Can you remember the stats of your first built PC

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#1 dracos9000
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I'll go first

my first built PC had a ABIT board with a AMD AtholonXP 2200+, voodoo 3, 512mb of ram 133mhz, 20gb hdd, PSU (cant remember), OS cant remember. I still have board and CPU

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#2 dackchaar
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well I'm still using my first build, so yes :P (just built it a year ago)

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#3 MonsieurX
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well I'm still using my first build, so yes :P (just built it a year ago)

dackchaar
Same for me :P My parents always bought the PC at my home so I could suggest them to get something good to play games but that was about it. Got my E8400+4850 last Fall :)
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#4 X360PS3AMD05
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DFI board, Athlon 64 3000+, 1GB Crucial Ballistix, 7600gt, Enermax PSU, TT case i still have. I got a lite-on DVD burner that wouldn't open so i switched it with a SATA LG. I got a benQ 19'' monitor, then a 20'' WS benQ and now i have a 22'' WS LG.
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#5 ghariani
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[QUOTE="dackchaar"]

well I'm still using my first build, so yes :P (just built it a year ago)

MonsieurX

Same for me :P My parents always bought the PC at my home so I could suggest them to get something good to play games but that was about it. Got my E8400+4850 last Fall :)

same for me :D

MonsieurX are you french?

:)

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#6 UltimateGamer95
Member since 2006 • 4720 Posts

I have a memory like an elephant I remember ever single piece of hardware that I've used to build with.

My first computer (back in 2004):

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 GHz 512K L2 cache

Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo Platinum, Nforce 3 chipset, socket 754

RAM: 256MB PNY DDR400 (sad I know but I didn't know much back then)

Hard Drive: 40GB Maxtor Diamondmax ATA/133, 2MB cache

Video Card: MSI Geforce FX 5200 (also sad)

Optical drive: Memorex CDRW burner IDE

Generic case and generic 400 watt power supply (which ending up failing and taking my motherboard)

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#7 linkin_guy109
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well im still using it since i just built it a month ago :P gtx 295, core i7 920 processor, msi x58m motherboard, 6gb's of ocz gold edition ddr3 ram, that is mah set up :)

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#8 MetroidPrimePwn
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I remember it had a 20 MB harddrive...

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#9 MonsieurX
Member since 2008 • 39858 Posts

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"][QUOTE="dackchaar"]

well I'm still using my first build, so yes :P (just built it a year ago)

ghariani

Same for me :P My parents always bought the PC at my home so I could suggest them to get something good to play games but that was about it. Got my E8400+4850 last Fall :)

same for me :D

MonsieurX are you french?

:)

I'm from Quebec,so that explains it ;)
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#10 CAPGOD
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On my first ever build too, it's all in the sig.

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#11 X360PS3AMD05
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Should have gone full size ATX, got some good cooling and taken that PH II near 4ghz ;)

On my first ever build too, it's all in the sig.

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#12 Rusteater
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486 DX4/100

4 MB RAM (later expanded to 8MB)

512K graphics card (EISA!!!) I later expanded it to 1MB by purchasing a 512K chip that went onto the card.

14.4 Kbps modem (external)

4x CD-ROM

512 MB HDD

Win 3.11 (later upgraded to Win95)

Sound Blaster 16

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#13 chinto20
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Ummm AMD Duron @ 1.2GHz 768mb ddr 80gb HD Samsung ide Radeon 9550 modded to 9600 with windows xp xD good old times...

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#14 kemar7856
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no it was like an ambra ibm computer with windows 95 P1(dotn know the speed) I think like 2-4mb of ram sound blaster sound card

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#15 CPM_basic
Member since 2002 • 4247 Posts

Well I've had PCs for a while... upgraded them here and there by myself... but the first one I built ground up was...

