What was your first computer?

[nicholician]

They're in my signature I spent about $1000 CAD ($800 US? I think.)

[Bean86]

intel 486 (80486) 66MHz, 16MB Ram, some very small harddisk and something resembling a GPU, can't remember more detail as it's been a while. That's pre Pentium aera (around 1990) for the youngsters.

[19_blackie_73]

my current rig is also the first rig - specs in the sig (toooooooooooooooooooooo lazy to write them again;-))

[joelanderson]

First Build:

-AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE

-Asus M4A78T-E 790GX motherboard

-Asus AMD Radeon HD 5770 CUcore (later added a second one in crossfire to add a bit more oomph)

-8 gigs of value ram that was awful (replaced it with some Crucial tactical tracer when i got tired of the crashes)

-a 10000RPM Velociraptor boot drive

-1T-B data drive

-Antec Neopower 650W blue power supply.

-Antec 900 v2 Case

 

Still remember every piece even though It's been years since it was my main rig haha

 

Cheers,

[ollioddi]

My first and my current self build:

 

i5 4460

8 gb ram

Gtx 970

Gigabyte Sniper 5 (Overkill mobo for this setup. I got it for a ridiculous price)

Corsair 550w

240 gb ssd

Phanteks enthoo pro

tons of hdd

3 Asus vn24h monitors

Logitech z506

 

The reason i chose the i5 was that i wanted an i7 4790k but couldnt afford it so i bought the cheapest i5 possible.

I currently have plans on upgrading to

4790k

980ti (selling the 970 ofc)

32 gb ram

a gold or better rated psu

and watercooling

[makaveli158]

First build ever:

 

CPU: Intel i5-3570k

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6770
Mobo: Asrock Extreme4 Z77
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance
Hard Drive: Samsung 840 Pro
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black
PSU: cheapo 430w bundled with case

 

total price was roughly.... ~$650

 

have since upgraded:

 

CPU: Intel i7-3770k

GPU: 6770 -> 6770 x2 Crossfire -> 280x -> 290x

Case: BeQuiet Silent Base 800

PSU: XFX 650w

[iamdarkyoshi]

i5 2500

80GB junk HDD

pentium 4 bodge heatsink

ecs elietegroup p67h2a3

16gb gskill ripjaw

duel HD 6450

Windows 7 pirate edition

[PC owner with questions]

My current build:

I7-4790K

Asus z97 e

Windforce r9 280 3x co wind force edition

Corsair 600w

WD 1TB

Corsair H50

LG optical drive

G.Skill 8 gb ripjaws x

All in a corsair spec 01

[Husky]

I haven't built a PC yet.

I can't remember my first PC's specs but it was an IBM laptop with an Intel Pentium and it ran Windows XP.

My oldest PC I sorta remember was an A-OPEN Intel Celeron + 1GB RAM Windows XP computer. This computer lasted quite a while and was decently fast for the time, until the integrated graphics died and then the whole computer after that...

The oldest PC I currently own is an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ - 2GB RAM - A dying ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP GPU - 120GB SATA HDD - GIGABYTE 7VM400AM-RZ - Cheap no-name chinese 300W PSU - Windows XP Professional SP3 machine. It runs Windows XP like a boss and is generally snappy - except while browsing the Internet.

[gill2k]

This was so long ago...

 

I know I had an Athlon in it with a K6 motherboard or something like that... and with a 3DFX Voodoo 3 graphics card.  It was housed in my old prebuilt Acer tower, then moved it to a Thermaltake Xaser III.

 

ANCIENT!

[Clyne]

First PC? Some 2000 era Athlon or some P3 that ran 98. 

First built PC? By not me tho

Athlon 64 X2 with some shitty ECS board with 2GB ram, still works after 7 years of use.

Lastest first built PC.

FX 8320

Asus M5A97 R2.0

8GB HyperX Fury 1600

R9 270X Asus

1TB Blue

CX 750M

Raidmax Blade

Now:

8320

M5A97 R2.0

8GB HyperX Fury 1600

R9 270X Asus

2x 1TB Blue

Intel X-25M 160GB SSD

CX750M

Corsair 750D.

[TheSLSAMG]

Original build:

Intel Core i5 3570K

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

AsRock Z77 Pro3

8GB Kingston HyperX Blu Red

120GB SanDisk Extreme

500GB Western Digital Blue 2.5"

Gigabyte Windforce Radeon HD 7850 2GB

Diablotek EL600W PSU (le bomb)

Zalman Z11 Plus

 

That was a decently fun build. I didn't know a lot back then so some choices were terribly made (such as the PSU) but for a first rig it wasn't bad. I still have the CPU, cooler and RAM. The SSD was killed by a faulty SATA power cable, the HDD is on it's last leg, the PSU sits under my desk, the GPU was traded for a GTX 660 TI, the case has been disposed of and the motherboard died. The CPU and RAM will be making another appearance soon in a build log I should have put together by tomorrow night.

