I got my dad’s machine together. I’m installing XP (gag) on it now, and I’ll install Ubuntu (yay!) afterwards. I’m currently in the process of downloading the XP drivers for the new machine. ASUS’s website is really slow.
Specs are as follows:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.7GHz
2 GB DDR2 800 RAM (Dual channel)
XFX nVidia 8600 GT
640GB HD
It also has a Rosewill PCI slot fan underneath the graphics card, which is nice. It’s Micro-ATX, so it’s nice and compact, yet not so much so that building it was a pain. I really like AMD’s heatsinks, they’re very solid and easier to install than Intel’s socket 775. With the AMD2 socket the heatsink fits over mounting tabs, then you turn a lever and it locks solidly in place. I also really like the AMD2 processor mount. With Intel’s 775 heatsinks, you have to loosen then shove four tabs into holes in the motherboard. It is difficult to do and can be alarmingly jiggly and loose. I’ll post more updates as the situation develops.
There wasn’t a hint of sarcasm in your voice when you said that your blog was slightly sleep-inducing. Or when you said that you had more posts than comments.
At first I thought you were a really good actor.
Now I realize you were serious.
<3
Unfortunately, I was indeed being completely serious. 🙂