2800+ Athlon XP Barton Core (OCd to 2.4ghz OMGZZZ) 512kb cache!!

x850 Ati

2gb PC3200 OCZ RAM

NFS-7 Motherboard (best of mobo for XP)

SoundBlaser Live SoundCard

Antec earth watts 550

This machine was actually pretty solid and can still run a lot of the latest games.

Now I'm running (just built it a week ago)

Phenom II 550be (not OCd yet. Could not unlock to quad but still a beast)

4870 512mb (was going to buy 1gb but realized I didn't need it)

4gb Kingston 1333mhz RAM

ma477td Pro ASUS Mobo (sickkkk motherboard for the price brand new AM3+ Crossfire 2oz copper)

550 watts OCZ Fatality (I know it's fatality... but for the price it's a solid PSU that's modular pretty damn happy with it).


Really happy with this PC. When I build a PC I try to build it best bang for the buck.

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#16 lpjazzman220
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old amd with geforce 3 16 mb and 256 memory. back before pci express and multiple cores. back when dual processors were startin to be impressive

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#17 thingta42
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Nvidia 5200 agp card, 256mb of ram 40gig HDD and a AMD 2200+ cpu. That was back when doom 3 came out. Few months ago i did a major upgrade on my pc..

Now i got

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB-cache CPU
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
BFG GeForce GTX 285 (PCI-Express) Graphics Card
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel
Akasa AK-P085FG-BK 850W PowerMax Power Supply

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#18 MCSIRLOIN
Member since 2004 • 492 Posts

Err lets see, I still have it in my closet, it's from 2005.

  • RaidMax Cobra (Black)
  • AMD64 3000+ Socket 754
  • 2gb of G.skill
  • Gigabyte 754 mobo
  • Nvidia 6800gs PCI-E
  • WD 80GB Harddrive
  • Thermaltake 500watt psu

GOOD TIMES!!

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#19 superchronik
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Back in 1996. Pentium 100mhz, 8mb ram, cirrus logic 1mb graphics card, aztec sound card, 1gb hard drive, quad speed cd-rom, 17in crt monitor, windows 95. Cost me around £1600:lol:

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#20 dackchaar
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Back in 1996. Pentium 100mhz, 8mb ram, cirrus logic 1mb graphics card, aztec sound card, 1gb hard drive, quad speed cd-rom, 17in crt monitor, windows 95. Cost me around £1600:lol:

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haha it's insane how quickly technolofy advances.

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#21 Meejoe27
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I don't remember all the exact details, but it was a 386/66mhz with 20mb HDD. i was like 10 years oldor 11, long time ago.

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#22 CAPGOD
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Should have gone full size ATX, got some good cooling and taken that PH II near 4ghz ;)[QUOTE="CAPGOD"]

On my first ever build too, it's all in the sig.

X360PS3AMD05

lol, to be honest I have seen zero perfomance boost in games even after overclocking it from 3.1 to 3.52. This CPU even has two dormant cores which I may be able to unlock to create a cheap quad core, but based on some comparisons I feel it's still not even worth the bother trying.

And I already had an m-ATX case lying around from a cheapo pre-built PC i'd been using for 5 years, so I thought why not re-use it? I may as well save the money I would have spent on a new case and put it towards a 4890. It's a nice enough design, not tacky in any way - I just cleaned off all the dust and unpeeled the old stickers. It was a tight fit though with today's massive GPU sizes, I can tell you that, but it all seems to run stable and doesn't have any glaring issues that a boost in fan speed can't fix lol. Very happy with it overall.

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#23 johnny27
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my stats are in my sig but for people who have sigs turned off people reading this in the future(hi :D) i7 920 2.66ghz,Asus 4870 1G, 3G ddr3 1333mhz,1TB 7200rpm hard drive, 550 watt modular psu,20xdvd drive
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#24 raynimrod
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My first full-custom build from scratch was only a few years ago (2006), but i'd been messing with other computers from many years before that.

My first full-solo build was:

Core 2 Duo E6600
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo
2GB G-Skill PC6400 RAM
XFX 8800GTX
Antec P180i Case
320GB WD SATAII HDD
Antec TruPower Trio 550w PSU.

