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My First Computer

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On my 11th birthday in May 14th, 2012 I received my first computer. That was probably one of my most exciting experiences because prior to this I was using a shared family laptop with terrible specs.The family laptop was a Toshiba with 4 gigabytes of ram and a 500 gigabyte hard drive which wasn't too bad but the processor was an older model Intel Pentium which combined with the other parts caused the windows experience index score to be a 2 or 3. The laptop I was gifted was an HP pavilion g7 with 6 gigabytes of ram and a 500 gigabyte hard drive with an AMD A8-4500M APU. Receiving the computer is what sparked my interest in computers and the reason why I repair and build systems today although I am only 14. Both then and today I am not rich so I would build an amazing gaming rig if I had the money however since I'm 14 I only get money from doing chores ever so often and mowing lawns so most of my builds are budget gaming rigs for 300 dollars or less that can run games like skyrim at 60fps at max settings but games like fallout 4 at 30-40fps at minimal settings. I still have my first laptop and will use it from time to time however it has been mainly replaced by the laptop I am using now which will be featured in another entry. I hope you have enjoyed learning about my first computer and I encourage that you follow me on social media with twitter and instagram being @ultraretrotech and facebook being the ultraretrotech facebook page, my youtube channel features both gaming and computer content both new and old.

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Well, my main laptop has an Intel core i5 m520 with 8 gigabytes of ram, but when I game I use my desktop that I built which has an Intel core i7 4790k with 32 gigabytes of ram and a Geforce GTX 750Ti graphics card.

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Morale of the story: Unless you are in need of the portability don't get a laptop for intensive tasks. 

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You could try to get a after school job, if you want , money.  I am 15 and I have a job, so it is doable.

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Im 13 and Im about to build this (sort of) beast

 

Processor: i5 6600k 3.50 GHZ 

Graphics card:  ASUS Geforce Turbo GTX 970 4GB

Power supply: 600 watt EVGA  (80 plus)

SSD: 512 GB SanDisk X300 SATA lll  6gb/s

Motherboard: MSI Z170A Gaming Pro ATX w/ Programmable Lighting, USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2

RAM: Brand name normal 8 gigs 2800

Case: ZALMAN Z11 NEO

CPU cooler: ASETEK 570 XL

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