My new toy
Wow, it has been way too long since I have posted to this site. Sorry about that, been rather busy, even though there are only like 2 people that read this. Well, since my last post I have actually started to pay for my webhosting, thanks 1and1 for the free 6 months though. And in more exciting news though I bought a new PC. Would have preferred to build a new one, but Dell had a good deal and I don’t have time (or really the money to buy what I wanted). But I did get myself a nice shiny Dell Dimension 9100 with a Pentium D (That’s dual core baby!).
The specs as they currently stand are:
- Pentium D 830 Processor - Dual Core 3.0Ghz
- 1GB DDR2-533 RAM
- 320GB SATA RAID 0
- 16x Dual Layered DVD/RW
- Radeon X300 SE 128MB PCI-Express 16x
Not a bad machine. I don’t play that many games on the computer anymore, so having a really nice video card right off the bat doesn’t bother me. Immediate future for this machine includes the following little beauties:
- 2GB DDR2-667 RAM - I don’t get why they only put 533 in this thing if it will support 667
- Radeon X800 256MB PCI-Express 16x - As I said I don’t play enough games on the computer anymore to need anything ridiculous, and being sub $200 for the card makes it a great value
- 300GB+ SATA backup HDD - really don’t want to trust everything to just a RAID 0 array
- Hauppauge PVR250 - TV good. Especially when I’m working, no line of sight from my desk to the TV
- Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW - 24″ widescreen monitor goodness, commense drooling now.
I gotta say I love the machine and am looking forward to getting my media server now. Still not sure exactly what my plans are for that bad boy, but I know I’m looking for probably a full 2TB of storage (at least in the near term) for it. That should be real fun, but that is probably a full year off or more. Need to buy a house first. *grins*
Now I just need to get off my lazy ass and start posting some more.