Well, it's been a while since I've posted, but yes, I AM still alive and kicking. I'm almost done at my current job, and will be moving soon to Truro to start college in the fall. I will be attending NSCC and taking Information Technology. From what I could tell from the Jumpstart tour, the school is very nice, and the instructors are very knowledgeable. I will be moving on August 8th, and will be living in my own apartment.
On another note, Victor will be down from Ontario on the 28th of July. He'll be staying in Nova Scotia for 3 whole weeks! I can't wait, as I haven't seen him in about a year. The shenanigans that we'll get into are going to be priceless.
Hardware wise, things have been a little lax. I modded the fan on my power supply. I removed the noisy stock ball bearing fan, and replaced it with a nice and silent NF-P12, just like the beasts in my case. Overall, it was a very easy mod, and only took me about 15 minutes to get everything wired and hooked back up. Since then, no more silly whining noises from the fan, and everything seems to be running a bit cooler.
I also replaced my main hard drive with a 640Gb Western Digital black. Dual processors, and 32Mb of cache. I notice that Windows tends to load a little faster, which makes me happy. Oh, I also had to format the box. After leaving it on for 7 days straight, it decided to not be able to find Winload.exe on boot. Okay, that's fine. I just reinstalled and off I went. Everything is running faster, and a lot better since the format.
On the headphone front, I recently ordered and received a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Pros. I thought the Etymotic's were good, but nothing that I have can seem to beat these wonderful closed back circumaural cans. Overall, I'm extremely happy with the purchase, and would recommend them to anyone. The response is fairly flat, they have a nice and wide soundstage, and they're very durable as well. Very pleased overall.
Game-wise, I've been playing some Counterstrike Source as of late. I'm not overly spectacular at the game, but the one life per round thing really teaches you something about valuing your digital life. Going from Counterstrike back to 2142 was quite the easy transition though, and netted me a lovely 4 kill to death ratio in the first round that I played back. Before Counterstike I went on a little Call Of Duty binge. That actually went over quite well. I find the game is great for relieving stress. I also picked up a couple of other titles that I have yet to really play. Quake Wars Enemy Territory, GTA4, and on Steam, Fallout 3. I guess I played for a day or so on Fallout 3, until I had to format. I haven't reinstalled it as of yet. My system handle the game at max settings, with 4xAA and 15xAF like a champ. Practically a constant 60FPS, if not better. Very beautiful game too. No wonder it received Game Of The Year.
On the PC building front, I recently did a build for my good friend Mark. He wanted a decent rig that would last him for a little while before needing to upgrade. I did it for under 1350.
Overall, very fun build, and it went very smoothly. Oh, right, there are pictures too!
Enjoy.
-Jonathon
On another note, Victor will be down from Ontario on the 28th of July. He'll be staying in Nova Scotia for 3 whole weeks! I can't wait, as I haven't seen him in about a year. The shenanigans that we'll get into are going to be priceless.
Hardware wise, things have been a little lax. I modded the fan on my power supply. I removed the noisy stock ball bearing fan, and replaced it with a nice and silent NF-P12, just like the beasts in my case. Overall, it was a very easy mod, and only took me about 15 minutes to get everything wired and hooked back up. Since then, no more silly whining noises from the fan, and everything seems to be running a bit cooler.
I also replaced my main hard drive with a 640Gb Western Digital black. Dual processors, and 32Mb of cache. I notice that Windows tends to load a little faster, which makes me happy. Oh, I also had to format the box. After leaving it on for 7 days straight, it decided to not be able to find Winload.exe on boot. Okay, that's fine. I just reinstalled and off I went. Everything is running faster, and a lot better since the format.
On the headphone front, I recently ordered and received a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Pros. I thought the Etymotic's were good, but nothing that I have can seem to beat these wonderful closed back circumaural cans. Overall, I'm extremely happy with the purchase, and would recommend them to anyone. The response is fairly flat, they have a nice and wide soundstage, and they're very durable as well. Very pleased overall.
Game-wise, I've been playing some Counterstrike Source as of late. I'm not overly spectacular at the game, but the one life per round thing really teaches you something about valuing your digital life. Going from Counterstrike back to 2142 was quite the easy transition though, and netted me a lovely 4 kill to death ratio in the first round that I played back. Before Counterstike I went on a little Call Of Duty binge. That actually went over quite well. I find the game is great for relieving stress. I also picked up a couple of other titles that I have yet to really play. Quake Wars Enemy Territory, GTA4, and on Steam, Fallout 3. I guess I played for a day or so on Fallout 3, until I had to format. I haven't reinstalled it as of yet. My system handle the game at max settings, with 4xAA and 15xAF like a champ. Practically a constant 60FPS, if not better. Very beautiful game too. No wonder it received Game Of The Year.
On the PC building front, I recently did a build for my good friend Mark. He wanted a decent rig that would last him for a little while before needing to upgrade. I did it for under 1350.
AMD Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition @ 3.0Ghz
8Gb Mushkin EM series @ 800Mhz [1.8v]
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P
eVga GTX 260 Core 216 [Stock clock speeds
LG DVD Burner
Western Digital Caviar Black 640Gb Dual Processor [32Mb Cache]
Western Digital Caviar Black 1Tb Dual Processor [32Mb Cache]
Antec Truepower Blue 750w modular
Antec 900
Stock Antec Tricools. 2x 120mm Intakes, 1x 120mm exhaust, 1x 200mm exhaust, all medium speed.
23" Acer H233H bmid
Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Overall, very fun build, and it went very smoothly. Oh, right, there are pictures too!
Enjoy.
-Jonathon