How many PCs do you have in your household?

[Mister Woof]

I don't have too many hobbies anymore, so PC assembly is kind of my only real fun expensive hobby. Especially since the lockdowns and staying home more.

 

I've got a total of 6 desktop PCs (3x 8th gen intel, 1x 9th gen, 1x 10th gen, 1x 1st gen ryzen), 4 laptops (2 personal, (skylake and haswell), 2 work (both skylake), and 2 chromebooks (kids school, personally owned).

 

And between all of those not counting the integrated screens, that's also 10 dedicated computer displays.

 

How many other people have just accumulated a ton of computers in their homes?

 

I know a lot of folks collect guns, cars, models, etc.....but I just have computers now.

[Electronics Wizardy]

I think Im at like 25 total. I really need to start selling old systems, a lot are just boring old core 2 duo desktops.

[WhitetailAni]

7 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

I don't have too many hobbies anymore, so PC assembly is kind of my only real fun expensive hobby. Especially since the lockdowns and staying home more.

 

I've got a total of 6 desktop PCs (3x 8th gen intel, 1x 9th gen, 1x 10th gen, 1x 1st gen ryzen), 4 laptops (2 personal, (skylake and haswell), 2 work (both skylake), and 2 chromebooks (kids school, personally owned).

 

And between all of those not counting the integrated screens, that's also 10 dedicated computer displays.

 

How many other people have just accumulated a ton of computers in their homes?

 

I know a lot of folks collect guns, cars, models, etc.....but I just have computers now.

Well, I've got 10 (4 have been killed for their parts):

1. Mac Mini 2011 (Core i5, iGPU)

2. LIVA X Mini PC
3. iMac G5

4. Minecraft server (Phenom II X4 955)

5. Pentium III/legacy build

6. Raspberry Pi 2 B+
7. Power Mac G4 400 MHz PCI graphics

8. 486 build

9. Desktop-TJ84TBK

 

EDIT (added this):

10. Toshiba Satellite L25-S1192 (XP)

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I think Im at like 25 total. I really need to start selling old systems, a lot are just boring old core 2 duo desktops.

Scrap them for their parts and then toss/sell the cases.

It's what I've done.

[PlayStation 2]

Lemme gather this all in my mind:

1. My main desktop
2. My main HP laptop
3. HP desktop from 2006
4. IBM ThinkPad T23
5. Older brother's desktop
6. Older brother's laptop
7. Younger brother's desktop
8. Mom's laptop
9. Dad's laptop

That's all I can think of that reasonably runs (or can be set up to run with no cost) right now. I also have my old Ryzen 7 1700X desktop (and a Phenom II X3 desktop) sitting around, but unfortunately, I need RAM and a power supply to run it properly.

[Middcore]

I guess it's five. The three in my signature, my wife's PC, and my work laptop that I use only occasionally. 

[Moonzy]

Hmm...

 

Yes

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Scrap them for their parts and then toss/sell the cases.

It's what I've done.

My best luck has been selling them as cheap pcs on craigslist, get about 40 bucks a pop, and they I don't have to deal with the case. I have a few more I can sell, but have been lazy and busy with work.

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

My best luck has been selling them as cheap pcs on craigslist, get about 40 bucks a pop, and they I don't have to deal with the case. I have a few more I can sell, but have been lazy and busy with work.

LGA775 C2D's look cool as keychain accessories.

[WereCatf]

8 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

How many other people have just accumulated a ton of computers in their homes?

My husband has a laptop and a desktop. I have...6 desktops, 6 laptops, two different mini-PCs, one running a Pentium N4200 and the other running a Celeron J4115, plus a bunch of ARM-based SBCs as well. No kids or other adults in the household.

 

You didn't specify whether non-x86 computers count, so: I own 14 out of total 16 x86-compatible computers in the household

[emosun]

like 40 maybe

 

[CommanderAlex]

Well lets see what I have...

• My main rig, Resonance Cascade
• Mac Pro 1,1 (Seller was trying to install OSX El Capitan but failed.I pulled drive from 2,1 and it still boots).
• Mac Pro 2,1
• Mac Pro 3,1  
• Mac Pro 4,1-> 5.1 
• MacBook Pro 13 mid-2014
• MacBook Pro 15 mid-2012 1TB SSD, 16GB DDR3
• MSI gaming laptop 

I also have the parts from my first PC I ever built back in their retail boxes from 2015. I'm tempted to rebuild it for my dad, who is currently using this HP desktop that is slow as molasses with a A8-5500 from 2013. 

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, SpiderMan said:

Mac Pro 1,1 (Seller was trying to install OSX El Capitan but failed.I pulled drive from 2,1 and it still boots).

