Hey, i got a new PC today not phenomenal but far, far better then what i had previously. It's in my room along with my 360 and wii, so having it nearby means i'm far more likely to be active online,

New PC:

Intel Core 2 Duo Procesor E6600 2.4Ghz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB Cache

Windows Vista Home Premium

2048MB RAM Memory

500 GB 7,200 Hard Drive

Dual Layer DVD Re-writer drive

256Mb ATI Radeon X1550 Graphics (Weak i know, but i'm not too focused on pc gaming and can always upgrade if i want to)

Misc: TV Tuner, Wireless mouse + Keyboard, wireless network ready, HD Quality speakers.

It's great, i've got a Dvi to HDMI plugging it into my 26"HDTV, i was pretty surprised that it actually output in HD as soon as i turned it on, (HDMI cable are expensive as %$&£ £45 for a metre long cable, obviously it's there for a reason, but 24k gold?)

As i said it's a giant leap up from what i had previously, which was more of a family pc from 5-6 years ago then mine.

Before / Now

15" LCD Monitor / 26" HDTV

80 GB Hard Drive / 500 GB Hard Drive

32/64Mb Video Card / 256Mb Video Card

Windows Xp home OS / Windows Vista Home Premium

Pentium 4 Processor / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz, 1066 FSB, 4Mb Cache

As well as having a Tv tuner, being wireless ready and the wireless keyboard and mouse, it looks better too.

Well that's enough of my bragging (just so pleased to have a better PC after years of a broken, green and grey computer.

On Non-PC related news, i've been playing yet more Forza and while i'm still rather poor at designing (making realistic pictures is too daunting a task for me) i've gotten quite interested in the tuning / upgrading side of things, i'm yet closer to finishing Career mode, with about 3,000,000 credits going unused, While i was getting the computer i saw both the Xbox 360 steering wheel and a surround sound system, i'm thinking about getting both of them either this week or next, but Dirt's come out and after being thoroughly impressed with it's physics/grpahics and gameplay (in the demo) i'm thinking of getting that. Your views? Is the steering wheel + Forza (and whatever other games it works with. PGR3 being the only other known one to me) a more worthwhile purchase then Dirt, and then there's the surround sound speakers, i've not experienced surroudn sound for a few years, so i can't remember what it's like quite. Though i find myself watching a lot of movies, listening to music and at the moment playing Forza Motorsport 2 to near death.

Any views/oppinions /comments / constructive critisism / the normal kind of critisism are all welcome.

Thanks for reading this blog post (or just this line) hope my ranting didn't get too ominous.

Zaxex (Mark)