So how has your rig EVOLVED over the years?

[MikeMike]

leading edge 386

gateway 233

dell dimensions 8200 1.8 w/ ti500, 512 pc800, 24xburner, dvd, santa cruz

dell inspirion 8200 1.3m w/ gf4 go 256mb ram

Home made 1.8a @ 2.7, ti4200, abit it7 max. wd120gb maxtor 80gb raid 0, koolance case

 

[PHiuR]

IBM Pentium 133mhz (3000dollars!!!)> P2 300mhz > Athlon Slot 800mhz > Duron 750 > Athlon XP 1600 (overclock 2100)
IBM ???Abit BH6 > ECS AML+ > ??? > EPox 8k3a
IBM??? 4meg RiVA128 > 32MB Stealth III > nVidia Geforce2MX > Geforce4 Ti4200 (oclock 4600)
IBM ???generic case > generic case > 1040sb chieftec case black with window
IBM ???ISA Fullduplex sound card > built on sound > SB Live X-Gamer 5.1

 

[fluxquantum]

Pentium3 450----Pentium3 600----Pentium4 1.6 GHz (northwood)
nvidia TNT 8 MB----TNT2 16 MB----TNT2 32MB----geforce 2 MX400 32MB----geforce 3 ti-200 128MB

 

[grrl]

Tandy SX1000

IBM Thinkpad 350C - 486 processor, 128 MB hard drive, 9" color screen, 4 meg RAM

Toshiba Satellite 205CDS - 11.3" color screen, 100 MHz Pentium, 810MB HD, 8 MB RAM

Homemade K6III/450, Tyan S1598C2, 256 megs PC100, Maxtor 13.6GB ATA/66 HD, Stealth III S540 Savage 4 Pro - 32MB, Princeton Ultra 75B 17", generic case

Upgraded to an Abit KT7A, 1 Ghz Tbird, 384 megs PC133, NEC 19" AS95F

 

[Bovinicus]

Case: Generic - Enlight 7237
PSU: Generic 250W - Sparkle 300W
Motherboard: ECS Slot1/Socket370 - Asus A7V133 - EPoX 8KHA+
Memory: Micron 256MB PC133 - Additional Micron 128MB PC133 - 2x256MB Crucial PC2100
CPU: 433@~480MHz Celeron - P3 667@750MHz - Athlon TBird-C 1@1.266GHz
Video: Voodoo2 16MB - GeForce256 - GeForce2GTS - Radeon8500
Sound: Onboard - SB Live! Value - Acoustic Edge
Modem/NIC: Winmodem - Zoltrix 56K - Linksys LNE100TX v5
HDD: WD 8.4GB 5400RPM - IBM 30GB 75GXP
CD/DVD-ROM: Generic 24x - Acer 36x - Toshiba 16x/48x DVD
CD-RW: HP 8x4x32 9110
Floppy: Generic
Heatsink: Intel Retail - AMD Retail - OCZ Gladiator
Monitor: NEC Multisync 500A - KDS VS195E
Speakers: Generic 2.0 - FPS 1800 4.1s

I now have two separate computers using some of those various parts. My floppy drive is the same one I had on my IBM aptiva 5+ years ago.

 

[Trader05]

First self built:

Inwin Case
235w PSU> 300w Antec PSU

Abit BX6R2> Asus P4b266C
Celeron 366@366 slot1>C366@550 PPGA>P3 500>Celeron 600a@933>P3 1ghz>P4 1.6a@2.1
128mb SDR>256 SDR> 512SDR>256DDR>512DDR
Ibm 14.4gb 14GXP HD>IBM 45gb 75GXP(died)>IBM 60GB 60GXP
Aopen 36x cdrom>Kenwood 42x>Toshiba 48x>Toshiba 16xdvd
Mitsumi 4x cdr(paid $200), Plextor 8x cdr ($150), Plextor 16x ($150), Plextor 24x($100), Liteon 48x ($30)
Creative 4mb Promedia 2 Video w/ 8mb Voodoo2>Guillemont TNT2U>Elsa GF2GTS>Gainward GF4 4200 GS
SB AWE64 isa>TB Montego 2>SBLive Mp3+>SB Audigy MP3+
56k Lucent Modem>NIC LOL

That's about it, over about 3 or so years.

 

[jv316]

PII 450 ----- slot A 700 ----- 1.2ghz athlon ----- XP 1800+
intel board ----- fic sd11 ----- epox ep-8kta3 ----- epox ep-8kha+
3dfx voodoo3 ----- geforce2ti ----- geforce4 ti4600 ----- radeon 9700rpo
onboard ----- sb live value ----- sb live audigy mp3+
4X dvd ----- 48x cd ----- 52x cd
4x cdrw ----- 16x cdrw ----- 40x cdrw
10gb hd ----- 60gb ----- 180gb
96mb pc133 ram ----- 256mb ddr ----- 1gig ddr

 

[Valinos]

I'm not gonna go into what I started with, but only my main rig that has continually evolved. My first custom built machine was a Celeron 300A, which I didn't build myself, but knew enough about to pick out all the parts. The first rig I custom built myself was my Athlon 900 and continues on as the same system in spirit and the Soundblaster Live!

