Time is passing me by!

[Boomyal]

I just set out to get a CD-DVD-R-W for my old 2005 Dell Dimension 2400 'puter. It had a CD Drive unit in it and I was dismayed when I went to burn a disc to find out it was not a writer.

So off to Fry's Electronics I go and they have this huge pile of generic plastic wrapped CD/DVD writers for $13.95. Good deal, I says as I pick it up and look it over. What's with this connector type? I do not recognize it. I calls over to a sales guy and he tells me it is a SATA drive.

I asked if he thought my old Dell Dimension had SATA connectors. He says NO and with all the different drives they had on the shelf, they did not have an IDE drive in the house. He said I would probably have to go to Goodwill or one of the computer salvagers to find one. I know I can buy a card for SATA but it was starting to get too complicated so I came home and looked some up on ebay and promptly got outbid on a used one.

Oh, well, I guess that is progress.

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Time is passing me by!

SATA has been the standard for quite a few years now, I rarely see a IDE anymore, by the way Boom,

I have some extra CD/RW drives around here with IDE interface, if you pay shipping, I would be happy to let you have one. One is still mounted in a Dell Dimension 2350, so I know it would work in your system, it is a memorex that is rated at 52x36x52x

Let me know.

Dp

 

[matt167]

Re: Time is passing me by!

My last IDE DVD RW is in a computer I built in 2005, tho my main box still has one 320gb IDE hard drive in it as a backup drive. It has one IDE connector and I had the drive, so in it went.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Time is passing me by!

You have a PM, MT.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Time is passing me by!

My last IDE DVD RW is in a computer I built in 2005, tho my main box still has one 320gb IDE hard drive in it as a backup drive. It has one IDE connector and I had the drive, so in it went.

Yeah, Matt, my son and I always used to build our computers. He's gone now and all my stuff just keeps ticking along so I have not had the motivation to update. This little Dell that I am using (inherited from FIL) is speedy, quiet and has XP. It is not stuffed full of stuff like my last, loud, monster build is.

 

[matt167]

Re: Time is passing me by!

Yep, the older Dell's are cheap and easy to work on. I picked up a Pentium 4 2.8GHZ dual processor Optiplex GX280 with 1gb ram for less than $150 a couple years ago

 

[WIMUSKY]

Re: Time is passing me by!

I'm behind the times too. I have a 2006 Dell Dimension E310, Pentium 4 HT, 3Ghz, 1G RAM. Although, I can write to a CD.....

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Time is passing me by!

Yep, the older Dell's are cheap and easy to work on. I picked up a Pentium 4 2.8GHZ dual processor Optiplex GX280 with 1gb ram for less than $150 a couple years ago

I have been able to pick several of them up, various models for between $20-$40 each at our local Salvation army store, just selling the various CPU's I have made several times the money I have invested.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Time is passing me by!

Yep, the older Dell's are cheap and easy to work on. I picked up a Pentium 4 2.8GHZ dual processor Optiplex GX280 with 1gb ram for less than $150 a couple years ago

Optiplex's are my go-to choice when I need a desktop. Since they're business PCs they're more standardized, easier to work on, and lots of parts available. Plus you can usually get them super cheap off-lease from businesses. My last one I got for $150 from a dude on craigslist who buys pallets of them from the state gov't, tests them out, reinstalls the OS and sells 'em.

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Time is passing me by!

Hey Boom, did the Cd/Cdrw show up?

Dp

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Time is passing me by!

Hey Boom, did the Cd/Cdrw show up?

Dp

You have a PM, MT!

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Time is passing me by!

You have a PM, MT!

Thanks Boom,

I got it a little while a go,

I have been setting a new computer up today for High Def recording and been playing with it a bit, so was not on for a while, this new one is going to be a monster! Intel core duo overclock to 4.25 Ghz, with 4 gigs of DDR2 memory, running overclocked as well 2 TB drive, running it through its final tests now, this thing is a screamer!

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Time is passing me by!

4 gigs of DDR2 memory

DDR2! How old is this thing?

We are replacing almost every computer at work that uses DDR2 because it is getting harder to get at a reasonable price. We are running 32G(minimum) in our computers for what we do.

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Time is passing me by!

DDR2! How old is this thing?

We are replacing almost every computer at work that uses DDR2 because it is getting harder to get at a reasonable price. We are running 32G(minimum) in our computers for what we do.

DDR is still widely available Bruce, there is a specific software package and hardware I am going to run, that will not take advantage of the newer quad core chips or the speed of the DDR3 specifications.

This is a specific built computer for one specific situation. I am using what I am due to the fact that many new processors cannot be Over Clocked like I can do with this one. In addition the software I am going to be using is wrote for XP 64, which I have installed on it.

Yes, I know this is an older machine, the board is mother board is about a year old, but is one that is specifically recommended for what I want to do.

As far as work computers, my wife and I are both using core i7 laptops with 8 gigs of DDR3 memory.

Sometimes the biggest, fastest and newest is not always the best when you have specific tasks you want to do.