My just-over-three year old desktop machine was due a replacement.
type | name -------------+--------------------------------------------------- Motherboard | Asus P6T Deluxe CPU | Intel i7 920 D0 Stepping Retail RAM | OCZ 6GB PC3-12800C8 DDR3 (3x2GB) (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) Case | Lian-Li PC-A71B Graphics | XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB HDD | Western Digital Caviar Black WD640AALS PSU | Antec TruePower New 650W DVD-RW | LG GH22NS40 Backup HDD | Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS CPU Cooler | Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Fan | Noctua NF-P12 120mm (11 rows)
Initially, it’ll be running some version of Windows 7 (though I also have a spare Vista license) but given it’s not released there’s no point considering how much that’ll cost for now.
The plan is to put the two WD6401AALSs in a RAID array then backup in some manner to the WD10EADS. Given the price of RAM (£70.99 for 3x2GB), I’m half-tempted to go nuts and have 12GB of RAM.
Some sort of computer-assemblage pr0n to follow – the motherboard and CPU cooler should be with me tomorrow…