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neko kyouran

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If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« on: September 06, 2008, 09:47:50 pm »
Design my new computer so I can stop using this 6 year old clunker I currently use.

Your spending limit is $1500 USD.  Parts must come from www.newegg.com or other reputable sites. 

Things you may exclude from your parts list: 
1) monitor
2) hard drives
3) sound card
4) keyboard
5) mouse
6) speakers

Bonus points for making a system that has 2 vid cards using SLI/Crossfire technology!

Winner gets a gold star and a cookie baked fresh from Rizzin's oven!  Get a building.  :)

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 10:16:49 pm »


neko kyouran

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2008, 03:28:28 am »

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 03:40:15 am »
Neko I'm pretty sure no one understands the WoW references you and acraig occasionally post. :P


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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2008, 04:04:46 am »
HELL YEAH IAM BORED !!!! :devil:

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2008, 06:46:44 am »
*Rizin prepares an extra special cookie for whoever wins Neko's challenge.

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2008, 12:08:37 pm »
Wow, looks like you have your own way to cope with boredom ;)

I never quite understood this desire to put 2 graphics board, one of those is already a monster in itself. But since that's where you are heading, have you considered a 4870x2 instead of two GTX 260? From what I've heard there are still issues with the latter, besides it'll be more expensive and there is less memory.

On the other hand it's nVidia, so if you need CUDA and so on... personally I've always preferred this brand, must come from how bad ATI was with drivers at the beginning, they are doing much better now.

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2008, 01:18:17 pm »
A... cookie? And no way to get it  :(

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2008, 02:06:54 pm »
* Anumesa agrees with Dajoji  :devil:

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2008, 02:45:22 pm »
Just switch. :)

Why? What is so great about Mac's? Doesn't everybody just love Vista?  ;D
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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2008, 03:12:28 pm »
Why? What is so great about Mac's? Doesn't everybody just love Vista?  ;D

from my expirence there is just less work to keeping a mac updated then any other os i have seen, apple takes care of all the updates and issues them as needed no need to go searching around the whole internet to find one update to the os or drivers

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2008, 08:22:23 pm »
I recommend the $400 Dell Laptop.  Great way to not waste your money.

*gives his "old" top-end computer a kick as it sits in the closet gathering dust*
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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2008, 09:30:50 pm »
I've been tempted by a laptop so many times. Then you know what? I'd be glued to this all day long, carrying it everywhere... NO! It's really a bad idea! I just wouldn't unplug anymore  ;)

A MacOS computer is tempting too, there are just a few issues I'm not too sure about, like how obscure and secretive Apple is sometimes. And, I wonder, is Objective-C still the language to use in GUI design? I find it so barbaric :-\

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Re: If you're "bored" waiting for the server to come up....
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2008, 10:07:47 pm »
http://nymeria87.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/facepalm1.jpg

Neko has anyone put a feature request in for a /facepalm command? :D While we're at it what about /throwsuphands /screams /hugs /scratchesear /makesfaceat ... now those i would like to see ;)

Oh yes and on the subject of a better system do some careful research and you can build a great system for little money that can be easilly upgraded for a long while. My last upgrade about a year ago cost around $220 the 2GB of memory being half of that with motherboard dualcore processor and graphics card the other half. Its an SLI board so i can put another graphics card in when needed and im only using half the memory slots. The OCZ memory is the best investment of all as i get solid fast performance from it, no more el-cheapo stuff for me as theres too much grief from it.
My verdict: extremely happy with it so dont shovel money at a rig as its unnecessary and if you cant choose parts yourself get a techie friend to help :)
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