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 →
PC upgrade (Phase I)
The biggest announcement by Nvidia is just around the corner (tomorrow in fact as of this writing) and it is without any surprise that they are going to announce a whole new lineup of GPUs based on the 7nm Ampere architecture that we have all been patiently waiting for. It will come as no surprise... Continue Reading →
Thermaltake Water 3.0 240mm ARGB AIO first month impressions!
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 →
Upgraded (again!) my Octavius Maximus build
This time its an NVME SSD from Silicon Power. I was browsing and doing some online shopping on Amazon when I stumbled upon the SSD. It was on sale, selling at less than $150 for an NVME PCIe Gen 3 X4 SSD with a 1TB capacity. SSD storage have gone really cheap recently, and I... Continue Reading →
The Octavius Maximus build: One month on
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 →
My DIY PC is finally done!
Some of you may find it hard to believe, but being able to build my own PC rig from scratch based on the parts and components that I chose happened to be in my bucket list. I suppose building a PC is like art. It requires patience, and lots of research, slowly building your knowledge base. The greatest satisfaction comes... Continue Reading →
The Black Rage Build
Over the past few days, after months of research I have finally finalised by PC build. This would be my first time building a PC from scratch after more than 10 years. I have a lot to learn since then. Technology moves so fast and so much within that span of time. The DIY and... Continue Reading →
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