Gone is Insectivore, my old Celeron 300MHz SD 196MB. This PC I’m using now, Muymra, is a three year old AthlonXP 1800+ DDR 512MB whose knees have weakened and is likely on it’s last throes before it finally dies of old age. It’s actually running at 1.2GHz just so it doesn’t keep freezing up. This phased out Nvidia FX5600 128MB acts up every once in a while to bombard me with ugly square artifacts, usually at crucial moments while playing a game. Before it pisses me off enough to break it, I’m going to peacefully retire it out of pity and start planning for my next baby.
My P30,000 budget is fairly reasonable for a gaming PC considering I plan to transfer devices over from my current PC such as extra hard disks, my 19″ CRT, and my DVD-RW.
This list will be changed according to my most current list of parts to be purchased:
| Part | Price | Store |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.86G) 2MB | PhP 9,900 | Rising Sun |
| ASUS P5L-MX A/V/L/DDR2/PCI-E/Conroe | PhP 4,650 | Rising Sun |
| PQI 1GB PC667 DDR2 | PhP 4,100 | Rising Sun |
| Palit Nvidia 7600GS Sonic DDR3 256MB 128Bit PCI-E | PhP 4,850 | Rising Sun |
| Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200rpm SATA | PhP 3,100 | Rising Sun |
| ATX JNC-RJA280 White with keyboard | PhP 1,250 | Rising Sun |
| 450W Task Dual Fan ver2.0 | PhP 2,750 | Rising Sun |
| Assembly | PhP 500 | Rising Sun |
| Running total | PhP 31,100 |
Next set of problems, coming up with the money by this summer and thinking of a new name.
Update: I’m halfway there, another month or so of holding off any impulse buying and I’ll have the money to buy this thing. Maybe add another month if I want to gift myself with a sweet Wacom Intuos.