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Those were some good specs back in the day... And the price 😯

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[–] Earthwormjim91 106 points 11 months ago (4 children)

$5778 adjusted for inflation.

[–] a4ng3l 49 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At last something is more accessible than 30 years ago 🤗

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Video games, too. They're still in the $20-$60 range for the most part, same as they've been since the 1970s, which means their cost has dropped dramatically.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Wild that a 1k USD machine lasts like 6-10 years now.

I’m using one as a media center that’s a Phenom from 14 years ago lawl

My VR machine is eight years old but with a new GPU.

My main game machine is like four years old and plays basically everything 1440p/100FPS+. Cost bout 1.5k.

My first REAL game computer I built was over 2k back in the day (maybe 3k adjusted for inflation) and was slow as shit after two years. I love you, solid state drives. Athlon 64x2 4400+, SLI7900GT, 4GB DDR2, and an antec lanboy with the bondage kit. Built it for Crysis. No Raptors tho.

[–] isles 2 points 11 months ago

You're the real MVP.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I built a computer around 1998. OP's dad got reemed.