Back in the beginning of 2019, I swore to myself (well, rather it was a New Year’s Resolutions that I wrote down) that I will impose a moratorium on PC upgrade. I broke that moratorium and went ahead in upgrading my PC cooling to an AIO build. I bought the Thermaltake Water 3.0 240mm ARGB... Continue Reading →
The force is strong in AMD
If I remember correctly, I impose a moratorium on myself with regards to gaming PC upgrades. Last year, I upgraded my PC by getting a new case to fit a new motherboard and CPU. That CPU is the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. It is a beastly 8-core, 16-thread CPU. I love it to death. I... Continue Reading →
PC upgrade moratorium (New Year Resolutions 2019)
This self imposed ban on PC upgrades for 2019 is going to be a tough one to uphold. The details on the upcoming AMD Ryzen 3000 series of CPU is still sparse and it is hard to separate fact from rumours. But if rumours are true, we might see a 16 core, 32 thread CPU... Continue Reading →
The Octavius Maximus Build!
When the new Ryzen's Zen+ Ryzen CPU was officially launched last week, I pulled the trigger to get their latest 2700x, 8C/16T CPU with an accompanying motherboard. I couldn't wait for the ITX motherboards to be released, so it was my first time getting a full ATX motherboard. Previously I mentioned that I never liked... Continue Reading →
Dark Rage upgrade in progress
Dark Rage, my current gaming rig is well underway. Recently I bought a new pair of RAMs from G.skill, the G.skill Trident LED RGB 16GB RAM. I bought the 3000mhz version from Newegg, and within days, it arrived at my doorstep. Installing it was easy but tricky at times because I didn't have enough room... Continue Reading →
My ‘Dark Rage’ gaming rig is not only for gaming
It is also doing good, productive work in the name of science. Every evening, after coming back from work, I would naturally switch on my gaming PC. On some nights, I don't play games at all. On many occasions, my PC is just idling, or working minimally, while I browse the web and listen to... Continue Reading →
Happy Second Anniversary Mac Mini!!!
Today I am going to celebrate the second anniversary of my Mac Mini! Exactly 2 years ago, I bought my first mac. At that time, I was hesitant in investing large sums of money in buying a high end iMac. Since it was my first mac ever, I wanted to just try it out and... Continue Reading →