After finding myself with extra cash in my pocket, due to the month I spent at mom's house sans rent, I decided one desktop gaming machine wasn't enough for my new apartment, and it's massive office. After lots of on-the-job websurfing specing out the best configuration I settled on this:
Matt had been bugging me to help him build a new computer for a while, and Sam I guess didn't to miss out on the fun, asked for the same config. All the parts arrived yesterday, and tonight we're building, I'll be popping both Matt and Sam's "build-a-computer cherries" (that was a little gross).
I'm also thinking about buying a Gameboy Avance SP, though it would be helpful to have along on those long-ass train rides, i'm not convinced of the game selection yet...