My pc has been in service to me for 6 years++ now… yes 6 years…and am still able to play games such as fs9 and farcry. well it wasnt always that way though. the pc started out as a super basic pc…AMD Athlon single core which packed a mind blowing 2.01 GHz at that time..haha… memory was 128MB…which costs around RM 100++. Comparing today’s prices…a 2gb crossair gaming ram costs +/- RM 95. Motherboard was from MagicPro. Never heard of the company till today and of course lets not forget the classic floppy drive and also a MSI combo drive. The one thing about the pc at that time was that it came with a 17” Samsung LCD screen…which costs about RM 1100 at that time..now its hard to even find a 17” LCD and an Acer 22” will cost you RM 345.
Although this pc was bought in 2004, there was no graphic card inserted until 2008….yes, only 4 years later there was something to fill the AGP slot crawling with spider webs and layers of dust. For the span of 2004-2008, playing counter strike on my rig was something that was just beyond imagination if you will…haha… But than came along the legendary Flight Simulator….which made me promise myself i’d get a graphic card but than my financial status din really allow me….sad i know. So i had to live without a graphic card for a while….funny thing is.. i din really need one until late 2007 when my flight simulator came in. However the minimum specs to run the game was rather low and surprisingly my pc was above the minimum requirements. So heck…lets give it a try…and it works like a charm!…a bit crappy frame rate though….but still….a real game!!! =D…hahaha…yeah sorry i know i’m over exaggerating…but heck…it was a game i could play…lol.
Moving on…. and so one fine guy comes along….Dr. N.R. He suggest i get a graphic card to further enhance the game experience.And by chance my savings were building up….just enough for a medium performance graphic card. GeForce FX5500. Chipset by Palit. 256MB graphic memory and 8x AGP. It was the perfect card to fit my budget or +/- RM 150. And so i bought it…and it truly gave me a remarkable experience. i could also play farcry now…
But the pc was getting old and it was showing its colours.. Frequent breakdowns were occurring and i wanted to change but again…my financial status din allow me to. And so again comes along Dr. N.R. who tells me that he’d sell off all the components of this pc and put in some of his own cash and buy new components. Well it was a success….he din have to take out any pocket money but instead he made a profit of rm 15 after everything was over…dun ask why. And so here are some comparison of what my pc used to be and what it is today. Thanks Dr. N.R… couldnt have done it without your help..haha….
 | The processors back then and the one on my rig now..always was a big fan of AMD.. |  |
| BACK THEN | TODAY |
 | The memory rams that powered my pc back then and today. |  |
| BACK THEN | TODAY |
 | The MagicPro motherboard which used to power my pc and the MSI one which powers it now. |  |
| BACK THEN | TODAY |
 | My FX5500 back then and the monster today… both 256 though. |  |
| BACK THEN | TODAY |
 | The crappy power supply unit and the cooler master one |  |
| BACK THEN | TODAY |
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