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Thursday, December 22, 2011
I'll be rambling on. But there's a point to this, I swear.
After that craze about the SSD, I've finally manage to settle down and reap the real benefits of it. Still, there are some kinks that I had to work out.
Firstly, I've made the switch from Google Chrome, to Mozilla Firefox.
It pains me to say that because I've been a big fan of chrome ever since day one. Literally, when Chrome was in beta (and we were still using our n00b XP computers), I was one of the few people who jumped on the bandwagon.
It's a great piece of software, but sadly, it got more bloated over the years. And there really isn't much settings that I can really dive into without going too deep.
The main problem is due to the cache settings. You cannot tweak the size that it uses, nor can you view the size of it easily. (if you want to, use CCleaner to analyze the size). It's huge, it could go up to 1GB++ Of course I can't let that happen when I only have 67GB left in my tiny little drive.
Firefox basically allows me to change more of the settings and set it the way I want it to. (and I loved Firefox before I switched)
p.s. the reason why I didn't use Firefox before was because it felt slightly sluggish in comparison. But it's not a factor anymore (:
Anyway, if you read my previous post,
I mentioned that the temperature of your computer will go up when using tweaks based on the HM55/PM55 motherboards. Here's the evidence.
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| Software is called HWmonitor |
Alright, so here's the other part of the story. Something that you will probably learn. I just got the fiber optic network installed (OpenNet) it's a Singapore thing, Google it if you're not local.
I have written a rather comprehensive guide on whether you should upgrade or not. Read more to find out!
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Labels: browsers, fiber networks, geek, google chrome, guide, hwmonitor, internet, mozilla firefox, opennet, singapore, ssd, starhub