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In an attempt to curb my want to buy a new PC, I got a new mouse today.

It's a Logitech MX1000. I had about $60 in Best Buy gift certificates and needed something to spend them on. Since I'm going to be buying my new computer online from Monarch, I figured I could get a new mouse and keyboard at Best Buy. Unfortunately, all the keyboards there didn't feel right because they keys were half-height or the F keys were all crappy (Curse you, F-lock!).

Since I haven't put anything up about it, here is the new computer I am gonna get once I decide to bite the bullet and actually get it.

• Case: Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream (Black)
• Power Supply: 480W - Antec NEOPOWER480 ATX 2.0 Power
• Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe NForce4 SLI MCP Audio
• BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC 256MB GDDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual-DVI (Retail Box)
• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K 90nm (939) (Retail)
• Memory: DDR (400) 3200 - 512 MB (2 pcs 256) Corsair

It's a Monarch bare bones system, but for 18 bucks they assemble it and burn it in (test it harshly) for 24 hours before shipping it to me, so that if anything breaks, they can fix it first. I know a lot of the fun is in building it... but to be honest, it would be nice for someone else to take care of making sure stuff works. Either way I get to custom build it, and I was going to order all my parts from them anyway because they're the cheapest I can find.

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