November has been a spending spree for me, upgrading my rig to i7 920, bought a new handphone – HTC Hero. I was quite indecisive on which phone to get ( iphone or an Andoird powered phone ) but anyhow I ended up buying Hero and with no regrets so far I’d say.
HAF 932 is a full ATX tower…it really lives up to its name – High Air Flow. Brandy the n00b dog likes new stuff…he sneaks into the room without us noticing and I chase him out after that, what if he swallows my processor…
HAF932 compared to my old rig…
This is the first time I assemble a PC on my own and I’ve to admit, it was damn fun!
Even with the help of Shuant, it took us hours haha
Will run PRIME95 later on and will try to OC the processor when I’ve the time, quite disappointed as initially I wanted to get a ATI5850, OCZ Ram and Samsung F3 spinpoint hdd but I couldn’t wait no more…so I just go for what is available on the shelf…bah…nonetheless, I’m quite satisfied with the system now </self-console>
I got too excited and didn’t really take photos of every parts and started to unbox them and started with the assembling asap.
January 2010 Razer, ATI 5870
I always wanted a better mouse for gaming purpose, so one fine saturday after having breakfast/lunch at 3pm somewhere around Bugis, we decided to have a walk to Sim Lim Square. Got myself a Razer Imperator.
By gamers for gamers.
I bought this Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X as well after seeing it on the shelf of Fuwell, love the look of the cooler at first glance after seeing it on some reviews. But my cousin was telling me that the egg cooler for my 5770 ( pic below ) looks better
Cost $50 more than the usual 5870 thou. Argh…
Here’s a pic to show the difference in length of 5770 and 5870.
Quite frustrated that I couldn’t overclock the 5770, the 2nd monitor will always flickers even with a bump of 5mhz to either core/memory.
*waves goodbye at the 2 months old Asus 5770*
Manage to OC my i7 920 to 3.78ghz with an idle temp of 38-39celcius, tortured overnight and peak at 72celcius with a voltage of 1.22V. I guess it could go lower than that, will try to lower the voltage more when I’m free
January 2010…suppose to be saving money period! aiks…