http://www.urbandictionary.com/
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Placebo – Bionic
Molly and I just went through each page and decided what stays, what goes, what needs to be revamped, etc. It’s a lot of work, and we can’t do it all. We need to recruit people to write stories and do sundry other things. Me and Amanda had the beginnings of the great conversation I know we’ll eventually have, but her stepdad arrived to pick her up, cutting it off. Sucks. I keep forgetting to ask her about the editing her book chapters thing. Oh well. OMG OMG OMG…remember that $400 financial aid check that I got but lost during the summer? I’m getting it again! They’re re-issuing it! I’m going to get my computer after all! Yay! Oh, for Amanda’s edification, this is a really interesting site. Don’t let your parents goad you into ignorance. There’s a whole world out there. If contact with the real world is enough to destroy your religious beliefs, that’s pretty sad..about your religion, not about you. Anyway, I’ll get off my soap box.
Check out the theory and practice section…it’s really interesting. Very Ayn Rand. The point of Satanism is not in “worshipping Satan,” it is in not mindlessly worshipping a god.
Well, I must get to work on the issue. Blog more later. Yay! Tawna brought me cookies!
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We have no future
heaven wasn’t made for me
we burn ourselves to hell
as fast as it can be
and I wish that I could be a king
then I’d know that I am not alone
Maggots put on shirts
Sell each other shit
sometimes I feel so worthless
sometimes I feel discarded
I wish that I was good enough
then I’d know that I am not alone
Death is policeman
Death is the priest
Death is the stereo
Death is a TV
Death is the Tarot
Death is an angel and
Death is our God
killing us all
she puts the seeds in me
plant this dying tree
she’s a burning string
and I’m just the ashes
she put the seeds in me
plant this dying tree
she’s a burning string
and I’m just the ashes
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I found this in the CR parking lot a few days ago. It really creeped me out.
I also want to say that I have that creepy silent film porn thing The Kiss (Lethargy Club members know what this is) archived on my site as well. It’s 6MB.
http://www.retroviral.net/images/movies/the_kiss.mpg
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I just wanted to say that June 2nd was the one-year anniversary of my blog. I’m approaching 800 total posts, and around 250,000 words. I wonder what they all mean. Maybe I should start reading it from the beginning and to through the entire year, to see what happened over the course of the year that I didn’t remember. After all, the purpose of this blog is to help me remember what happens in my life. Maybe I’ll do that this weekend, but I doubt it. That would definitely be a time for sober contemplation. Well, it will be the Fourth of July. I’m not into festivities. Maybe I’ll make it into a solemn occasion. Hmm. Maybe I’ll actually learn something. This is the longest I’ve ever kept a journal for. Hmm.
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> Just watched Pulp Fiction for the first time.
OMG, it was glorious. Glorious. Glorious. “Zed’s dead baby, Zed’s dead.” God, I didn’t mean to stay up to watch all of it, but it was something cosmic, I’d finally caught it on IFC at the beginning, and I just couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. Masterful. I…am in love. That doesn’t even begin to describe it. So many movies have been ripped of of it. I’m talking to LexusJedi about how the movie is god. He loves it.
leXus J e d i: OMG isnt it great
dariusofthedark: it was the greatest thing ever!!!!!!
leXus J e d i: lol
leXus J e d i: does marcellis wallice look like a bitch !
dariusofthedark: Zed’s dead baby, Zed’s dead
leXus J e d i: lol
Lexus is the graviest person ever. OMG, I don’t know if I blogged about this, but I finally talked to Daniela over the net. She is quitting Boy Scout camp in Florida (like we didn’t see this coming) because of problems with her boss. And she got infected by these bug things. Weird. I just made a joke about an old movie–Lexus got it! He is officially the coolest person ever. He’s sending me a cool song. Let’s see…oh yeah, Daniela will be back I guess within the month. I mean July…I’m living in the future (mostly because this is the week I get paid). I’ve decided to use all the money I can to get my computer case and the router to set up my home network. I’m going to leave thirty dollars in the account as a buffer permanently and save fifty for gas. I really hope I get paid a bunch, because I have to pay the $-80 balance in my account. Twenty of that is what I owe, sixty of that is fees. I’m very angry, but paying it will be punishment for my stupidity. I am SO not believing my online banking statement any more. They never tell you that it isn’t your current balance, the fuckheads. Before I bought anything, I checked my online banking and it said I had fifty in there. Fifty. That pisses me off, but I deserve it for thinking that the bank’s information was accurate. I’m going to have to keep a running tally of my balance from now on.
