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The first PC I gamed on was $2500 back in the day when PCs cost over $2000. The first PC I bought for myself for gaming was $900 or so. These days I spend $1200-ish every 3-4 years and roughly $300-400 in between for upgrades. That's my cycle.

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first PC was HP Pavilion i bought in the 90's came with one of the first LCD screens (15") cost me £1800GBP still works

 

Then I got a HP Elite Tower £990GBP which still works

 

Now I have build my 1st gaming rig which cost me £1400GDP so far....

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Very first was like 400 USD with a 720 Phenom chip unlocked into a quad and a GT 440.

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My first PC, which i guess was mainly used for gaming, was about £450 but since then i have upgraded it and my PC now is worth about £600-700

Im the exact same as Theblasphemouscoffee. 

Main Rig - Case: Corsair 200R   Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-GAMING-K3  CPU: Intel i5 7600 RAM: Corsair H55 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3000MHz SSD: Crucial MX500 1 TB 

HDD: 2TB WD Green  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti 6GB Windforce  PSU: Corsair CX 600W  

HTPC - Case: CiT MTX-007B   Motherboard: Biostar H61MGV3, CPU: Intel i5 2400  RAM: Patriot 4GB 1333MHz SSD: 240GB Toshiba SSD PSU: 180W CIT (Came with case)

Corsair 200R Front Bezel Mod

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im very happy about not remembering these things... because im sure the computers i build in the past must have been complete shit...

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I never had a dedicated gaming PC, my computer has always been general purpose but you could say it's mostly used for gaming. My first PC was around 1400DM (in 1998.) in todays terms 700€ or about roughly 950$.

 

And it was a beast ( :lol:): Cyrix PR200, PC Chips motherboard (forgot the model), 32 megs of SDRAM 66MHz, ASUS S3 Trio 64V2 with 2 megs of v-ram, 2.1 GB Quantum Fireball, 32X CD Rom, and of course a floppy drive, all that hooked up to a sexy ( :D) Samsung SyncMaster 400B 14" monitor... ahh the good old days  :P

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I just got myself a proper gaming PC for 500€, which was used for 2 months.

 

It has a i5 4570, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 2GB and 8GB RAM, 750W Chieftec PSU (little bit overkill) + R.A.T. 7 mouse.

 

I wanted to build one myself but I was really limited with 500€ and I couldn't get what I wanted for it so I had to find a used one.

I'm really happy with it and I think I got myself a good deal :)

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500€, bought today :)

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My first real Gaming PC was about $1800CAD back in 2008.

 

The parts that matter were C2D E8400, Asus Rampage Formula, Asus Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight 1GB, 4GB DDR2 RAM and Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 600W in an Antec 900 case.

[Case] Phanteks Eclipse P400S TG (Air Mesh) || [CPU] Ryzen 7 5800X || [Cooler] Dark Rock Slim || [Mobo] ROG STRIX B550-F || [RAM] 32GB Trident Z RGB 3600MHz CL16

[GPU] XFX MERC319 Radeon RX 6950XT || [SSD] 1TB WD SN550 M.2 NVME || [HDD] 6TB Seagate IronWolf 7200 || [PSU] Corsair AX850

[Display] LG 27GL850 @ 2560x1440 - 144Hz || [Mouse] ROG Gladius II || [Keyboard] ROG Strix Flare (Cherry MX Red) || [Speakers] 2.1 Logitech Z-3 || [Fans] 3x 120mm Corsair LL RGB

 

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£1200 without monitors as i had one & the other i got given :) 

Motherboard - AsRock Z87 EXTREME4 CPU - Intel core i7 4770k Oc 4.4ghz GPU - Sapphire R9 290 Tri-x RAM - Corsair LP Vengange 8Gb CPU Cooler - Swiftech H220 PSU - Coolmaster V650S SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250gb HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2Tb Case - Fractal Design R4 Black Windowed

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Built about a bit over a year ago. Around $1200 including monitor and peripherals.

