{"id":616,"date":"2007-09-06T23:39:30","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2007\/09\/2007_09_06_2339.php"},"modified":"2007-09-06T23:39:30","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T15:39:30","slug":"halimaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/06\/halimaw","title":{"rendered":"Halimaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Halimaw<\/em> (monster)&#8230; the name I gave my desktop computer. I seldom address it as such since its <em>size<\/em> is the only constant thing that justifies the monicker.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;ve just upgraded my PC. It was a long overdue upgrade, but the thing that sent me over the edge was my itch to play <em>Bioshock.<\/em> And as of this moment, I can once again call it a monster of a PC with pride \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1298\/1316892822_c40bd3a043_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1298\/1316892822_0e76318c58_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<!--more-->\n<p>I&#8217;ve replaced the CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PSU <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_616_1('footnote_plugin_reference_616_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_616_1('footnote_plugin_reference_616_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_616_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_616_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Power Supply Unit<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_616_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_616_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>, and GPU <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_616_1('footnote_plugin_reference_616_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_616_1('footnote_plugin_reference_616_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_616_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_616_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Graphics Processing Unit<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_616_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_616_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz)<\/li>\n<li>A Gigabyte P35-DS3P<\/li>\n<li>4GB of DDR2 800MHz RAM<\/li>\n<li>A GeForce 8800GTS with 320MB VRAM<\/li>\n<li>750W PSU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve setup a triple-boot scenario of all Windows partitions (sorry still no linux for me). 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