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University Work

04th Mar 2009 - 23:38

Ugh, im up at 23.34 atm trying to complete my Uni Assignments for tomorrow. Only 14 hours left to complete two assignments; this could be interesting. Hopefully ill get it all done, but im getting pestered by people online and am typing to them more than i am working including this Blog post :p

I got reminded of our Blog sites and then couldnt stop thinking about making a new Blog post, so here i am making a new Blog Post :p

As for my New PC, plans are still going ahead with that. The price mark hasnt changed too much tbf which kinda sucks but is hardly surprising. Ive unfortunately become a lot more confused in regards to getting a new Monitor. Ive been looking at so many candidates and there seems to be something wrong with everyone I consider. Most monitors that actually dont have something wrong with them, dont have HDMI which i would really like to have since im considering getting an Xbox 360. Ah well, we shall see, if any one has any input, give me a shout at imperial [at] imperial [-] empire [-] se [dot] com

Uni, Work, Core i7

Monies

23rd Jan 2009 - 21:19

Ugh, money is such a pain when you have none. My plans are still based on my previous Blog Post - to build a Core i7 machine. Unfortunately, University costs a lot of money. Having said that, my Car Insurance is why I have no money. I finally passed my test and was able to get insurance 4 days later, so ive been driving around for about 6 weeks now. No accidents or incidents etc so its all going well. In any case, my new PC is looking to cost me around Ł2,000. Which is Ł2,000 which i dont have. Spec wise im after the top of the range CPU, the Core i7-965. Probably gonna go for an ASUS Mobo and DDR3 RAM. Along with that im considering moving to ATI for graphics, but im unsure as to whether their Catalyst drivers have improved that much. nVidia have always been really good for graphics cards and supporting them, but unfortunately this means they are very costly and tha ATI can provide the same performance for a significantly lower cost. Since this is probably going to be a build from the ground up, im also considering a Blueray Writer and at least 1TB of storage. Oh and ill finally get rid of my CRT and replace it with around a 22" Dell. I usually dont like Dell as a company, but their Monitors are pretty much first class coupled with the 3 Year Warranty for dead pixels.

Money, PCs, Intel, CPUs, Core i7

OMG OMG OMG

11th Nov 2008 - 18:53

Ive just been reading over the specs and reviews for Intels newest processor release - the Core i7. All I can say is OMFG!!! Im sooo damn excited. My next system is DEFINATELY going to be based around this; it does mean a complete overhaul of everything i currently have, but im not too worried about that tbh. I was going to do that anyway and upgrade to a Core 2 Quad (maybe the extreme series).

However, after reading alot of info it seems like they are the Worlds fastest commercial processors to be released. They've smashed all records previously recorded by PC Pro. The slowest in the initial series (Core i7-920 at 2.66GHz) beats the QX9770 easily and thats without Overclocking. This was almost mentioned; overclocking appears to be incredibly easy on these chips and allows them to operate blisteringly fast. There fastest (multiplier unlocked) chip, the Core i7-965 operates almost 30% faster when overclocked.

All I can say is that I really CANT wait to get my hands on this new system. Im planning on saving up everything I can after christmas to get hold of all the parts. Ill post up more information along the way including benchmark stats :)

PCs, CPUs, Intel, Desktop, Love, Core i7

Finalising

05th Nov 2008 - 20:48

Well, the site is almost finished. The admin system hasnt taken as long as previous attempts have been (on other projects). The first two (of four) sections were completed easily without any hassle. Then the Blog system was improved with new features, so thats cool. But yeah, the Gallery system hasnt been started yet. The code for it exists on a previous blog site, so ill port that across when I get a chance. Other than that its just the CMS system that needs to be completed. Ive been talking with Alan (my host) to try and get issues resolved since permissions are messed up when dealing with data being written to files by PHP. Its kind of annoying, but we're getting somewhere i guess. At the moment, CMS Add works fine, however CMS Edit is another story. It wont allow you to overwrite the file with the new content. What im going to hope is that i can delete files. If so, ill adjust the Edit script so that it deletes the existing file and replaces it with a new file with the same name, but with the adjusted content. If it works, then the site should be operational very soon, however it probably wont. Even if it does work, its not exactly the best solution and i guess it isnt exactly server friendly. Never mind, at least the site will be fully functional in that respect :)

layout, site, code

Test	05th Nov 2008 - 15:47

Testing the admin systems effectiveness in adding Blog Entries into the MySQL database that drives the majority of the site :)

test, admin

Hello World

01st Jan 1970 - 01:00

Welcome to my website. I wont lie and say there is a lot of stuff happening, because there really isnt. This site is being developed whilst im in Uni Labs because the work we have to do is unbelievably easy.