So how has your rig EVOLVED over the years?

[optimistic]

My Main Rig Since Jan 2000

Duron 600Mhz___K7 1.2Ghz___XP 1700+(RIP)___Duron 800Mhz___P4 1.6A

Abit KT7a (KT133a)__________Shuttle AK31 3.1 (KT266a)________Gigabyte GA-8SRX (SiS 645)

Card Expert (GF2MX)___Hercules (Kyro II)______MSI (GF3ti200)

Generico Case___Enermax CS-A1QX-06 Case

 

[Anubis]

Athlon T bird 800 ----> Xp 1700+ @ 1.6 GHz

biostar M7VKB kt133 ------> EpoX 8KHA+ KT 266a

Geforce 256 --> ATI readon 64DDR VIVO --> MSI GF4 TI4600

SB live --> Sb Audigy XGamer

Gernric Case ----> Evercase which i modded

enermax 300w PSU ---> Enlight 340w ---> Antec True Power 430w

17in Viewsonic E771 ---> 19in KDS X-Flat XF-9E . now runnin them both

 

[Louie1961a]

Started off with a zenith 286 running dos 6.1 and wordperfect 5

That gave way to a homebuilt unit:

generic 486 mobo (can't remember the brand)-->shuttle hot 565--->Asus P3V4X

Intel 486-100 (o/c to 133)--> AMD K6 233 (o/c to 250)--->Intel PIII Cumine 550 (o/c to 733)

Trident VGA--->STB Virge PCI---> VooDoo 2000 PCI ---->Asus V7100 pure (Nvidia GE Force 2 MX)

SB 16---> Yamaha YMF 724

Generic case--->Enlight case----> generic case (again)

Generic VGA 15" monitor--->Digiview 15"--->Digiview 17"--->IBM G74



I am obviously in dire need of another upgrade huh??

 

[Chain777]

Dell Dimension XP333 (P-2/333 w/128MB 66 SDRAM; STB riva 128; onboard sound); Epson photo 500 printer;

Next system: check rig.

 

[vash]

Well, here goes:

Athlon .7Ghz -> Athlon 1Ghz -> Athlon 1.4Ghz -> Athon 1.53Ghz -> 2x Athlon 1.53Ghz
Epox -> Abit KT7 -> DFI AK76 -> Gigabyte -> MSI K7D Master-L
Geforce SDR -> Geforce 2 GTS - > Geforce3 Ti 500
Generic case -> Coolermaster Alum case.
SBLive -> Philips AE -> Hercules GTXP

vash

 

[reelbigfish214]

Athlon 500Mhz->Athlon T-bird 800Mhz->Athlon t-bird 1200Mhz->Athlon XP 1600+------------------->P4 2.53Ghz

??????---------->Abit KT7-Raid------------------------------------------>Shuttle AK31A-->MSI K7T Pro2-RU->Abit SR7-8X

Voodoo3 3000->GF2 GTS------------------------------------------------>PNY GF3 Ti 200

 

[Maverick]

P2 400 -> P2 300@450 -> Celeron 566@800 -> Duron 650@850 -> Tbird 1Ghz@1.2 -> P4 2.53Ghz @2.83

Abit BX6 (440BX) -> MSI K7TPro2A (KT133) - > Gigabyte 8SG667 (SIS648)

Voodoo1 -> Voodoo2 -> Geforce2 -> Geforce3

Generic case - > Antec SX1040B -> Superflower Black Aluminum

Generic 250W PSU -> Antec 300W PSU -> Antec TruePower 450W PSU

Ensoniq 32 -> SB Live! -> Phillips AE -> Hercules GTXP

19 inch ADI -> 17 inch Viewsonic -> 19 inch Iiyama

 

[Spac3d]

You people all suck for having money to do spend on computers.

My computer for 4 years -> My computer for 4 years.

1 change is I added harddrives.

