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Well my first computer was some shit eMachines laptop for $500, but my first gaming desktop was $1500

 

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£550 or so for a Dell XPS 420 from the dell outlet store, Q6600 2.4GHz quad and a nVidia 8800GT, which got upgraded to a GTX 550, shame it died last year, will be missed. If you're building yourself, you don't really need to spend more than about £1000 for a 1080p gaming desktop to be able to play most things nowadays. 

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My first build was around $500. It had an AMD FX 6300 with a 7850. The case and psu were all generic brands.

500$?

Mine was 650$ and had fx-6300 and 7850. Of course I had a phantom 410, but still...

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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just under 450 dolllars, Phenom x4 955, 8Gb of Gskill ripjawz X, Coolermaster case with 500w psu and 1Tb hdd and Gtx 550ti and a msi 760gm motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Chassis/Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2  Motherboard: Asus Z87-Deluxe RAM:  Team Vulcan 2x4Gb(2133Mhz)  Video Card: Asus 7970 Direct CU II Custom Rom (150% Power, 1100 core 6Ghz Memory)  Power Supply: Fractal Integra R2 750 Watt  Keyboard: Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid (MX Blue Switches)  Mouse: Corsair M90 Storage: SX900 128Gb, Seagate 1TB 7200RPM, WD Green 1TB 7200RPM   MY OLD BUILDLOG


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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

5000 ish

 
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293 euros :P

i3 3240, 4gb ram, h61m sp2v 40 euro blue motherboard and the behemoth GT640. ( 500gb 5400rpm HDD from my previous laptop because i couldn't afford a new one)

Already had case and psu from 2003 and 2007 respectively .-.

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My first pc was my sisters old laptop, basicly a pile of junk. but my first gaming pc with peripherals must of been about £1000, at the time.

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500$?

Mine was 650$ and had fx-6300 and 7850. Of course I had a phantom 410, but still...

Frys had an in store MOBO, CPU bundle.While the GPU itself was a refurb with no display cables. If it wasn't for that bundle I would've bought an i5 with a 750 or something. 

Case:Define R4 | MOBO:ASRock z75 Pro 3 | CPU:i7-3770k 4.0GHz | CPU Cooler:H100i | GPU:970 Strix | RAM:Hyper X 16GB | 


Peripherals:ATH-M50x Limited Blue Edition | K95 RGB | M65 RGB | Blue Yeti MIC | (3x)1920x2080 Acer Monitors


 

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At first like 350$ now its more like 600$

CPU AMD A10-5800k  GPU GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 Motherboard Asrock fm2a75m-dgs Ram G.skill 8gigs ddr3 PSU Corsair HX650 HDD Two 1TB Hitachi 7200 rpm Case Zalman z11

Keyboard CM Storm Quickfire TK with chery mx reds Mouse Logitech m500 Headset Logitech g430 Laptop Lenovo u310 touch Phone HTC one

 

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Frys had an in store MOBO, CPU bundle.While the GPU itself was a refurb with no display cables. If it wasn't for that bundle I would've bought an i5 with a 750 or something.

Ah

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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All in all, £1200 in the end, was supposed to be £700 but way overspent on Monitors and Peripherals

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my first gaming computer was a 800 dollar cyberpowrpc i hated it so much that after 2 weeks with it i scraped it and spend almost 1500 on my current pc

CPU-I7 4790k | Motherboard- asus maximus VII hero | RAM- G Skill Trident x 16 gigs | GPU- Asus gtx 980 strix | Case- Fractal Define r4 blackout | Storage- 250 samsung evo boot, 500 evo for games, and 2 tb wd black for storage | PSU- Corsair rm850 | Display(s)- LG 34um65 | Cooling- Noctua NH-U14S | 

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I bought mine DIYed at a shop in October 2011 for S$1250  or about 1000 USD. With a Core i5 2500K, 8GB RAM, GTX 550 Ti, P8P67 Pro, Stock Cooler, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue, Optical DVD Burner, 600W Enermax PSU, ThermalTake SpaceCraft VF-I. The rig just recently went to my brother but with the Stock Cooler upgraded to the CoolerMaster Hyper 212, PSU upgraded to a Corsair HX-1000 and the GPU upgraded to an 1GB XFX 6950. It was my base to practice my PC DIY so I tinkered with it alot, undergone RAM changes and LOTS of GPU changes, 

 

Overpriced in Singapore and that is WITHOUT peripherals and monitor which I luckily had on hand to avoid spending any further.

