First PC I looked in was my first PC when I was 4. My dad had to put in 4MB of extra RAM so my new game would work! It had no end of problems! lol those were the days!
I've recently built a PC myself, with a P4 2.4GHz processor, 512 MB-RAM, 128 MB Graphics Card, a nice shiny 52x32x52 CD-RW, and a 20GB HDD, all of which set me back a measly £250! I got the processor from an auction on Amazon for £31.49 (inc P&P), the RAM was £38, the graphics card was the most expensive item at £64.63, the CD-RW was £29.49 from Amazon brand new, and the HDD was a prezzie for crimbo 3 years ago, which cost about £63 i think. So all in all not too bad...
For my brother's Christmas present last year from me and my dad, we built him a PC from bits we'd got lying around the house! It came out as a 800MHz processor, 192 MB-RAM, a 16 MB Graphics Card, and a 10GB HDD! The only thing we had to buy was the Graphics Card, which was a bargain at £15!
I've recently been dabbling in networking, as Taw and Esquilax will tell you, and I've got my old PC and my new PC in my room, mainly for MP Gaming and Program Sharing!
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