Decimator

Decimator is my older gaming rig, and went through a few iterations while I still used it. It doesn't see much use nowadays, but it still works just fine!

Version 1 hardware specifications:

Processor: AMD Athlon 2500+ 1.83 GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600, 128 MB
Memory: (2x) 512 MB Kingston DDR1 PC-3200 RAM
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7N400-L Socket A (462)
Power Supply: Best Power 500W PSU
Primary Hard Drive: Samsung 40 GB ATA
Secondary Hard Drive Samsung 120 GB ATA
RAID Hard Drive 1: Western Digital 200 GB ATA
RAID Hard Drive 2: Western Digital 320 GB ATA
RAID Hard Drive 3: Western Digital 320 GB ATA
RAID Hard Drive 4: Western Digital 320 GB ATA

Version 2 hardware specifications:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - 2.66 GHz
Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 8600 GT, 512 MB
Memory: (2x) 1 GB Kingston DDR2 PC2-5300 RAM
Motherboard: NVIDIA 650i Socket LGA775
Wireless: D-Link DWL-G510 Wireless-G PCI Card
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 470W PSU
Hard Drive: Western Digital 200 GB ATA

Version 3 hardware specifications:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.0 GHz
Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 738MHZ, 512MB 2.2GHZ GDDR3
Memory: (2x) 2 GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 RAM
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Socket LGA775
Wireless: D-Link DWL-G510 Wireless-G PCI Card
Other: (2x) StarTech 4 Port USB 2.0 PCI Card
Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU
Hard Drive: Seagate 750 GB SATA2

Taking out the old Gigabyte GA-7N400-L and installing the new NVIDIA 650i.

New parts for the upgrade to version 2!

Version 2 of Decimator completed.

Comparison between the old 8600 GT and new 9800 GTX+.

Decimator version 2 with new 9800 GTX+ installed.

Closing up the case.