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My first pc was back in 2003.

 

Specs:

Intel pentium dual core @1.8ghz or @2.8ghz

ATI radeon 9200 with red cpb (!!)

80GB hard drive

CD-rom 

And some other stuff which i can't remember.It was pretty expensive though.

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& Still is my legendary amd sempron 145 single core!!! 

Mine's more legendary. Almost broke 5GHz with stock cooling. :D

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The one I'm using lol, I'm relativly new to PC gaming (2 years)

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My first pc was back in 2003.

 

Specs:

Intel pentium dual core @1.8ghz or @2.8ghz

ATI radeon 9200 with red cpb (!!)

80GB hard drive

CD-rom 

And some other stuff which i can't remember.It was pretty expensive though.

Are you sure the Pentium Dual Core was around back in '03? I'm pretty sure it was just the Pentium 4.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

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My first PC was a custom built 20MHz 486, with 640K RAM, in 1989 I think.. All I remember was that it could run Wolf 3D and that was a big deal at the time.. I was 3 years old and all I cared about was games.. I remember the old shareware apps like Banner and Print Shop Deluxe (if I remember correctly).. When Windows 3.1 came out it was a big deal!

 

Although I also had a Pentium 166MHz (used to have one of those TURBO toggle switches, wonder what that was for!) CPU based computer, then a Pentium 3 800MHz with an Asus Vanta 2000, which I later upgraded to a Riva TNT 2 M64 and 256MB SDRAM after that but first computer I built on my own was with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+, Asus A7N266-VM with onboard Geforce 2 MX (H/W TnL was required by some games and I needed the Geforce 2 MX), 512MB DDR RAM, 80GB Hard drive, 48x CDRW.

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Fairly sure the first one I used was at my grandparents house it was a custom built one running Win 95, and it had a dot matrix printer that shit was hilarious. The first one are family had I think was a Compaq with Win XP and a pentium 4 processor, I played the shit out of "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego" anyone remember those games

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Are you sure the Pentium Dual Core was around back in '03? I'm pretty sure it was just the Pentium 4.

Verified by my brother. It was just a pentium 3 :D

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Fairly sure the first one I used was at my grandparents house it was a custom built one running Win 95, and it had a dot matrix printer that shit was hilarious. The first one are family had I think was a Compaq with Win XP and a pentium 4 processor, I played the shit out of "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego" anyone remember those games

 

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego was the best game ever!!

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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego was the best game ever!!

OMFG!! I STILL HAZ THE GAME!!

 

 

although my brother took it from me.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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My 1st had 12MHz CPU, had windows 3.1 and dos. :P

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i dont remember my first computer. I was like 6y/o. But it was pretty crappy, even for that time i think :D

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R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


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Dell Dimension 3000 with a 3ghz P4HT, 512mb of DDR333, and onboard graphics

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Hey! I still have 2 of those! :D

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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My first computer was a ZX psectrum 48k. I learned to programme on it, then moved onto a commodore 64, a BBC micro, then a commodore Amiga...

 

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Hey, I plan on buying my first Gaming PC and, I want something good, if not I may aswell just get a PS4. 

I want to game in 1440p and have a system that lasts me a long time (4 maybe 5 years hopefuly).

 

 

So I'm spending alot on this computer, around 1800€ which will be the most money I've ever spent on 1 thing. (I'm 18)

 

How much was your first computer ? (With screen and peripherals)

Do you think it's rational or fine for someone to save up and spend alot of money on their computer ?

 

Thoughts and opinions let's go !  :D

 

 

 

How do you people know what to put here ?

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Always rational if you enjoy what you do.  My first pc cost $1200 in 1986 and $2000 in 1991 for an IBM compatible. both very basic systems but in that time very very expensive.

 

So yep, spend what you can and enjoy it.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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In 1997 my HP pavilian was right at $2,998.99, with taxes, if I can remeber corectly it was somewere in the ball park of $3,400.

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My first PC build was $2500ish AUD. (Including Peripherals)

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