It’s times like these that I am especially glad I have already upgraded my computer. I have been re-rendering a bunch of fractals for print at 300 dpi on A0 and A2 sized paper. Even on the new computer, in order to get them done in time to have the high res images ready for [...]

Hard drive line up I have been working on my new baby since I got home after watching Sweeney Todd this evening, trying to get it up and running. It’s been over a week since I bought the parts, that’s the longest it is has ever taken me to get a new computer up and [...]

My current workspace as you can see in the photo on the left is quite crowded, with both the old and new computers, the laptop, 2 keyboards and 2 mice. Yes, I have a KVM switch, but I prefer to work with separate gear for each computer where possible. Getting an OS to work has [...]

Why did I pick this case? Why the Cooler Master Elite 330? Well, I’ve always liked the Cooler Master cases, especially the various models of the CM Stacker. Anyway, when I decided to buy a new case rather than just replace the contents in my old case, it had to be something reasonably cheap, particularly [...]

Putting the new computer together was really no more complicated than any of the computer’s I have put together in the past, except, the video card is gigantic. Normally, I build in this order: Power supply Motherboard CPU Front panel cables Video card RAM Data devices, any expansion cards Power and data cables As you [...]

First up, the new motherboard, a Gigabyte P35-DS3P. Isn’t it pretty? Anyway, I was originally looking at a couple of different Asus boards when I came across this one and a couple of other Gigabyte ones. My old motherboard is an Asus A8N-E, and apart from having to replace the southbridge heatsink a week after [...]