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New Computer

Published by Nick
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

I built myself an upgrade computer from the old 2005 XPS Gen 3 last week. Ordered all the parts from newegg. Here are the specs and links-

 
                                                     
CPU-
AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard-
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard

Memory-
mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

HDD-
2x Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive
in RAID 0

Floppy- Check

Optical-
LG Black 6X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 6X Blu-ray DVD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner 6X Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Model GGW-H20LK

Video-
SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

PSU-
Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply

Case-
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

OS-
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders

Blu-ray Support-
Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 Ultra

She runs like a dream



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Winter Gardening

Published by Nick
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Well all the beautiful summer flowers died off in the November freeze. In early December I dug out an ~200 gallon pond for some water gardening. I'm still working on the coping and waterfall. I have about 200lbs of rocks left to place. In the pictures you see about 500lbs. roxrhevi. So far I've only been able to find some water mint and I'm nursing equisetum to plant around it.








Also I planted a little flower bed with violas and alyssum for Ms. Boo to look at out my window. I think it needs a bunch of bulbs or something behind it. Maybe snaps after this cold surge.

 
                                                            

I need to spray my snapdragons with hot sauce cause the squirrels be eatin the flowers.

                                                             

This week I'm building a new Computer. I'll have all the parts in tomorrow!

  

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