Getting cold real fast here after a record-setting brutal summer. I thought those 96+ temps 80%+ humidity were never going to end. So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna build a new PC.

My current one isn't top-of-the-line anymore, but it's certainly not having a problem running any of my games right up to Supreme Commander, and I built it three years ago with a RAM upgrade in-between. She's been a good system...still awesome, but I want to play Crysis at full, mostly for whatever mods are coming (and you know they are).

So...I'm dropping almost all my entertainment money into 'The Fund' until March. I'll give myself a nice birthday present then. I'm thinking of spending between $1200-2000, two-thousand being treating myself to all-out luxury, which I usually talk myself out of (for various good reasons).

But no shame, for I have many great games in various genre, some of which I haven't completed yet. I'm sure I can keep myself busy until March, the problem is going to be not spending the money on 'other' activities. When I have a few hundred sitting around that's not earmarked by bills, it often burns a hole in my pocket. I'm a spender, not a saver.

I just gotta keep telling myself: "Quad core! YAAAR!"