dariusofthedark: oh, I’m getting a 160GB drive–it will entertain me so much
dariusofthedark: I mean, getting a drive that big is kind of like a challenge–what can you fill me with?
dariusofthedark: the drive says to me
dariusofthedark: and I answer, pornography
leXus J e d i: lol
leXus J e d i: OF COURSE !
dariusofthedark: inordinate amounts of pornography
Molly and I are supposed to work on the issue tomorrow, I can’t wait. I hate sitting by the sidelines at the Triplicate doing the little tedious things. It’s only in the Drift that I get to step into the driver’s seat. And that’s refreshing. My hair is kind of bothering me…the roots are growing out and I can’t decide whether I should do them this week or next week. They are kind of long…hmm. I hope I get paid a lot, because with the financial drain of those fees, I probably won’t have much money to go around, and I want that case. I need to get my oil changed in my car, and a few other sundry things. Oh well, I guess I shouldn’t speculate. I should just wait for Wednesday.
I’m all sweaty in my one comforter. Usually I use two or three, but it’s abnormally warm tonight. At least in my room. Okay, I’m taking it off. Now my feet look all naked. I have Hobbit feet, I need to shave them. And my legs. I need to buy some new clothes, that would make me happy. Maybe. And some black fishnets. Maybe I’ll wear my kilt for the Fourth of July. I’ll dress up. Make a scene. But I have no “crowd” to hang out with. You can’t dress up unless there’s a crowd with you. Aww…Lexus is going to sleep. I’m all alone now. I keep having revolting flashbacks about Jordan. I still don’t understand how I could have….done that. The whole concept revolts me. I think it was the Taggart breakup. I was out of my senses. I still am. But nowadays I’m about as in control as I get. Kelly wants me to go down there for this Trash Film Orgy thing, and I really can’t swing it. It’s like $50 in gas one way, all to stay for a weekend. I love Kelly, Kathy, and the gang, but I really don’t make enough money to go on weekend getaways. And I’m really afraid of making such a long drive alone. I need side-seat drivers to help change the CD when I’m involved with driving, to point out the red light that I’m about to go through, etc. God damn my feet are ugly. It’s those combat boots making them all callousy and gross-looking.
I talked to my mom a bit today, she’s going to eventually get a webcam too. I guess that will be kind of cool. I e-mailed Molly back. In her e-mail she asked if anyone I knew could use a monitor, and I said that I could…she never commented on it in her reply. It could have been an omission, or it could have been a conscious act. I guess blogging about this will only evoke an answer, when I think this is best left to the subtlties of human interactions. Sometimes I dislike blogging because it makes everything so black and white..one’s feelings so deeply known. I remember when I started this thing that I thought it was going to be weird to post my innermost thoughts on the Internet, but it really isn’t. I mean, what do I have to hide? I don’t do drugs, I don’t do anything illegal (besides the occasional drink). I don’t know…my life just seems empty as of late. I always get this way when I don’t have classes. I feel like my life is passing me by and I’m stagnating in this waste heap that is Crescent City. My new computer gives me hope, but not much hope. If the case that I want wasn’t selling out all over the Net, I would get the processor first (which is what I really should do). But the case will work fine with any motherboard/processor combo, so I really don’t know what I’m complaining about.
