The Final Part of the Upgrade: Much nerd talk to follow...

Let me start by saying that if, like me, you have the unfortunate fortune of owning a Linksys router that is also your vonage gateway you know how unbelievably frustrating it is. I just had to go downstairs and restart it for the third time today. Now I know why they were on clearance at Tiger Direct.

Here it is my friends! The final part of my PC's upgrade:

I bought a barebones kit about six months ago but it has always been my plan to drop a better processor in it. Well, intel's new line finally hit the sweet spot between price and performance. I present to you the Core 2 Duo 3.0 ghz Wolfdale 45nm processor. I got a great deal on it at New Egg with free shipping.

Installing it was a breeze. I had to swing by Micro Center and grab some thermal paste before the install. (Yes, I had to do that AGAIN. Getting it was a story all in itself, but I really don't feel like typing it out. The bottom line is that I got it and I didnt' really save myself any money by picking it up by the time I burned a gallon of gas getting to Micro Center and back. Next time, I'm buying the stupid stuff online.) With the paste in hand, the actual install took less than ten minutes and most of that was unplugging all the crap in the back of the machine so I could get it open.

I appreciate the fact that Intel put's their processor's in such big boxes because it feels pretty stupid to pay $200 for something so small.

Windows actually didn't hiccup at all when I installed it. The BIOS forced a reboot but that was it. I'm sailing! I've got some iTunes purchasing to do and then I'm off to finally take Crysis for a spin. Oh and I installed the Gears of War PC for a point of comparison. Laugh all you want my Mac friends. Obadiah is VERY happy with his PC. :)