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My first true build:

Core 2 Quad q9550

Gigabyte ep45t-usb3p

4x2Gb OCZ Gold garbage (quickly replaced with Microcenter ram)

64Gb Microcenter SSD + 500Gb WD Black

ATI Radeon HD 5770(reference/egg cooler)

DangerDen waterblock and Reservoir, Swifttech Radiator and Pump

AZZA Orion case(blue/silver)

AeroCool touchscreen fan controller

*Risky click of the day*

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The one in my sig.

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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My first and current build (Red Rampage):

CPU: i7 5820K

Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011

Motherboard: Asus Rampage V Extreme

RAM: 2x4GB Crucial DDR4 2133

Graphics card: Reference GTX 980 ( got insane discount on it :D )

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro

PSU: Corsair RM1000

 

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

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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My first and current build (Red Rampage):

CPU: i7 5820K

Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011

Motherboard: Asus Rampage V Extreme

RAM: 2x4GB Crucial DDR4 2133

Graphics card: Reference GTX 980 ( got insane discount on it :D )

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro

PSU: Corsair RM1000

wow

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Me and my dad built a P3 rig in 1999 when he worked at intel. It was like building a Broadwell system now. Simply put, I was 2 years old, and I didn't really build it as much as I did drop hard drives onto the carpet and laugh. 

The first pc I actually built with my bare hands was a system I got from, literally, garage sale picked parts. 

Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939
2x512MB, 2x256MB DDR 400mhz RAM

2x80GB IDE Drives

Win XP Professional
Stupid dreadful shitty awful Nvidia Geforce 6150 LE. Tried to replace with an 8400 GS but lols like I had money at 12 years old.

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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I haven't built it yet but I have the planning for the most part done... Right now I've just had issues deciding whether or not an Intel CPU is worth an extra $100 give or take...

 

I know the OSes and GPU I'm going with GTX 970 since I can't really justify spending an extra $200 for a 980 and the 780 Ti will probably be hard to find when I do actually get around to building it..

 I wish the R9 295X2 was cheaper but it's well more expensive and right now Blender and stuff like that tend to prefer nvidia stuff...

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Me and my dad built a P3 rig in 1999 when he worked at intel. It was like building a Broadwell system now. Simply put, I was 2 years old, and I didn't really build it as much as I did drop hard drives onto the carpet and laugh. 

The first pc I actually built with my bare hands was a system I got from, literally, garage sale picked parts. 

Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939

2x512MB, 2x256MB DDR 400mhz RAM

2x80GB IDE Drives

Win XP Professional

Stupid dreadful shitty awful Nvidia Geforce 6150 LE. Tried to replace with an 8400 GS but lols like I had money at 12 years old.

Awesome!

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The first build that I ever owned on my own is the one on my profile page. Everything in that list I paid for with my own money. Every other computer I built before that was for my parents.

Something, something, something, famous quote, computer specs, and stuff...

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  • I went overkill on mine (best purchase ever)

CPU

i7 4770k

Motherboard

Asus Maximux VI Extreme

RAM

G. Skill Trident X 16 GB (2 x 8GB)

GPU

GTX 780 Direct CU-II OC in SLI

Case

Corsair Obsidian 750D

Storage

Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB + 2 TB Seagate

PSU

Corsair AX 1200i

Display(s)

2 x Asus VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz

Cooling

Corsair H100i in Push/Pull with 4 Corsair PWM fans

Keyboard

Corsair K95

Mouse

Corsair M65

Sound

Logitech Z506/Corsair Vengeance 1500 v2

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The first build that I ever owned on my own is the one on my profile page. Everything in that list I paid for with my own money. Every other computer I built before that was for my parents.

awesome! thats cool!

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  • I went overkill on mine (best purchase ever)
  • CPU
    i7 4770k
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximux VI Extreme
  • RAM
    G. Skill Trident X 16 GB (2 x 8GB)
  • GPU
    GTX 780 Direct CU-II OC in SLI
  • Case
    Corsair Obsidian 750D
  • Storage
    Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB + 2 TB Seagate
  • PSU
    Corsair AX 1200i
  • Display(s)
    2 x Asus VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100i in Push/Pull with 4 Corsair PWM fans
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K95
  • Mouse
    Corsair M65
  • Sound
    Logitech Z506/Corsair Vengeance 1500 v2

 

that pc is op!

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C70, in sig

 

started around August last year

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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The one in my signature.

