Whats your favourite specific PC component of all time

[abit-sean]

7 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

Every time I see your forum name, I get nostalgic for my abit ic7 max3. 

Still one of the best motherboards, I was given a mint condition one still in its original packaging but I sold years ago. I've only got a few boards left now.

[AtomAlchemist]

On 11/14/2022 at 5:25 AM, Neroon said:

Dual Voodoo 2 was insane, never had it, but it was so cool.

 

I don't even remember what kind of card I had next to it, I know it was a 2MB and just not very powerful. Remember playing Star Trek Elite Force on that Voodoo.

Came here to write something similar 3dfx Voodoo.

 

This was such an exciting time to be a gamer, just socket in more performance in a free pci slot. I had a Matrox Millennium II for 2d,that sat next to a voodoo 1, voodoo 2, and briefly near it's end of life dual voodoo 2 cards (I think they were mismatched with one being a monster 3d version). 

 

 

[cmndr]

e6400.

70% overclock on air. 50% at stock voltage. 

Anyone who says a 2500k was a good overclocker is kidding themselves. Those things only got around 40% and that was running relatively close to the edge. 

 

The Celeron 420 could also get pretty high. 100% OC easy. 

[Blue4130]

2 hours ago, cmndr said:

e6400.

70% overclock on air. 50% at stock voltage. 

Anyone who says a 2500k was a good overclocker is kidding themselves. Those things only got around 40% and that was running relatively close to the edge. 

 

The Celeron 420 could also get pretty high. 100% OC easy. 

Ther Celeron 300 was the best. Paired with the abit bp6. My friend had one and I was so insanely jealous. 

[cmndr]

15 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

Ther Celeron 300 was the best. Paired with the abit bp6. My friend had one and I was so insanely jealous. 

I'm assuming you mean 300a. 
https://www.anandtech.com/show/174

At stock the celerons were about as fast as the PIIIs of the era. They had less cache but it was FASTER cache so it ended up being a wash... and they clocked MUCH faster. 

[RealBACONATOR2]

I love all the scam devices honestly, best if they have transparent plastic pieces too. love the aesthetic

[Tan3l6]

Athlon XP 2500+ that OC-ed easily to 2,5Ghz (1,8Ghz originally) 24/7 with no voltage increase.

 

2) in more general sense - all the SSDs I've owned

[Meatball the man]

The gtx 780 ti hold a good place in my heart

[BetteBalterZen]

My current ROG STRIX 3080 Ti OC LC card. Even though it is not perfect, it's one hell of a card! 

[jimm_eh]

Progressive Peripherals 68040 Zeus board for the Amiga 2000.

Yes, I'm likely the oldest to post on this thread so far.

If "PC" is restricted to DOS/Windows, then I'd have to say my first one, a Pentium Pro 180MHz.  That CPU rendered enough of my demo reel to launch my current VFX career.

Honorable mentions: 

 

DPS Personal Animation Recorder ISA (that's how I recorded the PPro 180's output to VHS)

Athlon 1.4gHz (from the last time AMD was king of the hill)

Nvidia GTX 460 1GB graphics card (ran that thing for four years)

Core 2 quad Q6600 - got that box for free in lieu of overtime on a gig in 2007.  Couldn't believe how fast Intel went from 2 to 4 cores.

The two 1080tis I ran Redshift on from 2017 to 2020.  Those things rocked, and still see duty in other machines now despite being replaced by 3090's for work.