His name’s Eddie. Eddie is the Heart of Gold’s shipboard computer, and is always in a constant state of amazement and excitement. That’s how this new PC is.
It was a real pain to get this one. My older PC was pretty much dead. It wasn’t broken down, but all support for hardware had ceased. Intel’s graphics drivers for 82845G had a virus which disabled the Task Manager and Registry, and I was forced to use Process Explorer, which, for the record, is fantastic.
Right, so I had to persuade dad to get a new PC. He delayed it till the boards ended, and little further away till the holidays started. Then I really began to pester him, with constant reminders. He gave an offer for a Dell desktop, which didn’t have even half the configurations I actually wanted, and cost nearly as much.
With Digit magazine’s help, I could design a PC which fit my budget, and conveniently forgot to include a PSU. The Zebronics cabinet I mentioned was not designed for the motherboard, and I now have this iBall cabinet. Dad was getting my PC assembled with the help of his office’s technicians. Apparently, none of them understood by AMD-based configuration. After a lot of “please papa”, he finally relented, gave the go, and here the PC is ready.
2×2 GB Corsair 800MHz DDR2 RAM
AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.00 GHz per core
Leadtek GeForce GT 240 1GB
ASUS M4A785D-M PRO Motherboard
Seagate Barracude 7200.12 SATA 500GB Hard Drive
No floppy drive
While it may be a “far cry” (pun intended) from a gaming rig, it is enough for me. I’ll just play the occasional game at medium settings, but I really wanted to watch videos in HD. A friend handed over a Blu-Ray rip of Avatar. Bliss…
I have Windows 7 installed, and a download of Ubuntu’s Lucid Lynx has just been stopped. It’s Isadora all the way.
Now why did I go for AMD? Simple. It’s cheaper. Way cheaper. Core i7 began at Rs 14000/- and I could get my Phenom at 7500/-. Nice, huh?
Well, I’ve already finished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. As usual, don’t expect any reviews.
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Do watch this.
Don’t forget to watch in full screen high definition.
“Ronal–d’oh!”
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Also, the UEFA Champions League final was epic. Hats of, Milito, though I was really was supporting Ribery-less Bayern Munich. Seems like Jose has got a magic wand with him.
Don’t worry, the best football club in the world will win the League next time.
“Prepare for trouble treble“
“And make it double!”
Nice! Looks like we all like DNA names :p
I’ve always stuck to intel..felt comfy. didn’t know there was so much of a price gap!
I was shocked too. Even Core 2 Quad was priced higher. IMHO, 7500 for a Quad Core Processor @ 3GHz is very, very good.
I got Core 2 Quad @ 2.86 Ghz for around 9k, though it was a year back. But still I doubt the 3.06 Ghz version would be as cheap as AMD
Aditya Salapaka: “I will NOT name it.”
Hey, stupid question – if you’re going in for an AMD proc cuz its cheaper, why not get an ATI card?. Same principle applies (Or at least did 9 months ago)
You’re right. My first choice was a 9600GT, and it wasn’t available. The dealer was supposed to get an ATi, but got a GeForce. Little sad, as my motherboard supports CrossFire.
Kewl !!!!
) how much did ddr3 ram cost ??
but is there reallly just a little gap between i7 and phenom ??also, is phenom better than i5? (srry if i sound silly
also, I disagree with that Dell PC thing :p
Phenom is better than i5, IMHO. i7 is really good but highly priced. For i7, a quad-core processor clocked at 2.83 Ghz per core costs 14000.
i meant performance gap btw
My favourite mission in CoD4 is ‘Death from above’.
Hmm… Mine was the final mission(s). Entering the abort codes, and then finally shooting the bad guy while injured.
MW2 is awesome too. Especially the ‘No Russian’ mission. (That’s the infamous one in the Russian airport.) Am I bad if I *enjoy* staying behind and killing each and every civilian, even if they’re injured and trying to crawl away?
I’ve heard a lot about that mission. Saw it on the GameSpot review. Chilling.
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