Building Your Own Computer

Type of Computer: Business Computer

Estimated budget: 2100 USD

Parts:

        Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro Rev.3.0 (Intel P67 ATX)

Reason: The BUS's speed of this Motherboard is very fast at 1600 MHz, so it is easy for me to operate it with my business career. By just a blink of an eyes, i can comfortably access to the email, manage contacts and appointments, create documents, develop spreadsheets, process sensitive data, and internet. And this motherboard has 6 slots of USB port, that is enough for me to connect to any accessory such as flash drive, external hard disk, printer and scanner. 

        CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K (3.3GHz) QUAD CORE 95W 

Reason: This CPU make the graphics of the computer smoother, so it is easy to use Skype application to communicate with my company when i m abroad. And also easily to communicate with local and foreign customer.   

        RAM: Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) 

Reason: This RAM is just great to be part of my business computer. My office has many accessory that connect to my computer, so this RAM BUS speed is 1600MHz, that is fast enough for me to print, scan and operate some programs at the same time without lagging.     

         Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB QUIET (Asus) 

Reason: This video card very good for my career. The speed of the Memory is 790 MHz, that will help me a lot when i presentation. The computer will combine nicely with the projector at our company without any distributions.  

          Sound Card: Included with Motherboard

Reason: There is no need to upgrade the sound card as the motherboard already have the faction. And it is not so important for my career. 

        Controllers (Adapter Cards):

Reason: There is no need for more additional Controllers, because Motherboard already provide 6 slots, that enough for my usage. 

         Networking (Adapter Cards): 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter & Bluetooth USB Adapter

Reason: I need both Bluetooth and Wireless USB, because to make my office look nicer without too many adapter on the computer and connector line everywhere, the networking adapter cards is needed. 

         Hard Drive: 160GB Intel 320 SSD 2.5 inch 

Reason: The hard drive is pretty small, only 160GB, because this computer is use as the communicator and operate only some average size software, so there is no need for big space hard drive.

          CD / DVD Rom: Asus 24x DVD-RW SATA (black) 

Reason: Today Rom is very common in business career. So this CD/DVD Rom is needed for the usage. 

          Removable Drive: No Need

Reason:

           Case: Lian-Li Lancool PC-K7B Mid-Tower

Reason: This case is great for the building block's of this computer. For example, it fit well with the ATX Motherboard.

          Power Supply: Antec TruePower 650W 

Reason: This power supply is very quiet, which is great for my business environment. And it also great and reliability in performance. 

           CPU Cooling: Puget Hydro CL3 Liquid Cooling System for 1156 

Reason: This CPU Cooling is very nice for me. Because it use liquid cooling system, which prevent the heat to spend around my office and make it warm. Another thing is it removed the fan system which is sometime very noisy.  

           Monitor: Asus 24inch LCD w/ Speakers (1920x1080) (black) 

Reason: This Monitor is very comfortable at it 1920 x 1080 resolution, and the graphic is smooth at it full 1080p HD for any media, it is very suitable at work for long hours. 

           Speakers: Logitech Stereo Speakers 

Reason: This speakers is high quality to make the audio sound very nature and not difficult to hear.

           Keyboard + Mouse : Microsoft Desktop 600 Keyboard/Mouse (black) 

Reason: There are a full featured keyboard and mouse for this set. And there are many quick shortcut keys to make sure the user is very comfortable,

         

Cost according to the website: $2037.58

Conclusion:

This computer parts is built in a very careful and coherent way. So it will work in a very comfortable and easy to command with less lagging. That it will provide the user a long time working with exhausting him. 

Zaman University:

Zaman University aspires to be a bold and dynamic community, with an unparalleled sense of commitment, which strives for positive influence and impact on Cambodia. (University Cambodia)

Zaman University will be home to an academic community who will in turn promote outstanding individuals to succeed in our fast-changing world (Cambodia University).

Zaman University mission is: To discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge, produce creative work, and promote a culture of broad inquiry throughout and beyond the Zaman community (Phnom Penh University).

Zaman University vision is: Zaman University will be a prominent university in Cambodia, the region and the world known for its academic excellence and producing quality human resources (University Phnom Penh).

Skype

I am studying Business Administration at Zaman University Phnom Penh / Cambodia (www.zamanuniversity.com) . Business Administration has to know how to look at the economy, see how it goes up and down. Moreover, you have to know what basic factor that business need, such as plan, business environment, risk and etc. You may find more information about Business Administration from Zaman University department page (http://www.zamanuniversity.edu.kh/en/node/54) and download the brochure from http://www.zamanuniversity.edu.kh/sites/default/files/images/brochure_business_banking_2010.jpg  link. And below are programs used by Business Administration.

Reviewed Application Software: Skype

            Type: Freeware

            Link: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/

Review:

Skype is a very useful program to communicate with people all over the world. You can chat via Skype with more than 2 people, and you can also talking through this software too. IT is very easy and very comfortable to use, as we can see and hear each other with this free software. 

