Yes indeedy, I did get my Antec Sonata case last Wednesday.
I ended up keeping the Antec power supply. It’s supposed to be a really good supply, and I didn’t really want to mess around with another one. In fact, the guy I got my board from said my Antec 380watt was probably just as good as the 450watt he would have traded me.
It’s too bad I don’t have any time right now. I need to backup my mess of a hard drive next, then I’ll rip both of them out of the old and put them in the new.
As you can see, I’ve put the case on my workbench and installed the motherboard.
Rob made a pertinent comment recently on ITF about building vs. buying. In the good old days it was cheaper to build your own pc rather than buy one, but those days are long gone. Now you can get pretty decent systems for just a few hundred bucks.
But I need a high-end system, and those aren’t as cheap. I’m using my current 200GB worth of hard drives and the OS with them, so this time I can piece together what I want for considerably less than I could buy it outright.
5 Responses
April 23rd, 2005 at 2:54 pm
Those pics of you building your system really bring back the memories! Almost makes me want to do one like that again. Bout the only time I open one up anymore is when I am repairing or cleaning the dust out of one. I just cleaned one out this morning that was almost choking with dust! I had just got done running a “format and restore” on it the night before. It has windows ME on it which requires a yearly “restore” just to be able to use the PC! Win ME always was/is a big let down from MSoft. Win XP however, was a major improvement.
Tom, I can’t wait to hear your report on how your new PC does when you have it up and running.
Rob
April 24th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
Hello, Tom.
I know I’m being impertinent, but I just thought I’d let you know that your hair is starting to look really nice again since the “monumental event” of February 23. :)
Have a great day!
–Naomi
April 28th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
Rob: Thought you would find this interesting: http://techdirt.com/articles/20050428/1051254_F.shtml
April 28th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
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April 28th, 2005 at 11:51 pm
XP was a huge improvement, but I’m ready for Longhorn. I’m always ready for the new.
I actually only have the XP upgrade. I wish I at least had XP Pro, but I seriously doubt it’s worth that much more money.