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06 Jun 2014
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#11
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Sounds like you had the same 386-DX I had (with a 387 math co-processor!).
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built - Jan 2013
OS Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
CPU i7-3820
Motherboard Asus P9X79-PRO - Bios 4608
Memory GSkill F3-14900CL9Q - 16GB
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX660 - Driver 352.86
Sound Card On board Realtek ALC898
Monitor(s) Displays Acer S271HL
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard MS KC-0405
Mouse Intellimouse 5-button
PSU Corsair CMPSU-850TX-V2 - 850 watt (by Seasonic)
Case Corsair Obsidian 550D
Cooling Standard 3 120mm case fans, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Hard Drives #1- Samsung 840 Pro Series
#2- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
#3- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
Internet Speed 56 Mbits/Sec (on a good day)
Antivirus Avast & Malwarebytes
Browser Firefox
Other Info Asus DVD - DRW-24B1ST 24X
06 Jun 2014
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#12
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Considering that my mobo is one year old, is still on the market, and sports an IDE port (which I'm using with a WD 160GB HD), I'm not terribly worried about SATA ports going away anytime soon.
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built
OS Win7 Pro 32bit
CPU AMD Athlon II X4 640
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 v4.1
Memory 4GB Kingston DDR3-1333
Graphics Card Diamond/AMD Radeon HD 6450
Sound Card Diamond Xtreme 5.1 PCI
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VA721 17" LCD
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Compaq Professional PS/2
Mouse Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse 2.0
PSU Antec EarthWatts 430D
Case SilverStone PS10
Cooling CPU:AMD OEM. Case:3x Noctua 120mm
Hard Drives WD 160GB, 500GB, 1TB;
Seagate 1TB... all spinning rust
Internet Speed Verizon DSL 3.0Mb down/768kb up
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Firefox 58, Chrome 64
Other Info 2x LG GH24NSC0 DVD burners
07 Jun 2014
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#13
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Quote: Originally Posted by TVeblen
Sounds like you had the same 386-DX I had (with a 387 math co-processor!).
Yeah, I think it was a DX-33 (33 MHZ).
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 10 Education 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse Logitech Wireless M570 Trackman Wheel
PSU Thermaltake TR 620
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives Crucial M100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Windows Defender
Browser Internet Explorer 11
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
07 Jun 2014
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#14
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@datapod, is the device in you picture just a HDD and its PCB?
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech
OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 1866MHz @ 2133MHz 2x8GB
Graphics Card ASUS GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5, (650TI Boost)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard E-Z Eyes, bright yellow keys with large characters
Mouse steelseries SENSEI Laser Pro Gaming
PSU Corsair HX650W
Case Inwin Dragon Rider
Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM
Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD for OS, 500GB Seagate Constellation (Enterprise drive) for Data
Internet Speed 48-51Mbs Mbs down, 11 Mbs up Xfinity Cable
Antivirus Norton Internet Security 2013
Browser IE 10, Opera, Pale Moon if needed
Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power supply, 1.21 gigawatts.
07 Jun 2014
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#15
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Quote: Originally Posted by Britton30
@datapod, is the device in you picture just a HDD and its PCB?
"Hardcard is the genericized trademark for a hard disk drive, disk controller, and host adapter on an expansion card for a personal computer."
More @ Hardcard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 8700 SE
OS Windows 10 Professional 64bit.
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard Dell Inc. Model 0KWVT8
Memory 16 GB Micron DDR3 [PC3-12800]
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Sound Card SB Recon3D PCIe
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2707WFP
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Hard Drives Manufacturer Seagate
Model ST2000DM001-1CH SCSI Disk Device
Size 2000 GB with SAMSUNG SSD PM830 mSATA 32GB Cache drive.
Seagate
Model ST1000DM003-1CH162
Size 1000 GB
Western Digital
Model WDC WD2500JS-22MHB0
Size 250 GB
08 Jun 2014
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#16
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Quote: Originally Posted by alphanumeric
lol, my first real home PC motherboard had 6 ISA slots on it. That was it, there was no PCI. No onboard anything except one of those big 5 pin DIN keyboard ports. That meant an ISA card for Video, another one for sound, and a multi IO for floppy, hard drive and serial parallel ports. Oh and one for the modem and eventually one for NIC. That left one spare slot. MSDos and Windows 3.11. lol, something around about a 20 MB hard drive and 4 MB of RAM.  < At the time. I'm not going to say when that was though. 
Heheh! Mine was very similar, an Osborne 386SX20 with 4 x 1mb RAM chips soldered to the board. A 256kb graphics card, and an 80mb hard disk the size of a shoebox. It didn't have a CD-ROM drive or a sound-card. I bought a sound-card (Soundblaster 2, 8 bit) but it never got the CD-ROM drive.
Remember how some of the early sound-cards had an IDE connector on them so you had somewhere to connect the CD-ROM drive? If you didn't have a CD-ROM you could hook a second hard disk to it.
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My System Specs |
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Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer AS5735
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32-bit; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (VM).
CPU Intel T6500 Core 2 Duo@2Ghz.
Motherboard Acer
Memory 3GB DDR2
Graphics Card Intel 4500MHD
Sound Card Realtek onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Built-in, no touch
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Keyboard Full 101-key
Mouse USB cordless IR
PSU Stock
Case Laptop
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives 250GB SATA in two equal partitions.
Antivirus MSE
Browser IE9, Firefox.
Other Info A top little machine that hasn't let me down once since the day I removed it from its packaging over four years ago. It's done everything I could want, and more, all without a single issue. 10/10, Acer!!