Pros:

•           Free

•           Easy to use

•           Sound is very clear

Cons:

•           Non

Summary: 

Skype is very helpful in working; I can communicate with customers or coworkers at any time and place. We can also transfer file via this program too. My customers and I will be close to each other as we see each other face when talking on Skype.     

Rating: 5 star (       )

Small-Business-Consultant

I am studying Business Administration at Zaman University Phnom Penh / Cambodia (www.zamanuniversity.com) . Business Administration has to know how to look at the economy, see how it goes up and down. Moreover, you have to know what basic factor that business need, such as plan, business environment, risk and etc. You may find more information about Business Administration from Zaman University department page (http://www.zamanuniversity.edu.kh/en/node/54) and download the brochure from http://www.zamanuniversity.edu.kh/sites/default/files/images/brochure_business_banking_2010.jpg  link. And below are programs used by Business Administration.

Reviewed Application Software: Small-business-consultant

            Type: Shareware

            Link: http://download.cnet.com/Small-Business-Consultant/3000-2078_4-10704381.html?tag=mncol;1

Review:

Small-business-Consultant is very helpful to keep record and remind yourself to work hard on your new business. There are also a lot of advises for users to look at and prepare themselves carefully, so they won’t mess up their business.

Pros:

•           Lot of tips on how to strengthen their new business

•           Free for 30 days trail

•           Very helpful for newly business

Cons:

•           Not very helpful for big business

Summary:

This program will be very helpful for my client to start their new business. There are plenty of advises to build a highly successful small business. And my clients and I can also keep of their business, and we can both working on it very effectively. 

Rating Star 3: ()

Yahoo Mail

I am studying Business Administration at Zaman University Phnom Penh / Cambodia (www.zamanuniversity.com). Business Administration has to know how to look at the economy, see how it goes up and down. Moreover, you have to know what basic factor that business need, such as plan, business environment, risk and etc. You may find more information about Business Administration from Zaman University department page (http://www.zamanuniversity.edu.kh/en/node/54) and download the brochure from http://www.zamanuniversity.edu.kh/sites/default/files/images/brochure_business_banking_2010.jpg  link. And below are programs used by Business Administration.

Reviewed Application Software: Yahoo Mail
            Type: Web Application
            Link: https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym

Review:

Yahoo Mail is a very useful website, which users can send free e-mail to each other throughout the world. It is very easy to use and security level is very high. There are also more features that the users have benefit, they can read hot news, listen to music, play game, and watch movie for free on this site.

Pros:

·         Free to use

·         Has many benefits with their features

·         Mail for free

·         High Security

Cons:

·         It took long time for big file to be received to the Inbox

Summary:

My clients and I can contact each other anytime, even though it is not work hour. I can also receive the file from my clients request me to do. Moreover, when I go abroad I still can work through sending my work by Yahoo mail. Most importantly it is free to access.    

Rating Star 4 : ()

HP TouchPad

            HP recently showed it new product HP TouchPad, which can be competed with the iPad2. This new gadget is designed for long battery life and easier to connect to the internet. TouchPad will be available to purchase on the 1^st of July at price $499.99 for 16GB and 599.99 for 32GB.

            TouchPad has only one choice of color-black. A dimension of it is Width: 190mm (7.48 inches) Height: 240mm (9.45 inches) Thickness: 13.7mm (0.54 inches) It has 9.7 inch XGA capacitive, multitouch screen with a vibrant 18 bit color, 1024x768 resolution display. The digital camera is front facing 1.3 megapixel webcam for live video calling. It also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.

            TouchPad is very comfortable to use. WebOs was designed to make you handle everything at once. You can use many apps at the same time as it does automatically organize by stacking together. TouchPad also allow you to print wirelessly to the HP printers. And browse the web at full speed with supported latest web technologies, including a beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.3. 

            The sound of the music and the quality of movie is amazing. There are thousands of apps including social networking, health and fitness, productivity, finance, 3D games and more. You can connect the HP devices with HP TouchPad by just with touching them together. After it connected the website, text messages and even phone calls will transfer to TouchPad.     

For more information about HP TouchPad please check this website

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43485371

Check this video out about HP TouchPad

Lomography La Sardina Hands-on

            Lomography La Sardina the new classic camera which lately was invited to Lomo HQ for a sneaky peek at the new model. This classic technology first was introduced in the late 1950 and was very popular back there, and now this hot gadget is again back with its new feature. There are four versions of La Sardina, Fischers Fritze, El Capitan, Sea Pride and Marathon, Which can be purchase at £49-£89 each.

            La Sardina can sports a super wide 22mm lens, along with a flash light which is an extra part of the camera that needed to purchase. The flash light has 3 options, first it can be set to low for a closer sport, and second it can be set to medium for mid range and third high flash for long range shooting.

            This old updated camera look great to me, the external of the camera give me a familiar feeling of the old day. To take a photo, it will take you a bit of time to shoot a film, but it really interesting to do the classic camera job. I will show you how to get this camera work later.

