Tech General Chat

[jtr007]

 

i hate mine!

[yoječ]

 

Also, would this be more or less powerful then say, a 9800 GTX?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150451

GTS240 is more or less 8800GT/9800GT equivalent, maybe slightly worse.

GTS250 is equal to 9800GTX+.

[Ryan]

I think Antec's new Dark Feet cases have to be the ugliest cases on the market. Seriously, who would buy this piece of sh*t?

 

 

[The-King]

I'd buy it

 

I have an interest in things that look odd and interesting though so my opinion is slightly skewed.

 

~TK~

[anus]

Wow I love that case, really has a badass look going imo. Like it's ruggedness more than the HAF X's .

[Cursed]

The features are good, but that design is just unforgivably ugly. In terms of appearance Antec has just gone downhill since the 300 in their gaming cases. The 200, then 600 and now these. Just looks cheap and as if lots of extra unneeded pieces of plastic have been stuck on. I think the HAF series pulls off the industrial look well, Antec just doesn't.

[uNi]

Not that bad, I kinda like it.

[Ryan]

It's like they tried to take a Twelve Hundred and make it into a HAF. They obviously failed. Considering this case costs more then the HAF X and has less "useful" features, I think anyone would be crazy to buy it.

[yoječ]

I think both this case and HAF have too... exaggerated design. I don't really dig any of those. I'd defenitely go with sth styled less controversially.

[Ronnyboy]

Nahh, this is fugly.

 

Thermaltake Level 10 Case

 

[Ryan]

It has a extremely different look to it, but I wouldn't call it ugly. What I would call it though is over priced.

[yoječ]

One more question about CM 690 II case...

Anyone came across info how high can CPU cooler be?

[Ryan]

6.96 inchs

[yoječ]

Whoah, that's quite a lot

Thanks.

[Pico]

It has a extremely different look to it, but I wouldn't call it ugly. What I would call it though is over priced.

Took the words right out of my mouth. Way too overpriced.

[leik oh em jeez!]

f*ck payapal and their "holding of funds" until positive feedback is recieved for sold electronics on ebay. Just Cost me $20. The 700D was $180 on Tiger Direct, that ended today, back to $200 now. I've had the money sitting in my paypal balance for well over a week, but paypal won't let me spend it until I get positive feedback on the item, or 21 days passes.

 

Selling electronics on ebay has turned into a nightmare. Not only do you have to pay an ebay insertion fee, but a combined ~10% is taken out of the final sale price by ebay and paypal. And now you can't even spend the money you do make until the buyer leaves positive feedback, which often takes weeks anyways.

[Pico]

Thanks for the heads up on that liek omg. I don't really buy anything on eBay anymore, but if I were to it'd probably be some electronic thing. Good to know.

 

Aside from that, I can not f*cking wait to get my Droid X. I work for VZW now so I get half off my plan, definitely switching from T-Mo. I get sh*tty 3G in Phoenix anyway, and in the surrounding cities it's poor even when it's good. VZW has awesome service out here, as well as pretty much everywhere else. So that combined with the pure awesomeness of the Droid X will leave me messing my pants for a good while... I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. It can't come any sooner!

[Tornado Rex]

Pico what exactly is the employee discount at Verizon? I always see them walking around with the latest and greatest phones. Are they really that cheap for you guys?

[Pico]

Employee discounts are as followed:

 

 

- 50% off monthly charges (includes ALL, so minutes, data, phone insurances, etc, even across multiple lines on the same account)- Phone upgrade every 1 year at full discount price, no mail-in-rebate crap to deal with- No activation fee if you open an account- 35% off all accessories, online only

 

 

Not sure if I should really be posting those publicly, although I haven't been specifically told otherwise. But putting them in code wrap should keep the info from being less accessible through Google.

 

But as you can see, we get a pretty sweet deal. It used to be that you could buy a new phone at the full discount price whenever you wanted, but of course employees would buy them for the low price and sell them for full or more on eBay and stuff. So they limited it to every one year. I'd like maybe every 6 months... but every 1 year will keep me from going broke so often on new phones, lol.

 

Aside from the awesome discount on the VZW account, we also get awesome bonuses and benefits. Every year that the company does good (which it has been since it started, the Wireless division specifically) they give out a bonus which is a percentage of your pay, and the percentage is based on the companies performance for the previous year. You also get tons of personal and vacation time, and the pay is great, especially for starting pay, and especially compared to my state's minimum wage.

[nigge]

Facepalm, what a fail, got new sh*t hooked up (my sig)

 

Well, yesterday i played GTA IV for a while, got around 30-40fps maxed out w/ stock clocks, today i reinstalled win 7, and what happens, screen is such a mess and fail and its not playable is like, i can see radar but everything is struttered or something, and now my second 2 gig ram broke, jeez great.

[yoječ]

Em... kind of a silly question, but did you install all the necessary drivers?

[nigge]

Em... kind of a silly question, but did you install all the necessary drivers?

Installed ones from motherboard disc and downloaded 5770 drivers from ati´s site, theres programs/sites that shows which drivers im missing, any clue which theyr called?

[Ryan]

Don't ever install drivers from the disk. Go online and get the latest version. Try that and see if that helps.

[nigge]

 

Don't ever install drivers from the disk. Go online and get the latest version. Try that and see if that helps.

Yea but i had to cuz internet didnt work w/o installing drivers.

 

And i`ll download ones from asrock website and see if it helps, but im on 2 gigs of ram for now, i hope warranty gives me new 2gb stick

 

e: Got RAM`s working but they dont work in dual channel... -_- whatever, but i checked drivers with DriverMax, only had some USB drivers needed to update rest was updated, could it be my slow ass 4 years old 160gb hard drive? I got a summer job next week for like few weeks so then i`ll get money for new hard drive and maybe something.

Edited July 2, 2010 by nigge

[Mark]

Sorry, had to show off, but..

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DAVX10-Cinema...s/dp/B000V9F53M

 

Just bought this. It's not exactly amaze for home cinema use as the subs apparently way too overkill but hey, I listen to heavy bass orientated music. Don't give a crap about the movie side. For that, it's perfect. Was £850 at work when it came out. Beats anything else Sony have done in the last few years. Picked one up for the same price you see on amazon here. It's powerful enough to melt my face. Actually started to cause the ceiling below where I play it to flake paint. Heheheh.

[Ryan]

f*cking hilarious and soooo true!

 

 

[PresidentKiller]

f*cking hilarious and soooo true!

Yeah, I do think many people will buy Apple-branded bricks for premium prices just because they're from Apple.

[nigge]

Traded by Noctua NH U12P SE2 to Mugen 2 B Rev + 15 euros, f*cking good deal, Mugen is like 2x bigger than Noctua, but same theyr as long. Mugen has only 1x120mm fans, im thinking about getting a new HDD (Samsung F3 1GB) and changing my Nexus 120mm, CoolerMaster 120mm and Antec 120mm fans to Scythe GentleTyphoon, like 3 of those, they are pretty expensive tho, but i heard 1150rpm and 1450 (?) are silent as hell, and are powerful too.

[yoječ]

A'ight...

 

Well, when it comes to fans I'm pretty much Enermax fanboy. Their fans are relatively cheap, silent and they look cool. Also they have coolest f*cking feature I've ever seen:

Extremely easy to clean.

 

IF I were to buy fans, I'd definitely go with Enermax TB Silence.

[yoječ]

Sorry for double post, but I've just been surfing on the Net and found this beauty:

 

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,750968/V...ie/?iid=1337234

 

Old good CM690 in white I didn't think it'd turn that KICKASS! I'm wondering what'll be the price difference over Pure Black...