Wish List

Ah, what to do with a wonderful day off in the middle of the week? It's such a gorgeous day here in the desert; mid-70s, sunny, warm, not a cloud in the sky, this is the reason I moved here...the 110-degree summers, not so much. A nice walk through the neighborhood kicked off the day, followed by some cleaning of dishes, vacuuming of carpets, and washing of laundry all with The West Wing Season Two playing in the background (obviously we're setting up a giant WW marathon for my upcoming four-day weekend). Oh, and why not blog about your random, day-off activities, I might even start Twittering.

Anyway, we've made it past Halloween which means, if I understand things properly, we've entered Christmas territory and it's time for me to begin my wish list for Santa. Recently I built a computer for a friend, The LoneKnight. I was approached by LK about a month ago and asked "If I bought the parts would you build me a computer". After a few minutes I had my drool under control and was ready to start researching, I'll spare you the really boring details and just delve into the mundane. Needless to say, we put together a machine capable of possessing SkyNet and walloping DeepBlue at chess all while safely playing Supreme Commander (or StarCraft 2). What are the specs you ask? Why, I never would have told...except you asked so nicely.

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
Power Supply: Rosewill 530W
RAM: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Video Card: Galaxy 96GGF6HMFEXX GeForce 9600 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported
Case: Rosewill Wind Ryder Dual 120mm Cooling Fans and Mesh Design Front Panel

So, yeah, quad-core processor, 4 gigs memory, 9600 GT series vid card and total cost was ~$730 (cue song; *I'm...dreamin'...of a white...christmas*). Oh, and it came with a FREE copy of Assassin's Creed. How totally sweet is that? So I'd like to add my friend's computer to my wish list, as well as a new job, new relationship, new bike, new car, and a twelve pack of Leinie's Nut Brown. Thank you Santa.

Sincerely,
md