I've Created a Monster...

As the title suggests, I have built a beast of a computer. It did cost me an arm and a leg, but it is worth every penny spent on it. The photos don't do it any justice, but I still uploaded em', here are they along with the specification I used:

- Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (OC to 3.5Ghz)
- Antec TruePower New 650W
- ATI Radeon HD 5870
- Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
- Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel 9-9-9-24
- Antec Nine Hundred Two (902) Case
- Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
- 1TB External HDD
- Razer DeathAdder Mouse
- Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard (not 3)
- Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
- Asus u3s6 PCI-e USB 3 and Sata 3 (6Gb/s)
- Asus Xonar DX PCI-e sound card
- Random TV tuner
- Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Receiver


Right after I applied the thermal compound.


First phase testing, to make sure all the main components are working.


Everything installed and the wires are being done as neatly as the case allows.


The back panel; where I hide all the wires.
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Battle Of The Players

University is fast approaching, this means money is fast approaching and this means spending plans are already ongoing. This time it is music players, since I am a music addict (you might have noticed that) picking a good music player is very important to me, so I will need you guys to help me out by reading this and then taking part in the poll on the top right corner of the site.

Zune HD (32GB)

The newest toy in town, the beatiful Zune HD is the only touch screen device I ever considered buying. It is mainly due to it is sexy look and it is amazing specfication. Let me put it in a language you guys understand: this little thing plays high definition video, cool right? there is a catch though; it is only 32GB, and anyone that knows me, will tell you that it is not enough.

iPod Classic (120GB)

I never was an iPod dude, but I had a good experience with one this summer. However, unlike everyone who loves this device, the selling point for me was: Genius. This automatically generates a playlist of songs that will go together. Which, helps whenever I am too lazy to make my own lists or if I was on-the-go (pun intended), the catch with this one is I hate iTunes and I am anti-apple, also, the iPod Classic design is boring.

Original Zune (120GB)

My first love. The original Zune has more storage than you will ever need (this does not inc. me) it will fit most pockets, and has an interface that I am familiar with (used it for 2 years) and finally, I can operate it from inside my pocket (very important). All sounds good so far, but the Zune is not available in the UK and I have to import it, so it won't have a warranty, which means that if anything happens to it; I am screwed, and that already happened to two of them (my fault).

P.s. The original Zune has been to Vitalise 4 times, so its legend must be continued. Read more.

Stuff I bought recently - Western HDD 1TB ELEMENTS

One of my Hard Drives started failing and it contained 320GB of important files, I managed to recover 70% of the data but i could not take any more risks so I purchased this beautiful 1TB box, it shall be my new 'love Box'!

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Go DJ...

After the successes of both Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the market for music games is expanding, here comes a new game for fake musicians (I am one).

If you've gotten bored of pretending to be in a band, now it is your turn to be the life of the party. DJ Hero is coming out on October 27th this year and it already secured Eminem, Jay-Z and DJ Shadow to work on the project. The game let you do some interesting mixes from a wide variety of genres and decades.

I personally can't wait for this, it sounds like a lot of fun, but that is not all. Eminem and Jay-z are doing a Co-op cut for the game... I have been waiting for this shit since 'Renagade'



Anyway, the game comes with this turntables shaped controller, does not look half bad. Now I shall leave you with the trailer after the jump.


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The pimped laptop..

I pimped AShopCalledWood's PC with some extra RAM and in return they pimped my laptop with this sweet 'The Hundreds' Sticker.




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Stuff I bought recently: 22" LG W2252TQ LCD Monitor

The award winning 22" screen is a joy to own, and suprisngly is very cheap. It has been Custom PC's 22" screen of choice since it got released and nothing so far managed to come near its amazing perfomance/cost ratio.

I bought it from Aria for a reasonable £152.89.




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Stuff I bought recently: Belkin RockStar

This is a silly 5-way splitter, which means five things could be plugged in to the same device, or, you can add another device to mix songs and listen together.Why did I buy it? Two reasons:

a) My Zune + five people = dopeness
b) I buy stupid shit all the time.

