Went back home on the 22nd December for Xmas and generally chilled out after a few hectic weeks in Salford – my only tech saviour being my Acer Aspire one netbook running trusty linux – thankfully it didnt let me down like it did on my recent trip to London!

Got the usual stuff for xmas which was cool, along with some driving lessons (yes im finally going to drive), and a nice bottle of Silver Select Jack Daniels which will go down a treat!

Fran came up on the 27th December and we went up to the Lake District along with my family for 4 days to our new lodge that my parents had just bought – very swanky indeed. I managed to sneak my Xbox 360 along with me, along with the newly purchased guitar hero world tour Which i managed to play during our none walking days – e.g. 3-4 hours walking around lake Windemere with Zena running around like a mentalist on the ice

NYE was spent at a family party which was fun although everyone completely mistimed 00:00 lol So all of  sudden it was “Oh sh… HAPPY NEW YEAR!”. Good times indeed! I returned back to Salford on the 1st January after a NY Day buffet at my Grandmas which is a tradition! Been generally chilling out ever since really. Back to the joy factory tomorrow – especially fun as im up at 8am – oh goody how i love early starts. Exams and dissertation and all in the upcoming month so im going to have to work little hours – less money, but better grades i guess!

Tech wise (the most important) – i decided to upgrade my RAM – i bought 2 sets of 2×4GB OCZ PC2-8000 1000Mhz RAM from Aria for the princely sum of just £90.00 and i am now running on Vista x64 (had to upgrade – bah!) showing 8GB of Gigahertz RAM – yum yum yum. Also allowed me to clock over 3.7Ghz – which is always fun! Im trying to take it easy money wise, but next month i might invest in a new graphics card (4870X2) or perhaps a new PSU as my poor little M520 is struggling i feel! Oh, before i forget, i also purchased a Zalman MFC2 fan controller which also has 4 temperature monitors and other info displayed on a 5.25″ LCD display – for only 40 quid – not bad eh. This also shows you the total power draw of your PC so keep your eyes peeled for figures!

Sam

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