Upgrades to my PC!

Been upgrading and changing around my computer over the Easter break - I decided to take the plunge to 16GB of RAM most importantly, which is great as it allows me to have visual studio open whilst having some mega huge Photoshop files and whatever else I am doing (I swear Chrome could use 16GB of RAM if it tried...) and DDR3 RAM is so cheap anyway... I also got some new LED lights (cathodes have seen better days) and some black vinyl to cover up labels without removing them (which in some cases would remove warranty).

I also put my old 1TB backup drive back into the case - I'd been using my dock on top of my case (a Corsair 650D) and put new thermal paste down on the CPU water block. I also removed the push fan from the water cooling radiator, so now just the blue lit fan is on the radiator. I have put a dust filter on the back of it too.

This is how it looks now (iPhone 4S camera in low light is still as terrible as any other point and shoot...) compared to how it was (old on left, new on right)




Have to say that the power supply looks great - here it was before I put it back in the case (if you can see it...)

Sorry about the picture quality, my sister is borrowing my DSLR. Must get some decent pics at some point!

Very impressed! If you want to see how it is different to how it was, there are details in my old post here.

And an updated spec sheet:

Corsair 650D case
Corsair H70 Water Cooler
OCZ 1000W ZX-Series Power Supply
OCZ Agility 3 SSD
2TB Samsung Hard Drive (for Media)
500GB Western Digital Blue (for Programs and Games)
1TB Western Digital Green (for backups)
16GB Corsair Vengence RAM @ 1866MHz
Core i5 2500K Processor @ 4.4GHz 24/7 (100Mhz Base Clock, 44x Multi)
MSI Twin Frozr III Radeon 6950 Overclocked - Core @ 900MHz, Memory @ 1325MHz 24/7.
Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
Samsung Blu-Ray drive
DVD Writer/Reader
Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon Display (displaying this)