Upgrading my Computer (Ultimate Computer 5 –> 8)
This year, I decided to move out of the dorms at Cornell, and rent an apartment with 4 friends. Naturally, we wanted to have some kind of entertainment system, but didn’t want to pay a monthly cable bill, since we hardly watch live TV anyways (hulu is where it’s at). […]
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 7
Time flies…it seems like just yesterday that I was filming Ultimate Computer 1, the very first video I uploaded to youtube. 46 videos and 1,614 subscribers later, the newest Ultimate Computer has arrived! This time, the build focuses on bang-for-your-buck power, effectively providing tons of gaming horsepower, for a manageable[…]
This Computer really is Ultimate. Worthy of Edition 6? Hell ya.
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 6 is live! This is undoubtedly the most bleeding-edge computer I’ve ever built. It sports a GTX280 Video Card, an Intel Core i7 940 Quad Core CPU, and 12GB of DDR3 Triple Channel RAM! This thing hasn’t even been overclocked yet and it’s is already[…]
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 5 / Up to Cornell
On August 22nd I’ll be heading up to Ithaca, NY to start my college education at Cornell University’s Engineering college. So what do you think the one thing that stressed be out about college was? The workload? The pressure? The upperclassmen? Nope. My one worry was this: How will I[…]
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 4
I’ve upgraded my computer! My old system (ultimate computer 1) has been donated to my brother, and I will be replacing it with a watercooled beast. The specs and pictures are available in my forum post here. And I’ve made both a montage of the build set to music, and[…]
Did I mention there’s another?
That’s right, not just one more computer building video, but two! Are you excited or what? I did these a few days apart, but uploaded them both to youtube today. Once again, the parts are pretty similar, because I’ve tested that they work well together. So without further adieu… UltimateComputer3.[…]
Another Computer Video!?
The video of my first computer build was more successful than I thought on youtube, so it looks like I’ll be filming some more. Following is a similar system that I built with a friend. It’s designed for most of the same stuff, video editing, some games, etc. Visit the[…]
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 1
Well it’s about time. I finally built my own computer for the world to see. It’s running an AMD Athalon X2 4400+, 2GB of RAM, and an eVGA nvidia 7800GT video card.