Remember when Intel was really the only logical CPU choice when building a PC?
And ignore the power supply, got not-so-stellar advice from a friend on how much power I actually needed.
Remember when Intel was really the only logical CPU choice when building a PC?
And ignore the power supply, got not-so-stellar advice from a friend on how much power I actually needed.
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Ah back when games only used 512×512, 1024×1024, 2048×2048 res textures and 2-4gb was enough for gaming
That PSU is “A” tier on SPL tier list, so while the wattage is hella overkill, at least you got a high quality PSU with high quality capacitors and safety mechanisms that actually work.
Back when building a pc was affordable
let me guess 2014-15?
Good o’l times before the RTX nonsense came out lol
First PC build, has a GTX 980…
you were cooking in 2014
kind of childhood dream for some
The days when oc meant +20% perf
Next time you can buy the windows key for a few € as key and prepare a USB stick for the first boot 😉
A few dollars you can invest in a better PC part of your choice
Bet that SuperFlower is still out there somewhere running fine, haha.
Better than mine rn lol
I remember building on z97 🙂
Still my current rig
God this makes me feel old my first build included a voodoo card and sound blaster lol
Windows 8.1? Haven’t seen that for a while, probably cuz people hated it then forgot about it lmao
Well that makes me feel old.
Member the last time AMD was the only logical choice for CPU
Member when you could get 2 GPU dies on the same board.
Member when you water cooled with stuff from the aquarium shop.
Member playing games off a cassette tape.
We remember.
I remember. GeForce 440? Fater! Bring the family albums!
I wish I had done this. I don’t have any pics of my first build 30 years ago. 😢
My first “Gamer” was the i7-4790k+GTX 980 EVGA ACX 2.0 plus my first SSD(game changer) 512GB Samsung 850 Evo …it was awesome at 1080p from 2014 through 2020.
That would have been amazing at the time. I wish I had pics of my first actual PC from 1991. Maybe I do somewhere. It was a custom build as well, as far as custom went in those days LOL.
Well, I feel old now
Classic 2014 combo there: 4790K, Hyper 212, Z97, GTX 980.
I went with a 5820K, stock cooler, X99, and GTX 970 though. I only replaced it last December.
lol the fact that this is meant to be a “this was so long ago” and yet it’s got a 980 in the build..
Shiii cuz I have the same mobo in my younger sister’s rig, she has a 1080Ti for the GPU, with a 4790K. My rig back in the day.
Heck, I remember when BIOS setup utilities weren’t resident in firmware. You had to boot from a setup disk.
8.1 was pretty good
I’m getting old. First pc I build had a K6-400MHz, 128MB RAM and a 12MB Voodoo2 hooked up to a 14-inch CRT monitor 😅