Spac3d

 

[anthrax]

i486 DX2 @ 66MHz on asus MB 20MB ram /.54G 2XCD-Rom

previous tower
1997 1998 3/2000 9/2000 5/2001 7/2002
PII 266 =============>Celeron 300A @ 450===>iPentium3 550 ========>iPentium 3 550@733Mhz====> AMD Athlon 1.3@1.4 Tbird=>AMD Athlon 1.3@1.4 Tbird
Dell iPD440 MB=======>Abit BH6 iBX440==========================>ASUS P3V4X=============>ASUS A7V133=========>ASUS A7V333=========>
64MB EDO ==========>128mb PC100=======>160MB PC133=========>256MB PC133============>384Mb PC133==========>256MB DDR 2100=======>
Matrox MGA 2064 4mb =>Orchid Voodoo 4mb ===>Canopus voodooII 12 Mb=>Creative Riva TNT2 Ultra 32mb=>ATI Radeon DDR 32Mb====>ASUS 8200 GF3 64mb===>
6.4G HDD IBM========>9.1 Gig 7.2k IBM =====>20.5G IBM 7.2k=======>30.5+20.5 IBM HDD 7.2k=====>30.5+20.5 IBM HDD======>61.5 + 30.5 IBM HDD====>
Dell H800 Trinitron 15inch=>Sony 100ES 15inch======================>Sony CPD L133 LCD==================================================>

Current
8/2002 10/2002
iP4 @ 2.26=======================================================> CURRENT================> No plan yet
Shuttle SF51 Sis 651================================================> CURRENT===============> No plan yet
256MB DDR 2700==========================>512mb DDR 2700===========> CURRENT===============> No plan yet
ASUS 8200 GF3====================================================> CURRENT===============> Thinking......
WD80 GB HDD 7.2K 8mb=============================================> CURRENT===============>No plan yet
Eizo Flexscan L375 15inch LCD++++++++++++++++>Sharp LL-T1620 16inch LCD===> CURRENT===============>No plan yet


SO...What should I upgrade next?

 

[XBoxLPU]

Tbird1ghz > 1.6A Northwood > XP 2000+
MSKT266 > Asus P4S333 > Abit KX7-333
512 PC2100> 512 PC3200 ( now 128mb PC2100 > 512 PC3200
Kyro2 > Geforce 3 > GF3 for 9 months than GF4 4400
Func 320 Case > Cheifc Tech w window case
SBLive > N/A > Audigy
EV700 > EV700 > Dual monitors with a 19 inch Sony GPD420



the 1.6A ( @ 2.32ghz ) northwood is now my seconday PC just running seti. It has a Voodoo 3 2000 card, 40gb hd, 300 watt PS. Onboard sound disabled And I run a KVM switch

 

[fkloster]

Pentium 133----Pentium 166----Pentium 200----Pentium2 266----Pentium2 450----Pentium3 550----Pentium3 800----Pentium3 1000----Pentium4 1500----Pentium4 1800----Pentium4 1800 (nwood)----Pentium4 2500

 

[alkemyst]

bold will show things that migrated

1986:
$3200
Apple //e enhanced (yeah enhanced enhanced)
4 floppies (143k each)
Grappler+
128k system RAM
Apple DMP
AE 2400baud
MIDI card through Kawaii K1 keyboard

~1989
PS/2 Model 80
Cyrix 486DxR-2/50
IBM Model 80/25MHz with 64k L2 Cache
32 MB of RAM
Storage Interface: IDE
SCSI, Future Domain MCS-600
Hard Drive: Seagate 1.0 GB SCSI
Diskette drive: IBM 1.44MB, 3.5"
Reply Technology SVGA 1MB
Disney Sound Source
MAG DX-15F
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse
HP ScanJet 4p
USR Sportster 33.6 external
Windows for Workgroups 3.11