I guess I’m complaining about the fact that it’s going to take me many a pay period to amass all the components of my new system. It’s going to be one pay period for every component. Well, I can actually plan it all out
1) Case
2) processor (may take two pay periods)
3) motherboard
4) RAM
5) hard drive
Without any of these, the system doesn’t fly. Well, it’s only two more months. God, it’s going to take me all summer. Oh well. We’ll see how much of each paycheck I can devote to these various things. It would be nice to get the processor first, because that is the most important element. Then the RAM, then the hard drive, and lastly the motherboard. Because the motherboard is the most important thing. Everything connects via the motherboard. God, I should stop ranting. At the most, this new computer will provide me with a stable operating system…to do what? Play games? I can’t really design my website or anything with my carpal tunnel thing. Well, I would be able to surf the net and IM without using the mouse or keyboard..that would be a significant asset. I just had deja vu. I wonder if I typed the last sentence before. I think so. Maybe when I use speech-to-text to blog, IM, and surf the net my carpal tunnel thing will go away, or at least vastly decrese in severity. God, it’s 1:53. I must be getting to sleep. I’m going to be so tired tomorrow. Tomorrow is definitely an Earl Grey day. Oh, I’ve been reading that book The Mother Tounge: English And How It Got To Be That Way. I’m almost done with it. The word of the day is fin de siecle. I’ve been seeing it a lot this last month. I may blog at work during my lunch break. I’ll have to see how it goes.
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> Marilyn Manson – Tourniquet
> Madonna – Justify My Love
> eiffel 65 – My Console
> Weezer – Hash Pipe
> Moby – Everloving
> Glenn Miller Orchestra – Sing Sing Sing
> Queens of the Stone Age – If Only
I’ve decided on the Intel 875P chipset. It was a choice between all the chipsets that supported the mPGA478 socket, and it seemed like the 875P was the most recent before Intel launched the LGA775 socket, which I’ve read has twice as many pins. Motherboards cost about as much as I imagined, around $100-$200. I see this one with five PCI slots for around $100. I’m in love. It doesn’t say how many IDE hard drives I can install though. I want much room for expansion, so this can be a file server in the future. In a few years I’ll build a new system based on the Pentium 5. Hmm, I don’t know exactly what I want in a motherboard. I know I want a bunch of USB ports, a firewire port, and expandability to at least five drives. Hmm…you can’t connect many IDE drives, SCSI is the interface for if you have a bunch of drives. Hmm. Ultimately, I want:
1 ) a large hard drive
2 ) a CD-RW drive
3 ) a DVD-RW drive
4 ) a Zip drive
Well, I guess that’s four. I’m going with IDE. SCSI is really complex to set up. Whoa, this mobo has a “hercules” PCI slot with extra power, perfect for a SCSI card. SWEET. I like this motherboard:
http://store.yahoo.com/pcmemory-stores/aop4axmax87a.html
I’m going to have to see how many PCI slots I’ll need. Let’s see… this mobo has an AGP interface for a graphics card, so that takes place of the graphics card port
-audio card
-ethernet card (if not onboard)
Hmm, I guess I don’t need many PCI slots, but it’s good to have a bunch. I really like that mobo, maybe I’ll get it after I get my paycheck. No, I must get the case first, then the processor, then one of the RAM sticks, then the mobo, then the hard drive. Hmm..hard drive. I haven’t contemplated that yet. I’m currently on AGP video cards. I’m going to see if there’s one with a TV out so I can watch DVDs on it. I guess TV-out is out of the question. I need to get a big monitor. Or an LCD projector. Man, big monitors are expensive! And LCD projectors are around $1000!I’m talking to my mom on Yahoo Messenger on webcam, she thinks it’s so cool, which it is. I went out to climb the rope today and I couldn’t really get up it, I think my body is recharging from the five or six scalings I did yesterday. My mom is trying to burn a CD. It’s taking a while. I’m making a Yahoo Messenger avatar. I wonder if I’ll be able to make it look like me. My computer crashed. What a poo. Talked to Paul (dew_addict03) for a while, he is still stuck in Angwin with his parents, his personal hell. He’s an idiot. He has all these plans about going into the Air Force and shit because he’s a super, super-senior. It’s all bullshit. He’ll live with his parents until they kick him out. Lame.
