 2.95 TB of HDDs (4 drives)
256 MB GeForce 8600 GT, later upgraded to 512MB GeForce 9800GT
NEC 8x DL DVD-RW (later upgraded to LG 10x BD-R/RW)
Windows XP Home SP2 (later upgraded to Windows 7)
2012
Core i5 2500K @ 4.2GHz
Gigabyte GY-Z68AP-D3
16GB RAM
128GB Crucial M4 SSD
3 TB HDDs (3 drives)
1GB GeForce GTX460
LG 10x BD-R/RW
Windows 7
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