Yea I think i am going to do it, break down and buy a nice new PC, here are the specs of the one I am looking at for around 900 for the PC, and 189 for the monitor.

AMD Athlon X2 4600+ Configuration
PROCESSOR : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2
CPU Speed Effective Speed 4.2 GHz x2
CPU FSB 2000MHz
CPU L2 Cache 2MB


OPERATING SYSTEM : Windows XP Pro SP2

CHIPSET: North Bridge ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 1600
South Bridge ATI SB600

MEMORY : 2 GB DDR2-800 (PC2-6400)

MOTHERBOARD : Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 1600

GRAPHICS CARD : ATI Radeon X1900XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 CrossFire Ready HTVDP

HARD DRIVE : 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA

PRIMARY DRIVE : 16x Dual Layer DVD-RW/RL Drive

NETWORK CARD : 1000Mbps GigaLAN Ethernet Network Adapter (onboard)

SOUND CARD : AC97 8 Channel Integrated Sound (onboard)

POWER SUPPLY : 630W Energy Star Compliant Power Supply // 100~240 VAC, 50/60 Hz

MONITOR: the monitor Im looking at on NewEgg is the SCEPTRE X20WC-Gamer Black 20.1" 5ms DVI Widescreen Glare HD (HDCP) LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 Built in Speakers


PLease give me feedback on everything and anything so I can change the configuration now before its too late, (PROW) since you seem to be the one up to date with everything and read up on all the new technology. I am really looking to play rainbow six vegas, so this set up should be decent for it I am thinking. The graphics card isnt the best one, but from what I read will get around 40 - 50 fps on medium graphics settings, and 35 or so on the highest settings.

Thanks!

Five Levels of Hangovers


One Star Hangover (*)

No pain. No real feeling of illness. You're able to function
relatively well. However, you are still parched. You can drink 5
cokes and still feel this way. For some reason, you are craving a
steak & fries.


Two Star Hangover (**)

No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay, but you have the mental capacity of a staple gun. The coffee you are
chugging is only increasing your rumbling gut, which is still
tossing around the fruity pancake from the 3:00 AM Waffle House
excursion. There is some definite havoc being wreaked upon your bowels.


Three Star Hangover (***)

Slight headache. Stomach feels crappy. You are definitely not
productive. Anytime a girl walks by, you gag because her perfume
reminds you of the flavored schnapps shots your alcoholic friends
dared you to drink. Life would be better right now if you were home in your bed watching Lucy reruns. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 3 iced teas and a diet Coke--yet you haven't peed once.


Four Star Hangover (****)

Life sucks. Your head is throbbing. You can't speak too quickly or
else you might puke. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes, but that can't hide the fact that you only shaved one side of your face.

For the ladies, it looks like you put your make-up on while riding the bumper cars.

Your eyes look like one big red vein,
and even your hair hurts. Your ass is in perpetual spasm, and
the first of about five shits you take during the day brings water
to the eyes of everyone who enters the bathroom.


Five Star Hangover (*****)

You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the employee who sits in the next cube. Vodka vapor is seeping out of every pore and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from brushing your teeth in an attempt to get the remnants of the poop fairy out. Your body has lost the ability to generate spit so your tongue is suffocating you. You don't have the foggiest idea who the hell the stranger was passed out in your bed this morning. Any attempt to take a dump results in a fire hose-like discharge of alcohol-scented fluid with a rare 'Floater' thrown in. The sole purpose of this 'Floater' seems to be to splash the toilet water all over your ass. Death sounds pretty good about right now...

*****



THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:

Indubitably; Innovative; Preliminary; Proliferation; Cinnamon

*****


THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:

Specificity; British Constitution; Passive-aggressive disorder;
Loquacious; Transubstantiate

*****


THINGS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK :

1.) Thanks, but I don't want to have sex.
2.) Nope, no more booze for me.
3.) Sorry, but you're not really my type.
4) Oh, I just couldn't. No one wants to hear me sing.
5) Sorry I'm being such a jackass.

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...
but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, 'Damn, we really screwed up '.