Apple have just unveiled the 3G iphone! Sean and I were thinking, well, maybe, but then they went and capped the price at $199! They’re releasing them accross the globe on July 11th, and as soon as I find out what contract wer’e talking about I’m having one.
Also, Ubuntu is broken. It wasn’t me. Got some new headphones. They’re nice.
(note - views expressed in this post may change after the inital wahoo-ness has worn off)
My birthday is coming up in a few months, and my computer is due a soup up. I last upgraded it in July 2007, to have 2GB of RAM, a high quality PSU and a GeForce 7600GT. The 7600GT is actually an amazing card for the price - you can get them for about £40 - £50, and the play modern ish games on low/medium settings with very little hassle. Older games, like Neverwinter Nights 2 and Battlefield 2142 they run with no problem.
I am looking at buying a new CPU, probably a Core 2 Duo E8400. To do this, I need a new motherboard, as my current one is AM2. I also want a full size ATX motherboard, which means I need a new case. A bit of high quality RAM would be nice too. From the cases point of view, at various times over the last few weeks I have drooled over the Coolermaster Cosmos, Cosmos S, Stacker 830, Stacker 832 and the Antec Twelve Hundred. All of these cases, however, carry a price tag of £100 to £150 - more than I am prepared to spend. Because of this, I think I will buy a Coolermaster CM690 - it has all of the nice features, like tool less drives, cable management and lots of fans, is high quality but only about £50.
PSU wise, I am completely certain that I want a Corsair HX620 - no competition. In the general opinion of the internet, one of the best PSUs out there at the moment. About £85.
That brings it up to about £135, which leaves a lot left over for me if I save up until July. I would get some RAM, but have just realised that my motherboard only supports up to 667MHz - which is no good. Scratch that.
Getting a new motherboard will cost about £135 - I want an Asus Striker Extreme. Nice motherboard. With an E8400, and a copy of Vista Home Premium for games, that will be about £350 - VERY big ouch. I have been thinking about getting an Intel chipset though, maybe an X38 or P35. /me researches. This looks good: ASUS P5K-E