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i think around the 1000 dollar mark i had the os from a previous pc  

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NZ$1700


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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£350 since I was very skeptical, used the HDD and optical drive from my old PC to save some money. It served me well, but need to build a new one soon. 

PC SPECS: AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5Ghz (CPU) || MSI 970A-G43 (MB) || 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600Mhz (RAM) || MSI AMD 6870 1GB (GPU) || Aerocool 6th Element (CASE) || Sandisk 64GB SSD + Seagate 500GB HDD (STORAGE) || XFX 550w Pro Series (PSU) || ASUS MX239H 23" (MONITOR) || Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (COOLER) || Logitech G110 (KEYBOARD)

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$780 back in 2004-ish. Could max out GTA:SA :D

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A NES in 1989 200 dollars. But first pc 1995 I am guessing but it was a packard bell 1000-1300 dollars my parents got it for school work. But it was used way more for duke 3d, doom, quake, ultimate domain, and tomb raider. I also have many fond memories of DOS.

Super OP AF Killer Retro Emulation PC 360 No Scope 420 Blaze It (Sorry I Couldn't Help It) Seriously Though This PC Is Overkill And Before You Ask It Does Play Crysis 1024x768 60 FPS

Intel Core Duo 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz // ASUS P5N-D // Zalman CNPS9500A Air Cooler // 4GB G.Skill @ 400MHz 5 5 5 31 23 // 2 Way SLI GeForce 9800 GTX+ // 32" SONY WEGA CRT TV 480i // Corsair TX750 // Seagate 3TB // Win XP 32Bit // Sony DVD RW // ANTEC Full Tower // Steel Series H Wireless // Logitech K520 Wireless Keyboard // Logitech M510 Wireless Mouse // Logitech G27 Racing Wheel // Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS // HORI Fight Stick Mini // 8Bitdo NES30 Pro / FC30 Pro / SNES30 / SFC30 Bluetooth Controllers

Future Upgrades The New 8Bitdo Wireless SNES Controller With Analog Sticks / 8Bitdo Bluetooth Arcade Fight Stick / Proper HD I Know This Machine Does Not Support 3 TB / Icy Dock 5.25 4 Bay HD Hot Swap Bay For More Seamless Multi Booting Want To Run At Least Win 95, Win XP, Win 7 

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Future Upgrades 1080Ti or Vega RX64 http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/16900-nothing-special/

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250-300 euro :). Harvested parts from all over Marktplaats (dutch eBay) and build it into an old stripped computer case. 

Specs were something along the line of x4 965BE, GTX460, 4GB ram and two 320gb hard disks.

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wut r ur specs?

 

A10 5800K (giveaway prize)

Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2

1 TB WD Blue

8GB 1866MHz GB Corsair Vengeance Blue (around 30$ discount)

Enermax NAXN 500 Watt 87+ PSU (not 80+ bronze)

Thermaltake Versa G1.

 

The store hand me IDR 4.000.000 bill which translate to around 350USD with purchase date exchange rate.

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My first PC, which i guess was a multimedia Pc, was about 450€ but since then i have upgraded it and my PC now is worth about £600-700

 

Now I have :

 

  • CPU
    AMD Fx 8350
  • Motherboard
    ASUS formula V-Z
  • RAM
    12GB Skill 1600MHz
  • GPU
    AMD HD 7870
  • Case
    Zalman Z11+
  • Storage
    1x 2TB WD , 1x 250GB SSD
  •  
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  • Cooling
    Corsair H100i
  • Keyboard
    Roccat ISKU Fx
  • Mouse
    Roccat KOVA
  • Sound
    Logitech G230 Headset
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~$800

 

Built it when I was about 12, and it wasn't bad. Of course now I'm much older and the only thing that probably currently is still being used is the HDD

"It seems we living the American dream, but the people highest up got the lowest self esteem. The prettiest people do the ugliest things, for the road to riches and diamond rings."- Kanye West, "All Falls Down"

 

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