1992
Intel Pentium 133MHz @ 133MHz (2.0x66)
Gigabyte GA-586ATE/ATM with 256k Pipelined cache
32 MB of EDO RAM
Enlight EN-6680
Sparkle 250W
Storage Interface: EIDE, 33MB/s
SCSI, Tekram 390F UW
Seagate BigFoot ST32140 2.1 GB @ 5400 RPMS
CDROM Manufacturer & Model: Teac CD-56E
Diskette drive: Sony 1.44MB, 3.5"
Matrox Millenium with 4MB WRAM
Samsung Syncmaster 17GLsi upgraded the MAG
Creative SoundBlaster PnP 16
Cambridge Soundworks Speakers
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse
HP ScanJet 4p
USR Sportster V.90 external
Windows 95 rev. A
KOSS Boom Mic
OptiUPS 650E

1998
PS/2 Model 95 (experimental PC)
CPU: AMD 5x86 133MHz @ 150MHz (3x50), ADZ chip
Motherboard: IBM Model 95
Processor Card: Type III
Memory: 64 MB of ECC RAM
Case: Model 95
Power Supply: IBM
Storage Devices
Storage Interface: IDE
SCSI, IBM SCSI Controller w/ 2MB Cache
Hard Drive: Seagate 2.9 GB FAST/SCSI2
CDROM Manufacturer & Model: Toshiba 3601
Diskette drive: IBM 2.88MB, 3.5"
Output Devices
Video Card: XGA/2 2MB with ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 2MB
Monitor: IBM 8515
Input Devices
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Mouse: Microsoft Ergonomic
Scanner: HP ScanJet 4p
Miscellaneous
Internet Connection Speed: USR Sportster 33.6 external
Operating System: Slackware LINUX / Windows 95 rev. A

1996 and on
Celeron 300A @ 464MHz to Intel Pentium III 850MHz @ 995MHz (8.5x117)
Global Win to Alpha P3125 w/ generic fans
Intel Pentium III 850MHz @ 995MHz (8.5x117) to Tualatin 1.1A @ 1.42GHz
Alpha P3125 w/ generic fans to Alpha PEP66/T
ASUS V3400TNT/TV to Radeon 8500 128MB
Windows 98 SE to Win XP Pro
Mitsubishi LS120 1x SuperDisc to 2x
HP ScanJet 4p to HP Scanjet 4c
Added 1 256MB Crucial PC133 CAS2 DIMM
Epson Stylus 860 Color to Epson Stylus 880 Color
Imation (Plextor) 8/20 to Plextor 12/10/32S
Western Digital Expert 18.0 GB @ 7200RPM to IBM Deskstar 60GXP 60GB
Cambridge Soundworks Speakers to Altec Lansing ADA885THX
Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 Ultra (Nvidia TNT2 Ultra core/mem@180/200) to Radeon 8500 128MB Reatail
OptiUPS 650E w/ double batteries (parallel connected, 12V/24Ah total capacity) to nothing (lightning strike)
Samsung Syncmaster 17GLsi to Gateway VX900/Hitachi SuperScan Elite 751

 

[Boogak]

This is main rig only, I've built alot of 2ndary computers that I've sold off or given away.

CPU: P166 -> K6 233 -> PII 333 -> Celeron 333@413 -> PIII 600@800 -> Athlon Tbird 1.4ghz -> P4 1.6A@2.4ghz

Motherboard:Compaq mobo -> FIC PA-2013 -> Abit LX6 -> Abit BX6-2 -> ECS K7S5A -> Gigabyte 8SRX

Video Card:S3 ViRGE -> Riva 128 -> Matrox G100/Voodoo2 -> Voodoo3 -> GeForce2 Pro -> GeForce 4 Ti 4400

Sound Card:Interwave POS -> SB AWE64 -> Monster Sound MX200 (Good card but Diamond driver support SUCKS) -> SB Live!

 

[dszd0g]

My memory is not good enough for this thread Here is what I remember. I have had a lot more running than this, but it is a pretty good picture of my primary machine.

I used some Atari home computers in the 1980s, I don't remember the models. Dual 5 1/4 floppies.

