Reply 100 of 103, by sf78
wrote:If I'm being honest with myself - I'm not always - I'm forced to admit that I enjoy buying and playing with hardware more than playing games. My projects are always aimed at getting the best hardware to cover a given period, and I have several beautiful PC's and consoles as a result. But once I finish a project and sit down to rock some games on it, my mind starts wandering and before I know it I have some other project on the go.
100% this! I just noticed I have several 386SX desktops and I'd be lying to myself thinking I need them all when one would be more than enough. It's just a great feeling getting something this old to work and deciding which video/sound card to install this time. Then again, I'd hate to end up in a situation where I have one working rig without a backup. We are talking about decades old hardware here, and it's unlikely that it all stays in working shape for the next 20 years that I intend to use it. If something major would fail I'd never forgive myself for previously selling stuff that would be insanely expensive, hard or in many cases, impossible to find at that time.