Upgraded the rig today

UnderseaLcpl · 01-19-11, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

thats a bummer man... but we have all been through those dry spells before.

i remember in the mid 90's i was STILL trying to convince my dad that his old Tandy 1000 belonged in the Smithsonian.

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's? A frakking Apple SE! Then we "upgraded" to a Performa 400! I had to play "Red Baron" and the original SimCity for four years before I got the money to buy my own computer. Even then, I could barely run "Wolfpack".

It was a dark time.

GoldenRivet · 01-19-11, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's? A frakking Apple SE! Then we "upgraded" to a Performa 400! I had to play "Red Baron" and the original SimCity for four years before I got the money to buy my own computer. Even then, I could barely run "Wolfpack".

It was a dark time.

Im at a loss...

here

UnderseaLcpl · 01-19-11, 12:24 AM

lol

JSLTIGER · 01-19-11, 12:28 AM

I upgraded my rig with a 1TB drive about a year ago...the 250GB I originally built my rig with just became too small. I still am using it as my boot drive though, and it's chugging along just fine. After 1 year, I still have 743GB free on my 1TB drive, though it's not for lack of trying...all of my games are on it!

bookworm_020 · 01-19-11, 01:13 AM

Just upgraded myself! When you go from 40 Gb storage to 2Tb + 1 Tb external drive, you can really spread out!

Now I've just got to find some new games that can really push "The Beast" to the limits!

kiwi_2005 · 01-19-11, 02:13 AM

1TB

Though I struggle with lesser amount. I have a 250gb drive (2) 75gb drives and (1) 320gb drive. Freespace is at 67%. Ive ran out of appz to install.

Betonov · 01-19-11, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's?

Hahahahhaa

we didnt even know what a computer was in those times, they were as expensive as a car

Platapus · 01-19-11, 06:42 AM

Man, I still remember when DEC came out with the first consumer type external hard drive in 1982. It had 4 mega bytes of storage!

I thought to myself, no one person could ever fill up 4mb

Maybe a company computer, but not the average consumer. I mean, 4mb was about all the data that existed in the world right?

My how times have changed.

Gargamel · 01-19-11, 07:45 AM

Hell, my first PC (Not counting the TI-99 I had, learned to program BASIC on that in first grade) was a Compaq suitcase, didn't even have a Hard drive, just two 5.25" floppies. Like a bad porno.

Castout · 01-19-11, 09:13 AM

My first was a CGA that's all I remember and its OS was dos and came with a huge floppy disk drives. Two of them I think.

frau kaleun · 01-19-11, 09:35 AM

The first PCs I ever used were the first ones our office ever got, when we upgraded from the old system where all we had was a terminal connected to the Unix server so we could access our medical management software.

Windows 95 and a 1 gigabyte HDD. (Yes you read that right.)

Having one at work made me want one at home. But no way I was gonna make do with a measly 1 GB hard drive. So I went all out, people, I went ALL OUT.

I got myself a whole 10 gigs of HDD to play with. YEAH BABY!

Two computers and many HDDs later, the 180 GB drive my current rig came with is now a secondary internal drive, with a 1 TB drive as the primary/boot drive and a 1 TB external drive that I was using for media and backup on the previous rig.

I tell myself there's no way I will ever run low on space now... but then that's what I was telling myself when I splurged on that 10 gig hard drive all those years ago.

Sailor Steve · 01-19-11, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Windows 95 and a 1 gigabyte HDD. (Yes you read that right.)

My Atari 520ST had no hard drive. I had a choice of add-ons: 20 MB or 50 MB. My friend said "Get the twenty. The fifty crashes all the time."

My first PC also had a 10-Gig drive, and I too thought it was enough, likewise the 160 that came with my current machine. And I too have a 1 TB external drive, and since I don't download movies I can't conceive of ever filling it up.

On the other hand, I just downloaded the Complete Bach and the Complete Beethoven, and they're about 10 Gigs each, so...

Skybird · 01-19-11, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's? A frakking Apple SE! Then we "upgraded" to a Performa 400! I had to play "Red Baron" and the original SimCity for four years before I got the money to buy my own computer. Even then, I could barely run "Wolfpack".

It was a dark time.

It was a great time! Things and gaming still had magic! Today, we have seen it all, nothing really new anymore, we buy games (or not), but we do not get surprised, fascinated anymore like we used to back then! The looks slightly change with each new title - but we have been there before.

I was running an Amiga 500 from 1988 until I think 1997. Typed my diploma paper and ran SPSS on the Win95 machine of a close friend of mine.

Last game that truly electrified me, was Oblivion (late comer I was), and before that: SBP. The Aha!-experiences come only every couple of years now. Back then, in the 90s, they kept tickling in almost every months, at least several times a year.

Penguin · 01-19-11, 07:34 AM

My last upgrade, 2 months ago, when I got myself a new cpu and mb, included a nice 2 TB drive - in addition to my 1 TB and 750 GB drives + my external 300Gigs.
At the moment I would still go with 2TB, just the best price per GB.

Maybe I'm just a data messie

, but there is no such thing as too much harddisc space!

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JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I upgraded my rig with a 1TB drive about a year ago...the 250GB I originally built my rig with just became too small. I still am using it as my boot drive though, and it's chugging along just fine. After 1 year, I still have 743GB free on my 1TB drive, though it's not for lack of trying...all of my games are on it! __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Just upgraded myself! When you go from 40 Gb storage to 2Tb + 1 Tb external drive, you can really spread out! Now I've just got to find some new games that can really push "The Beast" to the limits! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	1TB Though I struggle with lesser amount. I have a 250gb drive (2) 75gb drives and (1) 320gb drive. Freespace is at 67%. Ive ran out of appz to install. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Man, I still remember when DEC came out with the first consumer type external hard drive in 1982. It had 4 mega bytes of storage! I thought to myself, no one person could ever fill up 4mb Maybe a company computer, but not the average consumer. I mean, 4mb was about all the data that existed in the world right? My how times have changed. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Hell, my first PC (Not counting the TI-99 I had, learned to program BASIC on that in first grade) was a Compaq suitcase, didn't even have a Hard drive, just two 5.25" floppies. Like a bad porno. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	My first was a CGA that's all I remember and its OS was dos and came with a huge floppy disk drives. Two of them I think. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	The first PCs I ever used were the first ones our office ever got, when we upgraded from the old system where all we had was a terminal connected to the Unix server so we could access our medical management software. Windows 95 and a 1 gigabyte HDD. (Yes you read that right.) Having one at work made me want one at home. But no way I was gonna make do with a measly 1 GB hard drive. So I went all out, people, I went ALL OUT. I got myself a whole 10 gigs of HDD to play with. YEAH BABY! Two computers and many HDDs later, the 180 GB drive my current rig came with is now a secondary internal drive, with a 1 TB drive as the primary/boot drive and a 1 TB external drive that I was using for media and backup on the previous rig. I tell myself there's no way I will ever run low on space now... but then that's what I was telling myself when I splurged on that 10 gig hard drive all those years ago.

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Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	My last upgrade, 2 months ago, when I got myself a new cpu and mb, included a nice 2 TB drive - in addition to my 1 TB and 750 GB drives + my external 300Gigs. At the moment I would still go with 2TB, just the best price per GB. Maybe I'm just a data messie , but there is no such thing as too much harddisc space!