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I was curious as to what the good folks on this forum had from their first pc up to their current setup. List your PC specs through the years and maybe a little story as to why you ended up with that system and what got you into PC gaming. I'll start 
First PC: MSi MS-6368, Intel Pentium 3 450Mhz, 3dfx Voodoo 2 12Mb, 256mb DDR, IDE 160gb HDD and basic 150watt small form PSU.
This system was purchased for me by my step dad for mu 12th birthday (21 years ago) for he knew my love for making music on the PC in the music studio at school since he did the same at home in our music studio. I soon found out i could run games on this system and wrote the specs on a pc of paper and went to my local game shop and found re-volt. A classic rc racing game. This solidified my love for pc gaming soon followed, 6 months later, by codename outbreak. This hooked me into the fps genre to this day. 3.5 years later the pc gave up on me and i lost my first love. Spent 1 year saving every penny from working on a local market stall to purchased my next PC. This PC lasted me 4 years
Second PC: MSI MS-7173, Intel Celeron D 3.06Ghz, Nvidia 6600gt, 2gb ddr2, Sata 320gb HDD and 350watt atx psu.
This system i purchased for myself in 2006 for a whopping £580 (6600gt was a free upgrade as system was EOL/Demo system, awesome store manager) after my first pc died. This system did me well for 3 years but was outdated a bit when i purchased. This system was what got me into wanting to build, repair and upgraded PC's. On this system i researched all i could about motherboard's, cpu's, gpu's, memory and PSU's. This became my ginuea pig for overclocking while I found my love for Novalogic's joint operations and activition's call of duty. This pc lasted me 3 years
Third PC: Nova with 200mm Blue LED fan case, MSI p6n-sli v2, intel e8500 (3.8ghz oc) with Zalman CNPS9500 led, Palit Nvidia 9800gt sli (750mhz oc), 4gb ddr2 800mhz ocz nvidia sli certified (875mhz oc), sata 500gb HDD and 800watt EZcool psu.
This was my first PC i built in 2009. I soon realised SLI was a bad choice and could have got a gtx 260 for the same price at the time and would have been better off. I also found out the hard way that cheaping out on the PSU was a big no no. After 1 year the pc kept shutting down and under any GPU load of 50% for both GPU's. This then caused me to upgrade to Corsair gs800 psu and that became my reason that started my love affair with corsair. This system lasted me 5 years
Fourth PC: Coolermaster HAF 932, ASrock z77 Extreme 6, Intel Core i5 3570k (4.6ghz oc) with Zalman CNPS 9900max Red, Nvidia GTX 570 (850mhz oc), 16gb 4x4gb corsair vengeance pro, SanDisk x210 512gb SSD and Corsair GS800 PSU.
This was the first pc i built where i knew what i was doing in regards to the specs and quality of the hardware and my knowledge and confidence to build it right. This was my pride and joy where i spent most of my nights after going out drinking most weekends became boring and expensive. This was then upgraded to at 2600k (£100) in 2016 which was far cheaper than the 3770k (£180) and a gtx 780. This is now my eldest daughters current pc and lasted me for 5 years.
Fifth PC: Vector Custom mini, Barrow D5, T-virus reservoir, 360mm and 240mm rads, ASrock z390 Phantom Gaming 6, Intel Core i7 9700k (4.8ghz oc) with barrow block, Nvidia gtx 1070 (2000Mhz oc) ekwb block, 16gb ddr4 corsair vengeance red led, Nvme intel 660p 2tb and corsair hx1000i.
This was an expensive (£2750) custom loop i built in a vector custom mini desk in 2019. This pc was leaked tested for 2 hours with no issues so i turned it on for the first time and all is well. 45 minutes later my system caught fire from the pci-e socket. The sound and smell was awful. My Motherboard, gpu and gpu block was destroyed. Asrock was nice enough to replace the board for free after they saw the damage upon return. A week later, i found out that my gpu block i had sat to one side while i was in contact with ekwb and inno3d had rusted at the inlet/outlet ports where the screws secured the ports in place. after 3 months ekwb agreed the issue was due to 2 hairline factures in the acrylic block and a small amount of water leaked from and down into my pci-e socket and short followed by the fire. They agreed upon proof of purchase to refund my gpu and block. This allowed me to purchase an rtx 2070 for the same price as my 1070 and a watercool heatkiller gpu block. Nice upgrade. This lasted my for just shy of 4 years.
