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Time for an upgrade!

After about 12 years, I finally switched back to Intel for my desktop. One of the main reasons was that AMD related price drops are not reflected properly in our local market, specially when it comes to motherboards. I was quite excited at finding out about the guys at galaxy. Probably the only Pakistani retailer who has a website with prices getting updated on a daily basis! So I finally decided to burn some more money on an upgrade, quite falsely convincing myself that this one will last for atleast a couple of years, atleast!

Specs:
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CPU: E8400 3.0GHz Intel Wolfdale
Mobo: XFX nForece 680iLT
RAM: Corsair 2GB DDR800 (DHX Kit)
Graphics: XFX 9600GT 512MB DDR3
PSU: Coolermaster Real Power 460W
Casing: EZ Machines ATX
Display: Samsung 226BW 22" LCD
HDD: WD 80GB + 400GB SATA2
ODD: Sony Dual Layer DVD burner + ASUS SATA DVD ROM

So far my experience has been quite satisfying, as I've already tested the setup with both Win XP and Vista. Gaming runs pretty cool as well even though I saved a few bucks at the last minute, by going for the 9600GT instead of all the cool 9800s lying around in the shop. Crysis runs at medium/high specs and looks beautiful, while Dirt just looks amazing with full settings.

Now I just need to hook up another 226BW display and go for a nice sinewave UPS to cater for 8 hours of power outage every day :)

Update: 22-July

=================== I have *notice the smug look on my face* finally bought the proper UPS for my gadgets and gizmos. Arrived today and got it hooked up with my LCD TV immediately. Its SUCH a satisfying moment when my PS3 character is hanging from some tree shooting after dozens of approaching thugs and suddenly the power is cut. But no worries! As my game keeps rolling on hehe thanks to the 1.5kVA Compaq UPS.

Its a neat little monster hooked up to 2x80mAH liquid batteries. Currently I'm running a 40" LCD TV, PS3, Sony Home Theater, Nintendo Wii, CPU, 22" LCD monitor, Sony Hi-Fi, WiMax modem, Wifi access point and my VOIP cordless phone. Still gives more than an hour's backup and the recharge time is moderate (lives through 60 min power outage every two/three hours).

Life has definitely improved :)

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Nasir Zohair:

Hey bilal bhai how much was the UPS for? i have the same setup but have a 600W powersupply fr the pc. and i really need this for the 10 seconds of outage that come btw the power going out and the generator kicking in..

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