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It’s taking a little getting used to, having days off. I’ve spent these last two doing so little I’m almost disappointed. Yesterday I was in Edinburgh briefly but accomplished nothing except a cookie delivery, and writing this, I sit with the TV on watching Star Trek on Virgin 1.

However, I have accomplished something with these days. For starters, I now have my new motherboard and RAM. Tomorrow should bring my processor and a shiny new SSD (I know, needlessly unnecessary, but fun and cool!), and hopefully by Sunday (my next day off) I will have the CPU cooler which I had to buy on eBay as no one else seemed to have it.

This time round, I’m determined to keep the inside of my PC nice and tidy. Using the rather handy full-size picture which comes with the motherboard I have already begun working out where best to run and tie cables inside the case, and things are looking quite good.

I also discovered that it’s possible to lubricate sleeve-bearing fans. My hope is that this might quieten things down a bit.

With any luck, my next post will not be about how annoying slow the postal system is, but rather about how fast my new computer is and my own first impressions of Windows 7.