Hi Im 41 and from Scarborough in the UK, I worked for a Govt. dept. but retired in 2003 (aged 33) due to bi-polar disorder.
I got my first console around 1976 when we were living in Hong Kong (Dad posted there for 3 yr tour) and my first PC in around 1984 - a Commodore Vic-20
Ive been mainly playing XBOX and 360 games over the past few years and I started to get frustrated because few titles appealed to me (I liked Mass Effect 1-3 and Red dead but most games were too linear).
I had a Dell netbook and have been playing an online game called Starport Galactic Empires, I started there in 2006 and won the championships in 2010. Ive gone as far as I can with that game and its very time consuming so I started looking at different strategy games on youtube. I stumbled accross Arma and thought "that looks like my sort of game", I liked the way gamemodding was embraced and it looked very immersive.
I checked the specs required and then bought a copy of pcgamer (cancelled my xbox mag subs - been getting since approx.2002) and a copy of custompc and started doing a lot of research.
Ive worked with computers and comms for many years, but have never built a system from scratch.
Anyway I started this process In May and now I have my new PC, I hope I have as much fun gaming as ive had
building etc.
MJS
p.s. Is their a option to go to your personal posts and threads?
Starport PAX Champion 2010/2012
Main Gaming Rig:
Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene, i5 3570k, Asus HD 7970 CU II Top
Corsair 500r, be quiet 630w L8psu, 8gb Vengeance RAM, H100 water cooling.
Corsair M90 Mouse.
TV Gaming Rig:
AMD-A10-5800k Trinity, Bit-Fenix Prodigy "Magma".
