Yep, I withdrew the listing because it was getting absolutely no interest. 5 watchers and a big of ?360. It wasn't moving. Hardly any views either. Nobody wants an Athlon machine for gaming any more.

Shame, it's still a pretty kick ass machine.

I've accepted that I'm probably never going to get what I expect for this machine.

So I relisted it again! The third time.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gaming-PC-Athlon- ... dZViewItem

This time, it has a Buy It Now price of ?500. No offers accepted. Delivery is ?27.

500? Not bad for the person who buys. Shame it's going so low.

It is a shame indeed, but again I have found myself in a dire financial situation. I currently have -?55 and I am getting fees every day for being overdrawn. I have been overdrawn May 3rd. The computer should sell quickly, I will pay off this silly debt, then when I get my real pay from work, I will pay 2 loads of rent and my electricity bill. Then I'll be left with next to nothing again. Until the end of the next month where I will get paid and get my deposit back. That means big monitor.

I really would buy it if I was allowed.

The selling is probably struggling as it's single core.

I think it's just because it's an Athlon, to be honest.

Well al this stuff about multicores now... People still buy Athlons, just not single cores.

Looks like there is some interest in the computer. I've had 2 questions about it today. 1 asking about overseas delivery, and 1 guy saying that if it is indeed dual dual-link DVI and a valid copy of Vista, he can pick it up... very nice!

And this...

[img]http://gizmologia.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/dell-3007wfpjpg.jpg[/img]

Is soon to be mine.

But not before this...

[img]http://shop.bethesdahospice.co.uk/images/beach_600x388.jpg[/img]

Back to the bigass screens are we, Aaron?

Damn right, but Tenerife looks much more exciting !!

LOL, especially when you become a painting...

The PC didn't sell on Ebay (Ebayers are stupid and don't know a good deal when they see one), but it did sell to a friend for £500. That's less than half of what it is actually worth. But it really helps me out.

LOL, well it sold. Still should have got more for it...

I'll still buy a new computer, but first I will definitely go on holiday.

I took out a £1000 loan over 12 months a couple of weeks ago and bought our holiday (for me and my girlfriend). I also bought it for my mum because I remember her saying that she really needs a break right now. She's got a separate room, by the way!

We're not going to Tenerife any more - decided on Majorca instead. We're off to Puerto Pollensa on July 7th! It'll be a week of sunny bliss.

When I get back, I'm going to book my driving theory test, get a few more driving lessons done, then book me and my girlfriend in for a 1 week intensive driving course somewhere nice in the country, so we can have another little holiday!

Leopard should be released by then, along with a new set of iMac's and MacBook's, so I'll buy one of those before continuing my computer build. I'll complete the computer build after I pay off the loan (early) with no interest, so no loss for me. Hopefully my new salary will cater for loan-paying-offing these days. Anyway, monthly repayments of £120 are nothing compared to £350 rent, and that ain't including all the bills! And I am getting my deposit back from that flat.. I'll make goddamn sure of it.

Sounds like a good, fully formed plan. Unusual, you never seem decisive. xP

Anyway, have fun with your holiday!

My new salary is awesome. I will have enough money to book my theory and my girlfriend's theory next month. I will also have enough money to put a bit more in to my savings account, and to purchase a 30 inch monitor, with lots of money to spare, maybe to buy something else for the PC.

That's cool. You also had the money to buy this domain!

Our holiday was fantastic! I want to go again! I have lots of photo's to share.

Create a new thread on it lol.

Welcome back Aaron! And that's good to hear.

I'm not quite sure what I should do with my money next month. I currently have no computer at all. I'm debating whether to go for the MacBook, or to buy the major components in a new PC... but it will have to run Windows Vista. And Windows Vista sucks. It would have to run Windows Vista because it will have 4GB of RAM, and only a 64-bit OS can use this much. There is Windows XP 64-bit, but the driver and application support is worse than bad, so that's a no-go. And Windows Vista 64-bit is just, slow, regardless of what version I use.

With a new PC, I'll be getting quad-core goodness and a 30 inch monitor (the monitor may be the first thing I buy, either that or a motherboard, processor, memory and a graphics card). With the MacBook, I get a far superior operating system that does pretty much everything I need it to do anyway, looks better, but becomes outdated in October when OS X 10.5 is released.

What do you guys think I should do?

PC or Mac?

Well it depends on what you like. As you seem to hate Windows I'd go with the Mac. I don't know much about macs though. :/

I think that perhaps you are right. I do hate Windows and for a good reason. I feel like I need a break from Windows, or a break from computers for a while. I can see myself thoroughly enjoying the time I spend with a Mac. I just get frustrated by Windows. And no, I simply cannot be called a Mac fanboi, having used Windows based computers for 15 years, professionally for almost 4 years.. hell, me and my workmate are running the whole IT infrastructure at Arjo in Gloucester. I just can't stand working on Windows, then having to go home and use Windows again. I'm kind of glad that I'm not using it at home, but then again I don't have a computer at all, and I really need some sort of computer to check my emails and store my photo's with. It would be a good time to invest in some external storage, I think.