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Gwydion
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:23 pm |
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Good seafood can make up for a lot.
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Ghostrider
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:18 pm |
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Gwydion wrote: Good seafood can make up for a lot. It really does help The coffee is fantastic too Starbucks started here, but the local places are where it's at
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Ghostrider
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:20 pm |
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I've been playing MWO on and off
Definitely too much WoT and not enough MW4, but so it goes.
PUGs are awful, 12:2 blow outs most games.
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Gwydion
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:59 am |
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I haven't been playing anything lately. I even let my two EvE accounts lapse after a recent patch to the launcher made my ancient machine unable to load the game. I have a couple of last year's vacations to finish paying off once the second half of my bonus gets here and then I will be in the market for a new rig. Any suggestions?
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Ghostrider
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:09 am |
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Gwydion wrote: I haven't been playing anything lately. I even let my two EvE accounts lapse after a recent patch to the launcher made my ancient machine unable to load the game. I have a couple of last year's vacations to finish paying off once the second half of my bonus gets here and then I will be in the market for a new rig. Any suggestions? I used to build my own rigs--overclocked, cathode tubed, even played with water cooling. But, these days the prices have dropped so much and the mid-level cards run most games well enough that I actually bought my last 2 gaming laptops--and yes, laptop since the towers aren't needed anymore and you can take the laptop on work trips *and* you can plug them into your HD TV and game on it--which I did until my TV was stolen. Long story short--I really like MSi rigs, they're great bang/buck and decent support (not great, but not awful) so I would suggest looking at MSi gaming-grade laptops in your budget and see what hits your fancy and then HDMI to your TV
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Ghostrider
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:27 am |
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Gwydion
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:09 am |
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Yeah, I remember that you used to build your own rigs, that was one of the reasons I asked. I think RR used to build his own as well, but may be wrong on that.
Hypothetically, let's say I am not a laptop guy and that it isn't practical the way I have my place set up to play on my big TV, are there any desktop/tower systems you would recommend?
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Ghostrider
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:12 am |
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Cyberpower does some pretty good stuff CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme VR GXiVR8060A5 Gaming PC (Intel i5-8400 2.8GHz, 8GB DDR4, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD, WiFi & Win 10) Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0757DVF4Z/re ... qCb3R1R089And they use Intel chips and Nvidia cards MSi makes some PC Towers but they tend to be higher end For the money I think the Cyberpower is solid.
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Gwydion
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:12 am |
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My current computer is a Cyberpower. I have generally been happy with it, other than that it has inadequate cooling fans. After a while I just opened up the case and put a small floor fan next to it to keep it from overheating. Are the newer ones better in this regard? I was looking at some of them online yesterday too, and the reviews were generally solid.
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Gwydion
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:47 am |
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Ghostrider wrote: -which I did until my TV was stolen. 2 motorcycle accidents and your TV was stolen? You should play the lottery or something, you are due for some good luck.
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