Sixth PC: Lian Li O11D, Aqua Computer Ultitube D5 Next, Watercool Heatkiller IV RTX 2070/2080 Block, Alphacool Eisblock XPX Edge, Corsair xr5 360mm and 2x240mm rads, MSI Z590 Gaming Edge wifi, Intel Core i7 10700k (4.8ghz 1.175v), Gigabyte RTX 2070 (1950mhz @ 900mv), 32gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200mhz 16-18-18-36-1T, WD 2tb m.2 SSD, Corsair HX1000i.
This is my current PC and was planning to add an rtx 4070 into this system. Unfortunately, my 12 yr old cat was kicked by a secondary school kid after a called my cat to come in. The kid thought it would be funny to do that and in turn my cat just laid on the ground meowing. The kid ran off like Usain Bolt laughing with his 2 friends. Rushed my cat to the vets and found the news my cat had to have immediate surgery. The surgery was successful and he has since made a full recovery but the cold weather causes him light pain in that leg but nothing he can't handle. However, more bad news when my pet insurance refused to cover the £800 bill. So i took them to court and won the case and 6 months later still have refused to pay the £1000 settlement. They have now decided to take me to court under false pretence. They say i have been rude and have threatened them over many phone calls and they have proof in which to use this in court. Funny part is i have not spoken to them once since the court hearing so they can only prove i did nothing. This however, set me back £800. There goes my rtx 4070.
As for the kid, i saw him a week before Christmas and followed him home and spoke to his mother and of course i saw where his personality comes from. She refused to believe me and went on to complain that even the school have been calling her complaining about her son in regards to bullying and vandalism at the school. She's in denial and told her to come to her senses and realise your son needs your support. She told me until i have children of my own i have no right to tell her how to be a parent. I said i have a 9 and 6 yr old. realising she made a mistake, she then threatened to call the police if i abuse or lay a finger on her son again. Told her to go right ahead as i did nothing of the sort and if i catch her son do anything like that again i will march him to the police. As i walked away she stated "see you in court a hole"
Little does she know, I video recorded the entire moment. Lets see how that holds up in court What a great end to 2022.
Well that's my PC Generation and the stories that become of them. What's yours?
First PC: MSi MS-6368, Intel Pentium 3 450Mhz, 3dfx Voodoo 2 12Mb, 256mb DDR, IDE 160gb HDD and basic 150watt small form PSU.
This system was purchased for me by my step dad for mu 12th birthday (21 years ago) for he knew my love for making music on the PC in the music studio at school since he did the same at home in our music studio. I soon found out i could run games on this system and wrote the specs on a pc of paper and went to my local game shop and found re-volt. A classic rc racing game. This solidified my love for pc gaming soon followed, 6 months later, by codename outbreak. This hooked me into the fps genre to this day. 3.5 years later the pc gave up on me and i lost my first love. Spent 1 year saving every penny from working on a local market stall to purchased my next PC. This PC lasted me 4 years
Second PC: MSI MS-7173, Intel Celeron D 3.06Ghz, Nvidia 6600gt, 2gb ddr2, Sata 320gb HDD and 350watt atx psu.
This system i purchased for myself in 2006 for a whopping £580 (6600gt was a free upgrade as system was EOL/Demo system, awesome store manager) after my first pc died. This system did me well for 3 years but was outdated a bit when i purchased. This system was what got me into wanting to build, repair and upgraded PC's. On this system i researched all i could about motherboard's, cpu's, gpu's, memory and PSU's. This became my ginuea pig for overclocking while I found my love for Novalogic's joint operations and activition's call of duty. This pc lasted me 3 years
Third PC: Nova with 200mm Blue LED fan case, MSI p6n-sli v2, intel e8500 (3.8ghz oc) with Zalman CNPS9500 led, Palit Nvidia 9800gt sli (750mhz oc), 4gb ddr2 800mhz ocz nvidia sli certified (875mhz oc), sata 500gb HDD and 800watt EZcool psu.
