Saturday, June 17, 2006

Hello folks! It's me again. Yes, yes, I rarely update, but that's because I'm quite the busy man (o_0 busy with what?).

Well, next week, starting Monday, is exams. Today is Saturday. I've decided that Sunday would be my review and study day. On Monday I have my exam in Science, Tuesday in Computer Sciences (hope not to fail), Wednesday in Civics, and finally Thursday in Communications Tech. It's going to be so horribe this semester as opposed to last semester... I was deceived that Computer Sciences would be about hardware, etc. But nooo, it has to be about programming... I never wanted to have anything to do with programming. I wanted hardware technologies, but programming?! I'm not even sure I'll take this class again next year. I think I'll just stick with communications tech instead, I'm getting about 65% in computer sciences, a course I didn't even choose... Well, techinically I did, but I was deceived. I feel like crap because of it too...

Well, that is enough boring stuff about how I hope I'll barely pass the exams... But on to the interesting and gut wrenching talk about how 31337 my AM2-based rig is being built up! Here are some specs_

- Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition motherboard
- AMD Socket AM2 Sempron64 3600+
- XFX nVidia GeForce 7300 GS graphics card
- Sony DVD/CD ReWritable DRU-810A optical drive
- Sony Generic 3.5 inch Floppy drive
- Seagate Baracuda 80GB hard disk drive
- Ultra V-Series 500W PSU
- Power Up! Premium Black "2531" mid-tower

Yep, pretty decent. Sure it's got a $50 case and a $50 PSU, but that can be replaced if need-be in the future. It's holding up pretty good, though. Though I'd like to put rubber case feet because the plastic ones don't feel very safe to me.

What's very good about this setup is that it utilizes AMD's latest AM2 socket. With a processor upgrade and a graphics card update, it could seriously contend with Intel's up-and-coming Conroe line of processors. I don't intend on making this a ricer computer by adding LED rubber case feet though (which is basically equivalent to putting Altezza tail lights on a piece of junk Civic or Integra... Don't they know that they're called Altezza tail lights for a reason? They're used on the Toyota Altezza (Lexus IS300)).

Well, if you'd like some photos that I took. Sorry in advance for the lousy resolution, what else could you expect from a $1.99 webcamera? Visit my RigShowcase album to view my images. Remember, latest images are at the bottom.

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