How far has your rig "morphed" or changed since first build?

[Worf101]

I was sitting down and tallying up yesterday and got a surprsing result. My current rig was home built June 2004 at that time it contained the following:

AMD Athlon 64Fx-53
ASUS A8V Deluxe Mobo
HIS X800XT PE AGP Version 2
Asus A8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset ATX AMD MB
1 Gig of OCZ 3200 unbuffered Ram
2 Western Digital 74 Gig Raptors in Raid 0
DVD ASUS 16X DVD
DVD+/-RW PLEXTOR|PX-712A
CPU FAN Thermaltake Silentboost K8
Cooler Master WaveMaster MidTower Case.
Antec Neopower 400 Watt PSU
SB Audigy 2Z Platinum Sound Card
ViewSonic 19-inch CRT.

Today everything's changed in my rig but the CPU Fan and the Mobo:

AMD Athlon 64Fx-60
ASUS A8V Deluxe Mobo
HIS X1950 Pro AGP Version 2
Asus A8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset ATX AMD MB
2 Gig of Patriot 3200 unbuffered Ram
2 Western Digital 74 Gig Raptors in Raid 0
DVD ASUS 16X DVD
DVD+/-RW PLEXTOR|PX-712A
CPU FAN Thermaltake Silentboost K8
Cooler Master Stacker 830 RC-830-SSN2-GP Full Tower
BFG 650 Watt PSU
SB Audigy 2Z Platinum Sound Card
Dell Ultrasharp 2005FPW 20.1 Wide Flat PanelA

This was a "gradual" process. I keep saying "I'm upgrading this bit so I won't have to do a whole rebuild this year". As you can plainly see it's gotten out of hand. I will say that I've not made the PCI-E jump yet though. Where did your rig finally "end up"?

Da Worfster

 

[agentsmith957]

My Orignal Rig: (Almost exactly 4 Years Ago)

Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood C" 3.0GHz w/800MHz FSB
Giga-byte GA-8KNXP Ultra Rev. 01
1GB Corsair (2x512MB) DDR400 XMS (2-3-2-6)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Antec TruePower550
Onboard Realtek 655 Audio
U320 SCSI Seagate 15K Cheetah 73.4GB
Thermaltake XaserIII Full Tower
TDK CD-RW Burner
Generic CD-ROM Drive
Dell 17" Old Piece of Crap Monitor
Infinity Piece of Crap Stereo Speakers

My Middle-Line Rig: (About 3 Years through 1 Year Ago)
Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood C" 3.0GHz w/800MHz FSB
Giga-byte GA-8KNXP Ultra Rev. 01
1GB Corsair (2x512MB) DDR400 XMS (2-3-2-6)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Antec TruePower550
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
U320 SCSI Seagate 15K Cheetah 73.4GB
Western Digital SATA SE16 Caviar 250GB
Thermaltake XaserIII Full Tower
TDK CD-RW Burner
Plextor DVD-DL RW Burner
Sony 21" Trinitron Flat Screen CRT
Creative Inspire 7.1 100w Surround Sound

My Current Rig:
Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood C" 3.0GHz w/800MHz FSB (REPLACED LOL)
Giga-byte GA-8KNXP Ultra Rev. 01
1GB Corsair (2x512MB) DDR400 XMS (2-3-2-6)
Sapphire Radeon X800GTO 256MB
Antec NeoPower 480W
Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
U320 SCSI Seagate 15K Cheetah 73.4GB
Western Digital SATA SE16 Caviar 250GB
Thermaltake XaserIII Full Tower
TDK CD-RW Burner
Plextor DVD-DL RW Burner
Dell 24" Flat Panel LCD 2407FPW
Creative Gigaworks S750 700w 7.1 Surround System
(and a nice pair of Sennheiser HD650s )

 

[proof]

None... Well, I did take out a SCSI drive and put in two Raptor X drives.

Edit: I did also just buy a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum.

 

[MU_Engineer]

My original machine (Built Feb. 2006)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester
abit KN8-SLi motherboard
2 GB Corsair VS DDR-400 (2x1GB)
XFX GeForce 6200TC
Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W
Dell 2001FP 20.1" 1600x1200
WD Raptor 740GD + WD Caviar SE16 250 GB
Sony DW-Q30A DVD burner and Sony CD-R/RW DVD-ROM
Logitech keyboard and mouse

What it has today:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester (at 1.225 V Vcore)
abit KN8-SLi motherboard
2 GB Corsair VS DDR-400 (2x1 GB)
connect3D Radeon x1900 GT v.1 w/Vantec Iceberq cooler
Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W
Dell 2001FP + Samsung 204B in dual-head mode
WD Raptor 740GD
3x WD Caviar SE16 250 GB in RAID 5
HighPoint RocketRAID 2310 4-port PCIe x4 SATA controller
Hauppage WinTV PVR-150
Sony DVD burner and CD-R/RW DVD-ROM drive
Mitsumi USB memory card reader/floppy
Logitech mouse + 1993 IBM Model M keyboard

I don't think that I'll do any more upgrading as my case is completely full right now and my PSU has no more power connectors left I think I'll end up gutting the thing in a few years and making myself a dual-CPU workstation when I graduate for the third and last time.

 

[chunkymonster]

It hasn't. The machine in my sig is what I intended it to be. I've built enough machines over the years to get what I want on the first build. At the most, I will snag a DX10 card when the R600 and 8900's are released but that's about it.

 

[cheetsy]

I built my first one in Taiwan back in 2005 on a budget of 24000NT dollars, or about 400 quid. This is what I built,

Athlon 64 3000 Venice
Asus A8NE
1GB DDR
Pioneer DVDR
Gigabyte 6600GT PCI-E
350w Blue something PSU
80GB Sata HDD

It has had a few changes over the last 2 years, 2 new mobo's, 2 new processors, 2 new graphics cards, HDD's etc. Currently my main system consists of;

C2D E6600
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 Rev 3.3
2GB DDR2
2x 80GB Sata Striped
1x 160 Sata
1x 300 Sata
Audigy 2
MSI 8800GTX
Tagan 580w PSU
2x VS VX2245wm 22" LCDs
Logitech G15 & MX1000
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers

 

[jaguarskx]

No changes to my E6600 rig since I built it last September.

 

[derek2006]

My original machine somewhere around September/October 2006:

C2D E6400 3Ghz
Gigabyte DS3
2GB Patriot Ram
X850XT
Antec Truepower 550
Promise ATA controller PCI
Seagate 120gig
Realtec AC97, Then 2 months later Audigy 4.
20 Watt gateway 2.1 speakers
19inch Tyris LCD.

Now:
C2D E6400 3ghz
Gigabyte DS3
2GB Patriot Ram
X1950XT
Antec Truepower 550 (Prolly not gonna last another year with my new OC'ed GPU)
Silicon Image Rosewill ATA raid card PCI
Seagate 120GB ATA raided 0 with a salvaged 160GB Seagate. 320GB Seagate Sata Perpendicular.
SB X-Fi eXtreme Gamer.
280 Watt RMS Logitech 5.1 z-5300e
19inch Tyris LCD.