Built an HTPC a couple years ago (or more accurately my brother wound up assembling it after a while of me having a box of parts and doing nothing with it). That's the most recent build. My current desktop is a 6 year old Mac Pro, but it's still going strong. I got it so I could do Final Cut, but ultimately wound up going with Premiere on Boot Camp (it's actually a great computer under Windows, for the most part). Whenever it finally comes time to replace it I'm going to go nuts spending several thousand dollars building another ridiculously powerful workstation. I want to outdo a high-powered server we have at work for video transcoding, minus the InfiniBand connections. The last desktop I built worked great for 3 or 4 years before the motherboard died. That's when I learned I want workstation/server grade for longevity instead of gaming parts.
My system I built over five years ago is still going strong with just a few minor improvements over that time but I have been thinking it is time for a replacement. Once something in the motherboard starts to go you might as well replace everything, right?
It won't be this one, though. I will build a new one. That way I know the quality of the parts on the inside. Who knows where hp gets the parts for these things.
Built a new "white box" VMware ESXi server earlier this year. ESX often won't work on desktop hardware, and server gear is way too expensive for my needs; by DIY'ing I was able to cherry pick compatible parts for a fraction of the cost.
I am a Linux user with quite a few friends who use Windows. When a Windows machine becomes more trouble than its worth, sometimes they give it to me. I wipe it and load Linux on it.
Or rather, that is how it used to work. I haven't needed a new box in years, since I don't do anything compute intensive at home.
Helped a friend put together a Northstar Horizon kit back in the day. He still has it and it still works. Rebuilt a fully disassembled MicroVAX II in a BA123 enclosure but I suppose that doesn't count.
I'm using a HTPC that I built last week. It is hooked to a Hauppauge cable card adapter, so 1 box is my cable DVR, Blue Ray player, media streamer and gaming rig. I built it in an Antec Fusion Remote case for a nice brushed aluminum look with a front LCD. Best part is I only need 1 HDMI port and 1 Logitech remote to make everything run smoothly.
I have another HTPC that was a little under powered that'll be moving to my bedroom. An Atom powered unit, it'll record and play HD video, but not 2 HD channels at the same time. It's been running strong for over 2 years now.
I also have 3 other PCs that are home made. By picking the parts myself, I think I get a far superior machine than a pre-made PC. They always scrimp on something to save a few bucks: bad PSU, proprietary mobo, integrated graphics, etc...
AMD 486DX4-100 with EMM, SCSI hard disks, CD-ROM, and tape backup. MS-DOS 6.20, Windows For Workgroups 3.11, CorelSCSI. Built around 1985. Still going; I use it for my financial stuff.
I built my first PC 10 years ago and I only replaced it about 2 or 3 years ago. Since it was my first time building it I had my friend's dad (a software engineer) take a look and he told me it was a good thing I didn't turn it on because I had directly screwed the motherboard to the metal case without using the spacers and would have likely fried the board and possibly all of the components I bought too.
I considering building another one but decided the cost savings wasn't worth the hassle, so I just bought from ibuypower.com and got a great deal on the beast of a PC I'm still using now.
Wish I knew how.
@KDemo
@Mac454 - Ha ha. Teach me to whine.
@KDemo It's the internet! We have answers to everything!
@Mac454
@The_Baron that's the same outfit I wear when I game and build PCs.
@JonT
Built an HTPC a couple years ago (or more accurately my brother wound up assembling it after a while of me having a box of parts and doing nothing with it). That's the most recent build. My current desktop is a 6 year old Mac Pro, but it's still going strong. I got it so I could do Final Cut, but ultimately wound up going with Premiere on Boot Camp (it's actually a great computer under Windows, for the most part). Whenever it finally comes time to replace it I'm going to go nuts spending several thousand dollars building another ridiculously powerful workstation. I want to outdo a high-powered server we have at work for video transcoding, minus the InfiniBand connections. The last desktop I built worked great for 3 or 4 years before the motherboard died. That's when I learned I want workstation/server grade for longevity instead of gaming parts.
My system I built over five years ago is still going strong with just a few minor improvements over that time but I have been thinking it is time for a replacement. Once something in the motherboard starts to go you might as well replace everything, right?
It won't be this one, though. I will build a new one. That way I know the quality of the parts on the inside. Who knows where hp gets the parts for these things.
Nice lip sync! on the 2nc video
I have been laptop only for... 7 years?
Built a new "white box" VMware ESXi server earlier this year. ESX often won't work on desktop hardware, and server gear is way too expensive for my needs; by DIY'ing I was able to cherry pick compatible parts for a fraction of the cost.
I am a Linux user with quite a few friends who use Windows. When a Windows machine becomes more trouble than its worth, sometimes they give it to me. I wipe it and load Linux on it.
Or rather, that is how it used to work. I haven't needed a new box in years, since I don't do anything compute intensive at home.
Helped a friend put together a Northstar Horizon kit back in the day. He still has it and it still works. Rebuilt a fully disassembled MicroVAX II in a BA123 enclosure but I suppose that doesn't count.
I made one out of legos once.
Or did you mean a working computer ?
Then again, it worked as good fun for the nieces.
@ceagee http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Lego-Computer/
I'm using a HTPC that I built last week. It is hooked to a Hauppauge cable card adapter, so 1 box is my cable DVR, Blue Ray player, media streamer and gaming rig. I built it in an Antec Fusion Remote case for a nice brushed aluminum look with a front LCD. Best part is I only need 1 HDMI port and 1 Logitech remote to make everything run smoothly.
I have another HTPC that was a little under powered that'll be moving to my bedroom. An Atom powered unit, it'll record and play HD video, but not 2 HD channels at the same time. It's been running strong for over 2 years now.
I also have 3 other PCs that are home made. By picking the parts myself, I think I get a far superior machine than a pre-made PC. They always scrimp on something to save a few bucks: bad PSU, proprietary mobo, integrated graphics, etc...
Work like it's the nineties!
AMD 486DX4-100 with EMM, SCSI hard disks, CD-ROM, and tape backup. MS-DOS 6.20, Windows For Workgroups 3.11, CorelSCSI. Built around 1985. Still going; I use it for my financial stuff.
I built my first PC 10 years ago and I only replaced it about 2 or 3 years ago. Since it was my first time building it I had my friend's dad (a software engineer) take a look and he told me it was a good thing I didn't turn it on because I had directly screwed the motherboard to the metal case without using the spacers and would have likely fried the board and possibly all of the components I bought too.
I considering building another one but decided the cost savings wasn't worth the hassle, so I just bought from ibuypower.com and got a great deal on the beast of a PC I'm still using now.