I made an okay avatar for Yahoo Messenger. It doesn’t really look like me, but it doesn’t allow you to choose your shoes, and shoes are of paramout importance. It says it’s a beta, though, so they’ll be adding a bunch of stuff, supposedly. I wish someone cool was online. Charley isn’t even online, and he’s always on. I was hungry all day and finally gorged myself on the meat loaf we had for dinner. It was so damn good. Yay! Tawna just signed in! Yay yay yay! I kind of want to go to the river tomorrow, but if it isn’t sunny and or it’s windy it won’t be fun. Eh, next weekend. I have no gas. I’m going to get my oil changed with my paycheck, I hope that will make the “check engine” light turn off. I never have gotten the oil changed in my car, so I should have it done. Who knows how long the previous owners went without changing it. Oh my god, they saw The Day After Tomorrow. How insipid. I was expecting them to go Fahrenheit 9/11 and then launch into a diatribe about how corrupt the Bush administration is and was. But no. I guess an intellectually vegetative state is enviable, at least in America.
I’m bored. I need to be entertained. I need a 8 billion GHz-powered antigravity virtual reality space ship. I need sex robots, I need 24/7 entertainment, I need time travel, I need virtual reality chat rooms, I need my computer plugged into my nervous system, I need 24/7 edification, 24/7 entertainment and designer VR drugs. I need leisure trips to Venus, sex-hormone chewing gum, a legion of Gamma-caste slaves, a virtual karass. I need cyber groupsex, I need to never get tired, to never grow old, to never get sick. I need genetic engineering, I need designer genes, I need everything to be harder, faster, ever more entertaining, ever more deceptive, ever more interactive. I need the virtual world to outstrip the world of the “real.” I need the hyperreal. Baudrillard has me salivating for what will only happen in my childrens’ era.
I’m bored. Life fails to entertain me enough as the digital world does. I think I’m going to post this and then decide on which PC case I’m going to get. How lame, I posted this with BlogThis! and it didn’t work. Well, at least I don’t have to go through the effort of clearing this text document and starting over. That’s so tedious. I’m in love with this one case I saw one three websites, the X-Dreamer II (Black). I’m going to see how one adds these cold cathode things to the computer’s power system before I buy, because I want my computer to be all blazin’ blue on the inside. Cool, it’s like…a kit. Hmm. It’s really cheap. Whoa, you just hook them up to the power supply connector thingy–sweet!
http://www.xoxide.com/coldcathodes.html
South Park is on. I’m going to watch it. I’ve pretty much decided on a case and the lights. OMG…FashionTrance is on! It’s the best show ever! I love this one designer–Girbaud. They are so cool. Hmm…this CPU fan is so cool:
http://www.xoxide.com/foxconn1.html
I’m getting it after I set up my system, to make sure it has the same specs as the heatsync and fan that comes with the P4. I should check out hard drives. I’m searching for a 250GB. Whoa cool, they have external FireWire 250GB drives. SWEET. Must be more specific. Internal drives. Hmm…$200. A little too pricy. Let’s try a 120GB. Hmm…around half the price, but I’m seeing all these less than reputable websites selling them. Let’s try something more reputable–Tigerdirect.com. Cool, I see a Western Digital ATA-100 160GB 7200RPM drive with 8MB buffer for $114. Sweet. I might buy that with this paycheck, I could attach it to the computers I have now. I think I’m going to get all the components I can use with my current computers first (case, RAM, hard drive) before I go to town on the mobo and processor. If Washington Mutual doesn’t suck up all my money in fees, I will probably be able to get the hard drive and the case. Well, maybe. It depends on how much I get paid. Well, I think I have it all planned out
P4 2.8GHz processor – $200
X-Dreamer II (Black) case with lights – $90
160GB hard drive – $120
Motherboard – $120 or so…depends on what I’ll relegate to a PCI slot and what I want onboard
RAM – $200 ($100 for each module)
CD-RW drive – $30
DVD-RW drive – $100
Monitor $120 (ball park–I’m not sure which kind I’m going to get)
Killer sound card with Dolby 5.1- $100
Well, let’s see how this all adds up. Below is the total for just the necessities to get the system running:
Around $660…wow! I was expecting a much bigger number!
