You Paid what?

[TecHNooB]

dual core opteron
x1800xt
2x1GB ram
other shiet

~$1600 (when I first joined anandtech 😛).

 

[Whisper]

The first actual computer I remember owning, rather than just using when I was visiting my father, would've been a Gateway back in maybe 1996? 486sx with 4mb of RAM.

First computer I built on my own was, as best I can remember, a celeron a couple years later. No clue other than that. Probably spent about ~$1000 total, if I had to guess.

 

[jme5343]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Atari 800 that my parents got me. It was an obscene amount of money, but I don't remember how much. Probably well over $2,000 for the computer and accessories.

My dad got in early on the atari computer scene. I remember he had a huge case full of HDD's and was so proud of it. He was like "You know how much memory that is? Huh? it's one gigabyte. I don't really need that much, but I wanted to be one of the first to hit the one gig mark hahaha.

 

[iGas]

The first computer that I built was in early 1993, DX2-66mhz, 2 megs v-ram video card, bus mouse, 14" colour monitor. 8 megs ram, and 400 megs hdd.

At $6000.00 CAD.

And, now I'm thinking of building my first house (I will be doing all mechanical/plumbing/electrical/finishing work) with a budget of $250K-$300K CAD (not including land price).

I'm hoping to keep it down to $100 or below per square foot because I'm doing most of the work myself.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Obligatory

 

[Chaotic42]

That I built?

It was a K6-200 in 1998. I don't remember anything about the cost except for the Riva 128 I bought with my Christmas money in 1997. It was $198.

 

[amdhunter]

Bought my first PC for $2707 (I remember it perfectly lol.

It was a Quantex with P2-233 CPU, 2MB Matrox Millenium, 4GB WD Caviar and 32MB RAM/Win95

My very first day I overclocked it to 266 and a week later to 300MHz. :heart:

When the Celeron 300A and BE6 became popular, I replaced it with that. 🙂

 

[pontifex]

i think I spent about 900 on my first system, but it was already pre-built. this was back in 2000 I think.

I forget the actual specs but it did have a geforce ti4200

 

[lxskllr]

My first IBM compatible was a prebuilt(small shop) 486DX50, probably around 1992, but I'm not sure. The only chip faster at the time was the DX66, if anyone feels like researching release dates. I payed $1,700 for it, but I don't know if that was a good deal or not. I got it at a computer show, and back then those things were major events. Super crazy inside, and if you didn't come prepared(I didn't :^/), it could be overwhelming.

 

[esun]

I don't recall the exact prices I paid, but it was something like this:

Pentium III 550 MHz (I think ~$500)
TNT2 Ultra 32MB (~$150-200)

I don't remember how much memory. I think 128MB PC100 SDRAM or something like that. Some Sound Blaster for audio, a 17" Viewsonic CRT (~$200), and I think an Iwill motherboard (~$150).

 

[Rumpltzer]

I dug up several of the receipts for my first computer build. I'm missing the U.S. Robotics fax/modem receipt, but most of the other stuff is listed.

15" Sony Trinitron monitor $429
Diamond Stealth 64 PCI video card with 2MB VRAM $232
Toshiba 6X IDE CD-ROM (not a CDR(W)!!!) $72
Western Digital 1.2GB IDE hard drive $208.50
Tyan Tomcat 256K dual processor motherboard $230
Pentium 120GHz CPU $203.50
PC Power & Cooling CPU cooler $19.50
2X8MB 60nS EDO RAM 2X$62 = $124
Enlite mid-tower with 230W PS $79
Sound Blaster 16 $79

Receipt Page 1
Receipt Page 2
Receipt Page 3

I had to split the order from ASA Computers because my credit card limit was $1000 back then!