[JBird]

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.

[geRV]

[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:

[Hollywood]

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.

[geRV]

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.

[CoMaToSe]

[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:

[Milla]

Originally Posted by Hollywood

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.

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

[elstatec]

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.

[Doctor Duffy]

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

[Akuma]

Shit, I don't know.

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

[Doctor Duffy]

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