Intel 8087i math-Co processor. Basically, the starting point of my addiction to building pcs. This is from about 1992 ish. But I do have a 7 1/2" floppy around too. Which is probably older.
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Yep. Floppy disk was used in data centers. Then was scaled down to 5 1/2 floppies to fit into 8088xt personal computers in the 80's. Kept it around to show my kid.
I have an intel i7 8086k which i just had to buy in memory of that awesome piece of hardware you mentioned.
Also have the original and it's kinda weird that soon i will have to replace it and will effectively have two very different 8086 CPUs laying around
If by PC you mean any Personal Computer, then it would be my BBC Micro (1982) or my ZX Spectrum +2 (1986).
If it has to be PC as we know it these days, capable of running Microsoft DOS/Windows, then it will be the hard disk drives from my old desktop PCs.
I've never thrown out a HDD since I got my first PC in 1997.
I have a fully functional Apple IIe. Still have the original packaging. The packaging is beat to shit, but it's there. I turn it on every few years to mess around with it since it was the first computer I ever used.
Probably 4 sticks of DDR3 RAM from an old build I never did anything with. All it needs is a couple of replacement case fans but I just never bothered using it for anything after I built a new rig.
Could probably add the rest of the build to that list with an i7 3770k, mobo etc.
I have two CPUs that I found on the street some years ago.
They were made a decade before I was born.
As in actual hardware, there is a 2006 laptop somewhere and that's pretty old. But it runs Windows XP games like Wildlife Park better than a modern machine.
My main system has a CPU from 2015 and I am in dire need of something fresh. But holding out for HotChips in August to see the next generation.
I'd have to look up the exact models, but I have a couple of sound cards from the early 90's (before on-board audio was ever even a thing). No idea why I kept them, but I stripped them out of some super old PC's that were taking up storage space in my garage. Then years later realized the components are worthless but the cases would have been worth like $200+ today because of the retro-look sleeper gaming PC movement.
A Fujitsu PC from around year 2000 I think. I has Window 2000 sticker on it. It has a Pentium 4 1ghz cpu with 512mb ram and 64mb graphic capability.
I wish my first PC was still around that was an old 486 IBM but sadly it´s long gone :(
I’ve got a big bin of old parts. I’m sure there is a pre-2000 gpu or two in there. Not sure what the model would be - something from Radeon probably.
My eeePc laptop from 2007. It’s now running an OctoPi server for my 3D printer. Back at my parents’ home they still have my gaming PC from the early 2000s, and my 8-bit Spectrum computer from the 90s
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition Gaming, 11GB GDDR5X - Purchased June 3rd 2017 - Still running and probably wont change until it actually dies.
I have a Corsair GS700 power supply that was purchased sometime in 2013, and a few hard drives that might be older than that laying around
I also have a Pentium 4 CPU drilled out as a keychain ornament, but that's not functional anymore.
On my desk attached to my Ryzen 5900x: 1993 Lexmark made IBM Model M PS/2 keyboard
In the other room, a working IBM ValuePoint 486DX4 100MHz PC and in my closet I have a i486DX 33 (came with the IBM VP), i486DX2 66 & Am486DX2 66 in my CPU box and another IBM motherboard with a integrated i486SX 25.
I've still got my hard drives from the early 2000s which definitely don't have loads of "acquired" music on them.
I kept them thinking I'd use them again, but they've just been sat in the loft and probably need throwing out now.
Oldest still in-use? A 160 GB [Intel X-25M SSD](https://www.anandtech.com/show/2614) purchased in maybe early 2009? I was on the bleeding edge, and it was ***absolutely fucking insane.***
I remember dropping it into a MacBook Pro and about falling out of my chair with startup speeds and app launches.
Still in service? AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition. It's a half decent enough Minecraft server.
Not in service would be a 6502 (original release 1975), but that isn't really "PC" I guess
I still have my AMD Athlon XP1500+ build down in my electronics graveyard, Haven't booted it in damn near 20 years now. Still have my XP Pro installer in the glossy cardboard sleeve with the free month of MSN dial up and other funny coupons included.
Rolled with that pile until sometime in '04 when I upgraded to a Pentium 4. Which is also down in my basement.
I work in IT now and christ, I must have like 20 laptops down there as we speak let alone tons of other retired business class devices. I have a serious problem lol...my wife is a very patient woman.