I've had 2 computers since then :)

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#25 DieselCat18
Member since 2002 • 3006 Posts

Well let's see...if I remember it was something like this,

an Athlon 3000+ @ 1.1Ghz, 512mb of Corsair DDR memory (can't remember the speed), a WD 80GB HHD, an Nvidia FX5200, an ECS K7S5A socket A MB, a cheapy SB audio card, a SONY CD-ROM optical drive and some kind of crap 400w PS...all packed into a crappy Compaq case that I bought my 1st PC in as a refurb. ( which I did get with an awesome Compaq 19" CRT monitor) that thing was really, really nice ! ...hench, since then I've made several upgrades and PC builds........The closet in my den (PC room) looks like a warehouse for used PC parts.....:P

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#26 Tyson8earzz
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I had a 386sx in '89 by AST but the first system I ever build from the ground up was in 1992: an i486DX2 66mhz with 4mb ram, EISA 1MB video card, 20MB HDD,Sound Blaster 16, running win 3.1 which just was released at the time. I didnt get a cdrom drive untill '94 as most all the games i played were still on 5.25 floppys. I got my first US Robotics Sportster 14.4 in '94 as well.
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#27 gamer082009
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Can't really remember mines, but I do believe it was along the lines of an AGP graphics card, an Intel Celeron CPU, with a 40GB hard drive.
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#28 Hellavionx
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I had the worst,,,commodore pc,HAHAHA,but damn i had some great fun with that "thing",lol

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#29 gigatrainer
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Lets see, don't know the exact details but here goes Pantium 4 something like 2.0 Ghz 128MB RAM Some Intel Mobo nVidia Geforce 2 64 MB 80GB IDE drive(OR was it 40? Don't remember correctly) Some lame Sony CD reader.
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#30 Gog
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I remember the specs of every PC I owned.

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#31 04dcarraher
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The first Pc I got was an at&t and I added to it. Pentuim 133mhz, 48mb of ram 2.1 Gb Hdd and 1mb onboard video.

The first Pc I built was a AMD K6-2 450mhz 128mb of ram and a 12mb Voodoo 2 and two Hdd's 13 gb and a 6.4gb.

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#32 djdarkforces
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pent 266mhz 32mb ram i think it had a huge 8gb hdd not + tho and a realy cra**y g card

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#33 Hekynn
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My 9 yr old Hornet Pro was a. Intel agp motherboard cant remember the model Radeon X1600PRO 1gb ram P4 2.8Ghz 250gb hard drive. It was a pretty good system back then but I upgraded to the Q9400 8800gt 2gb 320gb 750i mobo last April.
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#34 NSR34GTR
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my first build was a semporn 80gb hdd geforce 4 coolermaster case
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#35 RobboElRobbo
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Athlon X2 64 6000+ @3.01ghz HD 4850 512mb WD Caviar Green 640gb OCZ DDR2 4gb Corsair 450W Cooler Master Scout Asus 19" Logitech G5 Standard Keyboard
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#36 markop2003
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Only built mine 2 years ago: E6600 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme GA-P35C-DS3R Evga 8800gts Superclocked 2gb Geil RAM PC2-6400 320gb SATA Hitachi ASUS DVD burner Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS OCZ GamerXstreme 600w
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#37 marcthpro
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i also remember all spec i owned but here
4600x2 Socket AM2
M2N32-Sli deluxe
2x1GB 800mhz 4-4-4-12
XFX 7600GT XXX Edition
CNPS9700 Green led
320GB 7200:9 Seagate Barracuda
Standart P4 ATX with 400W PSU (40$)
LG DVD burner



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#38 TheDuffman26
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First video card I bought was a BFG 7800gt OC so that I could play half life 2 maxed out on my dying AGP system. The first computer I built was a Q6600, 8800gt, 2GB ram, 320gb hd, couple years ago.