Alright guys, sorry for the absence, been preoccupied with a few other things.
two days ago I had nearly 2 grand in my bank account, after a few purchases and a donation to my CS/TF2 clan I'm now down to $800.
One man, one bike, one cane, one day.. a whole lotta goodies. Had to trade in my 360 controller as it was defected, also picked up an HDMI cable for the 52" and Bioshock and that's the new q6600 with some isopropyl for the old gunk.
Quad cores!
The mess my rig had become.
Stripped down to the motherboard, I'll be sticking 2 more gigs of ram in once they go on sale again. Don't really need it, but may as well get it while it's cheap and I have my motherboard apart.
Quad with my new way of applying thermal paste. Better coverage this way, though I think I made the lines a bit thick.
No bracket on the geminII
The only thing I don't like about the cooler.
You can kinda see the bend that the geminII has made in my mobo in this picture..
New graphics card! A steal at $179 CAD
Sucker is huge.. Up against my old 7600gt. I'm a little disheartened to have ended my BFG streak, but the $70 difference in price made me.
This..
Was taken with this camera. Always had the stand on it as the shots were terribly unstable (as you can see) without a flash.
This..
Was taken with my new Canon SD870 IS ELPH (thanks marin!) Both were taken from the same spot, no flash. I figured if I was gonna do a mod and provide pictures, it was time to get a decent camera so I can at least capture the small details for you guys! No more pictures with that old POS from here on
Another shot of my cozy little room, I cry a little inside when I see my snowboard and BMX out of use
When I put the quad in and put everything back in my case, my computer wouldn't post. I was crapping myself thinking I had messed up the motherboard or the new CPU was defective, so I ran it out on my desk and thankfully it loaded. Figured I would keep it out of the case for a bit as I will be lapping my GeminII, installing 2 more gigs of RAM, and modding the PSU fan soontimes, so it would be a waste of effort to put it all in and take it all out over and over. Also, there is this Ultra fan controller that I have to return today that is a total POS, but it's slightly out of the picture on the right.
Anyways, back to the mod. Today I'll be picking up a soldering gun for my wires and the bondo. If I find the paint, I'll nab that too. Most of the tools I'll be taking off my father or doing the work at his place, so it may still be a while before I get the holes cut. I might cut the window today if I get the chance. Will have another photo post coming by tonight (assuming I don't get carried away by bioshock, but then again I can't really play that game at night, as sad as it seems, it just toys with my mind playing those kinda games alone in the dark.