I inherited my grandpa's Compaq Presario 5000 series. Everything original!

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justletmesignupalre@reddit

Those speakers were the best... how do they sound nowdays?

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RaggedMountainMan@reddit

I had forgot about those monitor mounted speaker setups.

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

Better than expected. Surprisingly rich and warm sound quality

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They're no Sound Sticks, but I remember them sounding fine back in 2006. Really warm sound and heavy on then mids, heavy base would distort. I used the JBL's for a year straight before I got my first stereo which was a JVC with dual subs, I finally retired that stereo a few years ago.

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ethanhinson@reddit

I bet I sold a thousand of these working at BestBuy in the early 2000's.

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bronzejr@reddit

When was the exact release date? I've been trying to figure that out

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Hobthrust@reddit

I sold them at PC World in UK.

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bronzejr@reddit

Awesome! I just dusted mine off and I'm using it again

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NerdtasticPro418@reddit

I am trying so hard to find a 5000 that is that clean, and an MV740 monitor (or FS740) to go with it, I have a 7000 that is mint but when I was a kid I got a 5000 (5WV254) and I want to scoop up a clean one, but so many have bad yellowing or damage! Thats one heck of a find! I hope you enjoy it!

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retrogradescene@reddit

I had this model! Good times.

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Superb_Curve@reddit

Mythical condition! Grandparents always know how to take care of their stuff well :)

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kaidomac@reddit

Don't forget to get your pizza rolls out of the microwave!!

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HumanForce6970@reddit

We had a Presario! Glad you have the pentium 4. Some Presarios contained a Celeron which is nobody’s fav cpu. (Lol, mine had a Celeron).

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Temetka@reddit

That computer is a time capsule in excellent physical condition from what I can see in the photos. What are your plans for it?

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

Yeah it's amazing. There wasn't even a lot of dust inside after 20+ years and the plastic parts aren't discolored. Probably going to play a lot of older games on it for some good old nostalgia.

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chjmartin2@reddit

This is making me want to go play Monopoly Tycoon. I played a LOT of that game on that machine. Highly recommend.

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chjmartin2@reddit

Man I had one of those circa 2001. Loved that machine. Got me through some tough times.

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capsulegamedev@reddit

I love it!

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Tricky_Fun_4701@reddit

I bought one of that model for my mother decades ago. It's still here :)

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Mammoth_Ad5012@reddit

i love that keyboard

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0x45646479@reddit

Takes me back!

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GrabYourHelmet@reddit

What a gem!

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esp-408@reddit

Bruh… it has a 56k modem. Lolol! Are there even ISP’s available for 56k?

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Nutchos@reddit

Damn, that looks pristine.

Had one of these back in the day and I've been on the lookout for one (in good condition) for a few years now with no luck. Enjoy it!

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lame_1983@reddit

It's always fun to see these old machines and realize that I have WAY more computing power in my pocket. lol

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hoggytime613@reddit

Hey neat! This was my battlestation in 2002!

https://imgur.com/a/ThegZ1z

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baskura@reddit

Would love something as nice as this! Congrats!

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QuothThePigeon@reddit

“killer audio!”

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my_secret_hidentity@reddit

What’s the “internet scroll mouse?”

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PrintStation@reddit

These are so cool!

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Daniel_triathlete@reddit

Good bless your grandpa!

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lukkas35@reddit

"grandpa" 💀😅

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

Grandpa, yes. He was super tech savvy for a 90 year old

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lukkas35@reddit

Awesome !

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Hychus232@reddit

Man, everything matching too!

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kaolinitedreams@reddit

Beautiful machine!

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FrancisJXavyer@reddit

I wish my folks never gave up their old computers, love this look!

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bot1898@reddit

That’s awesome, we had the same model when I was in high school. I spent many hours browsing the web and playing Dark age of Camelot on it.

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CubilasDotCom@reddit

This is so great

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Veddermandenis@reddit

This is the real deal! I have the Duron variant but the board died so I used the case for a sleeper build.

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AssistTraditional480@reddit

It even sports an "internet mouse"!

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outgoinggallery_2172@reddit

"I always loved how this setup looked."

I have the same computer and I do too.

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klonricket@reddit

It's beautiful. Your grandpa treated it well.

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kriebz@reddit

Is the recovery CD still in the little compartment on the front?

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

Not in the front, but I do still have the original CDs yes

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pegarciadotcom@reddit

My dream retro computer. I envied a friend of mine that had one of these in the early 2000s, and I’m envious of yours too! Take good care of it, it’s a thing of beauty.

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

Will do✌️

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onefiveonesix@reddit

Looks awesome! If it still has the original hard drive, I’d advocate for putting something solid state in there. If it has SATA, you can get a 2.5” SATA SSD and a mounting bracket to fit it into the 3.5” drive bay. If it doesn’t have SATA, you could go with an IDE to CompactFlash converter. Both options work very well.

