{"id":25,"date":"2006-05-28T22:21:08","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T02:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitstep.net\/blog\/2006\/05\/28\/new-computer\/"},"modified":"2006-05-28T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2006-05-29T02:22:07","slug":"new-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitstep.net\/blog\/2006\/05\/28\/new-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"New computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally “upgraded” my computer, which is to say that I basically bought a new one. Purchased the parts online mainly from Netlink Computers<\/a>, because they had very good prices, shipping wasn’t bad and because they’re in British Columbia, I didn’t have to pay PST<\/abbr> because I’m in Ontario.<\/p>\n

Before I go on, let me say that I didn’t need<\/em> to get this new computer at all, and its main purpose will be for of course, gaming. But computers are something I love playing with and just putting them together or building them (while sometimes frustrating), is still rewarding.<\/p>\n

I already had the case<\/a>, PSU<\/abbr><\/a> and memory<\/a> from some review work I did for Virtual-Hideout<\/a>, so this saved me some money, though it still left the main parts for me to get. The total damage? Around $1230 including taxes, shipping, etc. Yes, that is a lot of money, especially for me, but considering I’ll use it for at least the next three years (as I did with my present, soon-to-be-previous computer), that only works out to about $400 a year. Or, possibly more if you consider the time-value of money… oh commerce course memories.<\/p>\n

Parts<\/h3>\n

Here’s a breakdown of the main parts used: (I am not going to bother to mark up every acronym or abbreviation in this list because I am lazy.)<\/p>\n