Wishlist for My Next PC Build

I’m in dire need of a new main system. My main desktop PC is a 3.0 Ghz single core Alienware Area 51 and it takes literally 10 minutes to boot. And sadly it just doesn’t have the horsepower to run the main apps I want to run now – mainly music production software and soft synths.

I’m currently eying the Intel Core i7 CPU’s, mainly the Core i7 920 which has gotten to a very reasonable price point (around $250-$280 street). I might actually be able to use my existing Alienware tower case, but that thing is just too huge. I’m leaning more towards a mid-tower case, probably the same one I bought for my Windows Home Server build. So without much further ado, here’s the current wishlist:

CPU

Motherboard

Case

Cooler Master HAF 932 High Air Flow ATX Full Tower Case Black

Memory

Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 XMS3 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-10666 1333MHz 240-Pin DDR3

Graphics Card

Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI Geforce 9600 GT 1GB Silent

Power Supply

Undecided at the moment.

This list subject to change!

CakePHP notes part 001

Below are my personal notes from the highly recommended book Beginning CakePHP: From Novice to Professional by David Golding.

Naming Files and Designing the Database

• CakePHP (hereinafter referred to simply as Cake) is essentially a large PHP object that provides a set of tools.

• MVC (Model-View-Controller) Behaviours

  • An object is automatically assembled for each part of the structure.
  • All requests are first funneled through the controller object.
  • In the model, when a record is saved to the db, certain functions are executed first, and you can intercept this default behavior by entering the beforeSave() function in the model. Read more »