Corsair Bulldog - 4k DIY Gaming PC

Computex 2015 is currently happening in Taipei, Taiwan and Corsair revealed their new product, the Bulldog.

Based on the reports, it sports the following bare specs:

- $399 dollars
- 600 watt power supply
- Built-in liquid cooling
- Liquid cooling for GPU (optional)

All other parts are up to the buyer. Pretty neat! It is reported to be ship this year fourth quarter.

What do you think of this product? Ciao!

Christmas Parties

This is the meme I can think of when December hits the calendar while the food, freebies and raffles are the main highlight for me. Some Christmas party have themes like Harry Potter, Star Wars, Bollywood and etc. And of course, every Christmas party is not complete without the presentations, sing and dance.

Actually, our company just completed it and our theme is Super Heroes. They are generous enough to give everyone, who came, a customized X-mini Kai2. You can view the full specs here. I will give my personal review soon.

It looks like this :) Good looking right? :)



Then, lucky me, I won the raffle. Good night for me haha I got the Fitbit Flex :) and it looks something like the one below but what I got is the green one. I will give my review it too, soon. Ciao!

Hackintosh

Hackintosh, is using the mac OS on a non-Apple hardware. This thing is so popular for several known reasons and below are the best reasons, for me.

1. Future upgrades/repair
2. More bang for your buck

Future upgrades and repair. We all know that Apple products make their products with no "upgradability" in mind. Also, repairing Apple hardware also requires different set of tools that makes it  unpopular to DIY guys. That being said, building your own machine better choice.



Compare this. New mac mini for 499 USD. With the same amount, you can build a more powerful hardware. A sample can be seen here.

Mac OS have this clean look that everyone wants to experience but going for Apple products may want to make you think otherwise. If you are this kind of guy, then go for hackintosh. Ciao!

For the record, I am not saying that Apple products sucks but I am just simply laying out options :)

Sample Hackintosh :)

Ultimate Overclocked Hackintosh Workstation Build Guide

Small PCs

Gigabyte Brix, Intel NUC and Zotac Zbox are some of the small form factor PC. When I say small, i mean really small. Just the size of your palm.

This caught my attention when try to find a mac mini alternative. As we all know, the new mac mini are not up-gradable. Too bad! So I am looking for an alternative that can be my HTPC (Home Theater PC).

My HTPC before was the Raspberry Pi. I got the model B for better specifications. To my surprise, it work well despite of its size and specs. I ran it with Raspbmc to be a complete HTPC.

Today, I am thinking of purchasing one of these small PCs. With all of the choices out there, I am more drawn to Zotac but I have no final model yet. What do you think should I get? Ciao!

Black Friday

And it's time of the year again in America where the biggest discounts surround the country, Black Friday Sale!

Today, it is Thanksgiving in America and Canada. It is a national holiday celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Black Friday is usually the day after it.

Black Friday sales offer huge discounts from basically everything but I am most excited about are the GADGETs. Oh yeah!

To be honest, this year will be my first time buying online during Black Friday. And below is what I bought.

It is a 5TB Seagate Backup Plus Desktop and I got it for $130. Pretty good deal :) For the specs, you can check it here. I still need to wait before I can use this as I will get it next year March (Bummer!). Ciao!