Total, with all the toys included, and peripherals included (mouse, keyboard, etc.):
Around $1000
Which is what I wanted in the first place. But this computer will be ten times as cool as what I was going to get from Dell…omg, I should see how much this computer will cost on Dell! Sweet. Lol, the system that I’m going to customize to be like the one I’m making is already priced at $1200 dollars and it isn’t as good as mine. Lol, the Dell version of what I’m getting is $1400! Yay, I’m not getting ripped off! And mine will be filled with LEDs and pretty-ness. Hm…how many watt power supply should I get…I’m thinking 400 watts. At least I won’t have a lack of power. Oh god…this power supply has SEVEN molex connectors! MOUHAHAHAHA. I win. I win. I win. I win! I win! I WIN! I WIN! And it’s supposedly silent too! This is going to be the coolest computer ever. *EEK!* Oops…now I have to change my shorts.
http://www.xoxide.com/silentmaxpsu.html
Okay, must take a shower and go to bed. It’s one in the morning. Tawna and the gang are offline now, they left a bit ago. I need to call Molly tomorrow and we need to talk about the newspaper. I just don’t know what to do. Should we scrap this issue? We need to figure it out before summer session is over, because if we get our butts in gear we could revamp the flag and everything and have a cool new issue on the shelf by Fall session. IF we salvage about half of the stories, I really believe we could do it. I need to go in there tomorrow and fool around with Illustrator to design a new flag. I always start, then get exasperated with that program. I must persevere.
Oh, just before I go I have to say something. This song, OKGO song “Return” reminds me of Taggart. Whenever I listen to it I can’t help but think of him. OKGO, even though they are a pop band, they have great lyrics. Maybe that’s why they’re not mainstream.
OKGO – Return
“Now its years since your body went flat
and even memories of that
are all thick and dull, all gravel and glass
But who needs them now
displaced they’re even more safe
the worst of it now, I can’t remember your face.
Return
For a while, with the vertigo cured, we were alive, we were pure
The void took the shape of all that you were
but years take their toll,
and things get bent into shape
Antiseptic and tired, I can’t remember your face
Return
You were supposed to grow old
Reckless, unfrightened, and old,
you were supposed to grow old
Return
You were supposed to return”
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> Paul Oakenfold – Braveheart
> Radiohead – Karma Police
> The Donnas – Take it Off
> Veruca Salt – One Last Time
> Placebo – Teenage Angst
> Madonna – Ray of Light
> Elastica – Annie
> Garbage – Androgyny
> Letters to Cleo – Dreams
Jeff really likes Radiohead–they’re okay. Maybe I should listen to more of their stuff. I’m continuing my quest for the computer of my dreams. I’m going to buy the case with this paycheck if I can get a plan going this weekend of what I want. I mean, all I have to make sure of is that the motherboard will fit in the case. It has copious PCI slot holes and drive bays.
