My new gaming rig is a radical departure from past gaming set ups that I have in the past. The most major departure is the lack of RBG aesthetics. Gone were the days that I invested quite a bit on RGB fans and peripherals to bling out my gaming rig. There is no more of... Continue Reading →
With the next gen GPU launching imminently according to rumors on the internet (as soon as CES 2025 in Jan 2025) I finally upgraded my 3 year old PC which had parts from an older PC that I custom built before that. The previous PC was a 12th generation Intel Alder Lake CPU, the 12600K,... Continue Reading →
Sometime in November of 2020, a couple of months after the launch of Nvidia’s latest 3000 series GPUs, I saw someone on Carousell trying to sell an RTX 3080 from a pre-built gaming pc that he bought. He wasn’t interested in using it. Despite being in a prebuilt, with the GPU used and fixed in... Continue Reading →
I am truly grateful to be able to get my hands on a brand new RTX 3080 GPU. Ever since its official launch more than two months ago, these things are still very rare as demand is still outstripping supply. It is so rare, that people are scalping these things and selling them at way... Continue Reading →
After spending two months hunting for an RTX 3080, I finally found it! Although it wasn’t exactly the brand or model that I am looking for, the Asus TUF RTX 3080 is still a slick looking GPU for any build. Reviews praised the GPU on its industrial looks, premium materials used (such as using a... Continue Reading →
After close to a month, the new NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080 is still nowhere to be found. It is as scarce and rare as ever. I have not been successful in getting my hands on one of these things as the demand is just astronomical. I am a little bit disappointed at not being able... Continue Reading →
Today, with help from a friend, we completed the phase I of my PC upgrade. That involves swapping out the old, 650W PSU from Corsair to a 1000W PSU from Seasonic. I bought the new PSU from PC Theme, in Sim Lim Square last week. I upgraded my PSU so that my PC is ready... Continue Reading →
The rumor mill has been rumbling quite a lot these days on the impending launch of a number of big tickets items from both AMD and Nvidia. PC gamers, like me, are all eagerly waiting for the launch of new GPUs by Nvidia, as well as CPUs and GPUs from AMD. It seems that these... Continue Reading →
My next gaming rig will not come so soon. In order for me to make the upgrade, two things must happen; the release of the Ryzen 4000 series desktop CPUs and Nvidia (or AMD) release of their next generation GPUs. Will it happen this year? Most signs point to the imminent release of AMD new... Continue Reading →
Yesterday my amplifier finally arrived. I unplugged my old Audioengine A5 speakers from my desk and replaced it with the Q Acoustics 3010 bookshelf speakers. I wired everything to my Nobsound amplifier and fired up Spotify on my PC. The Q Acoustics 3010 The first thing I realised was how gorgeous the speaker looks. For... Continue Reading →
Back in 2016, I bought the Audioengine A5+ powered bookshelf speakers. I love it. It’s punchy with a right amount of bass and size that is perfect for any computer desktop system. Fast forward today, it is starting to show wear and tear. The left speakers are muffled, especially at higher frequencies. The sound output... Continue Reading →
First month impressions of the Thermaltake Water 3.0 240mm ARGB AIO. It’s been nearly a month since I upgraded my Octavius Maximus Build to a liquid cooling build, featuring Thermaltake’s Water 3.0 240mm ARGB AIO. It features an addressable RGB on the fans cooling the radiator as well as the pump that is compatible with... Continue Reading →
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 →
It's been a month since I last built my new PC RIG with a new AMD CPU, the AMD Ryzen 2700x. Along the way, I also had to get a new motherboard for the CPU, an ATX sized motherboard, which led to me having to change the CPU case to fit the new motherboard. I... Continue Reading →
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 →
My PC upgarde is complete. Featuring an all new LED RGB RAM sticks and an EVGA 1080ti. This is Dark Rage v.2. My previous graphics card, the EVGA 1070 will be sold to a friend of mine, who is building his own gaming pc this weekend. I have offered to assist in building his rig... Continue Reading →
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 →
For some weeks now I have come with multiple iterations on my new gaming PC rig. Each iteration is an idea as to how my upgrade path will follow. Some of which became more expensive, some of which became cheaper. Each iteration follows a different idea of what it means for me to upgrade. What... Continue Reading →
Ever since AMD released their latest line of 'Zen" CPUs, the CPU landscape has never looked so exciting in a long time. With competition from the red camp, Intel is now upping its game in pushing forward the release schedule of their latest 'Coffeelake" CPU, the 8th Generation of new CPU from Intel that is... Continue Reading →
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