Fresh Start

Let's make a fresh start here today and talk about what the King is using for his main computing needs, meaning a computer that actually works.  What we have before us, is the King of the Computers in this realm.  It is the Gateway FX 6840-15e.  This machine runs on an Intel Core i7 [870 / 2.93 GHz] (3.6 GHz @ Max Turbo speed) Quad-core processor.  This is one of the first generation of Core i7 processors so it is not deemed to be as fast and as good as the newer 2nd gen processors.  But that is besides the point.  Remember, I'm not on the cutting edge here.  I just want things to work and work well for me.

This machine is already extremely fast and does everything I need it to do.  Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS along with having 8GB RAM DDR3 SDRAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD, a 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5750 Graphics Card, a Gigabit Ethernet card, 10 USB 2.0 ports, two quick load front side drive trays, and a Dual Layer DVD burner, there is not much else that I need to add to this computer to upgrade it or make it better.  However, it is not perfect and there a couple things I needed to add for my own personal computing needs such as a need for Firewire ports so I installed a Dynex PCI 3-port Firewire card as well as a 2-port PCI-e (1x) eSATA card.  My only reason for needing those is for my many external harddrives which connect via Firewire or eSATA.  This PC is now perfectly suited for my needs.

However, some critics have some really stupid things to say about this computer as if to say that it is bad or something.  Well part of the problem with that may be the fact that this computer is marketed as a gaming PC.  When I purchase a computer, I look at the overall specs to see if it will suit my needs, I don't care if its marketed as business, gaming, student, media, etc whatever, as long as spec wise it meets my needs.  In fact, I was really annoyed when purchasing this particular computer because the girl at Best Buy kept making a big deal about how good this computer is for gaming.  I said "Really??  Shut up, I don't care, just get the computer for me so I can buy it and get out of here already."  Then as we waited longer she brings up gaming again.  I said, "Look, I play games sometimes but its not the ONLY fucking reason to buy a computer, there are many other uses and the reason I am buying this one is because it is THE ONLY computer you sell in this store that has an i7 Processor which I already have on my laptop (Sony VAIO VPCF115FM/B) and this computer just so happens to be a gaming computer, woopty-fucking-doo-i-don't-fucking-care, can I just purchase the computer without all this bullshit from you?  Stop trying to sell me on all this other crap, I did my research before I came here and I just wanted to walk in, pick out the model I want, pay for it and leave, without having to deal with one of you know nothing sales people." (Can you tell I hate Best Buy with a passion?)

Well since its marketed as a gaming PC, critics hate on it because they feel they must compare it to other gaming machines.  They compare it to something side by side and for the most part the Gateway FX outperforms the computers they compare it to until they do the gaming benchmarks which means they compare it to the games Crysis and Far Cry 2.  These are two games I never play and never have any intention of playing.  Don't get me wrong.  I love playing games and I play games all the time but these benchmark tests are stupid and really only aimed at people who do not know how to use a computer for anything else but to play games.  Here is why I really do not care about that, This computer is a Quad-core i7 processor, 8GB RAM, and a decent 1 GB Graphics Card, I can pretty much run any game I want and it will work just fine, and I know that everything else is going to work very fast on this computer as well so I don't care that this won't beat other gaming PCs on benchmarks, it beats most other PC's on just about everything else anyways.  One of the things I find so funny is how so many critics fault this computer for not having a Blu Ray drive.  Yet they compare it to a computer which has a Blu Ray drive, runs a Core i5 processor, half the RAM, a lower performing Graphics card and to top it off, my computer beats it spec-wise in every single department except for gaming performance.  This is why I do not care what critics say and I make my own decisions.

Sorry, I was just reading a few reviews about my computer this morning so I felt a need to rant about it.