Post your first pc's specs!
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Packard Bell
166Mhz Intel Pentium
16MB Ram (Upgraded that to 32MB ^^ )
2GB Hard Drive
Win 95, CD Drive and Floppy
I remember it came with a demo of MDK, that was a cool game!
I think the graphics was shared 2MB on board and then I bought a 16MB Voodoo Banshee.
166Mhz Intel Pentium
16MB Ram (Upgraded that to 32MB ^^ )
2GB Hard Drive
Win 95, CD Drive and Floppy
I remember it came with a demo of MDK, that was a cool game!
I think the graphics was shared 2MB on board and then I bought a 16MB Voodoo Banshee.
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Had a CPC464 as a kid which probably doesn't count and no idea what was in the first one i bought for work other than a Pentium 2 (i think).
As far as i can remember the first one i built had
Pentium 4
256mb RAM
GeForce 2
20gb HDD
As far as i can remember the first one i built had
Pentium 4
256mb RAM
GeForce 2
20gb HDD
lol first pc gotta be the commodore 64 which now lies in the original box in my parent's attic 
that was replaced by a IBM 386 with 40MB HD (don't remember how much ram i had) and the allways present floppy drive. used to run dos 6 on it and later on with a bit of struggle managed to install windows 3.1
that was replaced by a IBM 386 with 40MB HD (don't remember how much ram i had) and the allways present floppy drive. used to run dos 6 on it and later on with a bit of struggle managed to install windows 3.1
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Pentium 133mhz (Or there abouts)
16mb ram (or was it 32mb hmm)
Voodoo 8mb
400mb hdd
That's all I remember
16mb ram (or was it 32mb hmm)
Voodoo 8mb
400mb hdd
That's all I remember
first computer was a toshiba 64 thing in the eighties with cartridge slot ...
proper pc
2001 Time machine
athlon 1900+ socket a
512mb ram??? poss 256
80gb hd
floppy and cd rw
17 crt monitor
added 5500 gfx card after i found out what they were lols only upgraded when it was struggling with Joint Ops ......good times
£1000ish
.....didnt know about computers then lols
proper pc
2001 Time machine
athlon 1900+ socket a
512mb ram??? poss 256
80gb hd
floppy and cd rw
17 crt monitor
added 5500 gfx card after i found out what they were lols only upgraded when it was struggling with Joint Ops ......good times
£1000ish
.....didnt know about computers then lols
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I don't know if it's fair to say I "owned" it, it was a christmas present from my parents and I was about 10 I think so I certainly couldn't have purchased it myself.
Cyrix 486 DX2 66 processor
8mb RAM
500mb RAM
Soundblaster 16
4x CD ROM Drive
I can't remember if it had any sort of dedicated graphics. I remember my friend at the time though had a Voodoo 2 card that was apparently awesome at the time lol. I spent most of my time playing Monkey Island 2, Dune 2, Day of the Tentacle and Worms on it
It was AST branded and it was one of those all in one things. The part with the components in it was like a drawer in the back.
Before the PC I'd had a Commodore 64 and an Amiga 1200.
Cyrix 486 DX2 66 processor
8mb RAM
500mb RAM
Soundblaster 16
4x CD ROM Drive
I can't remember if it had any sort of dedicated graphics. I remember my friend at the time though had a Voodoo 2 card that was apparently awesome at the time lol. I spent most of my time playing Monkey Island 2, Dune 2, Day of the Tentacle and Worms on it
It was AST branded and it was one of those all in one things. The part with the components in it was like a drawer in the back.
Before the PC I'd had a Commodore 64 and an Amiga 1200.
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Pentium 166 MMX
32mb Ram (4 Simms)
Diamond Stealth 1mb 2D card
ISA Sound card
14 inch monitor at an eye watering 1024*768 and an eye killing 60 hertz refresh!
1.6GB Quantum fireball HD
14.4K US Robotics Modem (forget playing Quake)
I remember I could just about run half life on it but couldnt install any other big games alongside other stuff. I got a 6mb Voodoo Rush (2mb 2D, 4mb 3D) card after and it was the worst supported graphics card in existence.
I tried to play team fortress on it and half the time it would time out to the server whilst trying to load everything into RAM. I found if you played it in software rendering mode it would work...but look horrific.
Still... I thought it was awesome!
I upgraded to a new built PC a while after and I remember paying an eye watering £96 for a 32mb DIMM. Kids these days... they don't know they're born!
32mb Ram (4 Simms)
Diamond Stealth 1mb 2D card
ISA Sound card
14 inch monitor at an eye watering 1024*768 and an eye killing 60 hertz refresh!
1.6GB Quantum fireball HD
14.4K US Robotics Modem (forget playing Quake)
I remember I could just about run half life on it but couldnt install any other big games alongside other stuff. I got a 6mb Voodoo Rush (2mb 2D, 4mb 3D) card after and it was the worst supported graphics card in existence.
I tried to play team fortress on it and half the time it would time out to the server whilst trying to load everything into RAM. I found if you played it in software rendering mode it would work...but look horrific.
Still... I thought it was awesome!
I upgraded to a new built PC a while after and I remember paying an eye watering £96 for a 32mb DIMM. Kids these days... they don't know they're born!
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2003/2004
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD 3500+
512mb RAM
EVGA 6800GT
250gb HDD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS
Sony 19" TFT (cost £450 new iirc)
Parents still use it everyday
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD 3500+
512mb RAM
EVGA 6800GT
250gb HDD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS
Sony 19" TFT (cost £450 new iirc)
Parents still use it everyday
December 1994, Birthday Prezzie.
IBM Aptiva
486 SX-33mhz
4Mb ram
270Mb hdd
4xcdrom
1Mb onboard Cirrus Logic SVGA
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16bit
14" Monitor maximum resolution 800x600
Windows 3.1
PC-Dos 7
Free copy of Theme Park
Total cost - approx £1500
Addition :-
I think i overclocked it to 50mhz i think...
IBM Aptiva
486 SX-33mhz
4Mb ram
270Mb hdd
4xcdrom
1Mb onboard Cirrus Logic SVGA
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16bit
14" Monitor maximum resolution 800x600
Windows 3.1
PC-Dos 7
Free copy of Theme Park
Total cost - approx £1500
Addition :-
I think i overclocked it to 50mhz i think...
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gotta a handme down when the parents upgraded. Fujitsu scaleo 600 from 2001. Got it just after XP came out:
1.8ghz northwood pentuim 4 (thought i got conned when i got a 1.6ghz sempron as an upgrade 3 years later!).
256mb sdram
geforce2 mx 64mb
60gb ide drive (still in use today!)
dvd-rom AND cdrw
17" crt monitor
1.8ghz northwood pentuim 4 (thought i got conned when i got a 1.6ghz sempron as an upgrade 3 years later!).
256mb sdram
geforce2 mx 64mb
60gb ide drive (still in use today!)
dvd-rom AND cdrw
17" crt monitor