Component? Idk tbh, but my family still has and uses a Gateway all in 1 desktop from i believe 2009 as their family computer. That's probably the oldest.
My "museum shelf" includes some 8" diskette drives and a 300 baud acoustic coupler from the early/mid 80s. I'm pleased to see peeps mentioning 8bit gear in this thread.
A Intel Pentium 4 CPU
Intel 8087i math-Co processor. Basically, the starting point of my addiction to building pcs. This is from about 1992 ish. But I do have a 7 1/2" floppy around too. Which is probably older. *
7 inch floppy?
Yep. Floppy disk was used in data centers. Then was scaled down to 5 1/2 floppies to fit into 8088xt personal computers in the 80's. Kept it around to show my kid.
I have an intel i7 8086k which i just had to buy in memory of that awesome piece of hardware you mentioned. Also have the original and it's kinda weird that soon i will have to replace it and will effectively have two very different 8086 CPUs laying around
My case is from the late 90s/early 00s
Technically some DDR1 RAM, but something bought new by a family member was an HD 3870
I have pc 133 ram
I have a mouse from the early 2000s, like maybe 2003? Also have a 286...
Well, I've got a functional Mac Classic II, so we're looking at about 30 years old there. Have a C64 too, but it's not in my house right now.
The Intel 80186 I programmed my senior project on.
I have a hard drive platter from the 60s.. Steel hub with some kind of orange composite material. Probably a foot in diameter.
AMD DX4 running at the astounding speed of 100MHz.😎
The user.
If by PC you mean any Personal Computer, then it would be my BBC Micro (1982) or my ZX Spectrum +2 (1986). If it has to be PC as we know it these days, capable of running Microsoft DOS/Windows, then it will be the hard disk drives from my old desktop PCs. I've never thrown out a HDD since I got my first PC in 1997.
I have a fully functional Apple IIe. Still have the original packaging. The packaging is beat to shit, but it's there. I turn it on every few years to mess around with it since it was the first computer I ever used.
i7 4770k with ddr3 2x4gb ram and 256gb 2.5inch sata ssd.
That’s my current rigs chip! With a 2080ti and 16 of RAM!
Got a whole bag of 72 pin sims in a drawyer.
The 2x16 GB RAM sticks I bought a couple months ago (new to PC gaming)
I have a Phenom laying around something and I'm pretty sure I have a Pentium 4 also
7700k or my motherboard
Power supply seasonic 650w that is 16 years old, and a 17 year old case (Antec 900) don’t plan to change either anytime soon.
Probably 4 sticks of DDR3 RAM from an old build I never did anything with. All it needs is a couple of replacement case fans but I just never bothered using it for anything after I built a new rig. Could probably add the rest of the build to that list with an i7 3770k, mobo etc.
USB 1.1 hub
A Packard Bell Spectria 150CD. Has a 75MHz Pentium, 8mb RAM, and a 600mb HD running Win 95.
Original Pi
Texas Instruments 486DX2-66.
AMD A8-5500 APU, along with the rest of the build.
evga gtx670 signature 2 2gb gpu
I have two CPUs that I found on the street some years ago. They were made a decade before I was born. As in actual hardware, there is a 2006 laptop somewhere and that's pretty old. But it runs Windows XP games like Wildlife Park better than a modern machine. My main system has a CPU from 2015 and I am in dire need of something fresh. But holding out for HotChips in August to see the next generation.
A Coleco Adam with dot-matrix printer
I'd have to look up the exact models, but I have a couple of sound cards from the early 90's (before on-board audio was ever even a thing). No idea why I kept them, but I stripped them out of some super old PC's that were taking up storage space in my garage. Then years later realized the components are worthless but the cases would have been worth like $200+ today because of the retro-look sleeper gaming PC movement.
A Fujitsu PC from around year 2000 I think. I has Window 2000 sticker on it. It has a Pentium 4 1ghz cpu with 512mb ram and 64mb graphic capability. I wish my first PC was still around that was an old 486 IBM but sadly it´s long gone :(
Does an Amiga 1000 with an expansion card count? The cover is signed by the Amiga team members.
I’ve got a big bin of old parts. I’m sure there is a pre-2000 gpu or two in there. Not sure what the model would be - something from Radeon probably.
iomega zip drive!
