I was wondering when people consider themselves to have a new PC. Technically I’ve had the same PC for close to 20 years now, but every part’s been upgraded several times over.
I figure everyone’s got a different mind about it. For me, I’d have to say when all of the big three—CPU, GPU, mobo—have completed a phase, my brain thinks of the previous setup as “the old PC”.
The PC of Theseus!
PCeus
Chip of Theseus
Technically my my PC is the same PC I used decades ago. It started as a Pentium 3 with… 64MB of RAM if I remember, and something like a whopping 10GB hard drive. It’s still the same PC of course, I swear!
I’m impressed the case has handled the changes. Cases back then weren’t much to work with.
I have scars still from working in sharp edged computer cases in the 90s…
I built my current PC in the very first case I had back in the year 2000. Everything fits and all the screw holes still line up with modern hardware. The only downside is that it does get pretty toasty under heavy load.
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Just pop the side onto a drill press, add a few holes. That metal isn’t too thick
Not if you have pets. You’ll need a screen to stop hair getting into the case if you have cats/dogs.
That’s still easy enough to get at most home hardware stores.
I’ve taken to using window air conditioner filter material on all my boxes. Cut it to fit the intake and even taping over other intakes to ensure the air path is through the filter.
I hold it to the case with small neodymkum magnets. Once a month I rinse it out and put it back on. Case stays much cleaner inside.
Ooh, ye Olde white box!
I remember when I got a Voodoo 3d card with like 128mb of memory for my Pentium 233 WITH MMX. Played Ultimate Online like a boss.
Not very many Voodoo cards came with 128mb and only in the Pentium III/4 era. You may be remembering your total RAM.