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Well I'm building it in a few days, but here are the parts I will be using.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($259.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050016-BLED 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($20.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: HP LA2006x 20.0" Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Logitech G602 Wireless Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00)
Headphones: Shure SE215 In Ear Headphones  (Purchased For $0.00)
Other: fan splitter ($4.99)
Total: $831.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 22:42 EDT-0400

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My first PC build was actually in my school where they taught us PC Hardware and Networking.

 

Spec:

An AMD Phenom, can't remember the model but it was a Quad-Core

Some Asus Motherboard with only two Dimm Slot

8GB of Patriot DDR3 1333Mhz Ram

Originally it was a stock cooler on it...then I got an H80 to try out

An ATI Radeon HD 5670

Two 500GB WD Blue in Raid 0

Some crappy PSU

A Zalman case...

PC Build: Project Re-Define | Project Mochii | Personal Rig v3

 

 

 

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The only thing I remember about it was it had a Nvidia GTX 400 series GPU :P

My Rigs:

Gaming/CAD/Rendering Rig
Case:
 Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX,  GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPC
Case:
Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW
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Athlon T-bird

SOme mobo

Unknown amount of ram

GeForce4 MX 440

 

 

 

It was awhile ago

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CPU: i5 3550

Motherboard: P8Z77-V

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB

GPU: Asus GTX 560

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB

PSU: Corsair CX500v2

Case: Corsair 300R

CPU: Intel i5 3550           | Cooler: Corsair A50          | Motherboard: Asus P8Z77      | Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB |

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB   | GPU: GTX 1650                | Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black)  | PSU: EVGA 650W G2            |

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CPU:  Intel 8088   4.7 MHz

RAM:  512 KB

HDD: NO HDD.

5 1/4 Floppy drive.

Video:  Monochrome Display Adapter, With 4 KB of memory.   Couldn't make any graphics other than text.

Mystery is the source of all true science.

 

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haven't built one yet

Spoiler

My system is the Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Microsoft Signature Edition

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Don't remember my first build too well...

 

CPU: Some AMD from ~2002

Mobo: No clue
RAM: 128MB

GPU: FX5200

HDD: 100GB

PSU: Generic noname under 300w

Case: An out of the dumpster generic case

 

Later build:

CPU: AMD FX-8350

Mobo: Something Gigabyte

RAM: Kingston 8GB (probably valueram or something, idk)

GPU: Gigabyte 7870

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB

PSU: Seasonic 550W

Case: Thermaltake V3 Black

 

Current:

 

CPU: Intel i5-4690K

RAM: Mushkin 8GB DDR3-1600

Mobo: Asus Z97-a

GPU: EVGA 780ti SC

HDD: 1x 120GB 840 EVO, 1x 120GB 850 EVO, 1x Barracuda 2TB

PSU: Seasonic 650W

Case: Fractal Design Define R4

 

Path of progression, not including the prebuilt and laptops along the way.

Green With Envy

A build based on a children's cartoon

 

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I still have most of the parts I used in my original build, but I haven't had a completely new system since. 

 

OG PC Specs:

Intel i5 4670K

NZXT Havik 140

ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer

Corsair Vengeance LP (2x4GB)

Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Antec HCG-900

Aerocool Strike-X Advance

 

Didn't have a GPU to start off with, and after a while the mobo started to show it's cheapness, one of the fins broke on a fan with teh Havik 140 and the case from Aerocool was terrible. 

I've made many improvements from when I first made this PC, wishing to get an i7 and 8GB more RAM with an 980 Ti soon. 

CPU: Intel i7 8700K | CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 | RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x8GB | Motherboard: Asus ROG Z370-E | GPU: MSI GTX 970 | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB & 2TB | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & 970 EVO M.2 500GB | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X | PSU: Silverstone Platinum Strider 1100W | Monitor: AOC i2367Fh | Headphones: ATH-M40X | Mic: Antlion ModMic 4 | Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB w/ MX Browns | Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO

 

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Built my first one in Junior year of high school.

 

Original Spec:

MGE Sidewinder Case

MGE PSU that was total garbage, but hey. I was learning.