IBM XT -> Tandy 286 -> Small Company 486DX25 (1989) -> Pentium 90 (Self built Tyan mobo)-> K6 200?(Self built, Tyan mobo) -> K6-II 400 (Self Built Asus P5A) -> P3 500 -> Celeren 566@850 (Asus P3B-F) -> P3 1.2GHz (supplied by employer at time) -> Athlon XP 2100+ (Asus A7V8X).

[Edit: Adding RAM as someone else put it below.

640K -> 1MB -> 8MB -> 32MB -> 64MB -> 128MB -> 384MB -> 512MB -> 1GB -> 1GB

Video cards that I remember:

Trident something -> Hercules Super VGA something (I think I still have it somewhere) -> ATI Mach 16 -> ATI Mach 32 -> Diamond Viper V550 (TNT) -> Asus V3800 Ultra Deluxe (TNT2 Ultra) -> Asus V6800 (GeForce 256 DDR) -> VisionTek GeForce3 -> ATI Radeon 9700 Pro.

Sound cards that I remember:

Soundblaster -> Soundblaster 16 -> Soundblaster 16 + Turtle Beach RIO -> Soundblaster AWE64 -> Soundblaster Live! Platinum -> Hercules GTXP

I have had various old Atari, Amiga, Sun, DEC, and X-terminal type stuff running too from time to time.

 

[Siddhartha]

1995
P300 mHz\128 meg RAM\4 gig HD\ 15 inch CRT\ 8x CDROM\ 28 K internet Cost ~ $2500 it was a gift.

2002
Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6 gHz)\512 meg DDR\ 40 gig, 60 gig, 80 gig, 7200 rpm, ATA 100 HD\ 19 inch CRT\Sony Receiver with two satellite speakers and two subwoofers\DSL internet \Game Theatre XP sound card\ Gforce 3 video card
Cost~$1200

 

[Duvie]

Here we go.....since 1998

CPU:
Pentium Pro 200----Amd K6-2 400----Amd tbird 750@845----Amd tbird 1100@1200----Amd tbird 1400@1500----p4 1.8a@2.4----p4 1.6a@2.74

VID:
ATI PC2TV 16mb----Voodoo 3 2000 16mb----Ati Radeon 32mb Le----GF2 Pro 64mb----ATI Radeon 8500 Le 64mb

RAM:
128mb pc100----192mb pc100----256mb pc133----384mb pc133----crucial 512mb pc2100----Corsair 512mb pc3000 cas 2

 

[CrazySaint]

IBM XT Compatible 8MHz --------> CompuAdd IBM AT 80286 Compatible 12MHz --------> Pionex PII-350 --------> Self-built P4 1.8A @ whatever I can OC it to (coming soon)

Ancient --------> Less Ancient --------> Biostar M6TBA --------> Asus P4B533-V

640k RAM --------> 1MB RAM --------> (96MB --------> 160MB --------> 256MB PC100) --------> 256MB Corsair XMS PC2700C2

2D EGA --------> 2D SVGA --------> (8MB i740 --------> 32MB Radeon DDR) --------> 32MB Radeon DDR (from this machine, which will regain its old i740)

40MB --------> 40MB --------> 12GB --------> 80GB

 

[Telsari]

1997-2001 Custom Built
ABIT-I440BX Motherboard
300 MHz Celeron -> OC 450 MHz
64 MB RAM - > Later upgraded to 128 MB
16 MB Diamond Monster Fusion AGP
Diamond Monster Sound w/ 2MB wavetable
Diamond Supra Max 56K modem
8.5 GB ATA 33 IBM Hard Drive
Mitsumi Floppy Drive
32X Toshiba XM CD-ROM Drive
17" Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200 ES

Cost: $1250
From saving up for a few years! (Only a middle school student at the time.)

