My New High Tech PC Part#2

Let me talk about my Power Supply and CPU (Microprocessor). Both items are the core devices in computer.

Power Supply (PS) - I use Cooler Master eXtreme Power 650W SLI Ready (below diagram). This type of PS provide about 650W with MTBF ~100k hours. Meaning it has about 11.4 year of life spend. It cost me about RM 280.


Cooler Master eXtreme Power 650W SLI Ready



Below diagrams are the connectors for the Power Supply.

20+4 pin x 1 Motherboard Connector.

4 pin x 1 CPU +12V Connector.

6 pin x 1 PCI-e Connectors.

S-ATA x 3 S-ATA Connectors (New PS socket for Hard disk or DVD).

4 pin x 6 Peripheral Connectors (Usually use for old IDE Hard disk or DVD).

4 pin x 2 Floppy Connectors

Now let's talk about Microprocessor. This is Intel latest microprocessor with great Quad core performance (Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core processor). With this microprocessor, it can launch 4 jobs at the same time without degrade your work. For those who like to perform video conversion or high graphic works, I highly recommend you to purchase it. EBAY sell this microprocessor at USD1099 (RM3956) and Lelong sell at RM3700. You may visit Intel website for more information.

With this four processing cores (Intel Core 2 Extreme processor) delivers unrivaled¹ performance for the latest, greatest generation of multi-threaded games and multimedia applications. Now with a new version based on Intel's cutting edge 45nm technology utilizing hafnium-infused circuitry to deliver even greater performance and power efficiency.

The Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9650 running at 3.0 GHz delivers the best possible experience for today's most demanding users.

-12 MB of total L2 cache
-1333 MHz front side bus

My New High Tech PC Part#1

Today I was decided to upgrade my computer from Pentium 4 Hyper Trading 3GHz to Intel Quad Core QX9650 3GHz. Why I want to upgrade? Because of new Technology which saving my house energy and give me faster speed when launch the operation/application software (OS/AS). OS means your Windows XP, Vista, Linux, Sun and etc. AS means your Microsoft Office (Excel, Power point, Words and etc.), Gaming software, AutoCAD, Antivirus and etc.

Usually one PC consists of Motherboard, Memory, Microprocessor, Graphic Card, Hard Disk, DVD RW, Power Supply, Casing, LCD, Speaker, Keyboard and Mouse. The most important are Motherboard, Microprocessor, Memory and Graphic Card. But there are one important device which everyone seems to ignore it is Power Supply. No matter how advance devices install into your PC but without a stable Power Supply your computer will keep rebooting or hang.

Today part #1 I want to show you my latest motherboard. The reason I choose this Gigabyte MB is because I trusted to this company MB and so far I have been using this brand MB for up to 3 generations already and is without any single problem occur. This MB cost me RM490.


This MB comes with 2 oz copper layer. What is this mean? Every circuit board has its own design and comes with multi layer. You may think that the MB itself just in 1 big piece of board but actually inside the board has many layers and each layer has its own copper traces. These copper traces are actually carries electron or signal to your devices. Just imaging the traces is like the road when you are driving in either a freeway or a small road...which one you prefer to drive in? Sure we choose to be drive in the freeway...wide, smooth and faster lane! This is some theory on MB copper traces. But for those who know technology, more copper meaning more resistance. Surprisingly, Gigabyte can solve this issue in this board.

Here is the information about energy saving. After I install and launch the software, every second it shows how much I have save the energy. But I not really can I trust the technology. :P

This is the new motherboard that I just purchased. As you can see the Southbridge chipset cover up with the new technology heat sink. This will gave the Southbridge chipset more stable in proceeding its job.

Look at my old motherboard. What do you think? Hehe

Doremon Celebration X'mas 2008

Last weekend, my wife and I went to Queensbay Mall for shopping. When we step into the mall, we saw a giant Doraemon in the stage. Wow! Really a good view and a many people took picture with the Doraemon. As you can see the whole environment is full with Christmas decoration, there are many fake snows and Christmas tree. Isn’t it beautiful?

My Magic Show - #1

As I promise (in my earlier post) to all my readers, here is my first magic show. Hope you guys like it. Do enjoy!

Oh yah, I gonna spice you guys up with more magic show down the road. So keep visiting me and stay tune!

Final Year Project In Secondary School

Do you ever think to own your personalized shirts? During my final year in secondary school, the last Art project is to make our own custom t-shirt. Our teacher requested all the students divided into few groups. After that we have to come out our own groups design and the design will be “buy-off” by our teacher. Once approved, we are ready to do the t-shirt printing. The whole process of t-shirt printing is complicated and hard to perform because all of us have no experience on it and furthermore the process is done manually. Anyway, we all still enjoy doing that printing process and it is really fun.

First, our approved design will be printed onto a frame with negative that we build ourselves. This is a very hard process because we have to be very careful when the negative expose to sunlight as the images will be captured on to our shirt. If it is not nice, then we have to re-do everything again. At last we have successfully come out the dragon design and printed with multi color onto our t-shirts. Why we choose the dragon design? This is because our group is all male youngsters and we are as powerful as a dragon.

Nowadays we have an advance technology in doing t-shirt printing. We even can do the printing at our house by just print out the desired design by our printer and paste it to our shirt by ironing. I surf via internet and found one of the website that has a good deal. They have cheap custom t-shirt printing and you can actually upload your photo to customize it. Just imaging you customize your family t-shirt? How sweet to have a happy family t-shirt of yours...hah!

New Games

Red Alert 3 is the world most famous strategy games. I really love this game and it is just launch last month. I bought the original copied of RA1 to RA2 and sometimes I play online too with the world gamer.

In my opinion, strategy game is not only strategy game as it is! But, it teaches us on how to manage our crew, how to conquer or develop our own safe landscape whereby I resemble these techniques in my career, like how to plan my work project, strategy on presentation steps and competency to present my project to my boss. See, that is the benefits gain from playing games.