{"id":395,"date":"2005-11-08T19:10:49","date_gmt":"2005-11-08T11:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2005\/11\/2005_11_08_1910.php"},"modified":"2005-11-08T19:10:49","modified_gmt":"2005-11-08T11:10:49","slug":"upgraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/11\/08\/upgraded","title":{"rendered":"Upgraded"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>IT&#8217;S ALIVE!<\/h1>\n<p>Finally got my new setup up and running. I finished about 4am! Current Specications (as of 11.08.2005) are (upgraded items in <strong>bold<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[group]\" href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/237\/450383524_d02e75683e_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/237\/450383524_64f221dda6_m.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3000+ (Venice core)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Epox 9NPA+ (nForce4) Motherboard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2GB (2x1GB) Geil DDR400 DIMMs w\/ ramsinks<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Palit GeForce 6600GT 256MB<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Terratec DMX 6Fire soundcard with audio bay<\/li>\n<li><strong>HEC WIN550AB 550W PSU<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thermalright XP120 Heatsink w\/ Delta WFB1212ME (120x120x38mm 96CFM)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Seagate 80GB \/ 120GB Barracudas (other HDDs are now external)<\/li>\n<li>Modded (painted) ECS 6-in-1 card reader<\/li>\n<li>LG CD-R\/DVD-Rom combo drive<\/li>\n<li>Lian-li C-01 and F-01 aluminum drive bezels<\/li>\n<li>Modded Lian-li PC-75 (handles, wheels, cathode)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All other stuff (extras) can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/gallery\/set.php?\/72157600055334328\" title=\"View everything\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Cris and I spent most of the night cleaning the case hahaha. She&#8217;s probably the only woman I know who actually enjoyed doing it as much as I did (not that others did it, but you know what I mean). To think she&#8217;s a technophobe &#8211; you should&#8217;ve seen her clean the devices&#8230; <em>mas OC pa sa akin!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(sigh)<\/em> I love her.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, despite not being able to borrow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonofelipe.com\/blog\">Nono&#8217;s<\/a> air compressor (grrr), we were able to &#8220;restore&#8221; everything to mint condition &#8211; and I don&#8217;t use that term lightly. The devices that could accumulate dust <em>and<\/em> be a pain in the arse to clean were replaced with brand new parts. I guess that could&#8217;ve been a factor as to why the machine looks brand new, because as far as the critical components are concerned, it practically is.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned in the previous post, I&#8217;ve basically given this a lot of thought, so while it isn&#8217;t bleeding edge, it still is pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the most impressive part was the Power Supply Unit! I always believed that you should never skimp on the PSU when purchasing a PC &#8211; <em>especially<\/em> if you change PCs often. People take PSUs for granted until the time when a bunch of their components suddenly become defective because they were underpowered over time. But let&#8217;s not go there.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say, that I don&#8217;t ever consider buying generic Power Supplies. There are a bunch of enthusiast-grade Power Supply Units out there, but I always found the sweet spot in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hec-group.com.tw\" title=\"Visit site\">HEC<\/a> brand in terms of price\/performance. Honestly, as long as it delivered the power I needed <em>reliably,<\/em> then I&#8217;m a happy camper. Which is why I like to look for the cheapest, but reliable brand. The Power Supply I got was as expensive as my older one, so I was set. I wasn&#8217;t expecting anything fancy, but <em>boy,<\/em> was I in for a surprise!<\/p>\n<p>The model I got was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hec-group.com.tw\/product\/product_b.asp?id=111\" title=\"View product\">WinPower 550AB<\/a>, and while it still was the ever reliable PSU I come to like, it had a lot of bonuses! All of which are geared to the modding community (as you can see in the product page).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black <strong>Electro-plated<\/strong> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_395_1('footnote_plugin_reference_395_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_395_1('footnote_plugin_reference_395_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_395_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_395_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">The treatment that give&#8217;s it a &#8220;shiny metal&#8221; finish<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_395_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_395_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> casing<\/li>\n<li>Big-assed honeycomb rear ventilation<\/li>\n<li>Big-assed bottom fan <strong>with LED!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Meshed cabling <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_395_1('footnote_plugin_reference_395_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_395_1('footnote_plugin_reference_395_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_395_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_395_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Those groups of different colored wires are now grouped together neatly with mesh-tubing.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_395_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_395_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/li>\n<li>cool molexes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And so on, and so forth&#8230; someone already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcstats.com\/ArtVNL.cfm?articleid=1818&amp;#38;page=1\" title=\"Read review\">reviewed<\/a> (tons of pictures) it, so there&#8217;s no point in saying what&#8217;s already said.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmmm. I guess that&#8217;s all I wanna say. As for the system as a whole, it&#8217;s <em>really<\/em> fast hahaha. And with 2GB RAM, I guess I&#8217;m going to enjoy my audio recording should I find the time.<\/p>\n<p>To wrap up, I&#8217;ll leave you with a nice image&#8230; at least <em>I<\/em> liked it hehehe.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a rel=\"lightbox[group]\" href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/244\/450383570_ac341ca77b_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/244\/450383570_171897c67f_m.jpg\"><\/a><br>\n<em>Come a little closer<\/em>\n<\/div><div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_395_1();\">Notes<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_395_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_395_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_395_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">Notes<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_395_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_395_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_395_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8673;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">The treatment that give&#8217;s it a &#8220;shiny metal&#8221; finish<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_395_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_395_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_395_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8673;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Those groups of different colored wires are now grouped together neatly with mesh-tubing.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_395_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_395_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_395_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_395_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_395_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_395_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_395_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_395_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_395_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_395_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_395_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_395_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_395_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_395_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S ALIVE! 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