[QUOTE=latin_geek;44410645]after years of lurking and an r/gaming [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/21t6nb/positively_changing_the_pc_gaming_market/"]xpost[/URL] i've finally found them, [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/21t43h/changing_the_pc_market_place/"]the worst CIPWTTKT ever[/URL][/QUOTE]
I didn't know that buying a new GPU every month or so is part of PC gaming. This guy must know something I don't.
My 6850 may not be able to max everything, but it can still play modern games at med-high settings at 1080p. That's on par if not [I]better[/I] than the current consoles. Hell, it will do 1440p @ 30+ fps if you turn off AA.
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;44410180]I'd rather spend more money on a "name brand" charger that I know isn't going to explode[/QUOTE]
Xiaomi is a name brand in China. It's just not too well known outside of it.
I want a powerbrick that is a size of a brick. 50,000mAh to power my camera and audio equipment for days.
I have something like that for my field recording gear:
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/286964/41T5-u-E1QL._SY450_.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Brt5470;44411786]I want a powerbrick that is a size of a brick. 50,000mAh to power my camera and audio equipment for days.[/QUOTE]
Realistically around the smallest you could fit 50,000mAh in at a reasonable voltage is probably a few of these and a voltage regulator
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rEbsrzI.jpg[/IMG]
I'm about ready to format my dad's computer (and save the files) just so all the shit that seems to be fucking it over isn't there any more.
Just a pure Windows 8.1 install and a shitton of drivers.
Right now I'm connected remotely because this computer surely can't operate.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;44411668]Xiaomi is a name brand in China. It's just not too well known outside of it.[/QUOTE]
Their mi phone series is pretty popular there
Forgot to mention, ordered the parts for a new build for my family yesterday:
i3 4330
R7 260X (2GB)
BitFenix Shinobi
Crucial M500 (128GB) + 1TB WD Blue
cheap Hanns-G 1080p monitor
MSI-made B85-chipset mobo (B85M-G43)
CX430M PSU
2x4GB RAM, DDR3-1600, with two slots left open
This is replacing:
Phenom II X3
Radon HD 4830
whatever the cheapest plastic junk case on NewEgg was when I built it, with less cooling than a shoebox
250GB HDD
re-used XGA monitor that was already like five years old when I did that build
motherboard of unknown provenance
PSU that's probably on the big list of IEDs by now, somehow never exploded
2x1GB RAM, probably DDR3-1066 or DDR3-800
Given the budget of only $800 and the requirements, I think I did pretty dang good.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;44408434]It's slower and takes up CPU cycles.[/QUOTE]
It's slower, but the CPU argument really isn't very important anymore for consumer grade use. 10 years ago it actually consumed a good portion of your CPU power to manage a RAID. The requirements to manage the RAID haven't really changed. OK, discs are faster, so the overhead is a bit more than it was, but processor speed has ballooned so much faster than that, that it's almost trivial to run software RAID in a consumer environment.
Enterprise? Yeah, hardware or bust. You want to be able to slap in a new card if something goes wrong, and you want everything to be entirely transparent so you can move gear around and whatnot. You also want the maximum performance.
Well I can't find any multi monitor stands within my price range, so I'm going to man up and make my own. Should be fun.
Duct tape and some rebar you found at a construction site nearby.
Ducktape to the walls. Strings to the roof if you feel fancy
[img]http://epicwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Duck_Tape.jpg[/img]
It's real. We used to have a case of it. Then the glue went bad. It's cheap tape.
I just call it duct tape because duck tape is just a brand.
So I did one of the postcode lookups where you type your code in and it finds the addresses, and apparently the speed camera on my road is a house :v:
[img]http://gabeazo.com/images/9c1f144d6f097ad2b457.png[/img]
I call it duct tape because phonetically duct tape and duck tape are almost indistinguishable.
If I was to replace my case, what is the best thing I could easily do with it? I don't have any other systems to put in it.
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;44413181]If I was to replace my case, what is the best thing I could easily do with it? I don't have any other systems to put in it.[/QUOTE]
Slap together a NAS build if you had any other stuff lying around.
[QUOTE=digigamer17;44413206]Slap together a NAS build if you had any other stuff lying around.[/QUOTE]
I don't have any money to put that together, nor the need.
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;44413223]I don't have any money to put that together, nor the need.[/QUOTE]
If it's not in shit condition then you could either sell it or give it to another person who can build something with it?
[QUOTE=digigamer17;44413260]If it's not in shit condition then you could either sell it or give it to another person who can build something with it?[/QUOTE]
I was thinking that, I've still got the box but I don't have the foam spacers it came with so I don't know what I could do about that instead. I could maybe sell it to a friend or something.
So after offering a blood sacrifice, the bt homehub now connects to the internet for now.
why the FUCK have they made it so you can't even change the stupid DNS on it?
Not only that, why the FUCK are they hosting said DNS on a 486.
fuck BT, not even had it for a day and i'm already considering switching back to talktalk.
who needs dns anyway, I just memorize every IP ever
[QUOTE=Warship;44414132]who needs dns anyway, I just memorize every IP ever[/QUOTE]
You must be a good phone book for people.
If people even use phone books anymore.
Walking on lego is preferable.
What is the best way to deal with a excessively long toslink cable?
[QUOTE=Stents*;44414355]What is the best way to deal with a excessively long toslink cable?[/QUOTE]
You leave it.
[QUOTE=Stents*;44414355]What is the best way to deal with a excessively long toslink cable?[/QUOTE]
I usually cut it and tape it back up.
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1381448"]Introducing facepunch by phone[/URL]
Just replaced my S3's panel assembly with a new one OEM from Samsung.
...Is it just me or did they improve on display panel quality over the years this phone has been produced? The status LCD is all colorful and different and all the colors seem more vibrant, but I can't tell if that's from just lacking any fingerprints whatsoever.
[editline]31st March 2014[/editline]
Also, it's a darker blue shade than any S3 I've seen, it's almost black.
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