More information about Lomography La Sardina please check this link

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/40557/lomography-la-sardina-hands-on-review-lomo

Here is the video of how to use La Sardina 

iPad 2 compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v

            New Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v is releasing soon on the June 17, this device can be comparable with the famous iPad 2 and can be bought at the same price $499 for 16 gigabyte and $599 for 32 gigabyte.

            To compare with iPad 2, Tab 10.1v is thinner than it. The difference between their thicknesses is two-tenths. Tab 10.1v is also lighter than iPad 2, 1.25 pounds against 1.33 pounds. Tab 10.1v’s screen is wider than iPad 2’s 0.4 inch. However, iPad 2 battery life can hold up to 10 hours 9 minutes, where as Tab10.1v can hold only up to 5 hours 38 minutes with WIFI on. iPad 2 has 425,000 applications overall + 90,000 application more for iPad only, but Android got only 200,000 overall. iPad 2 got WIFI and 3G, while Tab 10.1v had only WIFI but in July they will release another version of Galaxy Tab 10.1v with 4G.  

            If we look on more detail, it seem Galaxy Tab 10.1v is more advantage than iPad 2. Tab 10.1v can be used to save the websites and digital photos. It also includes Adobe Flash Player which iPad2 doesn’t have. And medias play Tab 10.1v will give you a fantastic result.

Here are some link that connect with the detail about

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303848104576385633609398422.html?mod=WSJ_ComputerHardware_leftHeadlines#     

Here is a video about the comparison about Tab 10.1v and iPad 2

   

Japan’s cat’s ear headset that matches your mood

            Neurowear has shown their new product, the Cat’s ear headset also called Necomimi, it can shows the emotion of the user by flatten or perk up the ears when the user relax or concentrate.

            According to Neurowear, Necomimi are Japanese words that mean cat and ear, but the first syllables also mean neuro communication.

            This cat’s ear headset is very cute and also a useful tool to express our feeling. Necomimi believe to be a popular fashion gadget in the future, because of it furry headgear can communicate with other people to let them know how you feel with just looking at you.

            Necomimi will be available to purchase at the end of 2011 in Japan. It has two choices for the consumers, one in white version and one in black version. The price of Necomimi has not decided yet, but it will be announced soon.      

Here are some link that you can get more information about Necomimi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13694911

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fneurowear.net%2F

There are also video about Necomimi too

Google Chrome 12 download defense

            Chrome has updated to version 12 which make your computer safer to browse website and safety download. This new software will alert us when you use it to browse on certain website that got bugs and it also tell us if there is a bug in the file that we are going to download. Then Chrome will ban the file or website that has been alerted to a blacklist.

            Chrome improvements are not only on bugs fix, but also on it 3-D graphics in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Mac’s Snow leopard. It also supports with Adobe Flash’s new settings which make it easier to browse.

            Thanks to Google for putting $10000 in research for this new bugs protector browser. Now we don’t have to worry about bugs and also to buy a truthful antivirus, we just use chrome the internet bugs protector. And also thanks to 15 vulnerabilities including Sergey Glazunov for creating this new software. Google has award $4,633 to Glazunov for his outstanding and 9,870 to five other researchers.

  

Please check this website for more information

http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/google-adds-download-defense-chrome-patches-15-bugs-515?page=0,1

There are some videos about Chrome too. Click here.

           

Wii U The New Portable Game

            Nintendo has shown it new game device Wii U in the E3 gaming conference. This new game device has many features to compete with other companies such as Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation3 for their high-definition graphics. 

    

           

This device has many useful functions to be discovered like touch screen, which make the game more realistic and make the player do more action. It also has camera, microphone and speakers that make the connection between player and player friendlier from far distant. And this new portable game also gives it own another function for watching movies and more entertainment via download on online libraries.

Wii U believes to be the best sell video game in the future with a low cost price compare with Xbox and Playstation video game Company. A report has shown that units the March of 2011 Wii has win the top selling home videogame of 86 million units while Xbox 360 and PS3 sold only 50 million units each.

For more information please check the below website

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304432304576371513599611124.html?mod=WSJ_ComputerHardware_leftHeadlines

Please see the video below about Wii U

    

Toyota recalls 106,000 Prius cars

            

         Recently it seems there are too many complaints about the decline of the brake and other problems of the first-generation (1997-2003) of Prius hybrid cars, that the Toyota cooperation has recalled back there Prius brand cars of more than 100 thousand.  

Most of the Prius cars were recalled from U.S. with 52,000 cars followed by Japan 48,000, 1,200 in Great Britain and 800 from Germany. Most of the problem is about the brake which makes the divers difficult to control. But there is no reported about any accidents causing by the brake yet.

  

Shinichi Sasaki and Akio Toyoda represented from Toyota has announced to recall back all of the first generation of Pruis. Both of them apologize for the fault of the hybrid car and promised a brake-override system in the future and set up third party research organization to test its electronic throttle control system.

You can check this link for more information

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43235940/ns/business-autos/

And here is the video of the presentation of the Prius recalled