So picking up where I left of the last time, I have decided to build a new P.C. with a few key needs in mind. These key ideas were to do video editing, creating images and hopefully learn how to program. What was stopping me from buying my stuff is, you guessed it, the lack of funds. So I have decided to buy the upgrades that I will be doing to my P.C. for my girlfriend and work with that until the funds become available.
So the Upgrades that I decided to get.
Computer Case, one that had an upright position and room for everything.
Cooling Fan, this was for the AMD Phenom 64 processor
Keyboard
Monitor with DVI
Thermal Paste
As before I had done some research into some of these products but generally they were pretty easy to pick out. The only thing I didn't need to pick out was the Computer Case, because as it is going to be my Girlfriends Computer when I upgrade, I thought it might as well be in her taste.
Keyboard - £2.99 - ebuyer
Well not much to write on this, got one that looked like it wouldn't cause a hand cramp and one that didn't look weird.
This was one that fit the profile the Xenta Black for £2.99
Thermal Paste - £5.96 - ebuyer
Again not a lot to write, just had a look around on the reviews and this one seemed to come out very well. This was bought through ebuyer as well. The reason being is that I have had a good customer experience and they are reasonable with the prices.
So I went with Artic Silver for £5.96
Cooling Fan - £16.24 - ebuyer...again
The more interesting stuff, so the cooling fan was a tricky one and even now at the time of this writing I'm still second guessing myself but it has been ordered now so I can only make a change is there is something wrong with it. The Cooling Fan had to be able to be mounted on a AMD Phenom 64bit Chipset, which was to work with the motherboard, MSI 750FX. What I also wanted to do is if I got a more universal one I could see if it would be any use for my new computer and it could be a saving of £30. Just like the thermal paste, the arctic team seemed to come out quite well.
What I decided on was a Artic Cooling Freezer 7Pro for £16.24
Computer Case - £43.40 - amazon
So in regards to the computer case the only thing that was needed was one that passed the girlfriend test, my previous ones were all shot down (but in a nice way :P) so it was up to my gf to do what she does best. Research. She came up with a nice model, seems to have what you need in a case.
So it was decided on the Compucase ATX Case for £43.40.
Monitor - £52.49 - ebuyer (jeese man why don't you marry them)
So on this front I had already done my research into which monitors that I was buying, it is in my This was the Philips 18.5" LCD LED DVI Monitor for £52.49
A little Extra
Wireless Keyboard - £19.98 - ebuyer
So in my last post I was contemplating about getting one of these and after reading reviews like...
"Fantastic range and brilliant functionality, the little touch pad is ideal and although you won't be writing an essay on the keyboard, it's perfect for putting in the odd web address."
"I prefer this to more expensive wireless keyboards I've used. Used at a distance of 5 metres no problem at all."
I decided to say, why not? If it doesn't work on the consoles, I will still be able to use it with my P.C. and have the ability to control it from a good distance.
This was the Xenta Mini Keyboard & Touchpad for £19.98
While I was first writing this up I was looking through the orders and noticed ebuyer had already sent it via parcel force, this in turn made me dash home. After about 15 minuets I arrived to find a card saying they had left it at my local post office... WHICH was straight across the street to where my classes were held. On the form it says that "If you are collecting your parcel, please allow 1 day.".... Why??? Why do I need to wait a further day when I know where it is and I know how to collect it. This made me start to ring the local post office to see if I could collect it today, and also leave in the broken laptop at the same time [The New Current Challenge - My Blogger]. After hearing the news from the Post Office that they had not received it yet and would be getting it in at 4pm, made me think could I call parcel force and not have to get off my lazy butt. But they said that because of December and how busy it is for Christmas they would not be able to redeliver it today. They did say though that if it was another month they could do it.
So then I decided that becasue I had the laptop and it needed fixing and the boxes could be there I got a shower and headed out on my quest to retrive them. Everything went fine from there, I had packed 2 extra bags with the laptop bag, left it in and headed to the post office. He seemed to reconise me from the phone, which was quite weird but he had the packages, scanned very quickly my id and handed me them. I was so excited but I still had time to be rejected by my request for a lift from my father. :P. So I walked back home and the following videos are from then.
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