Christmas List
A year ago I purchased some components for my PC. They were pretty good then but we all know about Moore’s Law.
I have assembled the following Christmas list that may take me into Valentines Day as well. The aim is to get my PC to tomorrow’s standards. I hope I don’t have to replace any more parts for the next two years.
1) New Processor. I want the AMD X2 64 6000+ because it is the best processor for my motherboard. Compared to my 2.3GHZ it promises to give a noticeable kick in speed and power. I don’t trust stock cooling but Zalman always receives radical reviews as the coolest cooler ever for both CPU and VGA. Don’t buy the processor without the cooler.
2) New Graphics. GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4870 1GB. My current Nvidia 8500GT is dated. I can’t even play SimCity Societies on high without considerable lag. Reviewers claim that this card is at the cutting edge. It should be good for the next year or so. I need a graphics card that will be ready for Starcraft 2.
3) Blu-Ray player. I currently have two DVD Burners in my rig but I am willing to give one away to get a Blu-Ray player. HD is the way to go. LG seems to have the best product offering at this time.
4) Second monitor, first HD. I want a second monitor to watch High Def movies and TV on as well as play Xbox and anything else I can think of. Acer makes the most affordable monitors. When I bought my 19″ years ago it was the IT. 22 happens to be the new 19 while 24 is the new 22. I now want the 24. Try this one on for size. It has HDMI inputs and supports Vesa Wall Mounting. I want this versatile wall mount so that I can pull forward and tilt.
5) TV Tuner. I think it is time to watch Flow’s Digital Cable in my bedroom. No more fighting over the rights to the television in the main room, especially since I pay the bills. I plan to root out the main cable and run it to my room. If the main room wants to watch TV they need to rent a Cable Box. I do not yet know if this set is Flow Compatible but research suggests it is a strong maybe.
These items have a combined cost of U$1214.94 on Newegg.com. Newegg is normally the most affordable tech store on the web so I trust these prices. However, feel free to show competing prices. The chief issue I have with Newegg is that they do not take my foreign credit card. Amazon.com does, as well as a number of other major online stores. If I could get these same parts and prices from Amazon then it wouldn’t be a wish list but a wish fulfilled.
You can view the list here and add to cart at the same time 
