New PC is Built

This is an update on the progress of my personal rig.

I was able to get the new parts put into the old Gateway GT5404 case that I talked about in previous posts and in my YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieZY7QLgAuo).

I am working on getting all of the drivers and BIOS updates installed before comparing benchmark numbers from Cinebench and the Windows Experience to the old configuration of the system.  I have successfully installed Windows 7 64-bit on the system and believe my only bottleneck at this time would be the HDD, which I will be replacing in the future with a Solid State Drive.

I am trying to think of different things that I may want to try to do with this computer in the future, including running AMD Dual Graphics or a water-cooling solution.  But I think those will be determined by the final choice of case I make.

New Parts Are Installed

I was able to get the new motherboard, processor, and memory installed and checked that the system will POST and boot to the BIOS.  I just need to reinstall the OS and then I will be able to run a few simple benchmarks that I was able to run on the old configuration to see what the difference will be in performance between the old and new.

I am not expecting astoundingly fast performance out of new processor, but I should see a nice boost, as I will be going from a 2.8Ghz Dual-core Pentium D with 2GB DDR2 to a 3.6Ghz Quad-Core A8-5600K with 8GB DDR3.  Also, while I did not play Fallout: New Vegas on this machine with the older parts installed, I will do a simple Fraps comparison to how it runs on the new machine vs. the laptop that I have been playing it on.  This PC is a 2.3Ghz Dual-Core Pentium T4500 with 6GB DDR3.

PlayStation 4 Specs

During a reveal event Sony gave the official information on the specifications that will make up the PlayStation4 console, which is to be released "Holiday 2013".

The unit will be powered by an 8-core 64-bit x86 AMD "Jaguar" CPU and a Radeon GPU.

Also included, Blu-ray drive, 8 GB of GDDR5 RAM, 802.11n WiFi, USB 3.0, Bluetooh 2.1, optical audio ports, HDMI, and legacy analog AV connections.

There will be an internal HDD for storage, but Sony did not release details on the space.

The unit will be controlled via the new DualShock 4 contorlloer with features a touchpad, headphone jack, and share button.  The controllers will also have built-in Move functionality.

Photo sourced from JoyStiq.com

The system will not be able to play legacy discs, but will stream PS1, PS2, and PS3 games through the PlayStation Cloud.  The Vita will also be able to connect to play PS4 games remotely.

So far the list of games coming to the PS4 are:
Knack
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Driveclub
Infamous: Second Son
The Witness
Watch Dogs
Diablo 3 (also coming to the PS3)
Destiny