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remember the good old days. ( 2005 gaming pc build page $500)

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This page shows how to build a $500 gaming pc in 2005. Its so funny to hear these things. My personal favorite is at page 5 where it states " games are becoming more ram Hungary. Games such as battlefield 2 are seeing the benefit of 2GB of ram. xD 2gb.. 

 

Anyway heres a link to the article http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/The-500-Gaming-Machine,1147-5.html

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512mb of ram, that's laughable by today's standards

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Nice!

512 was definately the budget level then. I opted for 1gb.

Although an Athlon64 system with 512mb ram can still be useful for media playback as long as it's paired with a video card that support hardware acceleration.

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Ohhhh man that AGP connector though! I remember being like 12 years old trying to swap out graphics cards and having trouble with that vs PCI

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Its almost like 8 gb vs 16gb today.

No it's not lol...16gb is not necessary

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why is my PC specs strangely similar to that 2005 build ? :(

 

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That is nothing. I have ads for prebuilts of mid-90s and early 00s. Those are funny. Plus if you read magazine reviews and articles from 90s.

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Well my old computer had 2GB RAM when i got it in 2004

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

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Well my old computer had 2GB RAM when i got it in 2004

But you're rich, so...

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 80GB FOR $60

"80GB is in the higher end of the storage we need"

lol, you can get 160GB IDE Hard Drives for like £6 now xD

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Well my old computer had 2GB RAM when i got it in 2004

Waaaaat...

"My game vs my brains, who gets more fatal errors?" ~ Camper125Lv, GMC Jam #15

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I had a Pentium D 840 when I first played BF2.

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In 2005: 4GB of ram? Are you mad m8? Your PC isn't a Server!

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But you're rich, so...

It cost £500 which would haven been close to $1000 at the time (it was a Dell, they were amazing computers back then)

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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Umm it seems like my Gpu is only a little bit better than the one shown there

It's not my fault I have a crappy computer I have the money to upgrade and have chosen the parts but my parents won't let me buy it :(

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HAHAHAHAHAHAH "However, initially setting this rig up with 512 MB provides adequate memory that is inside our budget of $500." YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO CALL THAT A "RIG"

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

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my oldiest computer ran windows 95 and it was back in 2005, couldnt even play clive barkers undying

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2005? I remember building a whole new upgrade from my Pentium 3. Waited like 3 months for the very first dual core. Got a Pentium D 820, Asus P5LD2 Deluxe, 1GB of DDR2, XFX 6600GT, 2x 80GB in RAID 0, some ATX case with built in PSU.

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In 2005: 4GB of ram? Are you mad m8? Your PC isn't a Server!

2001-2GB of SDRAM, and my motherboard wasn't in a server (dual socket mobo that overclocks? why waste its potential in a server).

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60$ for a 330w PSU

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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