Initial Benchmarks

I know there are some of you looking for to some OCing action. :D I'm sorry to say I won't try it with my DDR266 RAM. The results just wouldn't be fair to my processor. Here are my results on stock without any additional cooling. ;) I'm pretty sure there are some people who want to see these. They aren't the best marks, but hey, at least there's some OCing to be done. ;) AquaMark 3: 49111 3dmark03: 8087 3dmark05: 3376

I now know how much of a bottleneck my processor was. A huge one. Now that it's out of the way, processor that is actually running a mere 100MHz faster has whacked it upside down.

New Computer Up and Running

My new computer is finally up and running. After a faulty hard drive cable was removed, it appears to be smooth sailling from here. I'll still have some things to fix here and there - but it should be fine in the end. :D In case you want to know what my computer is running: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 2 x 256MB DDR266 Apacer RAM Galaxy GeForce 6600GT 2.0ns

It's the bare minimum for a powerful computer. Just you wait and see what kind of things I'll put inside. *grins evilly*

A New Computer - Sort of

I have plans this few weeks. I plan to build a new computer. Surprising? Not really. I've been collecting spare parts from all my upgrades, and I've just realised that I'm not that far away from a new computer. All I need it a new processor and motherboard, which isn't too far away. I've proposed the idea, and so far it's been looking pretty bright. I'm probably getting a Athlon 64 3000+ processor. That's about the only certain thing. The other part is whether I should be getting a Winchester core or Newcastle core one. I've been looking at the options, and they both look pretty expensive, to be honest. I'm trying to get hold of a cheap and good Socket 939 motherboard. For all those non tech geeks out there, this socket is the one your billion transistor processor goes into and the motherboard is where everything gets plugged into. Of course, the motherboard won't come cheap, but I'm trying to get one at a good discount. :P I'm pretty sure everyone is going to be shocked with what motherboard I'll be using, since I think it's pretty high end for my budget. ;)

Feeling a Little Weak

I'm feeling a little weak today. I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe it's lack of sleep or something. My legs are a little slow, I can't seem to think straight today. Notice the lack of posts lately? I'm even typing a little slower. I'm not sure if I'm sick or something, but oddly enough, it's just a feeling. Trying to push my body to do what it usually does has no side effects. Weird.

Chaos, Death and End

I think some of you may be wondering why my MSN nickname contains these "negative" words. The truth is, it is actually linked to an experience lately.

It was on the LRT. When I stepped on the train, I suddenly felt a cold chill. I don't know what it was, but I believe it was Death on that train. I could feel time moving slower - I suddenly felt like something was going to happen, but nothing did. It felt as if the train was moving a lot slower than normal, and the chill kept bugging me. It felt like there was moment time had literally stopped and I looked at the other passengers who seemed to be frozen in time on one instance.

Then, everything went back to normal. The chill was still there - and I didn't think Death had left either. I finally got off at the Kelana Jaya station, where the chill didn't leave me until I was nearly at the exit of the station.