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PostPosted: 23 Nov 2013 15:35 
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This is my gaming rig upgrade path. Mainly because of boredom.

2000
Basic Specs: Celeron 500Mhz + ATi 3D Rage Pro + 64MB SDRAM
Peripherals: IBM Ball Mouse + IBM Keyboard + Random Headphones & Mic
Primary Game: Delta Force 2
Secondary Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
Comment: My aunt gave me this computer when my uncle died because nobody else knew anything about computers.


2002
Basic Specs: Celeron 950Mhz + Onboard Intel + 128MB SDRAM
Peripherals: Generic Optical Mouse + IBM Keyboard + Random Headphones & Mic
Primary Game: Delta Force 2
Secondary Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
Comment: IBM Netvista my step-dad bought for "the family". Nobody else touched it but me.


2002
Basic Specs: Celeron 950Mhz + PNY Geforce 2 MX200 + 512MB SDRAM
Peripherals: Generic Optical Mouse + IBM Keyboard + Random Headphones & Mic
Primary Game:Delta Force 2
Secondary Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
Comment: Started working at Tim Horton's on weekends & as a roofing helper in the summer. RAM and Video card were hugely helpful especially with the windows XP release. My first time actually getting into PC stuff.

2003
Basic Specs: Athlon 1800 + PNY Geforce 4 MX420 + 512MB DDR
Peripherals: Logitech MX500 + MS Wired 500 Keyboard + Plantronics .Audio 90
Primary Game: Counter-Strike
Secondary Games: Delta Force:BHD
Comment: Sold the Netvista and decided to embark on my first build. ECS budget motherboard, generic case and PSU but it ran like thunder!

2004
Basic Specs: Athlon 1800 + PNY Geforce FX5200 + 1GB DDR
Peripherals: Logitech MX500 + IBM Keyboard + Plantronics .Audio 90
Primary Game: Counter-Strike
Secondary Games: None
Comment: Smoke Lag + the mandatory use of Ventrilo and mIRC for competitive required me to upgrade the next year.

2005
Basic Specs: AMD64 2800 + PowerColor Radeon 9250 + 2GB DDR
Peripherals: Logitech MX500 + IBM Keyboard + Plantronics .Audio 90
Primary Game: Counter-Strike
Secondary Games: None
Comment: 64 bit CPUs were too good to pass up. Decided to switch to an ATi card for this build. Antec Sonata case and Antec PSU.

2006
Basic Specs: AMD64 2800 + BFG Geforce 6800LE + 2GB DDR
Peripherals: Logitech MX518 + MS Wired 500 Keyboard + Sennheiser PC160 SK
Primary Game: Counter-Strike
Secondary Games: None
Comment: Full time job after graduating high-school. New video card, mouse and headset cause why not?

2007
Basic Specs: AMD64 X2 3800 + Visiontek Radeon x1650XT + 2GB DDR2
Peripherals: Logitech MX518 + MS Wired 500 Keyboard + Sennheiser PC160 SK
Primary Game: Counter-Strike
Secondary Games: None
Comment: Gotta get me some of that dual core. Antec Sonata II and Antec PSU.

2008
Basic Specs: AMD64 X2 6000 + Sapphire HD3870 + 4GB DDR2
Peripherals: Logitech MX518 + MS Wired 500 Keyboard + Creative Fatality Headset
Primary Game: World of Warcraft
Secondary Games: None
Comment: Just a pure power upgrade. This build was in an Antec Sonata 3 which Char currently uses. Average Joe was given the CPU/Mobo and RAM.

2010
Basic Specs: Phenom II x2 550 + Sapphire HD5770 + 4GB DDR3
Peripherals: Logitech MX518 + MS Wired 500 Keyboard + Plantronics Gamecom 367
Primary Game: World of Warcraft
Secondary Games: None
Comment: My old rig which was in the same Sonata 3, now it is Char's primary computer for WoW and stuff.

2011
Basic Specs: Phenom II x6 1055T + Sapphire HD5770x2 + 8GB DDR3
Peripherals: Logitech G400 + Steelseries 6Gv2 + Steelseries 5Hv2
Primary Game: World of Warcraft
Secondary Games: Counter-Strike
Comment: The start of my current rig. First and last time trying crossfire. All new peripherals including mechanical keyboard. One 5770 went to Average Joe.

2012 - Current
Basic Specs: Phenom II x6 1055T + Sapphire HD6950 + 8GB DDR3
Peripherals: Steelseries Kana + Steelseries 6Gv2 + Steelseries SiberiaV2
Primary Game: CS:GO
Secondary Games: Minecraft, World of Warcraft
Comment: Changed mouse & headset for ultimate fanboyism. Decided on a better video card situation.

Probably not going to upgrade next year unless something breaks, but 2015 is gonna be SWEET.

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PostPosted: 23 Nov 2013 15:56 
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Mine I think would have about three in it. 2005, 2009, and 2012. But I don't remember any of those specs.

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PostPosted: 23 Nov 2013 19:53 
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yeah I probably have 3 maybe 4 total, I'll have to look back at what I had. my first couple of computers I have no idea about actual hardware.

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