Athlon Tbird 900 --> Athlon Tbird 1200 --> AthlonXP 1600+ --> Dual AthlonXP 1800+ (modded to MP of course)

Asus A7V133 (KT133) --> Soyo Dragon Plus! (KT266a) --> Soltek 75DRV5 (KT333) --> Asus A7M266D (AMD 760MP)

128MB Mushkin PC150 --> 768MB Crucial PC133 CAS2 --> 512MB Crucial PC2100 --> 512MB Mushkin PC2700 --> 512MB Crucial PC2100 (sold the PC2700 when I switched to dual, since my board couldn't really take advantage of it without OCing)

Geforce 2 GTS 32MB --> Geforce 4 Ti 4600 --> Geforce 3 (I purchased the 4600 when it first came out, and felt it was simply too much...too much money considering that I got plenty of performance out of the Geforce 3 that I had picked up a week later for $100...although now I wish I had kept the 4600 because I'm starting to see the GF3 bog down in games)

I don't even remember all the CDROM and HDD changes. I've probably used about 8 different hard drives in this system and I've also switched CDROM to DVD and then back...only two CDRWs though. Acer 8x4x32x then to a Liteon 40x12x48x. I've used the same Sound Blaster Live! since I've had my Celeron 300 system. I've also been using the same case for the most part, but I switched to a sleek but small black aluminum case for awhile..when I got this dual board I had to go back to my larger tower.

This rig has had a lot of changing, but I still consider it the same machine just with constant upgrades to every component over the past 2 years. Keeps me on the edge and I never feel slow...while I never get that brand new machine feel anymore...ya know that BLAM I just wwent from a Athlon 900 and Geforce 2 to a Athlon 2000+ with a Radeon 9700...its ok because I never have that slow feel of being on an old system

 

[PeteyCPU]

Duron600----->XP 1600+
MSI K7Tpro ------> Asus A7S333
384MB SDRAM ------> 256mb PC2100 DDR
Voodoo3 2000 ----> Radeon 7000 64mb DDR -----> Radeon 8500le 54mb
10 gig 5400rpm WD HD ------> 40gig 7200rpm Samsung HD
SB PCI128 -----> On board C-Media 6ch

 

[Goi]

Well, I've basically been using the same platform I have now since 1998. Here it goes:
1998:
Abit BH6, Celeron 300A @ 504MHz, 128MB PC100 SDRAM, 3dfx Voodoo3 3000, CTX 17" AG monitor, 8X Creative CD-ROM, Addtronics 6896A w/Channelwell 250W PSU

Since then, in as chronogically accurate an order as I can remember:
Changed monitor to Hitachi 21" Shadow Mask CRT
Added Creative Savage4 PCI 32MB card(staples offer) -> Dual monitor V3+S4, CTX+Hitachi
Added 128MB PC133 Mushkin RAM with IBM chips
Sold Hitachi 21", got Nokia 445XPro 21"(ubid deal)
Added 128MB PC133 Viking SDRAM

Sometime in 2000:
Changed 8X CD-ROM to 24X CD-ROM(roomie gave it to me for free)
Sold CTX, gave Creative Savage4 to brother, back to single monitor
Changed C300A to C533(mendocino) on Golden Orb+generic Slotket, only ran 600+MHz
Changed C533 to C566A(cumine-128) on same Golden Orb+Slotket, ran 850MHz on 1.8V

Sometime in 2002
Changed CD-ROM to ASUS DVD-E116 DVD-ROM
Added Silicon Image ATA133 IDE Controller
Changed 250W PSU to Enermax 431W
Changed faulty Mushkin PC133 SDRAM to another spare PC133 SDRAM I had lying around

Sometime in November 2002:
COMPLETE UPGRADE!

 

[Rankor]

Rig circa 1992-->Present

Intel 486SX-25 < Cyrix 486SLC-33 < Intel 486DX2-66 < Intel 486DX4-100 (120) < Amd 5x86-133 (160) < Intel Pentium 133 < Intel Pentium 200 MMX < Amd K6-2 300 < Amd K6-2 500 < Amd K6-3+ 450 < Intel Celeron 300A (450) < Intel Celeron 466 (525) < Intel Celeron 566 (850) < Amd Duron 800 < Intel Pentium 3 1000 Slot 1 < Intel Pentium 4 2533

Generic Motherboards---> SuperMicro Super P5STE < FIC 503+ < FIC PA-2013 < Abit BX-6 Rev. 2 < Asus P3B-F < Abit BF-6 < FIC AZ11E < MSI 845E Max-L