 

Current build:

Intel Core i7 4790K

Corsair H110i GT

ASUS Z97 Pro

16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport

256GB Crucial MX100

1TB Seagate Barracuda

ASUS STRIX GTX 970

EVGA 550GS 550W 80+ Gold

Corsair Air 540

 

I don't have pictures of my original rig (how I wish I did) but I do have pictures of my current machine.

 

[district_11]

 

[catbutts]

I had a Pentium III and some gpu with 1GB of vram (I bought it because it was a big number)

 

 

 

man I couldn't do anything on that and I was so sad lmao

[PeterK]

Welll , ok . 

    My first pc i ever modified was some dirt cheap low end crap (even in ~2005) :

       Asrock motherboard (something kn..8.....upgrade.... i don't know)

       AMD Semprom something... 1.81GHz (single core)

       Ram unknown 256mb DDR1 400MHz , yes it's not typo

       GPU nVidia FX 5200 from Palit , 128mb ram 

      15gb hdd .......Maxtor

      Genius 5.1 poor quality soundcard 

      Optical : dvd burner asus 

      some shit deluxe case with a weak delux psu - 450w

      generic mouse with 2 button and no scroll wheel , also with BALL , PS2

      generic a4 tech keyboard , PS2

      Monitor : unknown CRT 1024*768@72Hz , or 1152*864@60Hz

                At a point dunno when probably 2007 , hdd failed , (the hdd was in use since 2001) , and i replaced it with a 80gb refurbished. - needless to say i was excited , This was my first modification.

                A few months later i added 1gb ram Kingmax DDR1 400MHz  -  this gave me a significant boost

                +1 weak tv tuner

                In 2008 maybe... i added a case fan.....Arctic cooling .....92mm.

               at some point i had a 160gb hdd... really can't remember - it was WD.

 

  My first pc i ever built was in mid 2009 , after my 15th bithday with a budget of ~550$ , i build it in a way too meet the requirements of CRYSIS - medium-high settings , kinda... (little did i knew )) )

 

         Motherboard : Biostar tp45hp , it looked good , it was crap , but worked for almost 5 years - I know that in one the pictures is a GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD box but IT CAME DEAD ON ARRIVAL

         CPU : Intel Core2Quad Q8400  @2,66 GHz , it turned out to be an overkill but it still had mojo for a GTX660

         GPU: Gainward nVidia 9600GT 1gb , base clock 650mhz , oc'ed to 725mhz , died in 2013-may , replaced with a GTX660  

         RAM: Kingmax 2x2Gb DDR2 1066mhz , running at 800mhz cause the mobo was too weak....

         HDD: Samsung 100...uj...something 1tb - it's failing now (2015-july) it has close to 15000 work yours  , and the 80gb hdd from before - remowed in 2012 because of failing....

         Optical : the same DVD burner - died in late 2014.

         PSU: Chieftec cft-140 something... 700W 80+ (simple , not bronze) still in use .

         Case: the same shit deluxe case

         Generic mouse , same keyboard since 2001

         Monitor same , upgraded in 2011 or 2012 ... to a 1080p benq 

         +1 the same tv tuner , i had to remove it after i left windows xp in ~2010 . 

        +some fans , hdd coolers-bad decision...

 

Some notes'''''' : - the jump from fx5200 with 1.81ghz cpu +1.25gb ram to qore2quad with 9600gt and 4gb ram was huuge ;

                             but the upgrade from this to a fx-6300 with 8gb ram + gtx660 was noticeable but not a big difference honestly ,...in gaming of course i got 3x the fps with the gtx660 , but in everyday usage                                  ...it was almost the same until i got an ssd . Only then i started to see improvements in everyday use .

                           -i plan to upgrade my gpu and monitor but it's not necessary yet , and it would cost me a lot (display 550$ , gpu 450$ [where i live] ) to see improvements , maybe i'll upgrade in late 2016 or                               2017 , maybe i will be forced to upgrade sooner if monitor dies (i hope not) . In any case i WILL not upgade this gpu until i see 14/16nm chips , and with affordable prices .

                          - i also plan to add a 3-4tb hdd in early 2016 

[gastnl123]

Acer Aspire m7711 from 2008

[FaZe Booce]

Some of you won't believe me, some will think I'm a spoiled brat, but heres my first computer :

[swifty7]

[Quinten Verhelst]

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[LinusLoveMe]

Dell Inspiron 530... I've been using it for the past 7 years...

[MorbidAngel]

This baby right here, played Counter-Strike 1.6 on it, the colors were all green and it was laggy as F but I got by! Good days.

EDIT: Not sure if this is the exact model but it looked like that.

[XVariety]

My Very first ever computer when I was like 5....

[FaZe Booce]

idk what i had i think it was this idek

 

seriously i don't remember what I had

[MDPS]

First PC I could call my own would be an ASUS Q200 laptop. I'm still using it actually hasn't died on me yet though the W key has faded, wall adapter breaking, etc.

[StandardToaster]

Dell Dimension 3000, and I still have it today... (not as my main machine)

This was not the first computer that I used, but it is the first computer that was my personal computer.

I had used computers at school and other places like that before I got this one.