Liquid Cooling

hey guys,
Today i went and got a Thermaltake Bigwater 735 Liquid cooling system. It took me only about 30-45 minutes to install, and works perfectly. for any of you guys who are considering buying a water cooling system, and I’m listing the Pros and Cons here:
Pros:
> Better cooling
> looks awesome
> easy to install
Cons:
> IT MAKES YOUR PC ABOUT 3 TIMES NOISIER!!!!!! (providing that your current Pc doesnt make much noise)
> it does not continue to cool your PC after shut down. This means that your CPU’s temperature will stay hot after you have turned off your computer, and this will decrease the longivity of your CPU (not that it really matters, it’s likely that you’ll get a new CPU before it’s a quater way through it’s life….)

apart from all that, The Bigwater is an awesome Liquid Cooling system. But if you go to a lot of LAN parties and bring your PC everywhere, this isnt for you, it’ll make your computer about 2-3kg heavier.
-I’m out of here, .r080fr49.

P.S. i’ll try get some pics for u guys later…

Well, it didn’t take long!

It didn’t take long, but PSP CFW (custom firmware) 3.71 (by M33) is now out. This is basically the custom version of the official firmware v3.71 but it lets you play ISO’s and use recovery mode etc. This didn’t take long (only about a week or two) since the official came out. Anyway, you need 3.52M33-3 or 3.51M33-4 to be able to upgrade to 3.71M33.

Enjoy the new version!

Source: eXophase

Wrong Time To Buy an iPod

I found this on CNET blogs. David Carnoy basically goes on a rant about why it is the wrong time to buy an iPod. His main point is that an iPod Touch is basically the same thing as and iPod video. It has nearly all of the same features and the iPod ‘Classic’ has a lot more space. According to David, the only reason people want the new iPods etc. is because of the ‘coolness factor’. Apple makes their products look so cool that it makes people want them. David claims that sure, the first few days of the release is the time where you think “I gotta have one!” but after the hype starts to wear off, you start to realize that it doesn’t really have any new features.

I don’t think David has really changed my mind. I still want the iPod Touch as it has the Wi-Fi music store etc. It isn’t just the coolness factor that lured me.

Anyway, read this article and you can make your decision.

Source: CNET Blogs

Be Careful When Hacking Your iPhone

According to a post on ArsTechnica, Apple is refusing to honor the warranties on hacked iPhones, so it looks like you’re going to have to be extra careful when you’re hacking your iPhone unless you have a spare 4 – 5 hundred bucks lying around!

Source: ArsTechnica

Robot Surgeons

Looks like the road to robot domination is set… either that or we’re all just really lazy! Writing this, I’m assuming that you have all heard about the zero-g surgery some doctors performed either earlier this year or last year (I forget), but now, they are doing the same thing but instead using robots! Looks like we aren’t sending human surgeons up to space to help astronauts after all.

Source: Engadget

Halo X-Box 360 Case

I don’t know about you guys, but I personally prefer the X-Box 360 Elite case (only because I like black). But that’s just my opinion. Leave comments on what you think!

Go here to see the pictures.

Robofrag’s PSP Mod

I know it really isn’t my duty to blog this, but he isn’t!

Robofrag modded his psp into one awesome-looking gaming machine!

New PSP Firmware 3.71

This is pretty old news… but Sony has released the new version of the Official firmware, version 3.71. This actually looks like a pretty good update. It now allows you to add themes (about time, too!) so now we need to wait for them to allow use to edit XMB themes instead of using the official themes. There has also been an update to the video function of the PSP. You can now look pick a different video to watch while watching another video (if that makes sense!). Basically it has thumbnails of a video and then the background becomes the video you are already watching (if your still confused, go to the link at the bottom of this post).

All in all, this is a good update to the official firmware from Sony. They were close to making me move from custom firmware!

The update info is all here.

Half-Maile Wide Crater will Now Be Entered

The rover on Mars will now enter the half-mile wide crater that has recently cleared after a 2 month dust storm.  The Rover (Opportunity) had been sitting on the edge of the Victoria Crater.  When the dust storm started, it looked like it would kill the Opportunity’s power, but now that the storm has cleared up, it is OK to continue.

COOL!

The Rumors Were Right!

Well, looks like the rumors were right. The new iPod Touch has now been unveiled. Basically looks and works exactly like the iPhone. But more space in the more expensive version (8GB for the cheaper one and 16GB for the more expensive one). I personally HAVE TO HAVE THIS! But that’s just me.  But another cool feature for it is the new Wi-Fi music store.  So now you can download music from your iPod.  I think this is what many people wanted in the first place.  A way to download music from the music store without having to use a computer.  Great job Apple (and yes, as you may have figured out, I’m an Apple fan boy (most of the time )).  There’s also another cool wi-fi feature.  Apple is continuing to work with Starbucks.  So say your in Starbucks, and you hear a song you like.  Go to the wi-fi music store and then it will tell you what has been and is playing at Starbucks.  So now you don’t need to find the name!They have also changed the look of all the other ipods. You should be able to see here!  The 16GB version will be going for  $399.00US and the 8GB for $299.00US.  Pretty good deal I think.  But only because it is around the same amount for an old iPod video.  I think it replaces the lack of capacity with features.