My new PC upgrades

Ok so a few days ago I received my order from Newegg. Inside the box was a Scythe Big Shuriken cpu cooler, and a OCZ Fatal1ty 550w modular PSU. I had been really looking forward to getting the cooler as I've been trying to do some some good stable overclocking. Prior to getting the cooler the best numbers I was able to get were 2.9ghz at around 38c at idle and 58c-60c at full-load from a starting point of 2.6ghz. After installing the Big Shuriken I was able to get a stable 3.1ghz at around 34c at idle and 52c at full-load, which is absolutely great for me considering the small size of the cooler. As for the power supply the best part about it is that I don't have to have a bird's nest of unused cables hanging all over the inside of my case, which is really small to start with. I'm currently only using 2 cables aside from motherboard power connectors. I can't honestly tell you what's coming up next for the rig, but it probably won't be anything too big so I'll keep you updated and until my next post which should be tomorrow at the NY International Auto Show L8TR!

Oh yeah! here are some pics of the cooler and a video of the unboxing of the psu. Enjoy.

New Sapphire Tech Radeon 5770

Yesterday evening my dad and I got to install the new Radeon 5770 graphics card in our htpc. We were really suprised by the size of the card when we fist looked at it. It is nearly the length of the motherboard and just fit inside the case. Anyways we were previously running the onboard radeon 3300 video, and after booting up the system, updating the software and drivers, it was easy to see the improvement gained from the upgrade. The most marked improvement was shown when I started up the Sims 3 and ran it at full high quality at a resolution of 1920 x 1080. It was really spectacular, the detail gained from low to high at that resolution. At this moment right now I'm working on trying to overclock our AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition CPU from the stock 2.6ghz. The best I've gotten it to so far is 2.9ghz with more testing to be done. In my next post I'll include an update on my progress and some pics of the rig and screenshots. See ya in a minute!

What's new in MW2

So we're only a day away from the release of the new Stimulus Package map pack, and I'm wondering wether or not im actually gonna pony up the 1200 ms points required to get it. The pack includes five maps. Three new maps called Bailout, Storm and salvage, while the other two are old favorites Crash and Overgrown(COD4). So is it really worth it? I guess we'll just have to see how it plays out.

Here's a link to the trailer for the DLC: http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14281102/call-of-duty-6/videos/mw2_stimulus_trl_032410.html

New video from Forza 3

Here's a link to video that I recorded of myself hot lapping in Forza 3. I'm driving in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR painted in the livery of the 24hrs of Nurburgring winning Manthey Racing. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9vdgIHVqWg

A word on Forza 3

So it's been about 6 months since the release of Forza Motorsport 3, and after getting quite far and having some great fun there's only a few things I have to say. First things first, as wonderful as it has been running around in my tricked out Mini JCW spanking the average computer opponents at full difficulty, I must say I crave for more of a challenge. A challenge more of the human variety, but somehow, someway the developers forgot how to provide myself and many other people with a way to fulfill our desires. In a frankly lame attempt to give us racers what we wanted Turn 10 gave birth to a monstrosity called matchmaking lobbies. If there was one thing I could ask Turn 10, it would be "why did you get rid of the online system that worked oh so beautifuly in Forza 2 for matchmaking in Forza 3?" nothing would please me more than to find out the reason behind the strange choice to mess with near multiplayer perfection in such a drastic manner. My only other meaningful comment is on the odd fact that Turn 10 forgot to make dashboards work in r-class cars. It sounds like something small but it's those little details that make this game what it is. I hope they get to work soon on correcting these issues.

Gotta start somewhere!

So this is my first ever blog. YAYYY!!! Can't honestly tell you what I'm gonna be talking about, but it's sure to be full of cars, guns, games, and computer stuff. Anyways heres to interesting posts on the future. See YA in a minute!