Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy... It's upgrade time!!

The Day of TRANSFORMATION is at Hand!!!

Yes, it's been 3years in the making. Well almost 4years, but who's counting? (other than me)

It's happens 3 times/decade, when I upgrade my PC Gaming Rig to the hottest new gear... Only to be out done 18months later.. hahahahaa!!!

I went from This -- (Hot stuff in 2005/2006)
  • Manufacturer: Custome Rig (ABIT NF7)
  • Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton)
  • Memory: 2GB Corsair XMS 3200
  • Hard Drive: 75 GB Total
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS (AGP)
  • Monitor: Dell E176FP
  • Sound Card: SB X-Fi
  • Headphones: Turtle Beach EAR FORCE 5.1
  • Keyboard: Logitech G15
  • Mouse: Logitech MX310 Mouse Surface: RATPADZ.COM
  • Operating System: WinXP Pro (Ninja)
  • Motherboard: ABIT NF7
  • Computer Case: Aluminum ANTEC SuperLanBoy
To THIS!!!! (I've highlighted the major changes)
  • Manufacturer: Custome Rig (EVGA nForce 750i SLI)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
  • Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800
  • Hard Drive: 150 GB
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT SuperClock 512MB
  • Monitor: KDS 22in Widescreen
  • Sound Card: SB X-Fi
  • Headphones: Turtle Beach EAR FORCE 5.1
  • Keyboard: Logitech G15
  • Mouse: Logitech MX310 Mouse Surface: RATPADZ.COM
  • Operating System: WinXP Pro (Ninja)
  • Motherboard: EVGA nForce 750i SLI
  • Computer Case: Aluminum ANTEC SuperLanBoy

Some may say, "You have a 64-bit CPU, why not switch to WinXP x64, or Vista64"
To them I say, "Forget that MESS!!!"
Granted 64-bit support is maturing, but it's not a requirement, yet.

"But what about the extended memory space, Crue?"
"Quiet N00B!!!" -Crue

Show me a Game that can tax my 4GB of DDR2 Ram.. there isn't one!
Hell, my games don't even come close to using enough CPU cycles to get my Core2 Processor excited, let alone thermally warm. 8^)

On top of all that I refit mine for ~$500
Try to top that!!

Yes, the Gauntlet has been thrown!

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