I have ordered

• 512GB of RAM (so I can keep the current 128MB and hence total 640MB)
• a second-hand 30GB hard disk (wish I could afford the 150GB 5400 rpm version)
• a replacement LuckyGoldstar DVD-ROM/CD drive. See Silicon Overdrive for why I need this replacement.

  (The better Matshita drives won’t fit behind the plastic bezel that covers the LG model. I’m sure a judicious bit of carving could sort this but eventually I’ll get a DVD-RW drive and that won’t properly fit behind either variety of bezel anyway.)

Time to break out The Piper At the Gates of Dawn and indulge myself.