Over the weekend something happened to my PC. I wasn't actually there to witness the cause but my screen was showing a strange psychedelic array of windows blue and red when I got back from my business trip. After removing my video card I saw that all the 'stacks' (I have no idea what they actually do) were blown out. Could this have been caused by the ultra-buggy Fallout: New Vegas I was 'trying' to play five minutes at a time? Nevertheless I am using this as an excuse to finally upgrade my PC to something that will actually play the games I've purchased off Steam. So far the parts I've ordered are:

1. LIAN LI Black Aluminum ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
2. Intel LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
3. Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) Quad-Core
4. EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5
5. CORSAIR 16GB DDR3 SDRAM
6. ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
7. SONY Black Blu-ray Burner SATA
8. Thermaltake Black Widow 850W
9. Crucial 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
10. Microsoft Windows 7

I'm excited to see how the SSD will run windows and games. Hopefully I will forget what a loading screen is. And yes, I purchased an HTPC case. Eventually I will be connecting this system to a larger LCD than my 22" widescreen.

Note: If you order an SSD for a PC you may need a 2.5" converter. I had no idea these drives were so small. I combined all the parts except now I'm waiting on the SSD mounting kit. Otherwise, the machine is running great on my older HDs.