08 Jun 2014
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#17
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Quote: Originally Posted by TVeblen
My guess is that they will use the PCIe bus, but not a PCIe slot. Probably a new connector on the motherboard.
The article linked in the first post in this thread shows a drawing of the new connector that will replace SATA ports. What will be needed are MOBOs and CPUs that will support more PCI-e lanes. I find 40 lanes to be too restrictive now, let alone when the new ports and SSDs come out.
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU Intel i7-3930K
Motherboard ASUS P9X79 WS
Memory Kingston HyperX Genesis 32GB Kit (8x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR
Graphics Card MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR
Sound Card Asus Xonar Essence STX
Monitor(s) Displays 3x Asus VG248QE 24", Vizio 32" TV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080, ?
Keyboard Logitech G510s
Mouse Logitech M525 (two in use)
PSU Corsair HX750w
Case Antec Two Hundred v2 (modified)
Cooling Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm)
Hard Drives Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (1),
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (4)
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (16) external backup drives used in 2.5" hot swap bays in the computer.
Internet Speed =< 32Mbps down, 8Mbps up
Antivirus AVAST!, MBAM, SAS, Spybot S&D (all but MBAM free) Glary Util
Browser IE11
Other Info LSI 9211-8i HBA card (8 SATA III ports), 2.5" & 3.5" Hot Swap Bays, HooToo HT-CR001 PCI-E to USB 3.0 Internal Hub + 6 Slot Card Reader, and LG Model CH12LS28 BD-ROM Optical Drive. Also, ScanSnap S1500 ADF duplexing scanner, Canon 9000F flat bed scanner, Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers, Samsung CLP 415nw laser color printer, Cyberpower PP2200SW UPS
08 Jun 2014
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#18
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald

Quote: Originally Posted by TVeblen
My guess is that they will use the PCIe bus, but not a PCIe slot. Probably a new connector on the motherboard.
The article linked in the first post in this thread shows a drawing of the new connector that will replace SATA ports. What will be needed are MOBOs and CPUs that will support more PCI-e lanes. I find 40 lanes to be too restrictive now, let alone when the new ports and SSDs come out.
I've seen a few motherboards with a bunch full length PCI-e slots but some are actually only x8 or x4. You have to read the fine print to see what your actually getting. I'd like to see the spacing between some slots increased too. Put in a double width video card (or two) and you lose the use of the adjacent slot(s). Like a lot of PC tech, 40 lanes likely sounded like a lot when it was conceived.
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 10 Education 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse Logitech Wireless M570 Trackman Wheel
PSU Thermaltake TR 620
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives Crucial M100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Windows Defender
Browser Internet Explorer 11
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
08 Jun 2014
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#19
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wenda

Quote: Originally Posted by alphanumeric
lol, my first real home PC motherboard had 6 ISA slots on it. That was it, there was no PCI. No onboard anything except one of those big 5 pin DIN keyboard ports. That meant an ISA card for Video, another one for sound, and a multi IO for floppy, hard drive and serial parallel ports. Oh and one for the modem and eventually one for NIC. That left one spare slot. MSDos and Windows 3.11. lol, something around about a 20 MB hard drive and 4 MB of RAM.  < At the time. I'm not going to say when that was though. 
Heheh! Mine was very similar, an Osborne 386SX20 with 4 x 1mb RAM chips soldered to the board. A 256kb graphics card, and an 80mb hard disk the size of a shoebox. It didn't have a CD-ROM drive or a sound-card. I bought a sound-card (Soundblaster 2, 8 bit) but it never got the CD-ROM drive.
Remember how some of the early sound-cards had an IDE connector on them so you had somewhere to connect the CD-ROM drive? If you didn't have a CD-ROM you could hook a second hard disk to it.
lol, at the old Sound Blaster cards. I had a box full of those at one point. And the audio cables that connected to your CD-ROM drive so you could play audio CD's on your PC. Sorry for taking this thread a bit off topic. When I see really cool new tech I can't help but think of the old days and what it was like then versus now.
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 10 Education 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse Logitech Wireless M570 Trackman Wheel
PSU Thermaltake TR 620
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives Crucial M100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Windows Defender
Browser Internet Explorer 11
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
08 Jun 2014
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#20
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Honestly, SATA had a surprisingly short run compared to its IDE/PATA predecessor. Color me surprised at this bit of news.
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My System Specs |
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Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number N/A (custom-built)
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i7 2700K @ 3.5GHz (TurboBoost disabled)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3
Memory 16GB (4x4GB) Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz @ 1333MHz
Graphics Card Nvidia EVGA GeForce 560 Ti 448 Cores
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio (motherboard integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays NEC Multisync EX231W
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 @ 60Hz via DVI-D
Keyboard Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse Steelseries Sensei RAW Glossy, Logitech M500
PSU Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850
Case Antec 300
Cooling Air-cooling
Hard Drives 2x Western Digital 1TB SATA3 Caviar Black Internal HDD // 1x WD 500GB USB 3.0 "My Passport Essential" External HDD // 1x WD 1TB USB 3.0 "My Passport Essential" External HDD // 2x WD 2TB USB 3.0 "My Passport Essential" External HDD
Internet Speed DSL (AT&T)
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Pale Moon, Mozilla Firefox 12, Opera 12, Chromium, IE9
Other Info Virtual Machines (VirtualBox):
* Japanese Windows XP Professional SP3
* Japanese Windows 7 Professional SP1
* Kubuntu 12.04 LTS
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