Upgrading Intel Core2 Quad 6600 to Intel Core i7 3820... worth it?

Here's just my rough percentage estimate of the improvement of Q6600 -> i7 3820 from the benchmark source @ cpu-wars.com, Intel Core i5 & i7 Game Benchmarks, Intel Core i7-3820 Synthetic Benchmarks

MULTI-TRHEADING: The factor of all upgrade reasons, speed!

q6600 @3ghz -> i5 750 = 23% improvement
i5 750 -> i7-3820 = 33% improvement
Q6600 @3ghz -> i7 3820 = 56% improvement

Globe Tattoo Postpaid vs Smart Buddy Prepaid (Part 2)

What: Globe Tattoo (Postpaid) vs Smart Buddy (Prepaid)
Where: Orient Square, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
When: 11am
How: Unbiased result from CA US server, unlike Globe/Smart server
Who: wins? See for yourself...

Datablitz vs X-Play: Who's side are you?

I don't want to discuss everything here again to what happen, Google or Bing it!

In Defense of Datablitz: Analyzing Datablitz’s Official Statements regarding CIDG Raid, Inside Sources Speak Out (updated)

Datablitz selling “pirated” "smuggled" software is not accurate, misleading and would cause catastrophe to their reputation and to gaming industry.

I have big respect to Datablitz. I've been buying games from them since God knows when and all are legits and never deal with their after-service ever!

So, do I love or hate Windows 8?

I hate metro originally (like I mentioned in my previous blog post : Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 thoughts...) but for the sake of catching up on development trend so I installed it in my laptop together with Visual Studio 2012 Express and for Windows Phone 8, off course.

Kinda weird seeing there is no start menu and all metro screen at first, but somehow in just 1 day I finally starting to love it for few reasons:

What is your Christmas Wish?

For me world peace! Seriously, more happiness to my family :)

...and this:

Intel Core i7 3770k
Noctua D14
Asrock Extreme4
GSkill 16gb 2400ghz
Corsair M4 SSD 128gb

Advance Merry Christmas!

Globe Tattoo Postpaid vs Smart Buddy Prepaid

What: Globe Tattoo (Postpaid) vs Smart Buddy (Prepaid)
Where: Potrero, Malabon
When: 7am
How: Unbiased result from CA US server, unlike Globe/Smart server
Who: wins? see for yourself

Gmail beats Hotmail as World's Top Email Service...

Got the news here from TomsHardware: Gmail Becomes World's Top Email Service

Well good for Google and I was surprised that it didn't surpass Hotmail long time ago. For starters, I thought I'm the only one using Hotmail hahaha!... (reference: my family, friends, relatives and co-workers).