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (400MHz FSB variant)

Gigabyte GA-7N400-L mobo (nForce 2 400 chipset)

512MB of some DDR 400 RAM

Jetway GeForce 2 MX400 64MB yanked from my parents old Gateway

Some old CD-ROM and CD Burner also pulled from that Gateway

Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1, take a guess at what computer I pulled that from

Maxtor (quit laughing, I didn't know any better) 160GB IDE 133 Hard Drive

Windows XP Home SP2

 

Final Spec:

Same MGE Sidewinder Case

FSP 450W PSU of some kind

Same CPU

Same Mobo

1GB of DDR 400 RAM of some kind in Dual Channel

EVGA GeForce 6600GT 128MB

Lite-On DVD-ROM (needed to install Battlefield 2) and DVD Burner (to match)

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

Still had the Maxtor somehow. It croaked shortly into the next computers tenure.

Still XP Home SP2. Vista didn't come out until about 6-10 months before I built the third computer.

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The first Computer I helped my Dad build when I was 5 or 6 

 

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IMSAI 8080
Processor Intel 8080
Speed 2 MHz
RAM 8K
Cassette tape 8" Floppy Disk Drive

See I'm a 21st century digital boy,
I don't know how to live but I've got a lot of toys. 

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My first PC build

Intel c2d e4500

Asus p5gcm-x

1 GB ddr2

GeForce 9400GT

160 Samsung 7200rpm HDD

CRAP PSU (don't remember name)

CRAP CABINET

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PC I'll be building soon.

 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($42.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($137.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $357.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 23:47 EDT-0400

Blue Jay

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k (OC'd 4.4GHz) Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo Mobo: MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon GPU: EVGA GTX 950 SSC RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1x8GB) SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Case: NZXT S340 Black/Blue PSU: Corsair CX430M

 

Other Stuff

Monitor: Acer H236HL BID Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Keyboard: I don't even know Mouse Pad: SteelSeries QcK Headset: Turtle Beach X12

 

GitHub

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PC I'll be building soon.

 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($42.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($137.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $357.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 23:47 EDT-0400

 

 

(i3 would be better)

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(i3 would be better)

I'm on a $400 budget, and the case is not selling right now (usually sells around ~$45)

Blue Jay

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k (OC'd 4.4GHz) Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo Mobo: MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon GPU: EVGA GTX 950 SSC RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1x8GB) SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Case: NZXT S340 Black/Blue PSU: Corsair CX430M

 

Other Stuff

Monitor: Acer H236HL BID Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Keyboard: I don't even know Mouse Pad: SteelSeries QcK Headset: Turtle Beach X12

 

GitHub

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I don't know the specific specs anymore, I could check, the system is under my desk, not having been plugged in years, currently serving as a foot rest, but I'm feeling lazy at the moment.. will edit later I guess.

 

Initially :

CPU : AMD Athlon XP 2800+

RAM : 512MB (dunno the brand)

Motherboard : K7N2 Delta2 MS-6570E

GPU : None, used integrated. (Nforce 2 400 or something..)

PSU : OKIA-550 ATX

HDD : Western Digital 40GB PATA

ODD : Some LG DVD-RW

Case : Cooler Master Centurion 531 (I think? No model name on the case itself, other than "centurion" on the front.)

 

Later upgraded the RAM to 1GB(dunno the brand).

GPU was upgraded to a ATI X800XL AGP.

HDD was upgraded with a 250GB Seagate drive. (kept the old one)

 

Current specs though is the upgraded parts, except the RAM was updated to 2GB fairly recently, I impulsed bought a kit when it was on sale, even though I wasn't using that PC anymore

And the GPU, Scumbag brother left the PC in his car trunk during winter when we moved a couple years ago. The GPU ended up dying. (Along with the 40GB HDD that was still in it)

I put in some random AGP GPU I got, in it for now, but I do not intend to use it again, unless my PC ends up dying for some reason.. but then again, my Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet is probably more powerful than that thing by now...

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3700x / GPU: Asus Radeon RX 6750XT OC 12GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3200
MOBO: MSI B450m Gaming Plus / NVME: Corsair MP510 240GB / Case: TT Core v21 / PSU: Seasonic 750W / OS: Win 10 Pro

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My first build?

 

Pentium MMX 120MHz

Asus P2B

32MB SDRAM

Rage IIc

 

My first actual gaming build?