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

I already checked, but it does not support sata in it's current state and I don't think I want to alter it that much

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Raglesnarf@reddit

thank you for posting the spec sheet that's on the side of the computer 🍻

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monkeyboywales@reddit

Lovely look. That netburst p4 is going to love XP sp3 though 😂

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TheRealCOCOViper@reddit

That’s so odd the sticker calls the GPU an NV11 instead of its retail name, the GeForce 2 MX.

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theDoboy69@reddit

That keyboard is sick.

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MikeThrowAway47@reddit

I’m a grandpa and had this exact set up back in the day. It was the family computer for all seven of us!

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eddiewolfgang@reddit

I remember my parents buying one of these at Sears for me. I thought i was hot shit when i got this pc back in the early 2000s

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nick_popilopicus@reddit

My first PC purchase was a very similar Compaq Presario circa 2001. I played a lot of Diablo 2 and SimCity 3K on that machine. Great memories.

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isotophe@reddit

Awesome! Mine was a Pentium 3. I miss it. Such a pretty machine!

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astro_plane@reddit

My school had those computers, they're still my favorite computers from that era. I'm still hoping one randomly pops up in my area. later on in middle school I found those speakers with the OEM stands and I used it as a stereo for my iPod, they were decent.

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NetInfused@reddit

WOW what an amazing inheritance, both from a family and retro perspective :) Back when I was a teenager(?) I wanted this machine. I have fond memories of servicing those.

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AustriaModerator@reddit

neat. good old 1st gen willamette p4.

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MikeTheNight94@reddit

I went to upgrade to one of these out of a other machine from a Celeron and the damn cpu was stuck to the heatsink. It pulled out of the socket and bent a bunch of pins lol. I spent an hour straightening with tweezers. One of them broke off too. I stuck a tiny piece of solid core phone wire in the socket to make the connection. Used that machine for several years like this. Socket 478 I think

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MikeTheNight94@reddit

I have this machine. Used to have all the stuff but only the tower remains. If you push in the lower blue plastic it flips down and you can put cd’s in there.

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IAMFLYGUY@reddit

Good times!

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pavehawkfavehawk@reddit

Wow that is mint. My grandma had the Celeron version of it. I regret getting rid of it

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sexyblondebomber@reddit

That’s pretty bad ass.

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imnotabotareyou@reddit

This was my childhood

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0101-ERROR-1001@reddit

Awesome! Have fun with it!

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Tight-Difference1728@reddit

That's actually cool af 🙏🏽

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blckb3ard@reddit

Gorgeous! 😍😍😍

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pueblokc@reddit

That's the first desktop I ever bought. At circuit City.

Good memories

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VaxCluster@reddit

Beautiful. I had a 5WV252 that looked exactly like this, except it ran Windows Me instead of XP. I’ve had an eBay alert for at least 7 years but it hasn’t shown up for sale yet.

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thedudesews@reddit

Holy shit. That computer was a wedding gift for my wife and I back in 2000.

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squatdog@reddit

I binned two of these in the mid 00s and regret it every single time I think about it. This looks really clean, like it just came out the box

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BanGreedNightmare@reddit

I vividly remember working at Best Buy in college when that was on the shelf. There was a taller sibling model that had issues with the memory becoming unseated due to flex in the chassis. We’d have to open them up and reseat everything to get them to boot. Fun times.

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toddforester89@reddit

Make sure you check the capacitors aren't bulging or leaking

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kr00j@reddit

Gut it and put a 5090 in that bitch

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Senior-Lynx-6809@reddit

Upgrade

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SterquilinusC31337@reddit

Wow.

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Lead_resource@reddit

Its BEAUTIFUL

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Practical-Juice9549@reddit

Love this 🔥

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demigod999@reddit

I got one of these new in 2000 and kept it for 12 years. 700mhz Pentium III was a sweet spot. Went from Win98 to 2000/ME to Windows XP with it. Great system. I always preferred the look of these to the HP Pavilions and Dell Dimensions of the time, too.

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z3r0n3gr0@reddit

This is why a friend of mine could play Quake3 and UT with that NV 64MB. Me i just had to wait forever...

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newtrawn@reddit

I always thought those speakers mounted on the monitor was such an afterthought. Also, it gives the monitor "ears". I thought the way Packard Bell did it was much more natural.

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RikkertBakkes@reddit (OP)

Yeah they look a bit funny but the sound quality is surprisingly good, even after all these years. Probably because it's JBL

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Trid3nt@reddit

What an absolute thing of beauty. Congratulations? I'm not sure that's the right word, given it's through inheritance.. But nonetheless - amazing.