Serial Upgraders, how much of your original PC is left?

marco_polo

Though this might make an interesting thread, it probably doesn't apply to anyone who has recently bought but for those who have been keeping a PC going for a number of years how much of the original is actually left?

This is the original PC I bought in Feb 2009, parts removed have been struck out and added parts bolded. I'm pretty much down to the motherboard, RAM, DVD drive and PSU at this stage.

Antec 300 case.
2011 - Coolermaster HAF 922
Cosair TX 650 PSU
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
4GB OCZ Gold DDR3 1600MHz
2012 - Added another 4GB same second hand
AMD Phenom X3 720
2010 - AMD Phenom X4 965 BE
2010 - Coolernaster Hyper 2121+ cooler.
Sapphire HD 4870
2011 - Accelero twin turbo GPU cooler
2012 HIS HD750 2GB
500GB Seagate HDD
2010 - 40GB Corsair F40 SSD
2010 -1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3
2011 - 2TB Samsung Spinpoint F4
2012 - Crucial M4 64GB second hand (Thanks monotype )
LG DRDRW
LG 22" flatron

Serephucus

Nice idea! Should make for an interesting read alright.

I bought my original rig in the Summer of '08, I believe. At this point the only parts I still have from it are two of the hard drives, and the monitor, though neither are in use in my gaming rig.

NZXT Tempest case - Given to friend
Cooler Master ATCS 840 ('10)
Corsair silver 600T ('12)
(Possible) Bitfenix Prodigy ('13)

Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W - sold
Cooler Master Silent Pro M700 ('11) - sold
Enermax Platimax 600W ('12)

Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (most expensive single component to date) - sold
Core i7 950 ('10) - sold
Core i5 3570K ('12)

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme cooler - binned
Corsair H50 ('10) - Given to friend
XSPC Rasa ('11) - sold
XSPC Raystorm ('12)

EVGA 750i FTW - sold
Gigabyte X58A-UD5 ('11) - sold
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ('12)
(Possible) ASRock Z77 ITX ('13)

2x2GB DDR2 OCZ ReaperX - sold
3x2GB Corsair Dominator ('11)
2x8GB Corsair Vengeance ('12)

MSI GTX 280 - Died
Gainward 9500GT - stop-gap card
Zotac GTX 480 ('10) - sold
Zotac GTX 580 ('11) - sold
Zotac GTX 580 SLI ('11)
Zotac GTX 580 ('11) - one died, RMAed and sold
EVGA GTX 670 ('12)

X-Fi XtremeGamer sound card - Given to friend
Auzentech X-Fi Forte (unsure)

74GB WD Raptor - Given to friend
32GB Onyx SSD ('10) - Now in server
128GB M4 ('12) - GF's rig
128GB 830 ('12)

2x1TB Samsung F1s - Now in server

Dell 2208WFP monitor - GF's rig
Dell U2410 ('10) - sold
Dell U2412 ('12)

Altec Lansing MX2050 2.0 speakers - Given to friend
Logitech X-540 ('10) - Given to friend
Logitech Z-906 ('11)

Logitech G11 keyboard - died
QPad MK-80 ('12)

Logitech MX Revolution mouse
Logitech Performance MX ('11) - warranty replacement

Windows Vista Ultimate 64
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 ('09)

Eboggles

Nice idea for a thread

Asrock P67 Pro3
2x4GB G.skill RAM
2500k
Corsair Carbide 400R
Super Flower Amazon 550 watt -> Be Quiet L8 630w
Arctic Freezer 13 -> Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer w/ 1150rpm GTs
Sapphire HD6850 -> Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-X
Stock Corsair Fans -> SP120 quiet edition + Bitfenix Spectres (non-LED)
128GB Crucial M4

ASUS VH242H -> Potalion 27" 2560x1440
Monitor Audio -> Yamaha Audiogram 3 + KRK KNS 8400s
Thermaltake Challenger Pro Keyboard -> Das Keyboard Ultimate
Cooler Master CM Storm Inferno mouse.

Next upgrades are white 600t, new motherboard (possibly Sabertooth or Maximus/Fatal1ty) and a Swiftech H220 kit when they come out.

_Kaiser_

Bought an XPS 630i from Adverts last year .. don't have the time to game as I once did, but I still try and get a few hours in a week

Original spec:
Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
2GB DDR2 RAM
ATI 3870x2
640GB HDD
SB X-Fi


Now:
Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz
8GB RAM
ATI HD7770
640GB HDD
26" Asus LCD (1920x1080)


Runs stuff pretty well really. I've read on dedicated forums that the board can be changed (I'm not as up to speed on all this as I once was - these days I manage the guys that would do this sorta thing ) but I gather any board will pretty much work as it's a standard ATX case unlike most of DELL's offerings, but that if I want the case LEDs etc to work it has to be an NForce board.

Any tips/suggestions around the €100-150 mark? No point buying the latest and greatest considering the limited use it gets compared to the "good ole days"

TerrorFirmer

Just throw in a 7850 and you're grand.

The only parts I have left that's more than a few months old are my hard drives, and my LG 3D Monitor. Case/board/ram/cpu/gpu/etc all change pretty regularly. I'd need 50 hands to keep track of all the hardware changes I've gone through the past 5 years. Have slowed down a lot now though lately, so I would fully expect apart from maybe a case change, to have the same hardware for a long time to come.