Athlon Thunderbird 1333

Asus A7V266

256MB DDR266

ATI Radeon 7200 DDR

40GB Maxtor 7200RPM

4x4x24 CD-RW

Creative SB Live!

 

Oh the issues I had with that build until Windows XP came out. I love Windows XP.

 

Favorite build ever?

 

Athlon 64 X2 4800+

Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe

2x1GB Corsair DDR400

2x Sapphire HD 2900 XT

2x500GB WD Black SATA

Antec P180

 

 

Still have about 60% of those parts and they still work. Only the 2900 XTs didn't survive.

The New Machine: Intel 11700K / Strix Z590-A WIFI II / Patriot Viper Steel 4400MHz 2x8GB / Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC w/ Bykski WB / x4 1TB SSDs (x2 M.2, x2 2.5) / Corsair 5000D Airflow White / EVGA G6 1000W / Custom Loop CPU & GPU

 

The Rainbow X58: i7 975 Extreme Edition @4.2GHz, Asus Sabertooth X58, 6x2GB Mushkin Redline DDR3-1600 @2000MHz, SP 256GB Gen3 M.2 w/ Sabrent M.2 to PCI-E, Inno3D GTX 580 x2 SLI w/ Heatkiller waterblocks, Custom loop in NZXT Phantom White, Corsair XR7 360 rad hanging off the rear end, 360 slim rad up top. RGB everywhere.

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- Pentuim 4 HT @ 3GHz.

- GeForce 8400GS.

- 2GB DDR2 667MHz.

- 80GB hard drive.

- CRT monitor.

 

Good times playing Half-life 2 and Doom 3 at 1024x768

The stars died for you to be here today.

A locked bathroom in the right place can make all the difference in the world.

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First ever build was for a friend which cost about 1100 bucks (budget of 1000). This was back in the early days (I built this last summer, picked out parts back when I was in school, hell didn't even use PCPartPicker, picked everything out by hand and had to make sure it worked myself) when I first started learning about PCs, and didn't really know how to balance builds or put certain CPUs with certain chipsets for OCing. I hadn't signed up for LTT yet or I wasn't smart enough to put the rig on here, so there are quite a few mistakes to this rig.

CPU: i7-4771

Cooler: Corsair H55

Mobo: Asrock Z87E-ITX

RAM: 8GB (2 by 4GB) Corsair XMS3 @ 1333 Mhz

Storage: WD Black? Blu? Think it was Blu... 1TB HDD NO SSD.

GPU: MSI Twin Frozr 4 GTX 760

PSU: ThermalTake TR2 500W

Case: CM elite 130

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

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My first PC was built by someone else, so I guess that doesn't count

 

The first build I ever did was:
Athlon64 x2 4400+

2gig Corsair xms2

ASUS M2N-MX SE

Integrated nforce shitgraphics

Old IBM netvista sff case and psu

 

Still runs but one of the ram slots is non functional (could be the CPUs memory controller or a bad board, don't know, don't care tbh)

pc specs: 4 function calculator / 8 digit lcd display / colored numeric and function buttons

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Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz Socket 775 (Reason it is my favorite processor)

Intel Desktop Board DNG945something

InWin case of some sorts

PowerMan 305 watt PSU

4GB DDR2 800mgz O.C. to 1066 because I could

80gb Western Digital Caviar Sata II

GeForce GT 210 1Gb

Amazing PC for what it was and still have it to this day... In parts :D

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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This is also changing as time goes on, I add new things, still dont really consider it a "finished build".

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II  Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 04:03 EDT-0400

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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CPU : i5-4460 3.2GHz
Mobo : Gigabyte GA-B85m-HD3 (ver.1.1)
Ram : Kingmax 4GB DDR3-1600MHz
GPU : Gigabyte GT730 2GB 
Storage : Toshiba 500GB

PSU : Cooler Master.... (forgot the model number)
Case : I don't know

 

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Ah, you guys really make me feel like a noob in this game. But its my current PC with a few downgrades.

 

CPU : 4670K

RAM : 8gb kingston blue

GPU: Powercolor PCS+ 7950

mobo : MSI G43 Z87

Storage : some seagate 1TB

PSU : Corsair CX750

CPU cooler : Stock intel

Case : Some super crappy CIT vantage or something. 

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