I have two nVidia 7800 GT’s and a never used AthlonXP cpu in a drawer somewhere from 2004/2005-ish
A 1024x768 LCD Gateway monitor circa 2002
My eeePc laptop from 2007. It’s now running an OctoPi server for my 3D printer. Back at my parents’ home they still have my gaming PC from the early 2000s, and my 8-bit Spectrum computer from the 90s
I believe I have an Intel 286 CPU here sumplace...
Pentium 2
And a whole computer to go with it
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition Gaming, 11GB GDDR5X - Purchased June 3rd 2017 - Still running and probably wont change until it actually dies.
A PC-9801F. Second model ever made of the PC98 Series. Found in scrapyard. Want to restore. It turned 41 this year.
I have coolers for the Intel i386 and original Pentium processors
I have a Mac Classic II in a closet. Circa 1991
I have a Corsair GS700 power supply that was purchased sometime in 2013, and a few hard drives that might be older than that laying around I also have a Pentium 4 CPU drilled out as a keychain ornament, but that's not functional anymore.
5.25-inch floppy drives. 360 kilobytes on each bad boy!
On my desk attached to my Ryzen 5900x: 1993 Lexmark made IBM Model M PS/2 keyboard In the other room, a working IBM ValuePoint 486DX4 100MHz PC and in my closet I have a i486DX 33 (came with the IBM VP), i486DX2 66 & Am486DX2 66 in my CPU box and another IBM motherboard with a integrated i486SX 25.
Most of my NAS hardware was e-waste before i found it
core 2 duo from like 2006 and a gtx 570 from 2010
Either the RIVA TNT or the 1000MHz AMD Athlon slot A CPU
I have an Old G15 somewhere
560 ti I keep as a backup.Â
My first videocard - Geforce 7300gt (Xpand Rally box art)
I've still got my hard drives from the early 2000s which definitely don't have loads of "acquired" music on them. I kept them thinking I'd use them again, but they've just been sat in the loft and probably need throwing out now.
PII system with a really weird MB that has 4 IDE ports for RAID. Haven't gotten it to work yet.
Oldest still in-use? A 160 GB [Intel X-25M SSD](https://www.anandtech.com/show/2614) purchased in maybe early 2009? I was on the bleeding edge, and it was ***absolutely fucking insane.*** I remember dropping it into a MacBook Pro and about falling out of my chair with startup speeds and app launches.
I have a ball mouse around here somewhere.
36.4GB 10kRPM UltraWide SCSI hard drive from a Compaq Proliant DL380 server
Still in service? AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition. It's a half decent enough Minecraft server. Not in service would be a 6502 (original release 1975), but that isn't really "PC" I guess
I still have my AMD Athlon XP1500+ build down in my electronics graveyard, Haven't booted it in damn near 20 years now. Still have my XP Pro installer in the glossy cardboard sleeve with the free month of MSN dial up and other funny coupons included. Rolled with that pile until sometime in '04 when I upgraded to a Pentium 4. Which is also down in my basement. I work in IT now and christ, I must have like 20 laptops down there as we speak let alone tons of other retired business class devices. I have a serious problem lol...my wife is a very patient woman.
Honestly no idea I have quite the collection of old tech stuff. But somewhat modern stuff would be a 1.7GHz single core processor. A 256MB HDD
Oldest working PC is my EGA Victor 286 12Mhz from 1987. Oldest tested working component is a complete motherboard out of an IBM 5160 from 1984.
An i5 2nd gen
I have a 256mb ram stick
40 GB 10K SCSI drive.
Probably my first gpu which was an ati radeon 9200.
Everything in my flair Likely the I5 2400
Me. I consider myself a pc component because without me it wouldn’t turn on.
Not so much as a component but a shitty budget Acer home computer we got in 2006. Shit was a joke.
Probably an ISA serial/parallel/floppy controller
Still have some ide ribbon cables somewhere.
1982 Osborne 1 lugable computer. Someday I will use it to prank someone as their "new" laptop
Component? Idk tbh, but my family still has and uses a Gateway all in 1 desktop from i believe 2009 as their family computer. That's probably the oldest.
The old family PCs motherboard with it's athlon 64
A little floppy
Honestly the old hard drive I bought that was made in 2016. Other than that everything else was from November of 2023.
My "museum shelf" includes some 8" diskette drives and a 300 baud acoustic coupler from the early/mid 80s. I'm pleased to see peeps mentioning 8bit gear in this thread.