Edit: Wooh I made 200 posts :)

Mah Build:  CPU: Intel i7-7700K COOLING: NZXT Kraken X52 GPU: Asus Strix GTX 1080 MOBO: Asus Strix Z270F RAM: 16GB GSKILL TridentZ RGB 3000 

CASE: In Win 303 STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate 1TB  SSHD PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 750W

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the one im building right now

i7-5930k

Asus Rampage V Extreme

G.Skill 4x4gb 3000mhz (havent bought yet)

Gigabyte Gtx 980 Windforce (havent bought yet)

512gb 850 pro ssd

H110 cooler

Evga Supernova 850w G2

Obsidian 750D

Cpu: Intel i7-5930k Mobo: Asus Rampage V Extreme Ram: G.skill Ripjaws 4 4x4gb 2666mhz Gpu: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming 
PSU: Evga Supernova G2 850W Storage: Samsung 850 Pro SSD 512gb Case: Phanteks P400S CPUcooler: Corsair H110 OS: Win 8.1

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Built: Check sig.

 

Rebuilt:

  • Pentium 4 (not sure which, pre-hyperthreading era)
  • 256MB DDR 333MHz RAM
  • SiS650 64MB AGP Graphics Card
  • Gigabyte (not sure what chipset, but it's an LGA 478)
  • 40GB WD IDE HDD
  • 2x LG IDE DVD combo drives
  • Gutless WonderTM 400W PSU
  • Half-decent generic ITX case...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  

Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  

Monitor: AOC I2269VW 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  

 

Could have done better with my budget but AMD price slashes didn't take place when I bought this.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.98 @ SuperBiiz) 


Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 



Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 2GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 


Total: $690.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 10:36 EDT-0400

Gaming rig:

i5-4670k, H100i, MSI Z97 SLI, Vengeance DDR3-1600 2*4GB, 840 EVO 250GB, Barracuda 1TB, GTX 780 Ti, 450D, CX750, VG248QE

Workstation:

Xeon E3-1231 v3, NH-U14S, Asus Z97-PRO, Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 2*8GB, 840 EVO 250GB, 2*WD Red 2TB (RAID 0), GTX 780 Ti, Define R4, AX760, VS229H-P
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Boy I'm ancient

AMD K6-2 266MHz socket 7

AT motherboard

64GB SD-RAM

6.4GB HDD

ATI Rage AGP video card

Creative Sound Blaster ISA sound card

US Robotics ISA modem

AT PSU and Case w/Turbo button

Win98 SE

 

 

Very first computer I owned.

Intel Pentium 3 800MHz  slot 1

ATX Slot 1 motherboard

ATX Case with 250w PSU

128MB SD-RAM

20GB HDD

Acer 50X CD-ROM

ATi Rage XL AGP video card 2MB vram

Creative Sound Blaster Live PCI sound card

A-Open 56K PCI modem

Windows Me

Upgraded the ram, HDD, video card through out the years, ran XP quite well, held up right until Intel release their very first dual core: Pentium D

Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3 @ 3.5GHz 6C:12T / CM212 Evo / Asus X99 Deluxe / 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 3000 Trident-Z / Samsung 850 Pro 256GB / Intel 335 240GB / WD Red 2 & 3TB / Antec 850w / RTX 2070 / Win10 Pro x64

HP Envy X360 15: Intel Core i5 8250U @ 1.6GHz 4C:8T / 8GB DDR4 / Intel UHD620 + Nvidia GeForce MX150 4GB / Intel 120GB SSD / Win10 Pro x64

 

HP Envy x360 BP series Intel 8th gen

AMD ThreadRipper 2!

5820K & 6800K 3-way SLI mobo support list

 

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Boy I'm ancient

AMD K6-2 266MHz socket 7

AT motherboard

64GB SD-RAM

6.4GB HDD

ATI Rage AGP video card

Creative Sound Blaster ISA sound card

US Robotics ISA modem

AT PSU and Case w/Turbo button

Win98 SE

 

 

Very first computer I owned.

Intel Pentium 3 800MHz  slot 1

ATX Slot 1 motherboard

ATX Case with 250w PSU

128MB SD-RAM

20GB HDD

Acer 50X CD-ROM

ATi Rage XL AGP video card 2MB vram

Creative Sound Blaster Live PCI sound card

A-Open 56K PCI modem

Windows Me

Upgraded the ram, HDD, video card through out the years, ran XP quite well, held up right until Intel release their very first dual core: Pentium D

very old!

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hey I have a question, I'm on a first time major build and not an OEM upgrade build. I'm trying to figure out if I should fill all my memory slots? or just get bigger memory sticks and just use half the slots?  Is there any difference? 

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