Hey there!It's been a while and it's time for some updates!
1. Computer Overhauls has been Completed
Okay, spent a bit of time doing some upgrades to my computer and it's finally finished on 1st October 2012 after ironing some kinks out. Took me quite abit of time. But here is the final configuration and the fonts in Red are the changes since I bought the System.
Intel Core i5 2500K Overclocked to 4.3GHz
ASUS P8P67 PRO Motherboard.
Intel Stock Cooler --> CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus Dual Fan.
8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz RAM --> 16GB DDR3 RAM1GB GDDR5 nVidia GTX 550 Ti MSI Cyclone II --> 2x2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon 6970 (Sapphire / Gigabyte)
600W Enermax NAXN 80+ Certified --> Corsair HX1000 1KW PSU 80+ Certified
ThermalTake SpaceCraft VF-I
DVD Burner
Added 2 more Fans (Enermax USB Vegas 120mm Fan, ThermalRight 140mm X-Silent Fan)
So basically, I've expanded most of the space. But there'll be a time later when I'll need to cramp in a Wireless Network card when My Dad upgrades our Internet to Fiber Optics.
The biggest overhaul was to have enough power to drive 2 high end 6970s and enough cooling to keep my system running not as hot to cause CPU Throttling. The problem is after connecting the 2nd fan at the fan header next to the CPU fan header on the motherboard, the Computer just switches off and wouldn't boot. So went without 1 fan for a bit. But even so, the difference after swapping out the cooler is instantaneous. I'm getting like 30 degrees C Cooler in load. And Temperatures hover between 39-41 Degrees Celsius on Idle compared to 50-60 on a stock cooler. Running Borderlands 2, I get a couple degrees short of 60 compared to an abnormal 85-95 degrees even though Borderlands 2 is not an intensive program and also at least my Comp won't restart with an Over Temperature error anymore.
Having said that, I did route the cable of my 2nd fan to another fan header and it worked, so now I can get Push/Pull for the Cooler. I still have one more header space for another fan so I fitted a 140mm Fan facing the Radeons. By the way, it doesn't have native support for a 140mm, only a 120mm, so I jury rigged some double sided tape and Velcro pads for me to paste the fan to the 120mm fan mount which works.
2. Samsunng Galaxy S3!
No more old Nokia, say hello to Samsung Galaxy S3! This Smart phone has been in used to supersede all my stuff I got here; Phone, Camera, Recorder; and it has been doing Okay. The S3 has been used quite a bit as of late to record all my AMD 6970 Benchmarks.
Here is my Unboxing:
