hmm

1994 gateway 133mhz 1200$

Dell Dimension 8100 1400$

My Rig (i built) fall 2004 1100$

other (omg so much)

logitech speakers 150
headsets (3) about 80
dual optical logitech mouse 50
ratpadz gaming surface 20
hmm joysticks:
ms sidewinder 2 pro 75
thrustmaster topgun hotas 100
logitech wingman extreme 75
nostromo n50 and n52 speedpads 40x2
router 65
4port switch 30
usb 2.0 external hub 30

total around 4455$

thank god for cable modem cuz i have "saved" thousands of dollars on games and software.

[quote="Crazy Canadian":e151b]0$[/quote:e151b]

Either you;re under the assumption that a mac isn't classed as a pc (which it is) or the parents bought it for you\someone gave it to you?

Anyway listing time,

First pc = packardbell pulsar (pos) 333 celeron with 64 megs of ram and a 6 gig hard drive that was £1300
First upgrade for that voodoo 3 2000 pci rock: £100

Later upgraded the motherboard to a soyo syb+4 and a "flipchip" pentium 3 700 and a new case That was around £350
intel webcam £80
Bought a geforce 256 ddr £150 oOo:
Traded that pos plus £80 for a voodoo 5 5500
After over a year or more with the voodoo 5 bought a geforce 2 for £150 oOo:
Switched to amd platform, Abit kt7a mainboard with atlhon 1333mhz £200
Bought an ati radeon 8500le for £250 or so.
2 new hard drives, £90
Ati radeon 9500 pro £150
Pentium 4 2,8c + abit ic7 mainboard with a gig of ddr £250
Windows xp £100
Hydrocool watercooling unit £200
sennheiser headphones £50
tft monitor £180
Ati x800xt-pe £390

Grand total of £4020 or $7552 (american) $9221 (canadian)


oOo:

Thats not even taking into account numerous heatsinks and other things ive bought oOo:

I never understood how people could spend so much on a computer made by compaq or packard bell. My first PC that was my own was a 486DX4 100 with 8MB of RAM in 1993-1994. I bought it at a computer show for like $1000.00 (even back then I knew not to buy retail).

I think my first upgrade was a Diamond Monster 3d video card with 4MB of RAM on it, for like $200.00!!

My first actual computer was a Tandy 3 Color that I had during the 80's thanks to my mother being a computer geek in the military.

I'm only 23 yet I've had computers in the household my whole life, now that I think about it I don't remember really not having a computer. Which is unusual for people born in the late 70's, early 80's.

Packard bell was my first pc, basically bought that took it apart and learned how to make em, never again for one of those pieces of shit.

[quote="Duke_of_Ray":3aa02]85 million dollars. My PC actually is so fast that the people in HL2 came to life. Gordon Freeman is a cool guy, even the G-Man is kind of nice. It also has seven jumbo fans to keep it cool. The only bad thing is it runs a little loud.[/quote:3aa02]
lol, but gordon freeman doesnt appear in game oOo:

So you were 12-14 when you bought your first computer for 1,000 dollars? eek:

most of the shit im hearing in this thread is how much money your parents spent on your pc shit. hake:


of what ive actually spent:

viao laptop £1299
viao mouse £40 (broke)
microsoftsoft optical intellimouse £15
wireless laptop card £30
wirless router £60
flat panel speakers and sub woofer (xmas fr33)
external dvdrw+- drive (£89)

then whatever else that i dont know or cant care about right now.

Videocard- $20
Videocard to replace that one- $80
Videocard to replace that one - $120
Memory- $72

Shit, I don't know.

I'd assume a good $8,000 at least.

Oh yeah, I spent $20 bucks on a big-pack of batteries. Used around 12 of those batteries for the mouse.