Future System

I've been dreaming a little at http://www.ibuypower.com/ lately and have come up with some configurations that are within my reach-- for the most part. Here is the one that I'm going to save up for.

Things can add up fast on that site as you spec out a sweet PC, so $1000 is pretty good for this awesome machine if you ask me.

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Special-A/w/32945,

Configurator:

	Special-A
Case	PSI CyborgX Gaming Case-Black /w Blue Light
Case Lighting	None-
iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction	None-
iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion	None-
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5 760 Processor (4x 2.80GHz/8MB L3 Cache)-
iBUYPOWER PowerDrive	None-
Processor Cooling	[Free Upgrade] Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ 120mm Radiator [SOCKET-1156]-
Memory	4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1333 Memory Module-Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 – 896MB-Single Card
Video Card Brand	Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA-
Free Stuff	[Free Game/Application Download] - Street Fighter IV & PowerDirector 8 HE-Free with Purchase of NVIDIA Video Card
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3-
Motherboard Add-on	None-
Power Supply	600 Watt -- Power Supply-SLI Ready
Primary Hard Drive	1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s-Single Drive
Data Hard Drive	None-
Optical Drive	24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive-Black
2nd Optical Drive	None-
Flash Media Reader/Writer	12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer-Black
Meter Display	None-
Sound Card	3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard-
Network Card	Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)-
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel)-64-Bit
Keyboard	iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard-Black
Mouse	iBUYPOWER Internet Mouse-Black
Monitor	None-
2nd Monitor	None-
Speaker System	iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System-
Power Protection	None-
Headset	SYBA Circumaural Stereo Headphone with Built-in Microphone -
Video Camera	None-
Warranty	Standard Warranty Service-Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support
Rush Service	Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee)-No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days
Subtotal*	$1094.00 (plus tax & shipping)

Free Game on Steam!

Valve, out of the blue, announced a free game that can be downloaded on Steam. It's called Alien Swarm. It's a top-down 4 player co-op shoot-em-up game. I'm downloading it right now and am excited to give it a try. Here's the link:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/

The gameplay video of it looks fun. I hope that there are strong tactical components to the game and that it's not just another title that does little more than exercise your right index finger. We'll just have to see.

I think that it's really cool that Valve puts out free stuff like this once in awhile. They are by far the greatest supporters of PC gaming. Thanks Valve.