Mac Pro 2,1

Mac Pro 3,1  

Mac Pro 4,1-> 5.1 

I'm curious - what do you do with them all?

[Zob]

31 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I think Im at like 25 total. I really need to start selling old systems, a lot are just boring old core 2 duo desktops.

ill buy some  c2d desktops

[CommanderAlex]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

I'm curious - what do you do with them all?

The Mac Pro 4,1 is on my desk (You'll see it in the "Show off your build" section). I tinkered around with it and got it upgraded to macOS Mojave with a RX 480 blower and 64GB RAM. It is one of the dual socket trays and the seller for that works at an Apple store and used to be her father's computer. It has an Apple RAID card but the battery is dead and the original HDDs are starting to wear out, but it does have an OWC 128GB SSD tucked away in the lower 5.25" bay. 

 

The 1,1 I cleaned out and repasted the CPUs. i was planning on gutting the case for a laser hive mATX conversion kit that I got last summer. I just feel bad about cutting into it. I also figured for spare parts I can use them. Was $40 but didn't come with the side panel, so I ordered one on eBay.

 

The 2,1 I got that I felt was slightly more than I was willing to pay. Cleaned and repasted this machine as well and it came with an Apple keyboard. This one was $190 with a power cable and keyboard.

 

The 3,1 I got for real cheap with 2 Cinema Display monitors but they were totally scrapped/harvested for parts and didn't come with the necessary display/power cables. I took the monitors to my county recycling center on my way back from college. I cleaned and repasted this machine as well. Was $80 for the Mac Pro, 2 displays, and power cable. 

 

Overall, I was thinking of selling the older machines such as the 1,1 through 3,1 as they really just take up space. The 4,1 I sometimes go and and just have fun with it. I'm kinda a Mac Pro collector right now but again, no so sure what to do with those machines. I did buy a used Apple wired keyboard and mouse for $20 all together as the seller was moving and just needed to sell that. 

 

 

 

[WhitetailAni]

4 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

The Mac Pro 4,1 is on my desk (You'll see it in the "Show off your build" section). I tinkered around with it and got it upgraded to macOS Mojave with a RX 480 blower and 64GB RAM. It is one of the dual socket trays and the seller for that works at an Apple store and used to be her father's computer. It has an Apple RAID card but the battery is dead and the original HDDs are starting to wear out, but it does have an OWC 128GB SSD tucked away in the lower 5.25" bay. 

 

The 1,1 I cleaned out and repasted the CPUs. i was planning on gutting the case for a laser hive mATX conversion kit that I got last summer. I just feel bad about cutting into it. I also figured for spare parts I can use them. Was $40 but didn't come with the side panel, so I ordered one on eBay.

 

The 2,1 I got that I felt was slightly more than I was willing to pay. Cleaned and repasted this machine as well and it came with an Apple keyboard. This one was $190 with a power cable and keyboard.

 

The 3,1 I got for real cheap with 2 Cinema Display monitors but they were totally scrapped/harvested for parts and didn't come with the necessary display/power cables. I took the monitors to my county recycling center on my way back from college. I cleaned and repasted this machine as well. Was $80 for the Mac Pro, 2 displays, and power cable. 

 

Overall, I was thinking of selling the older machines such as the 1,1 through 3,1 as they really just take up space. The 4,1 I sometimes go and and just have fun with it. I'm kinda a Mac Pro collector right now but again, no so sure what to do with those machines. I did buy a used Apple wired keyboard and mouse for $20 all together as the seller was moving and just needed to sell that. 

 

 

 

If my parents would let me (they won't) I'd probably take one of the three.

But I'm not allowed to get any more machines right now.

Maybe once I move out in 4-6 years.

[steelo]

8 total that you can consider "PC's", but a lot of rpi 0's used for very specific purposes...

 

 

(2) PC's I built - wifes: Ryzen 5 2400g, RX 570, 16 gb RAM, 128 gb m.2 ssd boot drive, 1 TB HDD, 500 gb HDD - really only used for her cricut machine

                         mine: Ryzen 5 1600af OC'd to 4ghz, RX 5700 (non-XT), 16 gb RAM, 240 gb ssd, 500 gb HDD, Oculus Rift

 

(1) slow ass dual core macbook air that's about 5+ years old, only my wife uses it

 

(3) rpi 0w's - 1 as a front door surveillance server, 1 running retropie to play NES, SNES and Genesis games, 1 running pi-hole ad blocker

 

(1) rpi3 - currently being used as a thin client to remote into a Win10 VM, but this changes every few months when I find projects to do =)

 

(1) ipad mini (2, I think?) that is about 10 years old - mounted on wall above my computer monitor, used to monitor front door surveillance system while I am working. I've also used it for zoom meetings as it it makes it a lot easier to work on my PC during the meetings without having a zoom window taking up screen real estate.

