My first computer was an 8088 with two 5 1/4" floppies. Eventually added a 30MB HD for about $300 and that was in the 1980's. Another upgrade was the 24 pin printer over the 9 pin.
My Pentium 90 was about $3500, but I did spend the extra $300 for the
17" monitor. That was over the cost of the 14" base model.