Although it is a good thing to stimulate the economy by getting a new Desktop computer, you also could download and install the latest OpenBSD current snapshot.
OBSD 5.2 has been released the first of November, but actually is from end of July, beginning of August:
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 84196 Aug 01 16:10 INSTALL.amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 1720 Aug 01 16:11 SHA256
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 61387977 Aug 01 16:11 base52.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 450 9060353 Aug 01 16:10 bsd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 450 9088176 Aug 01 16:10 bsd.mp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 450 7311395 Aug 01 16:10 bsd.rd
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 7432192 Aug 01 16:10 cd52.iso
-r-xr-xr-x 1 500 450 45492 Aug 01 16:10 cdboot
-r-xr-xr-x 1 500 450 2048 Aug 01 16:10 cdbr
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 69025652 Aug 01 16:10 comp52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 531648 Aug 01 16:10 etc52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 1474560 Aug 01 16:10 floppy52.fs
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 2710461 Aug 01 16:10 game52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 1339 Dec 17 11:07 index.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 252758016 Aug 01 16:10 install52.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 9724820 Aug 01 16:10 man52.tgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 500 450 55264 Aug 01 16:11 pxeboot
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 12434993 Jul 23 10:11 xbase52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 63893 Jul 23 10:11 xetc52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 39803297 Jul 23 10:11 xfont52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 26774217 Jul 23 10:11 xserv52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 4619848 Jul 23 10:11 xshare52.tgz
The latest snapshot is from middle of December:
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 84404 Dec 13 09:21 INSTALL.amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 1720 Dec 13 09:21 SHA256
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 63056088 Dec 13 09:21 base52.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 450 9196320 Dec 13 09:21 bsd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 450 9224220 Dec 13 09:21 bsd.mp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 450 7393098 Dec 13 09:21 bsd.rd
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 7534592 Dec 13 09:21 cd52.iso
-r-xr-xr-x 1 500 450 69108 Dec 13 09:21 cdboot
-r-xr-xr-x 1 500 450 2048 Dec 13 09:21 cdbr
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 51772044 Dec 13 09:21 comp52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 523250 Dec 13 09:21 etc52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 1474560 Dec 13 09:21 floppy52.fs
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 2780792 Dec 13 09:21 game52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 1339 Dec 17 11:07 index.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 237805568 Dec 13 09:21 install52.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 9731662 Dec 13 09:21 man52.tgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 500 450 78860 Dec 13 09:21 pxeboot
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 11507609 Dec 04 21:43 xbase52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 64027 Dec 04 21:43 xetc52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 39803161 Dec 04 21:43 xfont52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 28179210 Dec 04 21:43 xserv52.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 450 4329565 Dec 04 21:43 xshare52.tgz
As you can see the OBSD developers have been working on new features and better hardware support for 4 1/2 months, since 5.2 has been cut. So it is quite possible that your system is better supported in this snapshot than 5.2