Bought the bits for a new system.

[camwyn]

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-X
Processor: AMD XP 3000
Memory: 512MB of Kingston PC-3200 DDR 400 RAM
Hard drive: WD Caviar 160 GBSD RAID edition
Video: ATI Radeon 9600XT- admittedly, a refurb, but Newegg.com has a return/exchange guarantee
Audio: meh, let the motherboard handle that
Optical drive: Lite-On 8X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Model SOHW-832S
OS: XP Professional, Service Pack 2 included
Case: Antec Solution Series Quiet Black Mid-Tower, 350W power supply included

I'm keeping my old monitor for a while, and my keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. work okay. The mobo has integrated Ethernet, so that's all right. I know there are more socially responsible things I could spend this on- hell, I know I could be saving this just for me, never mind socially responsible- but it's my money, and it would have been vacation time if I hadn't left the Red Cross. That means it would've been spent on entertainment anyway, just as time rather than money...

I have a hard time spending large chunks of cash. Don't mind me.

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

The only piece I would quibble over is the Lite-On -- I've had bad luck with some of their CD-R drives in the past....I have a Plextor DVD+-RW drive, which I cannot recommend highly enough.

That's going to be a sweet system. :)

[camwyn]

My current CD writer is a Plextor, and they've always performed well, but when I was picking out parts for this I didn't need an especially high caliber burner. I don't make movies or copy DVDs, so until I develop the urge to do so, I figured a lower-level drive would be all I needed.

[camwyn]

Sounds like a winner to me. I'll be working on the ficcy goodness this weekend, since I got started on HB: H again.

Side note: I like that cat. Is it yours?