When was your first computer build?

[LSUfan]

I have rebuilt many computers but I am actually buiilding my first one now. LINK When did you first actually build one from scratch?

edit for spelling

 

[Nohr]

Around new years of '99 when I built my Celly 300A.

 

[Powermoloch]

March of last year

sempron 3100+ paris
2x 512 mb DDR 400
6600 256 mb agp
biostar mobo sock. 754
Asus quiet drive CD-R/RW
Cheap case with cheap psu (lol all for 30 bucks)
Maxtor Diamond drive 80 Gb HDD ata 133

.....then the upgrades !!!

a better psu !!!
x850xt agp
2 x 1gb Mushkin XP4000 DDR 500
Lite On DVD/CD-R/RW combo drive
Coolermaster Centurion 5
2 x 120 mm fans
2 x pci exhaust fans
Motoral Wireless G pci adapter
Chaintech AV-710 sound card

:3

 

[Azndude2190]

Built the one in my sig last year.

 

[ts3433]

October '04. XP-M 2400+, Shuttle AN35N Ultra, 512MB PC3200, cheap Antec case, CDRW pulled from an old Dell, and other useless crap

 

[doze]

First complete build was in 99 - ABIT BP6 with dual celeron 500's overclocked

 

[Brainonska511]

Built my first machine back in September: Silver Windowed XQPack w/stock PSU, Lite-On DVD/CD-RW Drive, Seagate 7200.7 80GB, MSI RS480M2-IL (XPress 200), Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939, 2x512MB DDR400. I later upgraded it to an Athlon 64 X2 3800+, PNY 7600GT, and Enermax Noisetaker 420W.

 

[ElFenix]

i think it was a 486. i was 20. i'm now 27.

 

[madeupfacts]

U guys build ur own? I bought this old piece of ****** from a moving sale!

 

[Dumac]

I have never built one from scratch, but I have replaced most of the parts from the one I bought from Best Buy around Christmas.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: LSUfan
I have rebuilt many computers but I am actually buiilding my first one now. LINK When did you first actually build one from scratch?

edit for spelling

1980 Timex Sinclair 1000 Kit

16K Ram

 

[LSUfan]

You actually built a 486 from parts?
I remember talking on prodigy chat with one of those.

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think it was a 486. i was 20. i'm now 27.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Nohr
Around new years of '99 when I built my Celly 300A.

same here. wow! I can get a 3000 dollar computer for 1500 bucks!!!!

I forget, but somethinging like a 200 Mhz celeron processor and you could push it to a whopping 300 mhz!!!! Unreal and quake ran really well on this new fangled graphic card that owned the market called 3dfx.

-edit-
I remember now. a 300 mhz cheap processor that easily ran 450 mhz. mind blowing speed.

 

[blackbishop26]

95 right after the p200 came out. i built a smoking p133 rig

 

[Rob9874]

1996. Pentium 100 MHz.

Bought a Dell in '98. Pentium-2 400 MHz.
Bought a Dell in '01. Pentium-4 2.0 GHz.

I added components to and upgraded those over the years, but now I'm building my second computer ever, 10 years later.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: LSUfan
You actually built a 486 from parts?
I remember talking on prodigy chat with one of those.

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think it was a 486. i was 20. i'm now 27.

yeah, to play 486 games.

mind you, the p3-700 or 800 was out at the time i built that thing. i got most of the parts at the sidewalk sale in dallas. cost $40 or so. the used hard drive i bought already had dos on it.



i don't think i ever used it and i left it under the sink at my last apartment. according to my old roommate it is still sitting there.

 

[Zugzwang152]

late 2001, most likely.

 

[Kaervak]

From what I remember, I think it was around late 99/early 00. Abit BE6 action baby.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

2000, after i graduated hs

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: LSUfan
You actually built a 486 from parts?
I remember talking on prodigy chat with one of those.

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think it was a 486. i was 20. i'm now 27.

yeah, to play 486 games.

mind you, the p3-700 or 800 was out at the time i built that thing. i got most of the parts at the sidewalk sale in dallas. cost $40 or so. the used hard drive i bought already had dos on it.



i don't think i ever used it and i left it under the sink at my last apartment. according to my old roommate it is still sitting there.

The ghost under the sink will be playing tetris soon......

 

[ForumMaster]

my first build was in 2003 in 7th grade. the parts were crappy:

specs were:

Amd Athlon XP 1700+ (it's still in use!)
this crappy DFI mobo
768MB of PC133 SDRAM
a crappy 80GB maxtor
and some generic stuff.

 

[Rob9874]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
my first build was in 2003 in 7th grade. the parts were crappy:

specs were:

Amd Athlon XP 1700+ (it's still in use!)

Still works? Even after 3 whole years?

 

[Shawn]

Built my first computer when I was 12. It was an AMD K6-2 400MHz I think.

 

[buzzsaw13]

My first build for myself was in 2004 (brother built me my first one)

Specs were:

A64 3000+ Clawhammer!
Crappy S754 FIC board
2x512mb CH-5 HyperX
9800AIW
Generic case and Aspire 500W

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: Rob9874

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
my first build was in 2003 in 7th grade. the parts were crappy:

specs were:

Amd Athlon XP 1700+ (it's still in use!)

Still works? Even after 3 whole years?

some stuff even even works after 4 years (believe it or not)