2001-? Custom Built
ECS-K7S5A Motherboard
750 MHz Athlon
512 MB RAM
32 MB GeForce 2 MX 400 AGP
Diamond Monster Sound MX-400
Diamond Supra Max 56K Modem
30 GB ATA 100 IBM Hard Drive
TEAC Floppy Drive
32X Toshiba CD-ROM Drive
16X10X40X CD-RW Drive
15" Samsung 150s Flat Panel LCD!

Cost: $550+?
The rest of the parts are old ones my cousin gave me.

 

[RamzaBeoulve]

PC Chips Generic Socket A Board >> MSI K7T Turbo LE (RIP) >> MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU
Duron 700 >> Duron 1000 >> Athlon 1100 (RIP) >> Athlon XP 1900+ (1600 mHz)
128 MB PC100 >> 512 MB PC133 >> 256 MB PC2700 >> 512 MB PC2700
Crappy SiS Onboard Graphics >> Butterfly TNT2 M64 32 MB >> MSI GeForce3 Ti200 128 MB ViVo
2 GB IBM 4200 RPM HD >> 40 GB Western Digital 5400 RPM HD >> 40 GB Seagate Barracuda IV 7200 RPM HD + 40 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM HD
SiS Onboard Sound >> MSI Onboard Sound >> SB Audigy Gamer
8x CD-ROM >> 12x10x32 Creative CD-RW >> 24x10x40 LG CD-RW + 16x48x DVD-ROM
15" IBM G45 >> 17" TTX >> 19" Samsung SyncMaster 955DF

 

[Dreadogg]

Pentium 133----Pentium 166----Pentium 200----Pentium2 266----Pentium2 450----Pentium3 550----Pentium3 800----Pentium3 1000----Pentium4 1500----Pentium4 1800----Pentium4 1800 (nwood)----Pentium4 2500

You need a change big time! LOL Chaintech Intel 550 matrox G-400 mil./Gforce 2 Pro ---- MSI KT266 Pro AMD 1333 Gforce 2 Pro/Gforce 4 4200 only posting home builts

 

[JC]

First computer: Timex/Sinclair 1000 (1981??)

Got back into computers, 1994? bought used IBM XT clone ($50), 4.77MHz, 20MB HD, 640K, upgraded to EGA video.
Then bought used 286 (10MHz, I think) 120MB, ? Ram. Had Win 3.1 on it, cost $125 used. HD bit the dust almost immediately.
Next was an IBM XT clone with an Intel inBoard 386-16 upgrade card, some wierd MFM 10MB HD, cost $90 used. Had problems running many programs.
Next was a Compaq all-in-one 486SX-25, 350MB HD, 9600 external modem, first time on the web (yay!) with AOL (boo!) cost $350 used.
Then I decided to build my own box.

Original box, built mid-'96:

Cyrix 5x86-120/Gigabyte 5486AL/8MB/1.2GB/4x CDROM/33600 modem/S3 Trio 1MB video/Everex sound card/14" monitor


AMD 5x86-133__K6-300__K6-2/500__Compuwiz Duron 650@900+__Athlon 1200__Athlon 1400__Athlon XP1600+
Ensoniq PCI sound card
Gigabyte 586TX3__Gigabyte 5AX__Abit KT7A-R__Abit KG7-R
16MB EDO__48MB EDO__64MB SDRAM__128MB SDRAM__512MB SDRAM__256MB PC2100
9.1GB 7200 IDE__2x 4.5GB 7200 UW-SCSI__9.1GB 7200 U2W SCSI__9.1GB 10k U160 SCSI
Voodoo2__Voodoo3__Voodoo5/GF256 DDR
Antec 300W__Antec 400W
4x SCSI CD-R__8x SCSI CD-R
17" Compaq__21" Mitsubishi

When I first built it, 8MB EDO was $75, and that was cheap!