Generic Sound---> Creative Labs SB 16 Value < Creative Labs AWE 64 < Creative Labs AWE 64 Gold < Creative Labs SB PCI 16< Creative Labs SB PCI 128 < Creative Labs Audigy MP3+

Generic Video card---> Trident 512K ISA video card < Trident 1MB PCI video card < Hercules Graphite 128 VLB 2MB < Hercules Dynamite 128 PCI 2MB/Diamond Monster 3Dfx Voodoo < Matrox Mystique G200/Best Data 3Dfx Voodoo2 SLI with Stealth V2 coolers by Tennmax < Matrox Mystique G400/Best Data 3Dfx Voodoo2 SLI with Stealth V2 coolers by Tennmax < 3dfx Voodoo3 < eVGA.com e-GeForce2 MX < eVGA.com e-GeForce2 MX Twin-View < Leadtek GeForce2 Pro < Gainward GeForce2 Pro Golden Sample < Matrox G450 < PNY GeForce4 Ti 4400

Generic Cases---> Inwin Q500 < Inwin Q500N < Inwin Q500N modded by 3DCool.com < Inwin S500 < Chieftec Silver Aluminum with clear side panel

 

[Priit]

CPU's: 486DX2/66 -> P75 -> K6-200 -> K6-2/450 -> K6-2+/450 -> Duron 700 -> T-Bird 1Ghz
Mobos: Chaintech xxx -> IBM whoknowswhat -> ZIDA 7SVA -> AOpen AX59Pro -> ASUS A7V -> Abit KG7
Video: Cirrus 1Mb VLB -> Integrated Trident 1Mb PCI -> ATI RageIIC 2Mb PCI -> ATI Xpert@Play 4Mb PCI -> Ati All-In-Wonder Pro 8Mb -> Creative Labs Nvidia TnT1 -> No-name GF2MX -> Matrox G450 -> Chaintech GF2Ti

Pretty boring

 

[JetBlack69]

CPU:
Celeron 400Mhz -> PIII 800Mhz -> P4 1.6@2.4Ghz

MOBO:
Abit BE6 -> Abit BD7-RAID

MEMORY:
128MB PC100 -> 768MB PC133 -> 512MB DDR2400

Video Card:
voodoo2 -> TNT2 Ultra ->Geforce2Ultra -> Geforce 4ti 4200

Hard Drives
13GB 5400RPM -> 40GB 7200RPM -> 100GB 7200RPM -> 220GB 7200 RPM

Sound Card:
Sblive value -> SB Audigy Gamer

Case:
? -> Lian-Li PC68

Cdrom:
52x -> 72X

CDRW:
2x -> 8x -> 16x -> (soon to be) 4xDVD Burner

Mouse:
Generic mouse -> Microsoft Optical

Monitor:
KDE 17 inch - Samsung 170T LCD

OS:
Windows 98 -> Windows 98SE -> Windows2000/Linux -> WindowsXP

Misc:
TVCard
2 NICs

The only 2 things to survive upgrading is the floppy drive (it has a broken bezzle even) and my keyboard (Microsoft Natural).

 

[BoomAM]

hi.
486 -> PentiumII 233 -> Duron600 -> Duron1GHZ ->AthlonXP1800
Unknown 486 mobo ->Unknown Intel440LX MoBo ->Asus A7V -> Abit KT7A-RAID
16mb Ram -> 32mb PC66 -> 64mb PC100 -> 128mb PC100 -> 256mb PC100 -> 768mb PC133
Cirus Logic GD54xx 1mb ->Maxtrox Mystique G200 2mb ->Savage4 32mb ->GF2MX 32mb ->GF2GTS 32mb ->GF3Ti200
No Sound -> SB16 ->Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo ->SB Live Player 5.1 -> SB Audigy Player
Unknown Desktop -> Unknown Desktop -> Mini Tower -> Midi Tower -> Cheiftec Scorpio TA10-BLD Full Tower Black
250mb HD -> 500mb HD -> 3.2gb HD -> 20gb HD -> 20gb + 40gb hd
486HSF -> PII HSF -> Coolmaster upto 800mhz -> Mini Super Orb -> VolcanoII -> Thermalright SLK-800 + YS-Tech Silent.

notes:-
Duron 600 in A7V. Duron1GHZ in KT7A-RAID. then XP1800
Asus A7V Failed, had to but KT7A-RAID
had 64mb in A7V, upgraded to 128mb then 256mb. added another 512mb with KT7A-RAID
Savage 4 was upgrade to G200 in PII system. GF2MX in A7V. then GTS in KT7A-RAID, then GF3 Ti200
SB16 in 486 then PII, then upgraded to fortissimo. fortissimo used in A7V & KT7A-RAID. the Live5.1 then Audigy.
both the 20 + 40gb drives used in KT7A-RAID. 20gb as backup.
coolmaster & SuperOrb in A7V. Super Orb broke the A7V. used volcano2 in KT7A-RAID. then SLK-800 in KT7A-RAID