Even my long-awaited Archy editor was slow as molasses on my old PC, and I finally decided I’d had it. I went to Fry’s Electronics to pick up a Father’s Day gift, and to learn about my options for computers.
My budget was virtually nonexistent, so most geeks would find the hardware I wound up with laughable, but I think I did pretty good for the price. I got a $40 Matsonic motherboard, a $60 AMD Sempron 2.5 Ghz, and a $40 case. My plan is to assemble everything, then steal the hard drive, optical drives, 3D card, and RAM from my old clunker.
If this works, I’ll get a three-fold increase in speed for $140, plus the beginnings of a basic system for Diana. And I my loved ones won’t have to hear me bitch about my computer any more.
mr_mooph | 13-Jun-05 at 2:36 pm | Permalink
That means you can now join us inthe world of Azeroth.
c’mon…ya know you wanna :)
nephariuz | 14-Jun-05 at 2:29 pm | Permalink
Oops - add to that a $60 512 MB DDR RAM module - my old RAM was incompatible. :P Hopefully I’ll have it up and running tonight.
I’m still running my old graphics card, so we’ll have to see if it’s up to the challenge of WoW. My brother wants me to play too, so I guess I’ll give it a shot.
mr_mooph | 14-Jun-05 at 2:51 pm | Permalink
Hellscream server.
Just telling you now so there’s no confusion in the future.
And Horde. You don’t want to play those pesky alliance characters… :)