Me in 2004 with my battlestation.
Posted by geekg@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 42 comments
Posted by geekg@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 42 comments
OrganizationMuted311@reddit
I had that exact same pc!!
morganstern@reddit
Those speakers with an Aureal3D card were amazing for the time
dnesij@reddit
What a giant leap in gaming tech year 2004 was...
especially in physics, lighting/shadows and graphics: Farcry, HL2, Doom3, Chronicles of Riddick.
it was the last time I was truly impressed (honorable mention to Crysis/2007) by the pace of improvements.
Sp00ns@reddit
Damn is that a dual CD-ROM with Lightscribe?
mikee8989@reddit
One's probably a DVD player and the other a CD burner. I don't think dvd burners were common yet in 2004.
giantsparklerobot@reddit
I still have an external Lightscribe drive. It worked a few years ago when I tested it. Unfortunately I have no Lightscribe discs to go with it.
For the youngins', a Lightscribe burner was a normal DVD-R but had the ability to burn images onto the back on specialty Lightscribe discs. So you'd burn the data side then write a label onto the reverse side.
manowarp@reddit
I really enjoyed Lightscribe and made a lot of cool-looking discs with it, though they always seemed to fade over time. Not sure if that was normal for Lightscribe or bad media I purchased or user error in choosing the burning speed.
giantsparklerobot@reddit
I had issues with fading on my discs as well. I'm pretty sure the "label" side of the discs use similar dye to the data layer. It just wasn't sealed as well since instead of sandwiched between polycarbonate layers it was exposed directly to light and air. Organic dyes don't tend to like oxygen or UV light very much.
JustHereForMiatas@reddit
That was a pretty common configuration by 2004.
About a 50/50 chance there's a firewire port somewhere on that thing.
No_Welcome_6093@reddit
If I remember correctly, they did have FireWire on them.
SuperArt7@reddit
Good times
RexMendicorvm@reddit
The monitor with the flanking speakers was such a vibe back in the day...
bwc1976@reddit
My sister had one like that! It was at her place that I first heard the Windows XP setup music.
blasphememes@reddit
What were the games you played?
MrBallBustaa@reddit
Thought your were Seth Rogen for a sec.
BrownEyedBoy06@reddit
I love this photo so much. The vibes, man. This guy's proud and he knows it.
NoorksKnee@reddit
Very rare instance of the PS2 badge rotated to match the orientation of the console. Well done. Beautiful setup.
RP912@reddit
"yeah this is my pc it owns...IT OWANNNNNS"
djqvoteme@reddit
Is that an Emachines keyboard?
Kurkiooo@reddit
Dude I had that same desk for our family pc
uint7_t@reddit
Memories of the cheap Sauder "wood" desk with the "hutch" and built in CD storage. You could get 1, maybe 2 moves out of the desk before the screws stripped out the particle board and it would fall apart.
Nice setup!
Orallover1960@reddit
We all bought at least one of those. I think I went throight at least 3!
Flat-12@reddit
I had one! It was great for the time!
Turquoise_HexagonSun@reddit
Damn that’s accurate.
wanzeo@reddit
Ah the days of the pc in the living room. Adolescence in hard mode.
zmroth@reddit
won’t get better than that
Arizoniac@reddit
The Americana mouse pad is a nice touch. I remember tons of that in the early 2000s.
MainFunctions@reddit
You look like the dude from Brooklyn 99 who’s super into pilsners
ArrakeenSun@reddit
This briefly sent me to a time when my mother was not only still alive, but cognitively present. Thank you
pmodizzle@reddit
Had the exact same pavilion for my P4 machine, at what looks like about the same age as you. Peak gaming.
Brotendo42069@reddit
Very nice. Parents had little bit newer Athlon XP Pavilion with the LCD. I got the Pentium II Dell it was replacing. lol
Tmcarr@reddit
Oh jeez, I had one of these machines too!
No_Welcome_6093@reddit
My grandparents had that same HP pavilion. I ended up putting newer internals in it. Maybe 2012ish stuff, I painted part of it in a dark aqua and slapped a decal on the side. I think I gave the pc to a friend, I don’t remember.
sahui@reddit
We were all so young and happy back then
Thick_Temperature794@reddit
You mean, “fap station”.
Swimming_Geologist12@reddit
Only when the parents left the house to go get groceries. You've got an hour, go wild.
iMestie@reddit
That was life at its peak, buddy.
djc604@reddit
Lucky you got the one with a P4. We had the exact case as our family PC and it had a Celeron. I remember MUGEN of all games could only run at half the screen size (no VESA support). Good times
JustHereForMiatas@reddit
That right there is about as early 2000s as it gets.
sa547ph@reddit
Peak era for gaming.
theSiliconSiren@reddit
Looks like a great set up 👏
Love the throwback pics!
Background_Yam9524@reddit
Keep winning at life, king.