I wasn’t able to resist the urge of putting together another desktop computer after not having done so in a few years. Having a laptop is great, but I decided since I wasn’t using it much for its portability I’d be happier with something a little more powerful and upgradeable. This is what I have:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3GHz)
RAM: 2GB OCZ DDR2-800
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Deluxe
Video card: ASUS 512MB Radeon 4850
Hard drive: Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM SATA 16MB cache
DVD Drive: Samsung 22X DVDR
Case: Antec 300
Power supply: Antec Earthwatts 500W
Monitor: Acer 22″ Widescreen

All in all, it’s great, and I have no complaints. The case is among the nicest I’ve worked with, and the monitor is bigger than I had imagined (though a 24″ would be cool too!). And of course, the hardware is really, really fast. I’m not planning on doing any overclocking, because this seems plenty fast to me already, but there’s that possibility if I get bored.

Oh, I think this was the first time I put together a computer that I didn’t have any defective/damaged hardware (usually it was RAM). Either QC is up in general or I lucked out this time around.