Well, I finally caved and decided to build a new gaming rig. My old compter (specs are in an older blog posting) was on its last leg. Blue screen after blue screen and now the old rig's video card was dying: that's what the final straw was that broke the camel's back. Below are the specs of my new rig:

• AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8ghz quad core Processor
• Gigabyte GA-MA770 ATX Motherboard
• G.Skill 4gb DDR2 1066 memory
• XFX GeForce 9800gtx + 512mb GDDR3 Video Card
• Seagate Barracuda 250gb 7200rpm Hard Drive
• LG Dvd Burner
• OCZ Fatal1ty 550w Modular PSU
• Antec 900 ATX Gaming Computer Case
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 19'' Gateway widescreen monitor
• 19'' HP widescreen monitor

Well, thats it! I also picked up Dawn of War II, Mass Effect and EVE Online, all of which play beautifully on the new rig.

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Hey guys, just got me a brand, spanking new PSP 3000. And guess what....I LOVE IT! Here's what I got:

• PSP-3001
• 4 GB Memory Stick
• Official Sony PSP Case
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Here's what sold me on getting one:

• Sleek, slim design. Its incredibly light!
• The game selection. I'm a huge fan of older RPGs and all the ports of older PSX games is what drew me to the handheld. Not to mention the newer games that are out for it: God Of War: Chains of Olympus, Patapon and Crisis Core.
• Remote Play. Probably one of the coolest features to ever grace us with it's presence on a handheld. Within 20 minutes of opening the box, I was streaming my music and video from my PC to my PS3 to the new PSP! The ability to play your older PSX titles is also really frickin' cool (loading up Xenogears and playing on the PSP was pretty sweet).
• The screen can get pretty bright, which is great for playing outside on a sunny day.

Although the device is great overall, there were a few areas I found myself to be a little disappointed and hope Sony improves upon in the future:

• Only 802.11 B wireless support. Especially with the advent of Wireless N technology and the ability to stream music and most notably video, I'm a bit disappointed to see an older network standard in a device that can do so much. Wireless G would have been better!
• The web browser. It's slow and clunky. I'm not entirely surprised, however, that the browser on the PSP wouldnt be very good; the browser on the PS3 isnt very good either.
• No bluetooth support. I'm not really talking about bluetooth for the sake of file transfers (thats what the wireless is used for!) but rather for peripheral support, especially since the PSP can support Skype. The ability to sync a bluetooth headset, for example, for multiplayer and for Skype would have been pretty cool.