 

 

 

 

[Keamon]

hmm

Main PC 

Old Main PC (needs ssd)

I think an old pentium, not sure what cpu tho

Parents PC

Dad's CNC PC

Dad's other CNC PC

My school laptop

My Old damaged school Laptop

My cheap school laptop

[aDoomGuy]

3 desktops.

1 Laptop MIA. >_>

[Tristerin]

Two...I mean too many

 

3 Ryzen desktops

1 FX desktop

1 Ivybridge desktop

1 Skylake desktop

1 Coffelake laptop

1 Haswell laptop

1 AMD (A8) laptop

1 Westmere laptop

1 dual socket Opteron server

 

I think that covers them

 

Edit - forgot 1, added it in

 

[WaggishOhio383]

1. My main desktop (Custom Build in signature)
2. My school laptop (HP Envy x360)
3. My Windows XP machine (Dell Dimension 4500S)
4. My brother's desktop (Old Dell server machine with various upgrades. He's building his own PC soon)
5. My brother's laptop (Acer Aspire E15)
6. My brother's school-given Chromebook
7. My sister's laptop (some sort of HP)
8. My mom's laptop (old macbook air - don't know which model)
9. Old Dell laptop running private Minecraft server

I also have two other old laptops that are out of commission and are primarily being used for scrap components.

[Avocado417]

4 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

I don't have too many hobbies anymore, so PC assembly is kind of my only real fun expensive hobby. Especially since the lockdowns and staying home more.

 

I've got a total of 6 desktop PCs (3x 8th gen intel, 1x 9th gen, 1x 10th gen, 1x 1st gen ryzen), 4 laptops (2 personal, (skylake and haswell), 2 work (both skylake), and 2 chromebooks (kids school, personally owned).

 

And between all of those not counting the integrated screens, that's also 10 dedicated computer displays.

 

How many other people have just accumulated a ton of computers in their homes?

 

I know a lot of folks collect guns, cars, models, etc.....but I just have computers now.

1 9th gen Intel desktop- mine- i3 9100f and rx 5600 xt

1 10th gen Intel desktop- my brothers- i3 10100 and old hd 6870

dad's home computer surface laptop 3- ryzen 7 with integrated gpu

dad's work computer surface book 2- i5 with integrated gpu

mom's old computer dell laptop- core i5 integrated gpu

mom's new thinkpad- i7 and Quadro graphics

Dad's Old thinkpad- core 2 duo i think

Dad's old Powermac G4- i have no clue at all this things like 20 years old

 

Edit- Made it more interesting lol

Edited January 25, 2021 by Avocado417

[ProjectBox153]

If you're including computers that aren't in active use then I don't have a clue. It's too many, I can tell you that. I'll list the systems I'm actively using below:

 

Desktops:

Main desktop (custom build, Ryzen 7 2700)

Dell Precision T3500 (Xeon X5675)

Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 (Core i5-4430)

2011 27" iMac (Core i5-2400)

2010 21.5" iMac (Core i3)

Older custom build (York in signature, Core i7-2600)

Late 2009 Mac mini (Core 2 Duo)

Dell OptiPlex 990 SFF (Core i5-2400)

Dell OptiPlex 755 MT (Core 2 Duo E8500)

HP Compaq 8200 Elite CMT (Core i5-2400)

2006 17" iMac (Core 2 Duo)

Power Mac G4 MDD (FW800 model, 1x 1GHz G4)

 

Laptops:

MacBook Pro 13" (2017 nTB)

MacBook Pro 13" (Late 2013, only occasionally works)

[MigasTigas]

It would be good if Brian the electrician would list every pc he has ahahahah

 

My count is 9:
My main rig (r5 3600 + 1660s)

My main laptop (i5-7200u + 920m)

Pre-built Insys (i3-9100F + GT 710)

Toshiba satellite a-300 

Fujitsu siemens espresso mobile

A XP desktop

2 Win 95 Desktops

1 Win 98 Desktop  

 

[Zob]

i have 6 in total

 

2 active

 

my main rig ryzen 5 2600 with a 1660s

 

and my main rig at my other house phenom ii x4 925 with a gtx 650 ti in it

 

and i have like 4 broken

 

some sff hp with a nvs 510 and a core i7-2600

 

lenovo thinkcentre with a core i3-2500 in it and intergrated graphics

 

some old dell with a core 2 duo and some un named graphics card with 512mb of VRam (edit: oh yeah i swapped it out with a gtx 710 1gb version and  i salavged the 512mb one and used it somewhere else)

 

and another dell with a core i3-3220 in it with some old geforce preinstalled card with 1gb ddr3 vram

 

and i think that covers it

Edited January 25, 2021 by Zob
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