Geekery upgrade

I'm writing this on my spiffy clean, upgraded and newly quiet PC. Gone is the Athlon X2-4600 I started with and the temporary stock heatsink/fan I fitted it with and in it's place is a nice shiny X2-6000 along with the water cooling. I was assembling this thing as an upgrade for the studio PC a couple years ago. The original motherboard would never work properly. The PC got put on the back burner until the later part of '06, when the failing studio PC needed a replacement. I rushed together the replacement and essentially had it in 'beta test mode' for over a year. Now I can finally start tweaking and tuning it all the while basking in the soft hum of watercooled goodness.

The CPU that came out of this one will make a nice foundation for something else, either a new web server or garage PC. I can also turn my attention to getting a new display for this setup, plus upgrading the LAN and running cables. After that, a new library/multimedia server and a simple PC made from spare parts for the garage. Jeff's PC will get a much needed replacement, and his old one might end up at his parent's place after some minor upgrades.

It's [H]ard out there for a geek.