My New Computer – The Power Of I7
After 4 years of using slow laptops and old computers, I’ve finally invested in a new PC.
The processor is an Intel i7 920.
Theoretically speaking, it is supposed to be twice as fast as a quad-core processor (8x the speed).
I had to test it out for myself (without over clocking) so when I switched it on, Windows loaded up in just 6 seconds (compared to all my previous computers which took up to 6 MINUTES just to get to get into the login screen…)
My new PC came bundled with:
- Gigabyte EX58-4D3R with
- 3GB Kingston i333 DDR3 3X16b (based on the motherboard specs, it is supposed to channel the memory processing speed more than 3 times it’s combined base speed)
- C.Master Elite 335 Black Casing (transparent side)
- XFX 4870 512MC DDR5 (gotta love those graphics)
- A copy of XP HOME (I’m NOT using Vista…)
- Silverstone 560 Watt (special power supply to shoulder the heavy power workload)
- And a 500GB SATA hard disk (Originally I wanted to go for 1 Terabyte, but on 2nd thought, who needs so much hard disk space?)
Now I can play Warcraft 3 and Dawn of War 2 smoothly…
No more waiting ages for the game to load up 
10 responses so far
1 FoOie wrote:
21 Apr 2009 at 1:41 pm
Sweet!
2 Sunny Tan wrote:
22 Apr 2009 at 11:02 am
hey where you got that? low yat? which company? I want to get one
3 Khai wrote:
22 Apr 2009 at 12:17 pm
Sunny,
It’s at Low Yat PC Zone (2nd Floor). Go and look for this guy called - ‘REX’.
Say you were referred by Mr. Ng who bought the i7 for RM4,000
4 Ben wrote:
22 Apr 2009 at 7:24 pm
omg…. it’s so beautiful…..
5 Dennis wrote:
23 Apr 2009 at 9:37 pm
No Game! No Game!
Business Business!
You have enough games with your Nintendo :p
-Dennis.
6 Sunny Tan wrote:
24 Apr 2009 at 8:50 am
and oso your board games..
7 Beyonder wrote:
25 Apr 2009 at 7:43 am
huh? u bought xfx 4870 and u installed only win xp? xfx 4870 is meant to be used optimally with win vista lar…
8 Khai wrote:
25 Apr 2009 at 10:04 am
I wouldn’t use WIndows Vista even if someone gave me the license for free.
9 data wrote:
25 Apr 2009 at 5:08 pm
cool computer newest and latest. I want to get it one for the brand new one after this…
10 Terrance Charles wrote:
28 Apr 2009 at 5:47 am
That’s some impressive stats Khai, I am a computer man myself. I been building them since back in 1999. I feel you on no vista, I’m still sticking with XP myself.
Windows loaded in 6 seconds…lol I remember when I first started building them, we were on like 16mb or ram (simm) I could start my computer, go make breakfast and come back in time for the login screen
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