PC Buying Guide

Introduction • Buying The Right Parts Processor Buying Guide • Processors • Performance • Benchmarks • Platform Flexibility • Performance Per Watt & Heat • Architecture & Design • Pipeline Length • Production Process • Clock Speeds • Bus Speeds • Cache • Overclockability • Special Features • Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) • Independent P-States • Virtualization • Simultaenous Multithreading (SMT) • No Execute Bit / Execute Disable Bit Motherboard Buying Guide • Buying A Motherboard • Performance • Motherboard Layout • Motherboard Cooling • Fan Headers • Thermal Management • General Motherboard Features • Additional Controllers • The BIOS • Legacy Ports • Multi GPU Technology • PCI Express Lanes • Debug LEDs • Advanced Selection Criteria • Capacitors • ESR • Ripple • Dissipation Factor • Load Life • Solid Or Liquid? • Brand Factor • Capacitor-less Motherboards • Power Delivery • PWM & Regulator Quality • Power Phases • Digital PWM

Memory Buying Guide • Buying Memory • RAM Performance For Newbies • RAM Performance For Enthusiasts • Heatspreaders • PCB • Warranty • Memory Chip • Compatibility • Athlon 64 Memory Controller Limitations Hard Drive Buying Guide • Buying Hard Drives • Performance • Benchmarks • Performance Features • Reliability & Other Factors Sound Card Buying Guide • Buying A Sound Card • For Gamers • Frames Per Second • CPU Usage • Hardware Voices • Environmental Audio • 3D Audio • For Audiophiles • Signal To Noise Ratio (SNR) • Frequency Response • Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) • Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) • Crosstalk • Dynamic Range • DC Blocking Capacitors • OpAmp Quality • ASIO Support • SPDIF Accuracy & Clock Jitter • General Features • DTS & DD Decoding • Drivers • Software • Extra Ports The End • Parting Words

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New Year MapleSEA Poster-Calendar Redemption!

Date:	28th - 30th Dec 2007 and 4th - 6th Jan 2008
Time:	11am - 8pm
Venue:	e-life@suntec (infront of Starbucks) Suntec City Mall (Level 2)

Simply trade in 3 used A-Cash prepaid cards for your very own poster calendar.
See you there!

** While stocks last!
** Each person can only redeem a maximum of 20 poster calendars

WD Passport Portable Storage Goes Pink To Support Breast Cancer Foundation



























Chio leh.. but I think too gay for me...
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Get Sharp Vision. (WinXP only)

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx

For your (or my) viewing pleasure.

LOLx...

	Cheating during Understanding Tests Please click heading for more information

Warning – Do not attempt to cheat during UT.

A number of students has been caught for cheating during Understanding Tests. All students are reminded that cheating during Understanding Tests is considered a major offence in RP and those caught cheating might be liable to be dismissed. Please note that the same rule applies to those who assist their friends to cheat.

http://myrp2.myrp.sg/txtlstvw.aspx?LstID=ae3e9a63-3e81-4d2b-847b-55737e59e92e

Dreaming of new PC everyday... s.h.i.t

Imagine the casing going between the book shelf and desk. The power button and USB is all on top of the casing...

WOW!

Things left to be bought : Ram, HDD, DVD Writer, gfx, Motherboard + CPU

Please Donate~! My bank account number is at the top part of the blog.. the scrolling marquee. hahahahaha

Sometime you have to have a getaway........




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My very first Christmas gift for year 2007.

What I have been doing for the past one week on my computer...



You can download this software that run in the background... for windows and mac

http://www.rescuetime.com/

Dreaming of a New PC.

After Much Research......




Cooler Master Mystique 623 Full Aluminum $189
Why: This is the coolest casing to compliment my room. (poison)




Cooler Master Real Power M520 $159
Why: This power supply has 5 years warranty and a price drop! 80 Plus certified means it's power saving and only draw the amount of power needed. Modular means you only add in which cable you need



Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB 32MB Cache Hard Drive $209
Why: 500GB with 32MB cache instead of 16MB. Should be very fast and more then enough.



Samsung S203B 20x DVD Writer $47
Why: Award winning review by CD-Freak

MSI P35 Neo2-FR P35 + Intel E4500 $406
Why: This motherboard is actually a Platinum and I choose the cheapest core 2 duo (don't really need so fast for now)




8800GT with 1GB Video Ram $???
Why: I have a dell 24" LCD and the 1GB will help a lot. Rumors has it that the card will be available next week.

Corsair Value Select Ram PC 5300/667 2x1GB $31 each
Why: Most of the products are from Corbell. No need for Ram that is higher then 5300/667Mhz unless overclocking. Ram Price at this range is the cheapest now.


Total damage is around $1.5k. I seriously need money. This computer will last me for another 4 years.

Crane operators can earn up to $8,000 a month

Me and my friends always joke about being Crane Operators during our poly days. Don't pray pray!