It cost me £8.12 from Amazon.




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Stuff I bought recently: The Zune 120GB

Finally, I managed to get hold of the latest Zune, it was a long and painful process (no homo) but I got it in the end. This thing is amazing.

I loved my old Zune, but this new one has twice the battery life (thank god) and four times the capacity, so I'm a very happy man at the moment, but I do need to watch my spending.

This thing cost me £190 from Ebay, well worth it.

P.S. I did not fail my exams :-)




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A Prada watch for your Prada phone ?

As if having a designer phone wasn't enough, now you need a designer watch to go with it. Wait a second that first sentence sounds quite absurd, so allow me to elaborate. Designer watches have been all the rage since the watch was invented but designer phones ? Well in recent times designers have started to collaborate with anyone, it has gotten so crazy that if you really wanted you could have designer finger nails. Designers such as Dolce & Gabbana and Armani have also done phones in recent times. But Prada have taken it a step forward by releasing a collection to match your designer phone. Well maybe not a collection but they have bought out a watch which has the soul purpose of being an accessory to your new mobile phone. The watch (which costs £250) can be synced using bluetooth to your phone allowing you to see who's calling and read text messages by just looking at your wrist rather than reaching in to your pocket. I personally think the idea is a genius example of cross marketing.




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Money ain't a thing

Immortal words by Jay-Z right there and they suit the title because if you need a bluetooth headset you would usually go carphone warehouse and pick up a £30 joint. However if you're my man Jigga money aint a thing bee and this is one accessory you need to keep your ear warm. This bluetooth headset (known as the plantronics jewel) cost £50,000,thats a small price to pay when you take in to consideration what you get. Its made out of 18k gold and has 31 natural pearls and if that wasn't enough they threw in 40 diamonds. The design for this was made by Phoebe Coleman and its inspired by vintage lace. Pretty nice if you ask me anyone wanna lend me 50g's btw ???




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Nintendo DSi

A while back Moose had an article about a new Nintendo DS in the works, well it's finally official the new Nintendo DSi will be released in Japan in November and will be available worldwide by Summer next year. The new DSi is more than just a widescreen verion, it's actually quite a big step up from the DS. It replaces the GBA slot for a much more convenient SD card slot for storing music or videos. It also features two camera's, one for taking pictures and a lower quality web cam. However their are some draw backs the new DSi won't support GBA games as a result of the updates. One thing that isn't alarming though is the price, which estimated to be the same as the old DS.


Moose's post on widescreen DS


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Japan gets Musical Instrument Cellphones!!!

Im a person who likes to update his keitai (mobile) at least every 8 months. However the Japanese just refuse to be normal and like updating every 2 or 3 months. One of the newest models to hit the market there are the Yamaha feat AU musical phones.

Yamaha, one of the world's oldest musical instrument companies, has teamed up with Japanese cell phone maker au to create this line of beautiful musical phones. There's keys, strings, drum sticks, strummable guitar, and even woodwinds and brass... in mobile phones! I'll be honest: I don't even care if these things make calls. My stomach is churning with do-want-ness over the piano one.

Go to Hell, Nokia....







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New Zune Models + New Zune Firmware 3.00 Details

So to counter Dizzy's ipod post, I got some zune news over here.



Lets start with the 120 GB zune, which costs $249. That is some kick ass storage right there, no one is going toneeds this kind of storage but having it around is always nice.



The other new model is the 16GB flash zune. It is the zune's little brother, smaller, lighter and with decent storage.



Finally, Microsoft announced A new Firmware for all the Zune models, Firmware 3.00. it will be released on the 16th of September. It will add the following features to your zune:

-WiFi Marketplace
-Buy from FM
-Games
-and many more small features to the zune device and to the Zune PC Application.

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ZOMG New IPOD's

Was really hard finding pictures and info but basically apple is going to introduce a new ipod nano.

It pretty much has the same features as a normal ipod nano but it's smaller and lighter than ever before. Also it will be available in a 16gb version which should retail at only $199.

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