@fuyume, That is so cool - in every sense of the word. 👍 👍
I've been upgrading my own PC's since about 1990, adding more RAM, larger hard drives, newer GPU's, etc... but my first complete build was probably late 2000, or early 2001. I stripped down a Gateway 2000 with a P2 processor, used the case & bought all new components, motherboard, memory, hard drive, video card, audio card, CPU.I miss them days building them then heading over to futuremark and 3d mark to bench test are latest builds any of you all. Ever used to build? First build specs?
running gtx 4090 here but its a mobile gpu so its low watts and id guess more like the gtx 4080 desktop gpuI've been upgrading my own PC's since about 1990, adding more RAM, larger hard drives, newer GPU's, etc... but my first complete build was probably late 2000, or early 2001. I stripped down a Gateway 2000 with a P2 processor, used the case & bought all new components, motherboard, memory, hard drive, video card, audio card, CPU.
The Gateway started with a PII 333Mhz slot 1 processor, and some no-name motherboard, and unknown GPU, but I just wanted a better gaming experience. I bought a Voodoo III 2000, put it in, and that tided me over for a few months.......
I couldn't afford to build from scratch, so I just started buying one component every 2 to 3 months. I did some research, and bought a Tyan Trinity 400 motherboard, which allowed me to use all the other components from the Gateway & have a newer better motherboard that also support the relatively new (at that time) PIII processor in either Slot 1 format or socketed format. I then bought two sticks of better & faster memory, followed by a new hard drive, then a PIII 800Mhz slot 1 CPU, and lastly I found a deal on a used ATI Rage Fury MAXX GPU. Although the GPU had some issues with some games because of the dual graphics chips, it was a bigger leap forward than the PIII had been, and just one game I was playing at the time had any issue with the card!
I would also later buy a PIII 1Ghz socketed CPU, which would also be my first real foray into overclocking.
Still building to this day. Current build is:
Case: Phantek's Enthoo Pro Full Tower
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4
CPU: Intel i9-13900KS CPU with Kraken X63 AIO cooler (would not buy CPU again if I could do it over...)
Graphics: MSI 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio GPU
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 64GB(4x16GB) DDR4
Hard Drives: Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD (Win11 Pro) + Intel 665p 1TB M.2 NVMe (storage) + Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 NVMe (storage) + Samsung 980 1TB M.2 NVMe (Ubuntu)
Power Supply: Seasonic Vertex GX-1200 1200W ATX 3.0
Cooling FANS: Bitfenix Spectre Pro 200mm front intake + 2x Noctua NF-A14 Industrial PPC 140mm exhaust out the top of the case on Kraken X63 radiator + 1 Noctua NF-A12 120mm rear as an extra intake.
1993 also IBM 8086 with TWO 3.5" drives no HDD amber screen.I stated out as a PC tech in 1983 for Entre Computer Center. At that time, there was a couple of national computer chains like Computerland and Business Land. I went all over the country for computer training. I remember the first IBM PC's that we sold were 64k of memory one 5.25 floppy drive and a green monochrome screen. We survived until 1988 when some of the discount stores started offering PC compatibles at prices that we couldn't match. I started my own consulting business in 1989 and was self-employed for over 30 years until I retired during the pandemic. I helped my nephew build a machine not too long ago, but personally I just buy a Dell when I need a computer.
OK, Al Gore. 😁3dmark? Benchmarking? Lol
You're practically a baby. When I started building computers, there was no internet
Lol. It actually wasn't that long ago. It feels like we've had the Internet forever. But it's really only been about 25 years. I had a job when I was 14 working in my grandmother's computer store building PCs.OK
OK, Al Gore. 😁
lol... only reason I didn't (build before the net) was because I was too busy breaking computers (or rather their operating systems) back then Somewhere around the first half of '82 a salesman at Radio Shack promised my grandfather that there was nothing I could do to break the computer he had just bought for his small business.... 1 week later, he came out to fulfill his promise & fixed the problem Second trip out, he also left me a 5 1/4 floppy loaded with software diagnostics & repair tools, so I could fix my own problems3dmark? Benchmarking? Lol
You're practically a baby. When I started building computers, there was no internet