Upgrade
Well, yesterday started out as an exciting day, but ended up as merely a frustrating one. My PC upgrade parts arrived, and I proceeded to fit them - all went well until booting, when the BIOS reported CPU temps of approaching 100ºC… peculiar. I did all the obvious checks, thermal paste, heatsink/fan correctly seated, etc. but to no avail. Unfortunately, this means that both the CPU and the mobo have been RMA’d and I now have to wait until Monday to put my build together again.
On the plus side, the ASUS Xonar D2 card works with my current rig - and that, coupled with a new Logitech 5.1 speaker system, is at least improving my audio experience in the meanwhile.
For those that are interested, these are the upgrade parts I’ve got (or, in the case of the CPU/mobo, am waiting for). Not the best rig on the planet but hey, a student income doesn’t really promote high-end systems, especially not with petrol prices as high as they are right now!
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz) FSB1333 6MB Cache
- ASUS P5K AiLifestyle Series Mobo
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
- Asus Xonar D2 7.1 Sound Card
- Corsair 4GB (2×2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 DHX Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL4(4-4-4-12)
All-in-all, I can’t wait for next Monday to get this rig up and running! 
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