I stopped watching that movie (These Hills Have Eyes) because they killed off the hottest guy in the first ten minutes. I hate it when that happens. I’m checking out this site FrozenCPU.com for PC cases. Damn it, the AMD 64 2.4 GHz is like $900. :( Whoa, maybe that’s because it performs 110% faster than the Pentium 4 3.4 GHz. I was aiming for P4 3.2 GHz. I’m going to check out hte AMD Athlon 64 3400 series. If that’s too much out of my price range I’ll check out AMD’s lower line of processors. Hmm…it’s $400. That’s a little bit out of my price range–and if god forbid I bent one of the pins or something inserting it into the motherboard—$400! God. I could swing it though–it’s only two months of saving. And it says that it performs better than the 3.4 GHz. I’d have to see some good reviews to wholeheartedly believe that. Oh cool, I just got an e-mail from Molly. Wow, independent reviewers contend that the AMD Athlon 2.2GHz is betterthan the Intel 3.2GHz. Intel self-aggrandizes. Hmm…according to this review, the AMD processor I want is twice the price of the Intel equivalent, although it performs fractionally better. That sucks. And I’m stuck with Intel again. Damn monopoly. The processor is going to be the linchpin of this whole computer-building endeavour. I’m going to have to get the motherboard, RAM, and chipset (whatever that is) to specifications that will work with my processor. So the processor debate is of paramount importance.
OMG, they have the coolest cases!! They have acrylic ones!! That you can see through!!! DOPE!
They’re so out of my price range though, like $200. Lol, Molly’s been reading my blog. The title of her e-mail is “You wouldn’t have liked me,” in response to a musing about whether I would have liked Molly had I met her as a teenager.
I’ve been really passive about the Drift lately. I just don’t know what to do. I do know that I don’t want to write stories–but that’s exactly what we need. Hmm. I love the thought that Molly can’t stop reading my blog. In my fantasies I’m entertaining, it’s kind of nice to see those fantasies reach fruition. That was a cool e-mail. God my Internet is slow. I’m only on like page five of these cases. And of course they don’t have a thing to view them all, you have to do it by page, and each page is a different brand. Whoa, I just saw one that is so uber-cool! Oh…it wasn’t black, it was dark blue. Lame.
Oh, it’s so not true about the Athlon 64 being twice as much as the Pentium 3.2 GHz. The Athlon is about $100 more–but still, from the graphs I saw, it doesn’t perform better enough to merit the extra $100. Even on AMD’s own site it only performs 6% better than the Pentium 4 3.2GHz. Six percent is not worth $100.
I’m checking out AMD’s lower-end model, the AMD Athlon XP. It’s around six percent better than a P4 at 3 GHz. Well, if the price is right, it’ll be three times faster than my current computer. Yes, I know GHz is not a good enough indicator of processor performance, but it’s an okay indicator. Even if it performs twice as fast I’ll be happy. One thing is certain. Before I purchase anything, I’m buying the CPU. It all revolves around the CPU. I’m really not willing to pay $400 for the P4 3.4 GHz. Maybe I’ll just get the 3 GHz. I wonder how much that is.
Wow, the Athlon XP 3200 2.2 GHz is around $200. That’s more in my price range. Pentium 4 3GHz is like $300. I’m not sure. It seems like a whole lotta money for a whole lotta nothin’. But 3GHz is amazing processing power. I think I’ll base my system on the P4 3GHz. Wow, the AMD Athlon XP 3000 is around $200. Sold! I’m off to see product comparisons. Hmm…the Athlon XP 3000 only has a 333MHz Front Side Bus, where the P4 has an 800MHz FSB. Hmm….I guess it’s one of those “you get what you pay for” things. Hmm…this review says AMD processors aren’t as fast as Intel processors. Wow, this is an interesting article, I wish I’d written it:
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=p432&page=1
Whoa, I just found the sweetest case ever!
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cas-214.html
Well, maybe not the coolest case ever, but a very cool one in my price range. I love the temperature readout, as I’m sure I’ll end up overclocking my processor in the far future. Maybe I’ll put my current computer in it! That would be really cool. I’d have to find out about all the fans and everything, but it would be pretty easy if there was a compatible power supply. Oh cool, this site has a better picture of one I wanted from the other site.
