Looking for BEST hardware from 2004

[AntagonisedAlex]

Hi. I'm interested in creating the BEST possible PC build from 2004 but I'm having trouble finding component specs online and I was wondering if anyone could help me with components. It can be absolutely anything as long as it meats two requirements: they're was commercially available to the public at the time and It's as good as possible. Thx guys

[Guest]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors

 

Control F and type 2004.

[m0k]

i didnt know people shopped with these kinds of requirements lol
 

[Guest]

Just now, mok said:

i didnt know people shopped with these kinds of requirements lol
 

Sounds like one of these "best components of 2004 vs current best components" videos on youtube that you see.

[AntagonisedAlex]

Just now, spidsepttk said:

Sounds like one of these "best components of 2004 vs current best components" videos on youtube that you see.

 

Not really, I just realised how cheap some of the components were and wanted to give it a go. I have nothing really to lose.

[Guest]

Just now, AntagonisedAlex said:

Not really, I just realised how cheap some of the components were and wanted to give it a go. I have nothing really to lose.

Yeah, that sounds like the kind of thing I would do, buy a whole bunch of old components and decorate my house with them.

[AntagonisedAlex]

If nothing else I can create a pretty cool new table leg.

Just now, spidsepttk said:

Yeah, that sounds like the kind of thing I would do, buy a whole bunch of old components and decorate my house with them.

 

[79wjd]

8 minutes ago, spidsepttk said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors

 

Control F and type 2004.

AMD was actually ahead of Intel back then.

[Guest]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

AMD was actually ahead of Intel back then.

Oh yeah, it was just when AMD got 64 bit, than Intel were forced to use their architecture, and still do today. I home amd do great in the future because i kinda like them.

[AntagonisedAlex]

Just now, spidsepttk said:

Oh yeah, it was just when AMD got 64 bit, than Intel were forced to use their architecture, and still do today. I home amd do great in the future because i kinda like them.

Me too, their GPU's are solid, it's their CPU's they need to work on. Let's hope Zen fixes that.

[Guest]

Just now, AntagonisedAlex said:

Me too, their GPU's are solid, it's their CPU's they need to work on. Let's hope Zen fixes that.

Yeah, Team Red! I still have an am3+ board. It has a classic pci slot on it, how about that for a board released in 2013.

[AntagonisedAlex]

1 minute ago, spidsepttk said:

Yeah, Team Red! I still have an am3+ board. It has a classic pci slot on it, how about that for a board released in 2013.

Yeah, if Zen's cheap enough I may upgrade in the future, but for now my i5 4670 and GT 430 will do

[Guest]

Just now, AntagonisedAlex said:

Yeah, if Zen's cheap enough I may upgrade in the future, but for now my i5 4670 and GT 430 will do

If Zen's cheap enough it looks like i'm going to have to do a red colour themed build.

[AntagonisedAlex]

Just now, spidsepttk said:

If Zen's cheap enough it looks like i'm going to have to do a red colour themed build.

RGB and all?

[Guest]

Just now, AntagonisedAlex said:

RGB and all?

Why would I need RGB if it's just red!

[NumLock21]

You will not get much from 2004 when everything is still running on old technology and dual core did not exist at those times.

2005 is the year to be looking at, Dual core just came out, PCI Express are present on motherboards, as well as SATA II ports and support for SLI and CrossFire. AMD is the must have dual core. Game that everyone talked about when doing builds was Doom3.

[AntagonisedAlex]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

You will not get much from 2004 when everything is still running on old technology and dual core did not exist at those times.

2005 is the year to be looking at, Dual core just came out, PCI Express are present on motherboards, as well as SATA II ports and support for SLI and CrossFire. AMD is the must have dual core. Game that everyone talked about when doing builds was Doom3.

Sounds good, was wanting to try a half life 2 build but a Doom 3 build sounds great!

[NumLock21]

Just now, AntagonisedAlex said:

Sounds good, was wanting to try a half life 2 build but a Doom 3 build sounds great!

Build I had during 2005 was

Intel Pentium D 820

512MB DDR2 (upgraded to 4GB total)

Asus P5LD2 Deluxe

XFX 6600GT

2x Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD in RAID 0

Windows XP Pro

[AntagonisedAlex]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Build I had during 2005 was

Intel Pentium D 820

512MB DDR2 (upgraded to 4GB total)

Asus P5LD2 Deluxe

XFX 6600GT

2x Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD in RAID 0

Windows XP Pro

Sounds great, I have an old 6600 lying around my house somewhere, was looking at a 6800 Ultra but a small step down doesn't really effect me.

 

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, AntagonisedAlex said:

Sounds great, I have an old 6600 lying around my house somewhere, was looking at a 6800 Ultra but a small step down doesn't really effect me.

 

Intel quad core came out about 2 years later, costing an arm and leg. It also defeats the purpose of doing a build using parts that was available during a specific time. Can't use a Q6600 on a build from 2005, when quad cores don't even exist.

[AntagonisedAlex]

7 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Intel quad core came out about 2 years later, costing an arm and leg. It also defeats the purpose of doing a build using parts that was available during a specific time. Can't use a Q6600 on a build from 2005, when quad cores don't even exist.

No, GeForce 6600, not Core 2 quad.

 

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, AntagonisedAlex said:

No, GeForce 6600, not Core 2 quad.

 

So it was GPU not CPU.

[DunePilot]

64FX and a 6800 Ultra... some of you guys know what I'm talking about... Half Life 2... WoW... Gosh I feel old.

[AntagonisedAlex]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

You seem to have skim one of my previous post.

Oh yeah sry.

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, AntagonisedAlex said:

Oh yeah sry.

I misread your post. edited.

@DunePilot

Those were expensive and uses ECC ram.