My new PC 2012

Post by **TheCatt** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:01 pm

Yeah, $1k is my budget for a new machine, normally. But when work bought my custom PC a few years back, it was $3k laptop.

Funny what happens when it's not your money (government)

Post by **Leisher** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:33 pm

GORDON wrote:

I think you paid a premium for the name on the side of the case.

You don't see the problem with your argument do you?

Troy, explain it to him:

I think the big thing is that most of us buy personal computers at the bet price point, more bang for your buck. $1,000 built me a rig that still cranks through any game I throw at it.

Now if work were paying for it.... I would blow the fuck out of that budget, even for a 50% increase in computing/gaming ability.

Exactly.

I've built PCs. Still do for private clients. However, I'm checking out what custom made PC maker Falcon Northwest brings to the table, and I'm doing it for $0. For that price it could be a 20% decrease in performance compared to yours and it'd still be awesome.

In 3 years, when I go to buy my next one, we'll see where my experience has taken me.

Oh, and in those three years, if I want to boost performance here or there with additional RAM or a new video card or two, I can. Again, $0.

When I have my annual, "let's get rid of our programmer", talk with my boss, I'm sure that if I can finally get you in there, you'll be sure to turn down the Falcon Northwest computer I'd purchase for you.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:41 pm

See if they can also modify it with the "thicker skin" option.

The only reason we are fucking with you is because we are jealous and wish someone would buy us a $4500 PC.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:47 pm

Leisher wrote:
GORDON wrote:

I think you paid a premium for the name on the side of the case.
You don't see the problem with your argument do you?

Also, no i don't, since you only said about half of your point.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:59 pm

Ok, HERE you big baby! It's the same specs as my son's, except for the 2670 CPU instead of his 2630. I actually have this in my watch list now. If it hits the 1k-ish mark, I'm getting it. I don't NEED a new laptop, so it's not in my cart. But again, if it hit $1,100 like his did, it will be. At $1,100, it's a MUST HAVE. At $1350, it's an appropriately priced awesome F'ing laptop. Actually, I think it's an aggressively priced awesome F'ing laptop.

However, he said that you aren't allowed to have this laptop because you don't game with us any more and therefor, do not deserve it. It's too good for you.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:00 pm

Cakedaddy wrote:However, he said that you aren't allowed to have this laptop because you don't game with us any more and therefor, do not deserve it. It's too good for you.

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Post by **Cakedaddy** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:09 pm

GORDON wrote:See if they can also modify it with the "thicker skin" option.

The only reason we are fucking with you is because we are jealous and wish someone would buy us a $4500 PC.

I'm more jealous of the company that gets to sell $1700 worth of PC parts for $4500!

Post by **Leisher** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:09 pm

Also, no i don't, since you only said about half of your point.

No idea what this means.

See if they can also modify it with the "thicker skin" option.

Said the pot to the kettle. Seriously, why are you being a woman? I'm not allowed to defend myself against your silliness and if I do I'M the one who needs thicker skin?

The only reason we are fucking with you is because we are jealous and wish someone would buy us a $4500 PC.

Yeah, no shit.

Well, I figured YOU were...I'll be honest, I don't have the slightest clue what Cake is babbling about. That's not a joke. He's going on and on about spending money (I'm not), and buying laptops (I'm not). And he claims to have a son and they both play online games or something. Not sure what that has to do with anything, but I haven't seen Cake online in forever, and his kid is online about as often as Jesus comes back to Earth.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:21 am

Troy was asking about laptops.

I want a shot at that bank by submitting a quote for build for a gaming PC for you for work.

I may have been missing the last couple of days. But lets look at the last year. Last 5 years. Last 10 years! You'd lose that one.

Post by **Leisher** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:37 am

I may have been missing the last couple of days. But lets look at the last year. Last 5 years. Last 10 years! You'd lose that one.

Play better games.

Post by **Troy** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:04 pm

Leisher wrote:
I may have been missing the last couple of days. But lets look at the last year. Last 5 years. Last 10 years! You'd lose that one.
Play better games.

Skryim, motherfuckers.

Also, Civilization 5 is a great work-road game.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:17 pm

I heard skyrim is really fun to multi with friends.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:53 pm

TheCatt wrote:At HP the other day, I configured the following:
HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM (2.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz
1GB AMD Radeon™ HD 7470M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics™ [HDMI, VGA]
8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive with HP
9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
17.3" HD+ HP BrightView LED (1600 x 900)
FREE UPGRADE to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner

For $925 (with taxes). Not sure how good the graphics are, but the rest of the build was pretty tempting. Coupon NBQE3876 is good til tomorrow.

Granted, it's an HP...

Today:
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2450M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)
2GB AMD Radeon™ HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics™ [HDMI, VGA]
FREE UPGRADE to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Two 9 Cell Lithium-Ion Batteries
17.3" HD+ HP BrightView LED (1600 x 900)
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth®
Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
2 year limited warranty included
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

$704.54 after taxes with NBR3576

Post by **Troy** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:31 pm

Be sure to mount your CPU heatsink and fan correctly. I was trying to figure out why it was 70C under load, and now I know

Switched, reapplied thermal paste and now back to 30s.

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Post by **GORDON** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:47 pm

I hate these new CPU fan mounts. There seems to be a trick to it that I haven't figured out. I have it on, but if I tap it, it will come loose. That can't be right, but it is on there.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:18 pm

I warned of proper fan installation back in '03 or something when I put the fan on backwards and fried my brand new Athlon chip in about 97 seconds. It was an OEM chip I bought at a local shop. I was able to return it as defective though. So, ya, proper fan installation is very important.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:26 pm

Mobos these days are smart enough to power down if temps hit a threshhold. Mine from as far back as 2005 did that.

Post by **Troy** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:09 pm

GORDON wrote:Mobos these days are smart enough to power down if temps hit a threshhold. Mine from as far back as 2005 did that.

Yeah, mine did this as well. It didn't tell me why though, just a restart.

I guessed what had happened though, and after running the diagnostic realized it was the CPU. I was then worried I had damaged the chip.

Luckily the i5's are tanks, and some people operate them at really high temps for O/Cing.

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Post by **TheCatt** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:07 pm

Looking to build a new server finally to replace my old one.

Was looking at:
MSI R7770-PMD1GD5 Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
$15.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$124.99

CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
$209.99

ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$139.99

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
$339.99

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel ...
$5.00 Mail-in Rebate
$34.99

Subtotal: $849.95

I've got a tower case already, and 14 hard drives, so I dont need any storage/case.

The graphics card isn't super good since I rarely play games. 32GB RAM is for server (Databases, etc)

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:27 pm

Looks like a little heater. For me there is a tradeoff between power consumption and performance... my server sits idle 90% of the time, I don't want it spinning my power meter too much.

And yeah, sleep mode/wake up on lan is still flaky, as far as I can tell. I usualy have to "wake it up" manually by trying to open a file on the server (have a file shortcut on my desktop), then there's about a 10 second delay before it is on the LAN. Kind of a pain when I open Winamp and just want to hit "play" on the music folder. Used to be 2 mouse clicks, now it is a process.

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