SergeantMatt Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X on sale on Newegg for $599 right now, couldn't resist. My GTX 970 wasn't really adequate for 1440p/144hz anyway. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Recently, I was having a beer with my good friend, his girl, and my girlfriend. My friend and I had just finished two hours at a climbing gym, and the beer was barrel aged. He asked me if I'd figured out the issues with my power supply on my PC. Now, let me let you guys in on a little secret. My PC is about ten years old. It's an off-the-shelf HP, bought by my mother as a gift when my Laptop died and I was in the middle of putting together a list of things needed to build a PC. It's a good PC. 8 gigs of ram, decent motherboard and good processor. And it's what I'm using to type this post up. I've replaced the graphics card with a hand-me-down unit that BARELY fits in the case (Because the case is a proprietary size). I swapped the alloy heat sink unit for the processor at one time, too. Sometimes, when running games on dismally low settings to obtain that beautifully smooth 20-30 FPS (easier to kill people in Dark Souls 3 when my FPS doesn't vary too much), the power supply says "fuck it" and shits itself. Black screen, no power at all. Total shut down. I tell my friend, "No, not quite, but I think I know what causes it. Really dark textures and the giant rats tend to kill it-" The conversation then turned into an intervention of sorts. My friend and my girlfriend are trying to conspire to get me to toss this computer, and let them build me a gaming rig. Then my friend's gf even chimes in. "I've heard your computer die, man. It sounds like something blows up." And then my friend, "Your computer sounds sickly every time you turn it on, like it's barely hanging on." And you too, Girlfriend? "Your computer is so loud. Computers shouldn't make that sound. You know what it's saying? Kill me! Kill me please! but you won't. You're keeping it alive, you sick bastard." Again with my friend, "Your computer is so horridly slow, and you're asking it to play DS3? On its wireless card build for Yahoo Instant Messanger? Dude, come on, how long does it take to boot up fully, anyway?" Um.. I dunno, ten minutes? Enough time to warm up a cup of tea, which is nice. I like having tea at the computer... Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and Sturgeon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just to give you all an idea, the oldest music on my computer right now came off this guy's Triassic-era machine. Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Take this opportunity. Take it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just to give you all an idea, the oldest music on my computer right now came off this guy's Triassic-era machine. My computer ages well. Like dinosaurs into oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Take this opportunity. Take it now. I would, if I didn't feel shitty for them spending money like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 If you aren't busy, you can come over and help me assemble Object Permanence LLC's new drafting rig this evening. And by help, I mean drink beer while I assemble it. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 You just want me to bring you more jerky. But I'm game to be used for my meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 IIIIT'S ALIIIIIIIIVE!!! Bronezhilet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Bronezhilet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 ...I've been using a ripped copy of Solidwork since I was too lazy to buy €2.50 for a Solidworks DVD with a university license. I want a legal copy of Solidworks so get better at it and possibly make a little money off the side, but I can't since Solidworks is fucking expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 IIIIT'S ALIIIIIIIIVE!!! And I christen thee, PornBorg9000 Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 ...I've been using a ripped copy of Solidwork since I was too lazy to buy €2.50 for a Solidworks DVD with a university license. I want a legal copy of Solidworks so get better at it and possibly make a little money off the side, but I can't since Solidworks is fucking expensive. I bought it because I'm talking with people that want to pay me to use it, so I kind of needed a legit copy, and it should pay for itself after not too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 On the new machine. Feels good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I keep wanting to do liquid cooling, but I never actually do it. I get decent enough cooling by using massive heat sinks, and I'm not overclocking, so I don't really see an advantage to the extra cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 New computer is officially finished. Just finished installing the hard drives with all the data from the previous one into the box. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Jeeps_Guns_Tanks, Sturgeon and LoooSeR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Nice, two new puters up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 My videocard had some kind of issue and died. It's RMA time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'm gonna put together a list of things needed for a PC build soon. Probably gonna grab the first few pieces at the end of this month. Also, I found out my laptop is from 2007. HP w/ Linux master race. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 My graphics card is back from graphics card purgatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 10 hours ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: I'm gonna put together a list of things needed for a PC build soon. Probably gonna grab the first few pieces at the end of this month. Also, I found out my laptop is from 2007. HP w/ Linux master race. What are you looking at for components? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, Ulric said: What are you looking at for components? Cheap and refurbished for most of it. Probably an ASUS motherboard, intel CPU (i3 if I can get a good deal) and whatever's on sale/refurbed for the rest. I'll reuse my GPU. Doctor BossMan and I came up with a quick Newegg cart. I can get this price down by going refurbed or shopping around for some of these parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 No graphics card is one way to save money... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, Sturgeon said: No graphics card is one way to save money... 11 minutes ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: I'll reuse my GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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