My first self-built PC in 2016.

MSI Gaming Intel Skylake B150 LGA 1151 DDR4 USB 3.1 Micro ATX Motherboard

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0

Intel Boxed Core I5-6500 FC-LGA14C 3.20 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151

Kingston Technology HyperX FURY Black 16 GB Kit 2133 MHz CL14 DIMM DDR4

Corsair Semi-Modular ATX CX650M Power Supply

Western Digital 1TB SATA 7200 Rpm 64MB 3.5in 6GB/S

Thermaltake CORE V21 Black Extreme Micro ATX Cube Chassis

Nintendo 64 - Christmas 1997

Game Boy Color - Spring 1999

PlayStation 2 - May 2001

Xbox - January 2003

Xbox 360 - November 2005/August 2007

Nintendo Wii - Summer 2007

Xbox 360 S - December 2011

Nintendo 3DS XL - May 2013

Xbox One - November 2013

Nintendo Wii U - May 2014

Xbox One X - May 2018

Nintendo Switch - May 2018

Xbox Series X - December 2020

It is incredible to think that nearly ten years have gone by since the release of the Xbox 360. In many ways the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005 signified the start of my video game obsession. My brother and I sold my PS2, his Xbox and the majority of our games to reserve a console for day one release (thank goodness we did not sell the Nintendo 64). We were desperate and used all means necessary to get an Xbox 360... Needless to say, we jumped the gun a little soon and sold everything 4 months ahead of the release. It was a rough four months during which I played a lot of Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball on the Nintendo 64. To top it all off, the EB Games or GameStop took too many pre-orders and we had to wait past launch day... Nonetheless, the excitement of opening that box cannot be overstated. Nothing beats the smell of opening a new game or new console. Here we are ten years later after countless 3 red lights, a Wii purchase, the advent of Steam, a 3DS purchase and the Xbox One launch. It has been a fun ten years to look back on.

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