new & improved
After some deliberation, I decided to get a new computer for the holidays. My current 'primary' computer is about 3 years old, and while it still works fine, its starting to feel old. Its got an (32bit) Athlon, and a semi-crappy Via chipset mobo, so I figured it was a good time to get something better.
I ended up getting:
2 320GB Seagate SATA hardddrives
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard. Yes, I know that this motherboard has been out for about 2 years, but its a really great motherboard with a huge amount of upgrade capacity.
Athlon64 3200+. Yes, I know this CPU has been out for about 2 years as well, but its an inexpensive non-trivial upgrade from CPU I have now, and I can always upgrade further to a dual core/faster CPU in the future.
GeForce 7300 (256MB). This is a small upgrade from the GeForce 6200 that I have now, but since I'm currently stuck with an AGP based mobo, this was required to go to PCI-Express.
Coolermaster case. The primary things that attracted me to this case was the great price, and the huge amount of space inside for expansion.
550W power supply. This should provide me with alot of room for future expansion, if I need it.