PeeCee Parts – the great upgrade part 1

Ordered some PC parts yesterday. Ita time for the annual upgrading of the machines where me and my mum buy new parts and upgrade both our machines. In most cases i get the new parts and she gets my parts that have been upgraded – so we both get a speed and performace upgrade.

This year we have extended it a bit and are including my Mums neighbour Mrs Taylor, so Mum gets my spare parts and Mrs Taylor gets mums spare parts.

Although somewhat confusing, in the end everyone ends up with a substantial upgrade for the least amount of money.

Parts i ordered:

AMD 64 3200+ CPU – Ive always been an AMD fan, and the AMD 64 processors have the performance and price which suits me jsut fine.

Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard – Ive never had a Gigabyte motherboard before, ive always had Asus ones, so im going out on a limb here. Other people i know have gigabyte boards and they say they are good, and all the reviews ive read have been positive.

Western Digital 120gig SATA HD – Ive currently got a Western Digital SE 120gig IDE drive, and its sweet. IM going to give it to my mum so she has 120gig of space to use up. Plus the new motherbaord has SATA so i may as well get a SATA drive – they are around the same price as an IDE drive with a lot better performance.

Cooler Master Case – Mum needs a new case. She doesnt like her old one much, but this one should do. It was rather cheap and has a nice looking aluminium front bezel, plus it has front usb / friewire / heaadphones / microphone ports – which is jsut what mum likes.

So parts are ordered and paid for. I got told 3 days, so fingers crossed i might get them before the weekend.