Tha-Noodle

Following on from le previous blog.. I decided it would be fun to build myself a new PC. Spent a few days arranging the money needed, and choosing the right parts that were all compatible to come together to make an awesome gaming rig. All in all it cost about £1,100. Which for the specifications (see below) was good compared to a factory build, brand name PC. Anyway, on build day (1) I hooked most of it up. Then went to bed. On day (2) I finished wiring, stood it up and pressed [ON]. At first I was delighted, as all the wiring seemed adequate and all the fans came on (that I could see) and it was making general PC noises and flashes

I find myself cursing my computer alot of late, having recently decided to get into pc gaming a bit more. One such occasion of note would be upon startup of Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 2. It lagged out horribly and lacked sound. Restarting the game gave me sound but no aid with the lag. I tried a game on the 'reccomended' settings for graphics and sound (high). And was promptly greeted by a frozen computer. After exiting to windows and yet again restarting the game, I changed the settings down to medium, with similiar results as before, and then low. This granted me the ability to actually play the game, but it cost me some rather nice visu

Aye, I've been in hospital for coming up on 3 weeks now, was hoping to get home monday but I've been told they're keeping me in longer. I miss being able to cook my own dinner.. Though the steaks across the road are rather fab =] Still, not much to do in here, the TV's broken, and the internet has a filter on almost everything, which is odd considering this is an adults ward. I have my own laptop so I can do arty stuff, but I lack inspiration. Any thoughts on a project?