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Have an old Excel spreadsheet where I quote computer builds 4 years ago. Man this stuff is totally outdated, expensive, and primitive by today's standards. But prices and tech was better when I bought my latest rig Dec 2008. Gee, 4 years is a lot of time and vast technology upgrades for computers!
4-26-07 prices ASUS Striker Extreme (QUAD) 319.99 Buy.com
ECS PN2 SLI 680i 237.31 Newegg.com
evga SLI 680i MB 218
G Skill 2MB DDR2 8 MB DDR2 800 610 Newegg.com
evga ACS3 KO 8800 GTX 768MB 615 ebay
Samsung 500GB Sata 7200rpm 16MB Cache 125
Samsung Lightscribe DVD Dual Burner 42.73
ANTEC 900 Gamer Case 108.24 FRY'S
Vista Ultimate 64bit 189.99
Intel Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz 547 Newegg.com
Gateway 24 in LCD Monitor 882.2 with extended warranty
Frys.com Seasonic 650W High Efficiency PSU 160
CPU Heatsink 80
MSI 1080i HDTV TV Tuner Card 96.96 Upgrade Nation
2 removable SATA cases 42
frys.com sale Patriot 4GB 5-5-5-12 DDR2 800 224.99 5/4/2007
Do you have any records of old computer prices too? Post here!
I thought I kept some issues of Computer Shopper in my garage. It would have been nice to look at computers and their prices back in 1992 to 2000. I have no issues...
I do recall $880 for a full-height ST-4096 back in 1988. 80 megabytes ... that was cutting edge. It was put to use on a file server, running Novell 2.15.
I don't remember all the prices of old systems I've built, but I do remember building a 386 in the early 90's and spending $100 per MEG for RAM.
Pfft.
I remember the 128K RAM upgrade (& parallel printer port) for my 1984 IBM PCjr was $495.
My 300 baud modem cost slightly less. Yes baud, not Kbps or Mbps.
Either way, that was cheap compared to 1985. 41256 dip chips ... $9.80 each chip. 9 chips = 256k. 150ns access time.
Memory these days ... like 5/8ths of a nanosecond access.
I'm pretty sure they were SIMM's. I was pretty young at the time, maybe 12 or so. My older brother had given me his old TRS-80 to play with and then later on built a 286 for me. When it came time to upgrade that, he got me into building systems as well and the 386 was my first. Probably the one thing I miss about those days were going to the shows and running around the whole place pricing things out and finding the guy who sold the "good RAM", lol.
I'm impressed that NewEgg keeps records of all my purchases. I almost had a stroke when I realized I bought a PATA 16x DVD-RW DL for $50 in mid 2006, especially considering I bought a SATA 24x DVD-RW DL LS for $15 *shipped* in late 2010.
I had to warranty my memory recently. I purchased some OCZ 2x1GB sticks in 2006. $197 Thankfully they have lifetime warranty. They wanted to know if I overclocked my computer. LOL, No. Not at all. You can't tell right? No. I didn't.
Anyway, they sent me 2x2GB back in return, which cost on NewEgg like $50. I was floored.
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