• 9Jul 09

  i7 920

  I've finally got a new computer system up and running. It feels so good. The old AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz system (yes, I know it's ancient) died on me sometime towards September of last year and since then I've been using the HTPC for my computer needs. Now since Tuesday, I once again have my own personal system to use.

  I'll give the spec. of my old and new system just to show the differences in hardware I had.

  Old:

  AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz

  Generic PC-133 SD-RAM 384MB

  Epox Socket A motherboard running a VIA chipset of some sort (I can't remember)

  Fujitsu 40GB HDD

  Leadtek nVidia GeForce MX440

  New:

  Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz $390.00AUD (~$304.19USD)

  OZC Flex-EX PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 C7 6GB $173.41AUD (~$135.25USD)

  Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P $322.00AUD (~$251.25USD)

  Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB $78.00AUD (~$60.84USD)

  Gigabyte GeForce 9600GT 512MB $60.00AUD (~$46.81USD)

  So far the thing has been a joy to use. I don't plan on building a replacement in 3 to 5 years. So lets hope it'll last.

  • Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:26 pm PT
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• 25Jun 09

  M.J. R.I.P. King of Pop

  1958 - 2009

  May your legacy never dim.

  • Posted Jun 25, 2009 9:05 pm PT
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• 23Jun 09

  HORI Real Arcade Pro. 3 - SE

  If you've been in the loop with HORI.jp you'll know recenlty that they had the limited (I'm thinking very limited) HRAP3-SE up for pre-order, with the usual 1 per customer limit. So ever since AkihabaraShop.jp annouced that pre-orders were opening sometime last week, I basically had the site camped. And boy did the window for orders come and go in a flash. Luckerly I was able to snag one. Woot! But at the same time, Ouch! Since the total cost to have the stick shipped to Australia via EMS would set one back 20840 Yen! Talk about a blow to the hip pocket.

  Y20,840 in Australian dollar, as of the 24th June '09, equated to $283.41 AUD! That's $219.77 USD! (Using a $0.77542 USD conversion). Man, I hate the Australian currency sometimes. Its value gets whipped so easily when ever the market hits a bump. But I wanted the stick, so I paid in the end. I should be receiving the thing sometime towards the end of next week.

  http://www.akihabarashop.jp/

  http://www.hori.jp/products/ps3/controller/realarc_pro3_se/

  Will post pictures when I receive the stick

  • Posted Jun 23, 2009 9:31 pm PT
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