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First post, by Brawndo

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For those of you who like to build period correct systems (i.e. dream PC and all components from 1998) how do you choose the name of the PC? Since I am accumulating quite the pile of components and have built several already, and planning to build even more, I've been thinking how I'm going to name those PCs, for inventory purposes and just for identification. I know the name doesn't mean anything as far as the network goes (unless doing that good old serial connection or local LAN gaming) but I'm OCD about organization so my systems have to have a meaningful name, and also it's just fun. I've been thinking about coming up with a name based on important pop culture news or events that year or period of time, example, one of my later systems is a socket 775 build with 2008 components, and I've thought of naming it "BEIJING_GOLD" or something like that, because the Beijing summer olympics were that year and Michael Phelps set the record for swimming gold medals.

Just curious what others have come up with for names.

Reply 1 of 4, by leileilol

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Can't go wrong with identifying with a "namefirstletter+CPU+clock" name on the network. so if you're steve and you got a pentium 66 you can name it Spentium67. Yes that is "period correct"

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Reply 2 of 4, by Lylat1an

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I only have one system for playing games on older operating systems.

I call it my "Retro Rig". :)

Reply 3 of 4, by SlowA

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By their sockets (Socket A...) mostly.

Reply 4 of 4, by CharlieFoxtrot

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I generally don't name any of my systems and some of them are big brand systems with model names anyways (like Compaq Prolinea 4/50 for example), but for something like my late 90s and early 2000s Athlon builds I use for example "early 2000 build", "autumn 2001 build" or "mid 2003 build". They are not names, just dates that highlight the differences.