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EVGA GTX 295 CO-OP edition and that thing ran hot and loud. I just wanted to play GTA IV but SLI resulted in negative scaling! I mean, come on, how many games do that...

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A TRS-80 Model I w/ a 1.774 MHz Z80 CPU, 16k of RAM, and a tape drive. It was badass, I must have logged over 1,000 hours on Dungeon (aka. Zork).  :D

Are you threatening me?!

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EVGA GTX 295 CO-OP edition and that thing ran hot and loud. I just wanted to play GTA IV but SLI resulted in negative scaling! I mean, come on, how many games do that...

 

I had a 295 once, I had gotten rid of it for a 580 before GTA V but I remember GTA V having basically 0 SLI scaling.

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Intel Pentium 100 Mhz.......don't remember anything else.....just too long ago. But it could play The Settlers II in SPLITSCREEN with two mice on one computer, so my brother and me could actually play an RTS, together, using only one PC.


God I feel old reading the some of the other posts here...
 

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Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5500 with a NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. Didn't run games that well though.. But it was my first rig that I used for gaming :)

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Welp got my first computer in 2005 and it was a AMD single core Athlon 64, don't know the specs of it, was also using onboard Nvidia GPU (NF -430-N-A3 .if that means anything) and a ASUS mobo. The computer just sits in my room in a corner and gathers dust as you can tell, but can still if I want it too. 2 years ago I build my first and this is my second computer now.

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Computer and other things (My Phanteks Enthoo Elite build is done)

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Main Computer

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Processor: Intel Core i7 6850k @4.5GHz
Motherboard: Asus Rampage V ROG Edition 10
Heatsink: Custom Hardline
Memory: Corsaor Dominator 16GB (4GB x2) DDR4 3000MHz 
Video Card: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW
Hard Drive: x2 OCZ ARC 100 240GB RAID 0 (Boot), Western Digital 4TB SSHD (Steam), x2 Adata 512GB (Steam)
Main GUI: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

All That Extra Stuff

 

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Monitor: x2 Dell U2414H
Keyboard: Ducky Shine 5 RGB (Cherry MX Blue)
Mouse: Logitech G502
Headset: AKG K553 Pro Studio Headphones
Speakers: Boston Accustics Home Media Theater 2.1 + Boston Accustics Soundbar
Microphone: Audio Technica AT-2035 w/ Focusrite Scarlett Solo
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster E5 DAC

Server

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Case: Rosewill 4U Rackmount RSV-L4500

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 V3 12C/24T

Motherboard: Asrock x99 Extreme 4

Ram: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 4x4GB

Video Card: Nvidia GT520

OS Drive: Kingston Hyperx 240GB SSD

Raid Card: LSI MegaRaid  9261-8i 8-port

Hard Drives: x7 HGST 4TB Nas

 

 

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The first rig I built for myself had an Athlon Thunderbird 1Ghz and I think a Voodoo4 that I poached from my parents machine until I upgraded to a Radeon 9000 series I think as I needed hardware T&L for C&C Generals.

 

Prior to that I'd been using the family Pentium 2 300 with a Voodoo 1, then Voodoo 2 card.

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Amd Athlon 64 x2. used the on chip graphics. It could (just about) run Rome total war with units set to large. 
Still have the board with CPU in my room. The board went bye-bye after about 2 years of abuse inside a case i used as a bedside table. but i still have it. kinda want to frame it and hang it on my wall. 

 

 

 

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I want the most powerful PC in the world.... and ill still just play Dota on it 

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3.0 p4 no hyper threading and a GeForce something or other before the 8800s I believe

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Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz and GeForce 2 MX (with active cooling :P ).

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator RGB 32 GB (4x8GB) DDR4 GPU: EVGA RTX3090 FTW3 SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB NVME | Samsung QVO 1TB SSD  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4TB | Seagate Barracuda 8TB Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P600S PSU: Corsair RM850x

 

 

 

 

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Some 233 Mhz Intel CPU and later a Voodoo GFX card. but dunno which one :(

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Average people has HD4350 or GT210 on their first computer

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My first computer was back in 1990 but it was a family computer with Darkside screen savers with flying toasters.  It could play Doom and Wolf 3D but my first real PC and not a laptop is the one I have now with I7 4930K and 2 GTX 780TI in SLI. Beats my family's old PC to dirt it does.

