So a while back, I mentioned that I wanted to build a PC now that I’m moving to a bigger place. I actually kinda finished it a few days (or maybe it was weeks, I’ve kinda lost all sense of time), but I’ve been quite busy since the Chinese New Year break =__=.  Anyway, I didn’t deviate too much from my original plans, and the total cost was under 1k USD, so I’m pretty happy with what I got for the price I paid. I kind of wished I went for the i7 instead (hyperthreading!), but oh well :/

Specs after the jump.

Processor : Intel Core i5-750
Motherboard : MSI P55-GD65 LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX || $160
Memory : 8GB RAM (4x Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333 MHZ)

Primary drive : Intel X25-M 80GB
Secondary drives :
2x 1TB WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM 32MB (onboard Raid 1)
1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 32MB

Video card : MSI Radeon HD 5750 1GB

Optical and media:
LG GBC-H20L Blu-ray/DVD RW combo drive
All in one USB reader

PSU: Delta 550W

Case: Coolermaster Centurion 5 II

I decided to only run Windows 7 (64-bit) on this instead of my original plans of dualbooting Windows 7 and XP. The XP was only needed for work since my workplace only supports Cisco VPN client 4.x and its complete crap. It doesn’t work on 64 bit systems, hell, it doesn’t even work on Windows 7, 32 bit systems. What the hell man.

I’ve since discovered ShrewSoft VPN, its working perfectly so far.

By the way, the X25M (along with 8GB ram) is absolutely amazing. I can pop open Photoshop CS3 in under 2.5 seconds~ And what’s with the mid range graphics card you ask? I don’t game on my PC right now, by the time I start, it’ll probably be time to pick up a better video card (or buy a second 5750 and crosswire them, depends on needs and cost when Diablo III is finally released~).

Oh and 8GB of ram also lets you do this:

owen_s : what AIR Beta 2 means for the rest of you (those who use TweetDeck) is that it takes up less RAM, which is all you need to know. so… yeah.
cokematic: @owen_s adobe air’s got nothing on me and my 8gb of ram.
owen_s: @cokematic –SHUT UP I KNEW YOU’D SAY THAT S T F U
cokematic: @owen_s ilu too
owen_s: @cokematic whatever, you’re just a deranged bisexual lolicon