First i took apart a Compaq 773mhz celeron, and then upgraded it to a 933mhz Pentium 3.
My first computer i built from scratch was
Intel P4 Willy 2000mhz
256mb DDR1
Ati 7200
34gb Maxtor IDE HDD
I didnt know the first thing how to put a PC together lol, i remember having it all laying on the floor trying to figure out how to put it to together lol. I had to call the store a couple times to help me. The hardest part was figuring out to install Windows 98SE, computers nowadays are easy to install for software.. back then everything was such a damn pain in the ass and hard to learn by yourself.
My brothers 1200mhz Athlon from his brand name pc was faster "loading games" so i got mad and returned the parts. First tho i was talking to people on gamespy arcade lol and they taught me how to overclock the cpu. Eventually tho i returned the parts and got a better computer. Specs were
Athlon Xp 1800+
256mb DDR1
Geforce 3 ti200
34gb Maxtor
I spent many years upgrading that pc going from a 1800+ to a 2000+ then a 2500+ barton, and upgraded the ram to 512mb and got a geforce 4 ti4600, then later i got a Ati 9700pro.
Later i upgraded the whole computer to a 3000+ Athlon 64 S754 when those first came out. I had 1GB of DDR1 and a Raptor 36GB HDD. This was the time when Farcry came out, the 9700pro was aging and eventually i bought a Geforce 6800GT. I had that computer for along time. Then I upgraded the entire computer 2 years later to a Opteron 165 Duel core 1.8ghz oc'ed eventually to 3ghz tops 2.8 24/7. I had 2GB of ram and a 8800GTS, then later upgraded to a 4850. Then i upgraded that computer 1 year later to what i currently have and iv had this PC for a year now minus the video card. I dont have any plans to upgrade this one atm.
One thing i honestly regret about getting into computers is the cost involved. For someone who was 13 years old and building computers and having ppl talk about overclocking the day you put it together... Without all the safty features PC'S have now today in the bios, i destroyed alot of computer parts. I got right into watercooling on my first computer too so i had alot of dead video cards from water dmg....
I killed the 7200 ATI card, i killed the geforce 3 ti200. Then i killed 3 9700pro's, i burned my 1800+ and my 2000+ by cracking the fragile corners on the heatsinks. I burned a couple MB'S also... You have to remember also these video cards and cpu's were more expensive then they are now. My mom had the money so it was nothing to us. However in my years with computers i got wiser, and i havent burned or fried anything in the last 3-4 years. Now when i add up the thousands i spent on PC or i should say my mom spent i wish i was smarter back then. Im 23 now
Today younger kids in that age are lucky, Windows Vista,7,xp are super easy to install... Its almost impossible to fry computer parts now, cpu's core's are now protected. Bios's have auto shutdown's on high heat, ect. We never had any of that when i started
I remember it being a sweet setup for the original Warcraft and Diablo releases. Ah the good ole days!
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