C’mon, c’mon… Bloody well pay me already!

*sigh*

OK, now I’m definitely upgrading this bloody box. Graphics card first, I reckon, and then the case and what-not. At the moment, the graphics card’s most important because it needs to be about twice as powerful to even meet the minimum spec for Battlefield 2 (although you could just about get by on a 64mb job back when I threw this thing together…)

I’m hoping to run some rolling upgrade system throughout the year anyway, though; if I buy a new motherboard and a new CPU, plus a DVD writer at some point before I graduate (and, actually, maybe a couple of 512 RAM sticks to boot) I reckon I’ll have something that’ll last me from graduation to getting a decentish job in a few year’s time.

*sigh* Tates have given me a paltry 50 quid for working there the weekend before last, so I’m now a mere £35 over my overdraft limit… Presently, some daffy sod will give me some more, and then I’ll get a loan! Hooray! I really, really do need cash, just at the moment; I still need:

1. A new graphics card.
2. A Drizabone before the weather turns.
3. A new case for the PC, probably with a couple of fans thrown in.
4. New shoes, because they continue to fall apart (the toe’s now open by a good three inches, and the die of the other is splitting away from the sole all the way along). Happily, the new shoes can wait until I’ve bought the other things.

O, and I need £133 for bloody Income Services, before Friday. Or they’ll cut off my library access. (O, how terrible, woe is me, for there are no other libraries in Aber. Huh.) Unfortunately, they’ll also cut off my e-mail, and I do need that, just at the moment. O, and I owe Orange another 54 quid, as well.

I want my money from the council!

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Comments

  1. On September 07, 2005 Jon says:

    Don’t do anything too rash. I’m selling my computer (sans monitor, and my keyboard/mouse) soon, when I get my new laptop.

    It’s a fucking deadly system (64-bit, 1gb ram, 7,1 sound, dvd drive, another dvd-writer drive), and I’ll do you a good deal.

    –Jon

  2. On September 07, 2005 JTA says:

    MMM… 64-bit!
    How much?

  3. On September 07, 2005 Jon says:

    Uh, £250.

    –Jon

  4. On September 07, 2005 JTA says:

    That does sound pretty cool… Any chance you can wing the specs in the direction of my inbox? (although you will end up waiting until I’ve got a loan in…)

  5. On September 07, 2005 Jon says:

    Sent. Gmail.