"PC down, PC down!"

Yeah, age has finally caught up with my 6-year old PC. It has served well but looks like the motherboard has given way. Actually can see the signs already: occasional blue-screen, long start up times and finally that day the LAN went down. That means no more downloads. That's bad. I can forgo the games but downloads?? Oh no....

So, now I'm currently writing this using the Modo laptop, fixed to my LCD monitor and hooked to the speakers. It's tolerable for the short term... a quest to build a new PC is underway. Already surveyed the components from PC Depot. For a start, I'm sticking with ATI, in particular, the HD4870, a highly overclocked mid-range graphic card. Yeah, no skimping on that!

One thing I'm still a bit unsure is the processor. The new Intel Core i7 is out and supposedly much better than the Core 2 processors but they are very expensive. So will it be a faster Core 2 Duo processor or a slower Core 2 Quad for the same price? Hmm, decisions, decisions!