Okay big update with old hardware.
Ahead 350W 115/220V Power Supply
-It is a pretty good power supply, it has lasted forever without being cleaned, previous owner did a good job picking this out.
Shuttle AK31 v3.1 Motherboard
-A lackluster mobo that was hard pressed to be mediocre in its prime, it managed to last long enough (over a decade). It really goes to show that the previous owner I bought this from really didn't quite know what they were doing when they built this. Of course, I didn't know nearly as much about computers as I do now. But yeah, that BUS speed really isn't what I wanted (166 MHz, ugh). But it had to do.
My CPU locked into place, discussed earlier in thread. Turns out my BUS speed wasn't fast enough to run the thing at full speed (look before you leap, I guess).
Sapphire ATI Radeon x1650 pro AGP Graphics Card
-When I installed this it breathed a bit of new life into my machine. It could run guild wars alright, as well as some older games. It struggled a lot, but I stuck to older stuff and was just fine. It ran Minecraft well enough to play at lowest settings, anyway. It opened photoshop up for me though. PS's GPU acceleration really came through and I was able to do graphics work on an old machine. Oh, and this is AGP 8x, but my mobo could only run 4x (not that the performance differences were all that big, honestly).
For those that don't know, AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port. See computers just had graphics cards that ran out of PCI slots for the longest time, and then AGP came along because PCI didn't have enough bandwidth. It got phased out in place of the grossly superior PCI-E that dominates the market today.
GeForce 6200 GS AGP Graphics Card
-This is what I used before that ATI card above. It wasn't nearly as fast, but it did its job okay, I guess. A budget card. I am 90% sure I got it from the previous owner. If I did, it shows that he really didn't build quite a gaming machine, and skimped on the parts that would make it awesome. Especially since it was the bottom rung of cards. That or just didn't know better. Considering the motherboard...
But it's in perfect condition, which is something you don't see often. I've taken good care of it.
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gold (Left) and Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 (Right)
-A size comparison. The jump to the ZS was awesome, it melted my ears. My Intel mobo has approximately the same amount of quality. But yeah, if you can afford a sound card and nice headphones, I fully recommend it. It's a wonderful experience.
Netgear 1 Gb/s Router
-It came with the machine, apparently put in for LAN parties. No complaints, and the card is in excellent condition. But I use wireless now.
Assorted Maxtor HDDs
-Some various HDDs I've had throughout the years. There is a 20, 40, and 200 GB. The 40 GB one came with the machine, while the 20 GB one is something I rummaged out of a machine earlier, I imagine. Oh and the 200 GB is something I took out of a Xbox with questionable modifications I had in my possession. The 200 GB served as my main drive for the most years. I've reformatted it more times than I can remember.
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I'll update with new hardware soon.
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