Decision!

[ffutures]

I've ordered the Zoostorm PC - 3.2ghz quad processor, 2TB hard disk, 8gb RAM, Windows 7 premium 64 bit, gigabit ethernet, etc. Ought to be plenty fast enough for my current and future needs, a bit more expensive than I'd originally planned but considering how much of my life is spent in front of a computer I might as well spend accordingly. Should arrive on Monday if their site isn't lying to me, we'll see how it goes.

http://www.ebuyer.com/570064-zoostorm-haswell-desktop-pc-7873-0494

They also do a version with an AMD 4.1GHz processor that only costs £269.99 after cashback, but it doesn't include any operating system. If I were building a Linux box or a machine primarily for games I'd be very tempted.

Now I need to get some CAT6 cable to run from the Gigabit socket on my router to the PC...

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[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The cable from the router to my work room is quite long - about 20M since it has to go over doors and round rooms - and fairly old. The switch I've got in my work room is already gigabit, so I've just spent a tenner or so Cat6 cables to replace the old cable and link the switch to the PC and to my network hard disk, which is also a gigabit network collection. Everything else can stay on Cat5e for now.