My Computer

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My computer upgrade cycle, being an enthusiast, goes like this:

• Every 1 year - Video - new Videocard (annual Christmas present to myself)
• Every 2 or 3 years - Core system - new CPU, Motherboard, RAM
• As needed - Everything else - Case, PSU, Drives (HDD, CD, DVD, etc)

My current rig does what I need it to do. I won't be ready to build from scratch again until sometime in 2006. By then, all the items I mention below should be standard issue and hopefully most of the first generation bugs will have been worked out. As for software, new Linux distrubtions and Microsoft's "Longhorn" operating system should all be close to completion by 2006.

Future System - 2006 or shortly thereafter:

• Complete system: CPUs featuring both dual-core and 64-bit, memory of the DDR2 or XDR type, PCIe (PCI Express of v1.0 @ 2.5GHz, v2.0 @ 5.0 GHz or v3.0 @ 5.0 GHz DDR), SATA II, BTX or similar form factor with whatever the CPU socket of the moment will be for either AMD, Intel or others.
• The items above encompass: 64-bit CPUs and sockets, 64-bit operating systems, BTX cases, BTX power supplies, BTX motherboards, DDR2, DDR3 or XDR memory and motherboard slots, PCI Express devices and motherboard slots, SATA 2 optical drives, hard drives and motherboard bus connections. Phew. That's quite a tall list. In fact, that's a completely new rig from the ground up. I certainly hope I can afford all the items. Sheesh. I'll probably want at least a pair of 500GB 10,000rpm hard drives by then too! Heh heh. Oh and make them both 16 MB buffer models with native NCQ support.

Operating Systems of Choice

• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (integrated DirectX 9.0c)
• Linux - various distros always in flight (watch out for flying penguins)

Internal Hardware (no overclocking)

External Peripherals