Yo.
Sorry, I'm about to go into computer jargon again. If you don't want to trawl through, go ahead.
The aforementioned beast (aka my new desktop PC) is well in the planning stages and some stuff has been bought. I already have a case and a power supply unit. I got an Antec DF-10 case from a great small shop in town and a 650w Antec PSU from the same place. We get ink regularly from there so the guys there knocked a few quid off and did me the pair for £130. I'll post some links about the current pieces of hardware right here.
DF-10 case:
http://store.antec.com/Product/darkFleet/df-10/0-761345-15210-5.aspx
Antec Earthwatts 650w Green PSU:
http://store.antec.com/Product/power_supply-earthwatts/ea-650-green/0-761345-27654-2.aspx
I've also got on order my motherboard bundle. I had considered the AMD FX-8120 8 core CPU, but got chilly feet after seeing plenty of reviews for it. As a result, I'm now heading to wards the pricer (but definitley worth it) Intel Ivy Bridge i5 quad core 3550 - a standard speed of 3.3 GHz on it should be pretty awesome - particularly as AMD appear to have dropped the ball with the FX series.
i5-3550:
http://ark.intel.com/products/65516/Intel-Core-i5-3550-Processor-%286M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz%29
Still down for 16GB of RAM (1666 MHz) and I'm not sure what exact model of Motherboard I'm getting. But the guys in the shop said they'd get the best one for my bundle budget of £360.
And then, I need to order the real bad boy of the beast. An Intel 330 Solid State drive. A bad boy capable of 500MB/s read spead and 450MB/s write speed should see my system fly like a Spitfire in its heyday.
Windows 7 Ultimate is also on its way, so I can have XP mode for my really old games that 7 always spits out - or at least has indigestion with. And with 2 terrabytes of hard disk space, I won't be short.
And on Jim's recommendation (thanks pal) I might get a blu-ray burner.
A few case fans with pretty lights will top this off, then I can feel awesome in the only way that a nerd can (I can't hear you, don't care).
On a slightly similar note, as the tablet PC market is now over-saturated, I may well get an Android tablet in a few months. Tesco has a Motorola Xoom Android 3 32GB Wi-fi tablet going for a mere £280. I'm not fussed about there being no 3G as I probably wouldn't spend on a price plan anyway - just muck about and add games and other apps to it. Fallout 1 does run on it with a bit of jiggery-pokery (see here - different tab, same OS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7MWMInQeCE)
So yeah - eyes on a lot of stuff. More money needs to come in. Best get my CV printed off and sent out, I suppose...
I'll leave with what is essentially the tag line of Fallout:
"War... war never changes..."