This was my first PC i built in 2009. I soon realised SLI was a bad choice and could have got a gtx 260 for the same price at the time and would have been better off. I also found out the hard way that cheaping out on the PSU was a big no no. After 1 year the pc kept shutting down and under any GPU load of 50% for both GPU's. This then caused me to upgrade to Corsair gs800 psu and that became my reason that started my love affair with corsair. This system lasted me 5 years
Fourth PC: Coolermaster HAF 932, ASrock z77 Extreme 6, Intel Core i5 3570k (4.6ghz oc) with Zalman CNPS 9900max Red, Nvidia GTX 570 (850mhz oc), 16gb 4x4gb corsair vengeance pro, SanDisk x210 512gb SSD and Corsair GS800 PSU.
This was the first pc i built where i knew what i was doing in regards to the specs and quality of the hardware and my knowledge and confidence to build it right. This was my pride and joy where i spent most of my nights after going out drinking most weekends became boring and expensive. This was then upgraded to at 2600k (£100) in 2016 which was far cheaper than the 3770k (£180) and a gtx 780. This is now my eldest daughters current pc and lasted me for 5 years.
Fifth PC: Vector Custom mini, Barrow D5, T-virus reservoir, 360mm and 240mm rads, ASrock z390 Phantom Gaming 6, Intel Core i7 9700k (4.8ghz oc) with barrow block, Nvidia gtx 1070 (2000Mhz oc) ekwb block, 16gb ddr4 corsair vengeance red led, Nvme intel 660p 2tb and corsair hx1000i.
This was an expensive (£2750) custom loop i built in a vector custom mini desk in 2019. This pc was leaked tested for 2 hours with no issues so i turned it on for the first time and all is well. 45 minutes later my system caught fire from the pci-e socket. The sound and smell was awful. My Motherboard, gpu and gpu block was destroyed. Asrock was nice enough to replace the board for free after they saw the damage upon return. A week later, i found out that my gpu block i had sat to one side while i was in contact with ekwb and inno3d had rusted at the inlet/outlet ports where the screws secured the ports in place. after 3 months ekwb agreed the issue was due to 2 hairline factures in the acrylic block and a small amount of water leaked from and down into my pci-e socket and short followed by the fire. They agreed upon proof of purchase to refund my gpu and block. This allowed me to purchase an rtx 2070 for the same price as my 1070 and a watercool heatkiller gpu block. Nice upgrade. This lasted my for just shy of 4 years.
Sixth PC: Lian Li O11D, Aqua Computer Ultitube D5 Next, Watercool Heatkiller IV RTX 2070/2080 Block, Alphacool Eisblock XPX Edge, Corsair xr5 360mm and 2x240mm rads, MSI Z590 Gaming Edge wifi, Intel Core i7 10700k (4.8ghz 1.175v), Gigabyte RTX 2070 (1950mhz @ 900mv), 32gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200mhz 16-18-18-36-1T, WD 2tb m.2 SSD, Corsair HX1000i.
This is my current PC and was planning to add an rtx 4070 into this system. Unfortunately, my 12 yr old cat was kicked by a secondary school kid after a called my cat to come in. The kid thought it would be funny to do that and in turn my cat just laid on the ground meowing. The kid ran off like Usain Bolt laughing with his 2 friends. Rushed my cat to the vets and found the news my cat had to have immediate surgery. The surgery was successful and he has since made a full recovery but the cold weather causes him light pain in that leg but nothing he can't handle. However, more bad news when my pet insurance refused to cover the £800 bill. So i took them to court and won the case and 6 months later still have refused to pay the £1000 settlement. They have now decided to take me to court under false pretence. They say i have been rude and have threatened them over many phone calls and they have proof in which to use this in court. Funny part is i have not spoken to them once since the court hearing so they can only prove i did nothing. This however, set me back £800. There goes my rtx 4070.
As for the kid, i saw him a week before Christmas and followed him home and spoke to his mother and of course i saw where his personality comes from. She refused to believe me and went on to complain that even the school have been calling her complaining about her son in regards to bullying and vandalism at the school. She's in denial and told her to come to her senses and realise your son needs your support. She told me until i have children of my own i have no right to tell her how to be a parent. I said i have a 9 and 6 yr old. realising she made a mistake, she then threatened to call the police if i abuse or lay a finger on her son again. Told her to go right ahead as i did nothing of the sort and if i catch her son do anything like that again i will march him to the police. As i walked away she stated "see you in court a hole"
Little does she know, I video recorded the entire moment. Lets see how that holds up in court What a great end to 2022.Well that's my PC Generation and the stories that become of them. What's yours?
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