i had a 386 that came from a hospital and had all some drug referencing software, the monitor wasn't color and wasnt a standard vga plug, the ram was a card. also i had a 486 DX4 i think it ran like 266 mhz(or maybe 166) which was the best thing i'd had to that point. its was like my quad core 486. also had a few 486 66mhz. and ibm's and mac's....... i grew up around a very large flea market. i used to get caviar hdd's about 550mb for 5$. me and a friend would just get em goin and play with networking. just troubleshooting for fun.

more on the subject i been tryin to set up a good pc for flight sim mosltly within my budget witch aint huge. i have a 610i,celeron D3.46 800mhz, 8800gt, 3GB 5300mhz. i wasn't too impressed untill i downloaded sp1 and 2 and it ran way smoother. im getting between 18 and 25fps at 1920x1080 with gen on normal i belive(whatever is above sparse) I'm thinking about getting a core 2 quad. would it make a big difference?