New Desktop PC Ordered

21:55.34 - Tuesday 11th January 2005   (Link to This Entry)

No, it's not April 1st - I've actually been persuaded to part with a huge sum of cash because my laptop has to go back to Dell for repair, and I can't afford to be without a machine for any length of time. This means I either keep the laptop in its current state or I bring the purchase of a new desktop forward. I settled on the latter.

After much browsing through the various websites, the specs for the new machine are:

• DLC-S601 Black Server Case
• Enermax Noisetaker 420W PSU
• Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP
• AMD Athlon 3000 (Winchester Core)
• 2GB Corsair DDR400 memory (4x512MB)
• XFX Geforce 6600GT, 128MB, AGP 8x
• 240GB SATA RAID (2x120GB Maxtor)
• NEC ND3500 16x Dual-Layer DVD RW
• Dell UltraSharp 2001FP 20" 16ms

I'll be installing my Windows 2000 on it since I can't afford another £100 for XP Pro right now. Maybe in the future when I have a bit more cash to play with. The Gfx card has Dual DVIs (BB convinced me - blame him!) so a second monitor will be on the cards at some point as well.

I'd also like a Logitech Dinovo Media Desktop v2.0 - a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard combo that costs about £150 - but nobody in the UK seems to have them in stock. What's going on?