a desktop machine!! that's crazy.

the parts arrived and have now formed voltron.

amd x2 3800+ 64bit dual-core
nvidia (evga) 7800gt 256MB pcix16
gigabyte k8n SLI-ready NForce4 MB
2 pqi gig sticks of DDR400
2 seagate 7200.7 160GB (not sata II!! $40 for pata or $80 for sata, just not worth it right now)
dvd burner r+-/rw
antec mid case (not high-end, but nice like most antec stuff)
antec 500W 2.0 power supply
benq 19" 1280x1024 8ms

running xp-x64 (120 day trial) and vista-x64 (the beta of course) one on each drive (no nvidia LDDM drivers for vista-x64 yet, hurry the fuck up please nvidia.)

2 months ago i would of never believed that i would buy a desktop machine. since i had to start from scratch this machine was $1500. i could of built a very nice laptop with that. however. that laptop would not of been dual-core and they won't be for quite some time. anyway.. the baby's going to be keeping me home all the time and it is already way too freak'n cold to go outside. i figure i might as well have a big machine.

now if i can only figure out why they hell 3dmark05 is crashing on me in benchmark mode (between the 1st and 2nd test). wtf.