Long Weekend

[LPMiller]

Wow, but I had kind of an annoying weekend.

It started out ok, and all. ‘Cept for the rain.

Then I decided I had enough of my computer, and bought some parts, and went to upgrade. Just in time too, because my harddrive nuked itself, and my futzy dvd burner went all clicky on me too. Then I did something stupid and had to start all over again. Ended up losing some files – just a couple of pictures, which is sad because my last backup was the day before those pictures were taken. Ah well.

At any rate, I’m now running an Intel Duo Core 2 E6300, mostly because it was what they had. And yeah, this 1.8 is currently overclocked to 2.2, mostly because it was just that easy. I’d do more, but my memory ain’t up to it. Which is ok, I mostly don’t really believe in overclocking any more, but when they make it that bloody simple, you gotta do it a little.

I also ended up having to upgrade my video as well, since I sorta popped off a few rather important bits. I mean, I only do this for a living, you’d think when it came to my home rig, I could avoid the comedy of errors.

It’s done now, anyway. Sheesh.

3DGameman starts off our short week with the HIS X1650Pro 256MB Video Card

Bytesector takes on the Samsung LN-S4051D 40" LCD TV

Overclockers Online rocks out with the Samsung YP-U2

Techgage takes a turn with the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi Edition

Think Computers tests out the ICY DOCK MB722 Drive Enclosure

Legion Hardware has the Best of Both Worlds with the Mozart Tx, and I have no idea what the hell that means.

Bjorn3D reviews the PowerColor X1650 PRO aka X1600 XT

Tbreak takes on the newish DFI nForce 590-SLI

Madshrimps floats around with the Coolermaster Mystique ATX Case

Tweaknews says a mouthful with the Spire Pininfarina Designed SP-ATX-PALU/S™ Enthusiast Computer Case

XYZ takes on the Viewsonic N3260w 32 Inch Widescreen HDTV

TechpowerUP ain't my brother, he's a SteelPad QcK heavy

Finally, Metku brings us on home with the Zalman HD135 HTPC Case

Gotta fly. Gotta figure out what I haven't installed yet.

You go have a day.