This is madness! I'm still no less obsessed about building a computer. It actually feels like its building momentum. I want it so bad I can smell it, or so the saying goes.

If other men use the Internet to view porn, I use it to view reviews. If other men use the Net to look at centerfold pics, I use it to ogle at pictures of motherboards, cpu's, cooling fans, case mods, the works. I'm infected with technolust, no doubt. I even dropped by a local store and got an updated pricelist today. So far though, I've only saved enough to buy a decent PC case, floppy drive and and modem. I'm postponing buying anything because by the time I finally get the money together, better and cheaper alternatives might be available. In the past six months the price of components, save for the CPU's, have actually gone down. CPU's are now more expensive than they were six month ago. In comparison, the other fairly expensive parts have gone done by a couple of hundred since then.

Most of the articles I've read have actually set a minimum budget of Php 30,000 for a budget rig. Others still set a budget of Php 20,000 for an el cheapo rig. I'm aiming for somehing in between, about 25K. I don't think I'll be geting there any time soon. I'm tempted to use my credit card, but every bone in my body shivers at the thought of having to slave away at the keyboard to be able to make credit payments every month. Even with a deferred payment plan, the interest still comes to about a fifth of what I charge. That's steep. I think I will have to go the old-fashioned way -- the piggy bank way!