To be honest, the case is still the original one, but almost every other part has since been replaced. Now, I’ve taken it back to the shop where I bought it 20 years ago and asked them to upgrade the motherboard, CPU, and memory - the last of the original parts.

So, is it still the same computer?

I also like that I can just keep replacing parts on an existing product rather than buying an entirely new device each time. That’s exceedingly rare feature these days.

  • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    2·
    24 hours ago

    I honestly don’t remember the exact details. I haven’t gotten it back from the shop yet, and they didn’t give me a parts list with me. Since it’s not my area of expertise, I just trusted their judgment on the parts. My budget was around 350 euros. I use a MacBook as my daily driver, and this PC is just for occasionally playing 10-year-old games. My main goal was to regain upgradeability with the motherboard swap, as my current one didn’t support modern components. Atleast RAM.

    As far as I recall, the motherboard was an ASUS TUF Gaming something, with an Intel i5 processor and 16GB of RAM. I upgraded the GPU a few years back to an Nvidia GTX1660S

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      22 hours ago

      Got it. I hope that you got a motherboard with a recent-ish design then, it’ll help a lot with future upgrades.