PC upgrade complete

and I’m totally diggin’ it…

Alright, I got all of my parts last week and did the build over the weekend. I went with a EVGA nForce 730a Motherboard, AMD 64 X2 6000+ 3.0 ghz dual core proccesor, Rosewill varialble speed 92mm heatsink and cooling fan, 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM and a sweet EVGA 9800 GT video card. I also have anoth 2 gigs of RAM sitting on the shelf just in case. Let me tell ya’, this system freakin’ rocks! I gutted my old can Sunday around noon, assembled the new gear and had a desktop within a couple of hours. Smooth upgrade to say the least. Not a hickup one. I installed Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit, slapped in SP1 and did all the Windows upgrades. Oh, and DirectX 10. So far so good. Not too sure about this whole Vista thing but I’m likin’ what I’m seein’. I ran a benchmark test and came up with 74 fps at the highest possible settings. w00t! Also, the CPU temp idles at 19c and only 36c under a full load. Super cool running machine!

At this point is was time to install WoW and put it to the test. Loaded up the basic WoW, the Burning Crusade and then Wrath of the Lich King. Downloaded and installed all of the latest patches and i was off and running. I’m getting no less than 60fps in all areas including Northrend and frame spikes as high as 72fps. Un-fucking-real! So, it looks like I will stop leveling my Druid (Weedbgone lvl20) and get back to capping my Rogue (Supramax lvl76). At this rate, Supramax will be at 80 in no time and will then start farming honor for PVP gear. I just got on board with the guild <Krawler> and hope to do some raids/runs in the near future.

Anyway, I’m super happy with the new build and looking forward to some lag free gaming. This was my smoothest upgrade to date and all for 308.00…w00t!

KJ

Lemme Lemme Lemme upgrade

in which I groan and agonize over my new PC upgrades…

Last week I purchased a new video card for my home PC and when I installed it I soon found out that my MoBo didn’t have enough balls to run the new card.  So, instead of shipping it back I decided to shop for a new board and chip combo. I looked at several and decided to go with this one.  It’s out for delivery now and I’m super excited to get it. BUT, after looking closer at the specs it seems that I do not have an ample power supply to run the new board with the new card. My current power supply is 450 watts, which is enough juice but it doesn’t have the 24 pin power connector, (just the old 20 pin) that the new board needs as well as the 8 pin lead to the board beacuse I went with AMD instead of Pentium. Soooo, It looks like I will be buying a new power supply in order to get the thing up and running. <Sigh> What started out as a simple video card upgrade has now turned into a complete overhaul. I’m sure that I’ll be happy with the new build but OMFG does it have to be this difficult? I will also be going to Vista Ultimate 64 bit which will allow me to run DirectX 10 and run up to 8 gigs of memory. It’s gonna rock.

All in the name of World of Warcraft!

LOL Yes, I’m a dork.

KJ

1st post of 2009

I know, it’s about time…

Well let’s see. For New Years Eve, the GF and I went to Portland to party with Adam and Adrienne. the drive over was fine, we swung by their place to change close and then headed out on the town for drinks. We basically did a pub crawl up and down Alberta St. and went back to base-camp before passing out around 4 in the morning. I had a fucking blast! The next morning or afternoon, we went for some foods and then walked around downtown Portland. The drive home was a little hectic due too massive rain and I mean massive. My wipers could barley keep up with it and visibility was next to nil at times but we made it home safely. Couldn’t of had a better time and will look forward to going back over for more fun in the near future.

Back in Walla Walla, it’s the same ol’ same ol’. Plenty of snow to deal with in which I’m totally sick of shoveling. I thank God that most of it has melted off for the time being. We have been getting a lot of rain and some flash flood warnings here and the surrounding areas. I think we’re going to have a rough Winter, unlike the mild Winters that we’ve had over the past 10 years or so. Oh well, a nice change of pace I suppose.

Work has been fairly slow this Holiday season. I too have slowed down and I’m currently revamping my sales game for the new year. I felt like I was burning out towards the tail end of ‘08 and now I’m lighting a fire under my ass to start the year off right. New workstation, renewed enthusiasm and cutting down on the smoking is a good start. I want to back off on the eating too as I feel like I’m growing to epic proportions. God knows I need it. lol

In other news, I just bought a new video card for my home PC because my old card just isn’t keeping up with all of the new and taxing content that WoTLK has to offer. I’ve been getting massive lag during game play and can’t take it any longer. I should see the new one this week sometime. Supramax will be slicin’ and dicin’ soon with frame rate to spare. w00t!

I joined a bowling league that plays every other Sunday night up at Bowlaway. Kinda filling in for Jayrob while he is doing other things. I play with M’s Uncle Dave, his wife Reva and a guy I went to school with back in the 90’s. Averaging 160 pins for the time being and hope to improve. Having a lot of fun and that’s the main thing.

Well, that’s about all I have for now. I’m getting ready to go have a cocktail with Mush and then gonna get a good nights sleep.

Take care…

KJ