So I was going through my old receipts, and found the receipt for my graphics card - that I still use in my main computer.

Its a Matrox G400 MAX. The receipt was from January 2000


Got me wondering, how old is the oldest component of your main computer (ignoring case/floppy/cdrom as those can get prehistoric quickly).

3/30/2006 11:29:26 PM

xfx 6600gt (which i'm actually upgrading this weekend)

3/30/2006 11:32:50 PM

Up until a couple months ago when lightning ran in through the cable modem, I had a couple of components from 98 in my box (sound and eth card)

3/30/2006 11:45:03 PM

My primary HDD (40 GB Seagate) dates back to sometime in 2002. Doesn't worry me too much, as I keep very little data on it, and I care much more about data loss than having to reinstall if the drive dies. Data is on a nice 160 GB Maxtor that isn't even 6 months old.

If you don't rule out case, mine dates to 9/1998.

3/30/2006 11:47:03 PM

Define main rig? The most powerful or the most used computer? My desk is littered with 3 computers.

The oldest computer I still use has a Diamond viper V770 TNT2 32MB agp card bought in 1999.

3/30/2006 11:50:12 PM

got a video card and sound card circa 98, nic is as old, and the floppy drive too, the power supply is probably circa 97

3/31/2006 12:04:53 AM

Voodoo 3 video card running my second monitor

3/31/2006 12:29:36 AM

my comp is from mid 2001

i think there's a stick of ram in there from earlier

3/31/2006 12:43:06 AM

soundblaster 5.1 live circa 2001

3/31/2006 1:58:07 AM

Quote :

"My primary HDD (40 GB Seagate) dates back to sometime in 2002. "

My HDDs are all from 2001... Does your say that you're amazed that your main drive is still running and not corrupt?

3/31/2006 2:38:44 AM

Yamaha SCSI Burner 24x8x4 ... 1999
Soundblaster live 5.1 ... 2001?
40GB Hard Drive from 2001?

I have a DVD Burner at this point, but I keep it in an external USB case. That Yamaha burner cost me $300 at the time. I try to reuse parts I buy as much as possible. Voodoo3 PCI card is now in my DOS gaming box ... works out very nicely.

3/31/2006 6:35:40 AM

lightning hit my old box so i finally changed stuff. woulda been my case/power supply/cd-rom from LONG time ago, but now id say Sound Blaster Live 64

[Edited on March 31, 2006 at 8:36 AM. Reason : .]

3/31/2006 8:35:35 AM

My CD drive is a 24x piece of shit from a Gateway I bought in 98

3/31/2006 8:43:00 AM

my new-ish dvd burner shit the bed a few weeks ago and the only spare I had was an 8x cd burner from an 8 yr old dell. So that's the oldest thing in the box, and it shows when burning cds. 15 minutes for a full cd.

3/31/2006 10:10:50 AM

I post on tdub with my commadore64.

3/31/2006 10:35:30 AM

my sound card
is a soundblaster audigy
its old

3/31/2006 10:36:15 AM

Quote :

"My HDDs are all from 2001... Does your say that you're amazed that your main drive is still running and not corrupt?"

Sort of. It's been reinstalled many, many times, but when I think about the fact that I'm running my OS on a 4+ year old hard drive, it does make me a bit uncomfortable. I've actually got it mounted in one of those hdd coolers that fits into a 5.25 slot and has 3 little fans blowing directly on it to prevent any heat issues.

Maybe I'm paranoid.

[Edited on March 31, 2006 at 11:04 AM. Reason : d]

3/31/2006 11:04:42 AM

I still use the same Microdyne 10/100 PCI NIC that was in my P133 back in 1996.

It cost like $200 back then.

3/31/2006 11:10:52 AM

i still use a commodore keyboard

3/31/2006 11:22:18 AM

for a while i was using an AT keyboard from a 386 until i got my wireless keyboard.

3/31/2006 11:27:32 AM

my plextor 12/10/32A cdrw drive is still rockin. i use a faster external drive most of the time, but it works

3/31/2006 11:51:48 AM

i saw a guy that had a mouse with the sticker "inventory 1988" on it

NOTE: this was on a Navy Base

[Edited on March 31, 2006 at 1:38 PM. Reason : sdf]

3/31/2006 1:38:03 PM

3.5 inch floppy drive from 1996.

I remember getting mad because I couldn't use my 5.25'' floppy disks from my previous computer.
I still miss California Games...

3/31/2006 2:11:11 PM

^I have california games on 3.5" somewhere at home

3/31/2006 2:19:06 PM

3.5" drive out of an ancient pc

4/3/2006 10:06:23 PM

Quote :

"Got me wondering, how old is the oldest component of your main computer (ignoring case/floppy/cdrom as those can get prehistoric quickly)."

4/3/2006 10:28:23 PM