Mwahahaha, my project is just about complete
Computer project, that is. I started it a few months ago, and have slowly but surely (although more quickly lately) transformed my computer system. The only leftovers from my old system now are the case, keyboard, zip drive, SCSI card, 56K modem, DSL modem, uninterruptible power supply/battery backup and printer. That means I've replaced the scanner, monitor, video card, CD and DVD drives, mouse, speaker system, sound card, motherboard, processor, RAM, hard drive, operating system and power supply. I'm contemplating replacing the UPS with one that has more plugs and a longer battery life, expecially since the current one is five or six years old and was the bottom of the line when I bought it. My new specs:
Soyo SY-P4I865PE Dragon2 v 1.0 motherboard with built in NIC and sound (sound disabled)
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800MHz FSB processor with hyper-threading
1024MB Corsair PC3200 RAM (latency set at 2.5)
160GB Maxtor SATA hard drive
nVidia GeForce 6800 128MB 8XAGP video card
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card
Sony CRX320E CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Toshiba SD-R5372 DVD-RW drive (burns double-layer discs at 5X)
US Robotics hardware-based 56K modem
no floppy
Iomega Zip100 SCSI drive
Adaptec SCSI card
Samsung SyncMaster 712N 12ms LCD flat panel monitor
Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 speakers
HP Deskjet 3650 color inkjet printer
Epson Perfection 2580 scanner
SanDisk SD card reader
Logitech cordless keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0
M$ Windows XP Professional SP2
Efficient Networks SpeedStream 5100 DSL modem
APC Back-UPS 200
ThermalTake 420W power supply
It kind of seems like someone who games as little as I do shouldn't have bought such a high-end video card, but there it is. It came with three free games, so I guess I should learn to play them to help justify the cost.
Hopefully I'll get some good life out of this system. I got three years out of the AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz system I had; in fact, I put together a second system around that and most of my other old parts to give to my mom.
So what else is going on? Well, finals are done, and I've registered for two more classes for next semester. Once I've finished those two, I'll have completed 126 units out of 124 required for my journalism degree. I'll then have Cuesta College mail my transcript over to Fresno State and apply for graduation from there. Once that's done, I'll hopefully find a job at a newspaper somewhere and be able to enjoy myself. RadioShack is a lot better than Home Depot for me, but I still think working at the Atascadero News for a summer was the best job I've had.
I'm also just now getting over what I suspect was a head cold. I can't count how much Kleenex I've gone through the last few days. I still managed to have fairly decent sales at work, somehow. But now, as my health improves, hopefully so will my sales figures.
Soyo SY-P4I865PE Dragon2 v 1.0 motherboard with built in NIC and sound (sound disabled)
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800MHz FSB processor with hyper-threading
1024MB Corsair PC3200 RAM (latency set at 2.5)
160GB Maxtor SATA hard drive
nVidia GeForce 6800 128MB 8XAGP video card
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card
Sony CRX320E CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Toshiba SD-R5372 DVD-RW drive (burns double-layer discs at 5X)
US Robotics hardware-based 56K modem
no floppy
Iomega Zip100 SCSI drive
Adaptec SCSI card
Samsung SyncMaster 712N 12ms LCD flat panel monitor
Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 speakers
HP Deskjet 3650 color inkjet printer
Epson Perfection 2580 scanner
SanDisk SD card reader
Logitech cordless keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0
M$ Windows XP Professional SP2
Efficient Networks SpeedStream 5100 DSL modem
APC Back-UPS 200
ThermalTake 420W power supply
It kind of seems like someone who games as little as I do shouldn't have bought such a high-end video card, but there it is. It came with three free games, so I guess I should learn to play them to help justify the cost.
Hopefully I'll get some good life out of this system. I got three years out of the AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz system I had; in fact, I put together a second system around that and most of my other old parts to give to my mom.
So what else is going on? Well, finals are done, and I've registered for two more classes for next semester. Once I've finished those two, I'll have completed 126 units out of 124 required for my journalism degree. I'll then have Cuesta College mail my transcript over to Fresno State and apply for graduation from there. Once that's done, I'll hopefully find a job at a newspaper somewhere and be able to enjoy myself. RadioShack is a lot better than Home Depot for me, but I still think working at the Atascadero News for a summer was the best job I've had.
I'm also just now getting over what I suspect was a head cold. I can't count how much Kleenex I've gone through the last few days. I still managed to have fairly decent sales at work, somehow. But now, as my health improves, hopefully so will my sales figures.
posted by Aaron at 3:47 AM
2 Comments:
What sort of journo you want to be?????
any interest areas???
Print journalism. Maybe someday I'll get to write the editorials the New York Times prints on its front page and in its "News" section. ;)
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