JC

 

[zippy]

I'll start with the new rig I built in Oct. 99

P3 450

Abit BE6-2 (2? May have been BE6 original)

Matrox Millenium G400 MAX

128MB PC100

Quantum Fireball KA 13.6GB 7200RPM ATA/66

Samsung Syncmaster 900p

-Upgrade 1 was 128MB PC133 in March '00

-Upgrades 2 & 3 in May '00: P3 550e@808, MSI 6309 Via Apollo Pro 133A board

-Upgrades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in August '01: AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 1.4GHz, Epox 8K7A, Hercules Prophet 4500 Kyro2, IBM 60GXP 40GB, 256MB Crucial PC2100

-Upgrade 9 in Sept '02: Planar CT1904Z

-Upgrade 10 in Sept/Oct '02: ATI AIW Radeon 8500DV

-Upgrade 11 coming soon: Trading for a Ti4x00 because UT2k3 is so good and I want to play at higher detail settings (have to play at 1280x1024 on this LCD) and I don't need the extra features of the 8500DV as it turns out.

 

[Stark]

CPU: P100 -> P166 -> K6 233 -> k6-2 300 -> PIII 500 -> PIII 666 -> Athlon 850 -> Athlon 1800+ -> Dual Athlon 2000+
Memory: 8 MB -> 32 MB -> 64 MB -> 128 MB-> 196 MB -> 256 MB -> 1 GB
HD: 2 GB -> 6.5 GB -> 13 GB -> 20 GB -> 2x30 GB (originally for raid-0, now master+slave)
Video: Onboard video -> Diamond Stealth PCI -> Matrox G200 -> Voodoo3 2000 -> Geforce 256 -> Geforce3 Ti200
Case: lots -> InWin full tower
Monitory -> 15" -> 17" -> 19"

 

[Megatomic]

OMG my rig has changed so much, this will be fun...

Jan. 2000 - Gigabyte GA-5AX AMD K63-450MHz 512MB PC100 Voodoo3 3000 WinMe

Mar. 2000 - ASUS K7V Athlon Classic 500MHz 512MB PC133 ASUS V6600 Deluxe WinMe

Oct. 2000 - ASUS K7V Athlon Classic 800MHz 512MB PC133 ASUS V6600 Deluxe WinMe

Mar. 2001 - ASUS P4T Pentium 4 1.4GHz 256MB PC800 ASUS V6600 Deluxe Win Whistler

July 2001 - MSI 694D Dual PIII 700EB 1GB PC133 LeadTek GF2 64MB Win Whistler

Aug. 2001 - Abit KT7A Raid Athlon Tbird 1.33GHz 1GB PC133 GF2 64MB WinXP

Mar. 2002 - ECS D6VAA Dual PIII 1GHz 1GB PC133 GF2 Pro 64MB WinXP

July 2002 - MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU AthlonXP 1900+ 768MB PC2100 GF4 Ti 4200 128MB WinXP

Oct. 2002 - Epox 8K3A+ AthlonXP 1900+ 512MB Mushkin PC2100 GF4 Ti 4200 128MB WinXP


There were lots of video card swaps but those are the main items.

 

[Texun]

1997 - Current
1. 286-16, 4 megs, 512 video, DOS 4.1 Used for $600
2. 486-33, 8 megs, 4 meg S3 video, DOS 5.1 Home built for about $400
3. 486-120, 8 megs, 8 meg Diamond, Win 3.1 for about $375
4. AMD K5-166, 12 megs, 8 meg Diamond, SB 16 about $350
5. AMD K6-200, 16 megs, 8 Meg Diamond, SB 16 about 250
6. Celeron 466, 64 megs, 16 meg diamond, SB Live Value, $425
7. AMD TB 900, 64 megs, 32 TnT, about $425
8. AMD XP 1700, 512 DDR, 128 Meg GF4MX $650
9. P4. 1.6a, 512 DDR, 64 meg GF2 TI $525
10. Celeron 500, 256 SDR, $200 (File Server)

These cost estimates are VERY conservitive. I lost count og the number of cases, keyboards, monitors, modems, mice, CDR's, CDRW's floppies, fans, hard drives, etc. I know I've spent a good $5,000 on PC's in the past 5 years.