Fixing up my new man

Ok, no more complaining but I'm still going to talk about my PC! Muahhaha! I did some planning and I think I'll be able to reuse some old hardware and still have nice specification for my new ma(chine)n.

I had an old Athlon 800 that I handed down to one of my relatives a few years back. And since it's totally dinosaur and he's getting a new PC too, I'm planning to reuse that monitor. And of course...being the bitchier evil geekier sister, I get to keep the newer monitor. I have no need for keyboard, mouse, speakers, headphones, floppy drives, CD drives.... have got a pile of them collecting dust so I'll just get them out. I have a few hdd sitting around too, but not sure if I should use them or just get a new one... 120gig? ...or maybe just use my current hdd and pass my sis the older ones.... *evil again*

So what is left is my mobo, processor, RAM, graphics card and sound card. Will want to get a headset (getting serious with my podcating) and a card reader and a DVD burner.

AMD or Intel? ...with Apple launching Mac's with Intel chips by end of next year... Don't know if I should wait for that.... but that's going to be a long wait! Would be so nice to have the Mac OS and Windows together on one machine. I used to tell people that if they get AMD, they should worry a little about the cooling. But AMD is much cooler these days right? And in fact the later chips are more stable compared to Intel's Pentium 4? I can't decide. One things for sure, I want a processor with the most level 2 cache possible. And got to read up on HT and dual core and all that other processor technology stuff… I’m go damn outdated man!

Will decide on mobo after I decide which processor.

Would be going for 512mb DDR2 of RAM. 512 should still be sufficient for me at the moment. RAM will definitely be cheap in time to come so I can upgrade then if I needed more. Plus... anything more than 512mb won't make much difference performance wise since I won't be using much of any heavy duty applications. ...hmm but I would be gaming hor?... still level 2 cache more important for now.

Graphics card is giving me the headache. I don't know what I want yet. I don't need something at the top. I just need something a little above average for a little of Doom3, GTA... and some of my old games.... never finished Jedi Outcast yet until now due the my retarded graphic card *shy* Got to get my hands on Battle Front II also... Call of Duty 2 also...and then Thief laaa.. Thief 3 latest is it? Or is it 4 or 5 already? Or did Thief died? But good game la. And then really want to replay and finish Diablo II, Medal of Honor and all the expansions and all too! But one thing is for sure... I'm not going to touch World of Warcraft. I will officially have no 'normal' life if I do. Ohhh and resident evil 4, but not out on PC yet right? ... I'm missing out in a lot of games man.

Ok enough of that. Back to the topic. Sound card lagi headache. I don't know what is good and I'm not sure what I need. Got to research on this and might be asking my Bro to get it for me for my birthday muahahaha. (Kor, you read my blog one rite? Sek chou la ok ;P) But casings are nicer in Singapore.... sound card or casing? I know better not to buy 'chap lang' casings already. I need one with good air flow (and maybe air filter too since my PC room can be really hot and dusty) and one that don't give an electric shock when I touch it!

Card reader? Anyone have any idea? All the same? DVD burner….should be Lite-On. As for headset, I might be getting them first. Hopefully real soon. I have my eye on Sennheiser PC20. The cheapest in their headset range but Sennheiser lah.. Will burn a hole in pocket. Plantronics ones are only slightly cheaper. Maybe Philips, Ozaki or Altec lor hor. ... Is there any shops in Low Yat where I can check these out? I better start geeking out there and on the Lowyat.net soon.

Leave your comments and suggestions yah. Would like to get some feedback so I can be a wiser shopper.