Main Machine: Core i7 2600K, 12GB RAM, GTX 970 SLI, P8P67M-PRO, Fractal Define R3, 250GB Samsung 850 EVO, 2TB WDC Green, Windows 10    Laptop: MBP 13" Retina 2014 Haswell: 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD, OS X El Capitan

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my first gaming PC that i've built for myself was a Pentium 4 HT with a radeon 9200 and 1GB of RAM, i paid around 1400$ for it if i recall correctly with a sweet 15inch 1024x768 CRT monitor! :D

Before that i used my dad's machines, we always had gaming PC at home (they werent called gaming PC back then they where just called ''fast computers'' lol!)

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| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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My first PC was $1600, but with my entire setup I've put well over $2300 into it with monitors, speakers, mouse, ect. I was only 16 but worked my ass off to earn that money, well worth it as I'm still using it 1 year later!

Intel i5 4670k @4.2 GHz, Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo, Asus Sabertooth Z87, Corsair Vengeance Pro 1600 MHz 16GB, Powercolor Red Devil RX 580 8GB, EVGA SuperNOVA NEX650G, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD, 3TB Seagate Barracuda, NZXT Switch 810, Asus MX34VQ, Asus MX239H.

 

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The first PC I got specifically to game as an Athlon (the original one) based one with a geforce 2mx. I think it was less than 1k

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That's taking it back there a ways... :P

 

Oh yes, that was my first gaming pc but not the first pc I gamed with: I actually have been doing it since the DOS days where my cousin and I used to type in games off a basic book and then play em  B)

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

Well yes. I would obviously not be spending multiple thousands on past, current and future builds if I did not think so.

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My first PC is the one in my sig... Around $3k to be honest... Took me forever to save up but was totally worth it. 

PC: 4770K @ 4.0 GHz --- Maximus VI Hero --- 8 GB 2133 MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro --- EVGA 780 TI Classified @ 1300 MHz --- Samsung Evo 250 GB --- Corsair RM 750 --- Corsair Carbide Air 540 --- CM Storm Rapid-I (MX Blues with PMK Evergreen Keycaps) --- Windows XP --- Razer Naga --- Custom Loop Parts: 380I, EKWB 780 Classy Waterblock and Backplate, 240mm and 360mm XT45, Swiftech MCP655, EKWB multi option reservoir, Mayhems Pastel Red, Primochill Primoflex Advanced Clear Tubing, 5 SP 120 Quiet Editions --- Mobile: Surface Pro 3 (i5 128gb) with JD40 (MX Clears) and Microsoft Sculpt Mouse --- Galaxy S6

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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.

Showing your age (: they were top of the line apparently, to bad I used my first 1992 IBM PC in 2008 lol. Not to great then.

My first PC was about 700 aud and was a piece of poo, now I have slowly upgraded and is now worth around 2600 aud

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CPU-i5 2400 GPU-Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC Mobo-H67MA-D2H-B3 Ram-G.Skill Ripjaws 8gb 1333mhz Case-Fractal Define R4 PSU-Corsair CX750 Storage-Samsung EVO 250gb, 1tb WD Black,Hitachi 1tb Other stuff-Corsair K90, M90 Cooling-3x 140mm Fractal fans Sound-Sennheiser HD438 headphones
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I'm curious of what your first PC build was and the parts you used, I am 17 years old and I only built my first PC two years ago, but I've been PC Gaming since I was like 7, playing Half-Life, DOOM, Flight Simulator etc. So just post your first build if you feel so inclined :P

 

My first build, built in late 2012.

 

CPU: Intel i5 3450
Motherboard: P8H77-M
RAM: 4GB XMS3 @1333mhz
Chassis: Coolermaster Elite 430, which has been 'upgraded' since to a Fractal Design Define R4
GPU: GTX 650, I stupidly fried this card March 2013 but it was a good performer, my current GPU is a 7870
PSU: Corsair CX750
Storage: 500GB Seagate Barracuda, pretty bad drive, it's slow and very noisy, I have since added a couple of 60gb hard drives for more storage and an 128GB Sandisk Ultra Plus SSD as my Boot Drive
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Main PC: Fractal Design Define R4 - Intel i5 3450 - Sapphire 7870 - Samsung 8GB @1600mhz - Corsair CX750w - Sandisk 128gb Ultra Plus SSD - Seagate Barracuda 500gb - P8H77-M 

 

Keyboard and Mouse: Corsair Vengeance K70 (Cherry MX Blues) and a Razer Deathadder 2013

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