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/detail_hires/cas-199.jpg
Nice–but not exactly what I’m going for. I like the last one better. God, it’s 12:55. I’m a bad boy. But I don’t have to go to work tomorrow, so it’s all good. And I get paid on Wednesday! I wonder how long that money will last. I’m such a spendthrift–it’s really bad. I know I’m going to get my router for my home network, but other than that I’m not sure. Whoa…they have these ones that are light-up cubes. So freaking cool! I can’t wait to trick out Leslie. Maybe I’ll put a new processor in her. I’ll have to find out what is compatible with the motherboard. I am going to keep her as a file server, she might as well be upgraded. Great, the vision in my left eye is all cloudy–okay, it went away. Maybe I had an eyelash on my eye or something. Just went to the bathroom–that was weird, there was green goop all in my eye, I rinsed it out with water. Maybe I’ll settle for a 2.8GHz. It’s pretty close to a 3GHz, and if it’s cheaper, then woo hoo!
Sweet, a P4 2.8GHz boxed from Intel is $200-$300. I see one with a fan for $250. That’s definitely in my price range. I think I’m going to design my system around that. Wow, I’m seeing it for $200 with everything included. SWEET.
I’m going to Intel.com to find compatible motherboards. Hm..this case is okay–but it’s a little too–purple.
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cas-220.html
Oh poo, there’s a 2.80 with an 800MHz FSB and one with a 533MHz FSB. Must Froogle the one with the 800MHz FSB Hmm, it’s only $230. Hmm…it has a PGA478 connector–I think I read a review that said it was really really easy to bend the pins when installing those. Oh well, maybe I’ll have one of the computer shops around here do it. Having it will be the important thing. Hmm, I’m debating ATX vs. Micro ATX. I’m going with ATX, I read it usually has more PCI slots. I’m off to decide which is the best type of RAM. The damn eye goop is back, I’m too lazy to go back into the bathroom and rinse out my eye.
Hm…I guess SDRAM is too expensive. Whoa, DDR SDRAM is only like $99 for a 512MB memory module! And DDR SDRAM is supposed to be twice as fast–weird. Hmm, 1GB of dual-channel DDR SDRAM is around $200. That’s definitely in my price range.
I like this case:
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cas-130.html
Hmm…this whole memory thing is perplexing me. I don’t know what kind to get. Well, at least I’ve decided on the processor. Must de-goop my eyes. Hm, it wasn’t the goop–I grabbed my eye drops out of the bathroom so I won’t have to make any more trips. Oh cool, Crucial.com has DDR 512MB DIMMs for around $100. Cool. Oh okay, there is no such thing as dual-channel RAM, the dual-channel-ness is in the motherboard. Okay, that’s good. I need to decide on a “chipset,” whatever that is. The Intel 850E, Intel E7205, Intel 865, and Intel 875 chipsets support this. Hmm…fuck chipsets. I’ve decided enough tonight. Well, here is what I’ve decided on so far:
-Pentium 4 2.8GHz processor with 800MHz FSB – $200
-1GB DDR RAM in 2 512MB DIMMs – $200 ($90 for each DIMM, but I don’t have to buy them both at once)
It doesn’t seem like I’ve gotten much done, but I really have. Next I need to find out how much motherboards are, how chipsets fit in, and I’m in buisiness. Buying this thing in $100 and $200 increments is much better than saving for months and buying some premade conglomeration that has a bunch of weird software that I never requested and a design that sucks. Oh, I also want a DVD-RW drive, but I’m getting that last after the system is up and running. It’s easy to hook up a drive, it’s not so easy to install a processor. They are so delicate, when I get closer to the actual process of hooking everything up I’m going to look into how much it would cost to have someone else do it. I wouldn’t want the wasting of $200 to be my fault. Okay, it’s off to bed. Next time I’m on a high-speed connection I’m going to decide what PC case to get. I’m almost certain I’m getting an ATX motherboard, so I can get the case easily without wondering if the motherboard will fit. I doubt I’ll get the case without getting my motherboard first, but hey, if all else fails I could put Leslie in it. Well, off to bed. Oh, I just searched Froogle for “Intel motherboard” and the motherboards have chipsets on-board. Sweet. I just have to decide on my chipset now.
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