Rig

As mentioned in my previous post, I'm trying very hard to revive my T-Rex. The progress is 99% now. The remaining 1% is just putting in an Operating System. T-Rex aside, I'll introduce my real pride and joy.



My T-Rex died on my very second month of employment. That time, I only have RM 1,000 in bank. For two weeks during June, I'm living like a zombie. No computer, no internet, no computer games. Even my mom said I'm acting strangely ever since my T-Rex died. The sudden loss of T-Rex benefited me though- I'm motivated to work Over-Time everyday in order to fund for a new (and better spec) rig.

However, 60% of my June's paycheck is already reserved for other purposes. Thus, I'm only left with RM 500 for my rig. Hell no I am taking a Celeron. So, I have to borrow money- not from ah longs though. My dear sister agreed to bank in a thousand bucks and I shall repay her in the form of installment for 3 months.

So I went over to Viewnet at LowYat Plaza (cheapest in whole Low Yat, srsly) to have my dream come true. Stuffs I've taken are:

Intel C2D E7400 2.8GHz @ RM 394
Asus P5kPL/1600 mainboard @ RM 237
Kingston DDRII PC800 RAM 2GB @ RM 89 (x1)
Asus EN9400GT Silent @ RM 184
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB @ RM 189
Powerlogic Quatro 200 ATX casing @ RM 65
Coolermaster Extreme Power 460w @ RM 150



Total spend on 4/7/2009 is Rm 1,308.

So I went back home to put in Windows XP from my old hard disk but it showed blue screen. Then I decided to put in Windows 7 since my spec can support it and just for the fun of it. XD



However, the graphic card only performs moderately and I'm suffering from choppy graphics from the 9400GT when playing Call Of Duty 4. So a month later, I visit the same guy again and bought a XFX 9800GT for RM 355 and another Kingston ram for RM90 (Price increased... T_T) and at the same time, sold off my 9400GT for RM 120. 3 days later I even upgraded from a 17" to a 21.5" BenQ LCD panel for RM 467.



My almost complete (its almost because I didn't change the speaker, mouse and keyboard. XD) desktop overhaul costs me exactly RM 2,220. MY RM2,220. My own money, earned from working my ass out at Sony. However, all these money are well spend because I'm now pampered with exciting games with vivid graphics from the 9800GT and I no longer has to stare at the monitor when I'm watching movie since the video is so much bigger now.



Now I know why my friends told me that dumping money in arcade games is idiotic.