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Audioslave apparently breeds architectural inspiration. Or it could be the jelly beans.
Totally fangirling Toyo Ito right now. So damn awesome.
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So I'm going to an interview tomorrow.
An interview for an internship.
It's pretty exciting.
I'm also very nervous.
In other news!
Hokay. So I have to upgrade my computer. Would any of my friendly Friends-listers be able to reccomend unto me a good place to buy computer parts and then pay mans to put them together for me? At the moment I am just sourcing prices from different people, but I would like to do this properly this time, so I think it's fairly important.
What I basically need/want is:
- New Graphics card. I want an Nvidia GeForce something something. 7 or 8 series, I can't remember which one is apparently the good one. According to the Nvidia website these are much more affordable than I had thought. Budget for that is about $200 maxxxxxx.
- New processor. I want Pentium, and Dual Core or better.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dailfire tells me that there's some special on the new crazy Quad Core so it's comparative in pricing to Dual Core. I want. What would I use it for, I hear you ask? Come watch how long it takes to render a 3ds MAX file sometime. :P
- According to a computermaans I spoke to earlier, this means I will need new RAM. I will not survive on less than 2GB. More Is probably unaffordable??
- And also according to computermaaans this means I need a new motherboard. I don't know what these do, really, except you stick everything in them.
-And finally according to computermaaans this means I need a new case. And I don't want some ugly brickbox either, I am a girl after all. Some kind of black and silver affair with some kind of awesome is preferrable. Floppy disk drive... is it even possible to get them anymore? I kind of half... oh okay, I don't use them any more, and Idril will be going to my parents, (sans HDD's) so I'll still have access to it... Front USB ports... Maybe a reset buttan would be nice. I hear fans are pretty important in built machines too. So that.
I have a keyboard mouse monitor and harddrives, is there anything else I need?
Nobody actually has to answer these questions if they don't want to, btw, because now at least I've written down the things I have been thinking, and then I can go and adventure for knowledge or something.
I SHOULD GET TO MODELLING NOW.
All of those links are new windows/tabs if you're firefox.
So I'm going to an interview tomorrow.
An interview for an internship.
It's pretty exciting.
I'm also very nervous.
In other news!
Hokay. So I have to upgrade my computer. Would any of my friendly Friends-listers be able to reccomend unto me a good place to buy computer parts and then pay mans to put them together for me? At the moment I am just sourcing prices from different people, but I would like to do this properly this time, so I think it's fairly important.
What I basically need/want is:
- New Graphics card. I want an Nvidia GeForce something something. 7 or 8 series, I can't remember which one is apparently the good one. According to the Nvidia website these are much more affordable than I had thought. Budget for that is about $200 maxxxxxx.
- New processor. I want Pentium, and Dual Core or better.
dailfire tells me that there's some special on the new crazy Quad Core so it's comparative in pricing to Dual Core. I want. What would I use it for, I hear you ask? Come watch how long it takes to render a 3ds MAX file sometime. :P - According to a computermaans I spoke to earlier, this means I will need new RAM. I will not survive on less than 2GB. More Is probably unaffordable??
- And also according to computermaaans this means I need a new motherboard. I don't know what these do, really, except you stick everything in them.
-And finally according to computermaaans this means I need a new case. And I don't want some ugly brickbox either, I am a girl after all. Some kind of black and silver affair with some kind of awesome is preferrable. Floppy disk drive... is it even possible to get them anymore? I kind of half... oh okay, I don't use them any more, and Idril will be going to my parents, (sans HDD's) so I'll still have access to it... Front USB ports... Maybe a reset buttan would be nice. I hear fans are pretty important in built machines too. So that.
I have a keyboard mouse monitor and harddrives, is there anything else I need?
Nobody actually has to answer these questions if they don't want to, btw, because now at least I've written down the things I have been thinking, and then I can go and adventure for knowledge or something.
I SHOULD GET TO MODELLING NOW.
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PLE Computers - Bentley and Wangara http://www.ple.com.au
Navada Computers - Osborne Park http://www.navada.com.au
Trinix Computers - Welshpool http://www.trinix.com.au
(Maybe) Austin Computers - Osborne Park, Cannington, Rockingham and Joondalup http://www.austin.net.au (be careful here though, their service can be hit-and-miss at times and I'm fairly sure that on a bad day they may try to bait-and-switch on you)
Those are all stores with shopfronts. If you want to go online, some decent places are PC Case Gear or AusPCMarket. Stay the hell away from Nintek. I have heard way too many horror stories about these guys.
As for cases... these places may have shiny cases that are aesthetically pleasing, so it's worth browsing their pricelists to see what they have. Floppy drives can still be had, Front USB ports are fairly common, and yes, fans are a must, as well as a power supply. It may be worth paying a bit more to have something that runs a little more quietly, lest you end up with a system that has all the quietness of a 747 during take-off. :P
As for putting it all together, any one of the guys I mentioned above would probably be willing to put together your system for a price - or just ask anyone in UCC.
Good hunting. :)
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One of the guys at work mentioned Austin Computers... (But he seems kinda silly, hehe).
Ha, thanks. I don't know if I'd end up buying stuff online, since I don't really trust delivery companies so much with things as fragile as Computers/parts.
Haha, maybe I find that sound inspirational! (Probably not though :D).
Thanks again :D