Finished Computer Photos

Published
by
Si
on 28 August 2008
in Computer and Photos
. 2 Comments

I think its time to actually upload the photos of my finished computer.

Firstly heres the motherboard in my cleaned case with the CPU and cleaner attached.
Mounted Motherboard

Here is the finished result:
Finished System
Not exactly the tidiest result, but at least its all there. Also you might see my USB bluetooth adapter thats now stuck inside attached to my PCI USB2 card. I probabily don’t need it, but the more USB ports the merrier.

Oh but wait, it gets worse, 350W generic POS power supply, that won’t power that. Oops noob mistake, should have checked that. Quick rush for a new 600W modular power supply, fitted it in and heres the actual final result:
Finished system with new PSU

I think that result is tidier. Air can actually flow, and it runs quite well.
Hope those pics are good enough for you Skillers ;)

My Lol Tariff

Published
by
Si
on 27 August 2008
in Photos and mobile
. 0 Comments

Well, this post is really just a bit of a lol at what can only be called a mistake on my mobile phone providors part. What has happened is over the past 2 and a half years I have changed my tariff a couple of times and with that, the extra things that I get for topping up have changed, I guess to make sure that I stay with them.

Originally I was on a tariff that meant if I topped up £10 I got 600 minutes of calls, now I really never used this, so I switched to a different one so I would get 300 texts instead, something that I would more likely use. Last month I switched to a different one again so I could get cheaper phone calls when I use my phone. This also had 300 texts as part of the deal when I top up £10.

Yesterday I needed to top up money onto my mobile so I could carry on using it, so I put £10 on. To my suprise, instead of getting my 300 texts, I now have 300 texts, plus 300 texts from the previous deal and 600 minutes from the deal before that. Not to complain, but really I shouldn’t have all that. They told me they’d remove all the rest from my package when I switched, but instead I have it all. Not bad I reckon.

Let me work this out:
600 texts at 10p each: £60
600 minutes at 20 a minute: £120
Overall extra stuff: £180.

Really, I think this is not a bad outcome, even if it is a cockup on their part, let’s just hope it stays!

In other news related to this, I have a new phone now, a Samsung G600, and I took some pictures with it’s camera, not too bad for a camera phone I reckon! (I’m still gonna use my proper one for everything though)

Some part of the M5 near Bristol

Some part of the M5 near Bristol

A Costa Tea

A Costa Tea

Yummy Hot White Chocolate 3

Yummy Hot White Chocolate <3

My Computers PhotoBuild

Published
by
Si
on 22 August 2008
in Computer, Photos and Technology
. 1 Comment

Right, finally got round to building my computer, and while my Team Fortress 2 maps directory copies from one system to this new one, I can finally put the pictures of my computer being built.

Firstly, the parts that I ordered:

  • Corsair Memory 2×1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL5 Corsair Memory 2×1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL5 - £29.84
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz - £75.18
  • Gigabyte S775 Intel P31 DDR2 ATX Audio Lan Gigabyte S775 Intel P31 DDR2 ATX Audio Lan - £41.46
  • Gigabyte Radeon 4850 512MB PCIE 2xDVI 625MHz/1.9GHz - £115.13
  • Grand Total: £261.61

Now, firstly my parts had arrived in a box that surely was too big for what it needed?!

And the parts inside the box:

The CPU:

45nm, “You are so small, it’s funny to me!” I believe would be the heavys reaction.

Such a big box for such a small processor?

Surely such a big box for this small processor?

Ooh it spins… hopefully enough to cool it down so I don’t melt my new processor.

The Motherboard:

Well, the processor fits on there, thats about as much as I know lol

Graphics Card:


Shiny box… let’s hope the graphics are as shiny :)

And the shiny graphics card, not as shiny as it’s box, but defnetly better than the nVIDIA 5200 that it replaces.

RAM:

2GB should be enough to let me actually use this thing lol

Ooh, maps copied :) I’m gonna now test this system and put more pics later :)

I’m Back (Again!)

Published
by
Si
on 18 August 2008
in Spcook, University and blog
. 4 Comments

After literally one weekend of work, I am now able to announce and display the latest version of Spcook. This will now act as my blog and development site all tied together, documenting things as I travel through University over the next 4 years. This design is going to stay, but I might make a few changes here and there depending on how things go and if I get bored with things being exactly this way.

I aim to write in here reguarly as I move throughout University, allowing my freinds who can’t come with me to at least know what’s been going on with me for these next few years. Even if I can’t talk 24/7, hopefully this will provide a gateway to all the random and exciting things that have and will be going on.

This will also provide a home to random coding stuff I do, random stuff I just tinker with in my spare time as well as some things related to my Uni course.

Related to the site, I would briefly like to thank the following people for helping me release this site:

  • John (Reedy/Lord Metritutus Merkwurdichliebe) - Tester, and yes I got rid of that retina-burning blue colour :)
  • Mark (Skillers) - The guy whos server my site runs off. Thanks for letting me host this site here :) (Oh yea, and visit Techious!)

Ok, short list, but had to be written.

I’m off to make the rest of the site match now, and update a million and one things,

Si