how far has youre hardware advanced since you joined OCUK?

[Rroff]

I was running in 2001:

PII 350mhz
Abit P3V4X
192mb sdram
GeForce 2 GTS 64mb
20gb ide disk

My tablet has more power than that

Even the mid spec atom tablets have around the performance of a medium range 2007 PC (ignoring thermal throttling which will pull many down under constant load).

 

[Lunatic Dreyfus]

I joined in 2007 but had been using OcUK since the early 2000's. They had a worrying amount of money out of me back in those days! I only started looking at the Forum's after an old friend of mine bad mouthed them! They were a bit more "lively" back then.

2007:

Skt. 939 Athlon 64, maybe a 3700
ATI X800pro/xt. Bios modded into the version one step up. Used that thing for nearly four years and flogged it on ebay for good money afterwards.
17" Hyundai TFT

2017: Virtually replaced my entire old system over the last three months. Now I'm living the Ultra 60fps dream, finally.

Ryzen 1800X
GTX 1080
27" 1440p monitor.

 

[eddiew]

Mmm, I'd take a guess that mine was a Core2Duo 1.8Ghz

Standard fare, 4gb memory, maybe 500gb hard drive. 17" TFT screen of uncertain make... From that to a Phenon II x4 with 8gb, then to a 2500k with 32gb, then got stuck!

I'm eyeing up Ryzen next, but I want to see these memory speed issues fixed before I splash the cash.

 

[V F]

I joined in 2007 but had been using OcUK since the early 2000's. They had a worrying amount of money out of me back in those days! I only started looking at the Forum's after an old friend of mine bad mouthed them! They were a bit more "lively" back then.

2007:

Skt. 939 Athlon 64, maybe a 3700
ATI X800pro/xt. Bios modded into the version one step up. Used that thing for nearly four years and flogged it on ebay for good money afterwards.
17" Hyundai TFT

2017: Virtually replaced my entire old system over the last three months. Now I'm living the Ultra 60fps dream, finally.

Ryzen 1800X
GTX 1080
27" 1440p monitor.

939 AMD x64 x2 was a nice platform. I think that was my somewhat first black motherboard. The Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe.

 

[JonJ678]

Started on an e8400 at 4ghz. 4gb of OCZ ddr2 running faster than was prudent. Learned to overclock on these boards. Good times.

Now on two 2670s and 128gb of Samsung running rather lower frequency. Doubt I'll overclock again, though the server needs to go under water to get the noise down.

 

[RogueGB]

First Gaming PC 2011

Motherboard ASUS® P8H67-M LX SI: MICRO ATX MAINBOARD, LG 1155, SATA 6.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI,mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1st Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Change to: Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
3G/4G Module NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor 24" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1080 2MS D-Sub, DVI, 23.6" Panel (£119)

Now 2017

Motherboard - ROG Strix Z270F Gaming Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Processor - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151
X1 120GB SSD
X1 250GB SSD
X1 1TB HDD
GeForce GTX 1080 "Founders Edition" 8192MB
Corsair soundproof case
Zenaus Cooler/heat sink
Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz
Corsair RGB vengeance keyboard
Logitech Gaming Mouse (12 custom keys)
XFX 800 Watt PSU
Monitor Acer 29' Gaming Monitor 3260 x2140
Sound card
Wi Fi Card

Until the next upgrade

 

[Hagar]

I joined the forum when I bought my first 8 core 1070T upgrading from an AMD 939 socket. I have used them in the past but not exclusively as I used various others for my first dozen or so PC's and upgrades since '92.

 

[Mercutio]

eh, as can be told from the discoloration around the chip, it's been left to "cook" for quite a while. 230c (ignition temperature of a safety match) is rather beyond any processor Amusing though, for sure
Mine in the tale was held at 3.5ghz @ -20c continually, think the system lasted about 10 months before it randomly died (I suspect condensation related death). It was cheap though. £40 chip, £50 motherboard, £70 vapochill PE. The fastest stock chip at the time was 2.2ghz (XP3200+).
I'll cascade cool one day