Buying a new rig
Last week my internet collapsed and my woman's computer died. She freaks because she can't work. So, in an unparalleled act of chivalry I immediately cleaned all my stuff out of my computer, loaded it all onto my external HD for safe keeping, then moved my rig five feet over and now it's on her side of the desk with her stuff in it.
BKS, in his eternal wisdom, smelled a rat. "Sounds a bit too convienent," he says.
It gave me the excuse to replace the lousy DSL we had with high-speed cable, which I'm on now, and I get to buy a new rig, which I hope to have by next weekend. (Months sooner than I thought I'd be able/allowed to buy one)
So, the likely new specs:
AMD X2-6000
Asus A8N32-SLI MB
BFG 8800GTS 640MB
1x2048 Kinston RAM
X-Fi sound card (the cheapest version)
WD 250GB + 80GB HDs (The 80 is just for FS2004 and/or FSX)
550w power supply
and
"A sturdy plastic case to prevent fall apart." (The Simpsons)
Should be a great rig, but I know some of you who are smarter than me prefer the Intel CPUs. I am open to suggestions.
(JUst FYI, my old machine was an AMD64-3000/2GB RAM/7800GS AGP/75GB HD.)
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