New case, future computer upgrade

I just ordered a new computer case to put my aging micro-ATX computer into. I ordered an Antec 1300 cube case to cut down on size and noise, we’ll see how it does. It was about $85 from zipzoomfly.com. When I get the case in I’ll be sure to document the experience and report what I discover about the case and the retailer.

This case is the beginning of my gradual computer upgrade. The next step will probably be to buy a 500 gig SATAII HDD and throw it onto my current computer. The last step is sort of an all-or-nothing thing; I’ll have to buy a motherboard, CPU, RAM, and video card all at once because none of them will be very useful on their own. (I could get by with the onboard video on the new mobo for a bit if I think video card prices are going to go down shortly, but it’ll get tiresome pretty fast.) I might decide to buy another 2gb of RAM later on, but I think the computer will run just fine with the first 2gb until RAM prices drop more. (DDR3 RAM is starting to come out, as it gets to be more reasonably priced high-end DDR2 RAM will come down in price too. Plus, the mobo I plan to buy has support for DDR3 RAM.)

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