I thought I'd write a little bit about some new toys I've just got. I bought myself a new keyboard and a AMD 64 X2 3800 cpu.
Firstly I'll say something about the service that I got, I used ebuyer to make these purchases. I know ebuyer get a reasonable amount of bad press so I have used them before in the past must be about 5 times now for the odd thing. With each confirm purchase button I press with them there is always a little wince and a fleeting thought wondering if this is the order of doom! But I must say so far they have not let me down yet. This order was even better, I placed the order last night after 6PM and had received the goods this morning before 12, Now thats what I call service!
The next day delivery cost £10 but is worth it when you are keen to get the goods.
I do have another couple of suppliers that I use regularly when I need stuff and they have always given me faultless service too.
The keyboard I bought was a Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000, pictured below:
I bought this keyboard because I really like ergonomic keyboards and after having a Microsoft natural keyboard pro for many years on my main pc I thought it was time for a new one. The keybaord itself is in black and silver and still has the extra buttons that people seem to rarely use. It comes vista certified (well its a keyboard), although when you stick in the driver disk vista warns you that there are compatibility problems with the software and prompts you to download a different release of the software. So far the keyboard feels great, nice sturdy quality. Although I do like clicky keyboards and this isnt one I shall forgive it. The keyboard itself is slightly smaller than my old one so as a touch typist I trip over the odd key now and again. Anyway the keyboard is great and a couple of rounds of COD2 affirmed to me that it was a good buy.
My next purchase was proberbly as far as I can take my current motherboard without a major upgrade of cpu memory and other bits and bobs. I bought a skt 939 AMD 64 X2 3800+ which was an upgrade from my old 64 3000+. I'm hoping that it will help make virtual pc run a bit quicker on my machine when Centurion and Battlestar and Wrkstn2 are running on it.Whilst it is fine with the 3000+ I thought for a small price I might get a bit of a speed boost with the new kit.
My pc at the moment has 2GB's of ddr400 ram in it and also the new processor, also an ATI x800xt vga card, audigy 2 soundcard with breakout box, a 40GB ide hdd and a 250GB sata drive, plus a cdrw and dvdrw drive and wifi card. As you proberbly know the 939 format seems to peek at an x2 4000+ give or take so the 3800+ will be the last minor upgrade my pc gets before I rip it all out and start again.
I must admint that the year and a bit I've been concerntrating of studying software etc all the cpus, socket formats and faster memory has run away from me a bit so when I thinks its time to upgrade I'll have to figure out all the new hardware again.
COD2 seems to load a bit quicker for me at the moment but thats about the only test I've been able to do so far with the new CPU installed. So I'll give it a proper thrashing at some point.