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AMD FX 6300 and GTX 560 TI. Before that I used my dads single core and because the onboard was so bad on my motherboard until I got my 560 ti the single core played games better.

i5 4590 @ Stock, XFX R9 290!, HyperX Beast 4x8GB  @1600, 850 EVO 120gb, WD Caviar Blue 1TB, , Asrock H97m Pro 4 , Fractal Design Define R4, Windows 10

 

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Some 233 Mhz Intel CPU and later a Voodoo GFX card. but dunno which one :(

 

Atleast that was the first one I build with my Dad.

 

My "real" first Computer/Gaming PC was Commodore 64. <- Even have that thing still at home

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Pentium II with some ancient nVidia thing of which I can even remember the name. Let's just say that it was not very fast, even for it's time.

Ye ole' train

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Amd athlon II X4 and a GTX 550 ti..... im still useing the 550ti after 4 years

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AMD Athlon XP 2600+

Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti 4400

GigaByte Motherboard

2 GB of DDR 400 Ram

350 W PSU

My PC specs; Processor: Intel i5 2500K @4.6GHz, Graphics card: Sapphire AMD R9 Nano 4GB DD Overclocked @1050MHz Core and 550 MHz Memory. Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM, 2TB Western Digital Green Drive, Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V , Power Supply: OCZ ZS series 750W 80+ Bronze certified, Case: NZXT S340, Memory: Corsair Vengance series Ram, Dual Channel kit @ 1866 Mhz, 10-11-10-30 Timings, 4x4 GB DIMMs. Cooler: CoolerMaster Seidon 240V

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1st: Pentium III overclocked to behave like a Pentium IV & Nvidia 7800 GT

 

2nd: Intel Core 2 Duo Wolfdale E8500 3.15GHz & Nvidia 9600 GT

i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz, ASRock Z77 Extreme4, G.Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3 1866 @ CL9, ASUS GTX 780, CM HAF XM, Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, WD Black 1TB x 2, EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850W, BenQ XL2420TE 24" 144Hz @ 1080p, CM Nepton 280L, Noctua Industrial IP67 2000RPM 140mm PWM Fan x 6

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i5 3570K along with an AMD Radeon HD 7850.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Athlon 64 3500+ and Radeon X1600 pro 512MB. Probably the worst computer i've ever owned. 

Intel i7 3770K [] Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 [] MSI R9 290X 4GB [] 16GB  G.SKILL 2133Mhz [] Crucial MX100 256GB [] WD Black 1TB [] XFX Pro 850W [] Fractal Define R3 [] Func MS-3 R2 [] Corsair K60 [] 

 

 

 

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Wow, so I'm really THAT old then. For me it was an AMD K6-200 with an S3-Virge wannabe 3D Graphicscard - man that was a shitty GPU. The first half way decent 3D Accelerator in that system was an NVidia Riva 128, can't recall the brand name though. I just know that they don't exist anymore. Btw, this is still the same PC right now - I just upgraded it "a little bit" over the years until nothing of the original was left.

CPU: AMD R5 5600x | Mainboard: MSI MAG B550m Mortar Wifi | RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix 3200 Rev E | GPU: MSI RTX 2070 Armor | Case: Xigmatek Aquila | PSU: Corsair RM650i | SSDs: Crucial BX300 120GB | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB | Crucial m500 120GB | HDDs: 2x Seagate Barracuda 4TB | CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 | Casefans: Bitfenix Spectre LED red 200mm (Intake), Bequiet Pure Wings 2 140mm (Exhaust) | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

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My current PC is my first gaming PC lol. My CPU is the i5-4670k and my GPU is the Sapphire Tri-X Radeon R9 290 OC

i5-4670k @4.2GHz Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 @1135MHz 1600MHz G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB Samsung 840 EVO 120GB Samsung 850 EVO 250GB


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