I was once known for being a bit of a hardware junkie but in the last 5 years that’s changed (a lot!). In fact, I hardly ever buy anything for my PC and consequently it was showing its age. Back in June 2005 I sorted myself out with a new setup:

• Asus P4C800-E with ASUS CT-479 CPU adaptor
• Pentium M 760 (2Ghz) – yep, it’s a laptop CPU in a desktop chassis!
• 2048MB PC3700 Crucial DDR400 RAM
• Inno3D GeForce 6200 (unfortunately the 7600GT bit the dust)
• Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
• Adaptec 29160U160 SCSI Controller
• Seagate 320GB SATA
• Pioneer U05S DVD-ROM
• Lite-On 1693S (DVD-RW/DL)
• Suntek Grace Aluminium ATX case
• Enermax 350W Quiet PSU
• Netgear DG934 ADSL Router
• Altec Lansing 5100S 5.1 speaker system
• Microsoft SideWinder Wheel (Force Feedback) USB
• Microsoft ForceFeedback 2 USB Joystick
• Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical (Special Silver Edition)
• HP Laserjet 4 with Emulex NetJet LAN printserver
• TDK CD/DVD Label Printer
• Wacom Volito Tablet

I personally feel that there’s little point in upgrading anymore. Over the past few years the PC has become a poor gaming platform and apart from ‘the’ beheamouth operating system (Vista), which I’ve zero intention of running, my PC runs all application well enough. Gaming on a PC is now overshadowed by DRM, console ports and casual games – none of which interest me at all!