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    Sale/Want 3.0

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    Geodood, you are not going to find a fully functional laptop in the 2GHz range for $100. A laptop like Nekofrog's is probably worth just under $100, and then you can replace the battery yourself. A busted battery is hardly a dealbreaker.

    The PMs I've been exchanging with The Pezman say otherwise ;)

    Help me build a computer (again)

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    he gave a price, and i filled it.

    I dunno.. I've always had the idea that if I have a budget and can get what I want/need for less I'll just do that.

    220$ for a motherboard may be a lot - but it's a long-life motherboard with solid-state capacitors that won't leak in a few years, like most of the mid-level asus and gigabyte boards. it supports a bunch of newer technology (optical audio, e-sata, etc) NATIVELY (you might not realize this but the support for spdif audio and dual lan is kind of hacked onto the p45 boards, try an older bios and see what happens :-P )that he might want in the future. it's definitely an upgrade from some basic mobo, and the overclocking support and sli support (both of which might be possible for the future) are worth the time.

    The Gigabyte board I linked uses solid-state capacitors as well. I'll give you the future support though.

    if it's a big deal, whatever - but it's worth getting a boot drive of some kind that's physically separate from the storage drive, since it's the heavy reading and writing from day-to-day usage of your OS that generally kills an hd as opposed to having a bunch of movies and music backed up on it.

    I've almost always just used multiple partitions on harddrives to keep my boot drives and storage drives separate. I've never had a drive die on me this way. Actually, the first HD I ever bought (40GB Maxtor back in '04) was being used just for storage and died a year after I bought it. I then switched to Seagate and haven't looked back. One of my Seagate drives (again, used just for storage) started to make clicking noises probably about a year or so after I bought it.. I sent it to Seagate and they fixed it up and it's working 100% in a buddy's system.

    and no, vista system rating doesn't count as a benchmark. the rating was likely higher because it was a fresh install, not because the drive was faster than one spinning 30% faster.

    Both were rated on a fresh install, but like we both said, it's not an accurate benchmark :).

    as for a case, here's a few. remember that all three have free shipping, which means a lot when it can cost thirty bucks for shipping nowadays.

    fantastic smooth-looking case

    great-looking gunmetal gray case, great build quality, a little cheaper

    rosewill makes a few varieties of these. i've put three computers into their cases, and while they're not the most rock-solid cases i've ever bought they do the job and are a good price. if you don't mind modifying your case's fans a bit, this is a good buy. it's got two LED blue fans in front which you can take out and replace with yate loon med-speed 120mm fans (i've got five in my case and it's near silent - about 30db total ambient), as well as adding one to the side of the case as well if you want.

    Man I could never see myself spending $150 on a case. I totally see how some people could, just for the design and better airflow/sound control. The most expensive case I ever bought was a Chieftec Dragon back in '04. It cost me about $75 and it's actually the only case I've ever bought - I've used it for every single one of my different systems over the years.

    Help me build a computer (again)

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    $220 (Yea I know it has a rebate..) for a motherboard? He's not building an enthusiast system. Something like this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128345 - would work just fine. I have the P35-DS3L myself.

    I don't really see the need for the Raptor either. I had a Raptor and then switched to a 7200.11 Seagate series and Windows booted just as fast for me, and the Vista system rating (Though I'm sure that's not 100% reliable as a system benchmark) actually rated it higher than the Raptor.

    Help me build a computer (again)

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    If the machine is going to be for gaming I don't believe a quad core is necessary yet. No game that I know of yet actually takes advantage of more than two cores to run the game. If you run a quad core you'll be able to run things in the background while running your game without experienced any major slowdown, but that's about it. If you plan on doing other heavy multitasking then a quad core will be best.

    IMO a Core 2 Duo is still the best buy currently, with the E8500 model being the best bang for the buck (3.16 GHz, $179.99).

    When it comes to graphics card I think the best bang for your buck is the Radeon 4870 - the 512MB models can be found for around $250. What games are you planning on playing?

    FS: Laptop

    in General Discussion

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    yeah. me... However I doubt it would be worth your time.. but If you are hurting bad for a laptop. I might be buying a computer soon, so... I might get rid of this one...

    Is it really old or something?

    Vinyl Records

    in General Discussion

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    I'm pretty sure my dad has an unopened vinyl of Thriller somewhere..

    I have a decent little collection of vinyls, some Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Slayer, AC/DC, Van Halen, etc.

    I take one out every so often.. there's just something about listening to Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl..

    OCR Fit Club (Summer Session)

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Okay, I've been doing horrible for the past month.. I haven't worked out once, though I've still been keeping up with eating better so I've still maintained the weight loss I had earlier.

    Gonna force myself to go to the gym tomorrow so I can get my body used to working out again.

    Final Fantasy IV DS

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    I beat the game on Friday. The enemies in the final dungeon were pretty damn hard, but as long as I had the proper strategy for each of them (and enough ethers to recover MP) it was a piece of cake. Final boss? No problem.. I even forgot to put throw back on Edge, so I didn't even get to throw the two guaranteed 9999 items.

    Final Fantasy IV DS

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    The only boss I ever had a problem with was Mom Bomb, and that's only because I forgot to defend before she blew up. All the other bosses have been a piece of cake with the proper strategy. Just earlier today I beat Rubicante and he didn't give me a single problem.

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