Next time you will see road sweeper earn up to $3k per month.

http://business.asiaone.com/Business/Office/Hot%2BJobs/Story/A1Story20071029-32905.html

Mac Book attitude problem.



The stupid CD stuck in the slot in DVD-Writer. Because of this disc, my whole computer slow to a craw.

Got it fix after 20min. They replace it with a new DVD Writer. (talk about express service!) I wasted 30min trying to get the CD out. Anyway I saw how the technician took out the whole thing, means that I will know how to change RAM and Harddisk for MacBook Pro.

How I wish the laptop was mine...

Not Bad.

At one of the office at Suntec City tower 4. Their internet seems to be blazing fast.



Nice View too!

Something to keep you awake in office.

This is so true~!

This is something not very new but very new to me. Usually oversea people who come to singapore will find this card familiar.

This card can let you make outgoing call for 9hrs non stop.(gauge on Starhub PowerValue 100) Let me tell you how it work:

1. Basically you buy one of this card at 7-eleven.
2. Call 6550 9544. The line will be busy and hang up on you.
3. After which your HP will ring and a robot will ask you to input HP number
4. Dial oversea or Singapore Line (example: 6561234567) with the country code
5. Talk till you are happy and hang up
6. You will receive sms and a special phone number. You can choose to save the number so as not to go thru step 1 - 5 in the future.

Amazing!!!

The card will tell you how much value you left and best of all, the call that the other party receive will be 'private' with no caller ID.

The rates compare to starhub (example):
You use up your 100min each call would be $0.15
Using Callback card $0.027

Go do your maths.

You can have a $1 FREE TRIAL and also more info at:
http://callback.sg/

Now don't say I didn't share lobang with you. (There seems to be quite a number of callback card. I heard the green card is the cheapest if you are using it to call Singapore - Singapore)

*Card cost around $8.50 and expire after 6mths.

P.S: I've went to check out at 7-eleven. It seems that they only sell sunpage card. I have no idea where my colleague gets her card that is shown in the picture. The card is suppose to give you $13 value that cost $8.50. I will update this post when I get the answer.

BBQ.

Seldom you will find me blog about food other then chocolate. Mainly because my taste bud is spoil and the only heavenly food I can taste is chocolates.

Attended 2 BBQ on yesterday and the day before. Sunday BBQ was organise by dear colleague. The food was all cook by her colleague daughter. The daughter work at westin hotel as a chief. Food was seriously fantastic but erm.. you know.. I'm those I eat to live and not I live to eat kind.

The second BBQ was organise by class 1/1 from BGSS to celebrate their 'graduation' from sec 1. Unlike the first BBQ that setup a BBQ for no reason at all except to enjoy food. This BBQ is amazing bcos it was held at some HDB block and the class of 20 over students didn't manage to start the fire from 4pm to 8pm.

Dear was the hero of the night. Mange to start a few fire points but I guess recently its either too windy or the charcoal was not enough to maintain the fire but we have fun though. (I'm not sure about them but I sure have fun) It's not easy to see them cos they are only 13 and they can't really go out like adults with no limits of time. It's a joy to be able to see them again.

After a few hrs most of their parents came to fetch them home. There was still some left over food which we can't do anything to it bcos there's no fire. Most of them went back semi hungry I guess. lolx.

Here's some of the pic.

Interesting shoelace site.

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

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I'm Apple Product Professional Certified!



ok, seems nothing but still a small achievement. =)

Do your Sitex Shopping Online!

Hall 6, booth 6N17 Corsair 1GB/667 notebook ram @$30.

All the broucher
http://www.shoppingguide.sg/promo/sitex07/

Happy Birthday. (long overdue.)

Overkill Birthday Party. est cost around S$1000. lolx.

Sitex @ Expo.

ok... just came back. Here is a quick report...

Never go there unless you wanna buy:

1. Monitor
2. Harddisk
3. Laptop
4. Printer
5. Camera
6. Speakers
7. Routers or Wireless Card
8. Subscribe Magazine

Other then all this you can go Sim Lim.

Try to wear some geek t-shirt so that ppl will avoid giving you broucher. If you want broacher, then go dell booth get their carrier bag. If you are hungry go to the v.corner where there is 'WOW TV'. You just have to write your name, email and tel to get free food.

Windows XP outshines Vista in tests

http://www.zdnetasia.com:80/news/software/0,39044164,62034937,00.htm?scid=nl_z_ntnd

Windows Vista Sucks I think.

Test.

Posting on my Mac on Firefox with Scribefire

End of Faceoff.

Tired.

Face Off.

Seriously, how far can I run when its almost beside each other? see bay huat.

Back to the new campus.

Learning how to use an Apple Machine.

It's quite hard to switch to a mac as I've been using windows since ver 3.1 till XP. Luckily there is bootcamp so that I can still install windows on my mac. Experience wise, I'm still trying to get a hang of it.

Well, anyone wanna give me some tips or crash course?