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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 26.06.2014, 23:34 | Message # 121 |
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| Just bought a new much-needed hard drive for my PC, and was planning to use it as my new primary system drive. As luck would have it, though, the drive is defective. Now I'll have to spend even more time and money (money being something I don't have) to get it replaced. Pretty disappointed in Western Digital today.
To add insult to injury, the price of the drive dropped by $10 immediately after I bought it, so not only did I pay for a defective drive, I paid more than I needed to 
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My SE mods and addons
Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Friday, 27.06.2014, 09:15 | Message # 122 |
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| HarbingerDawn, ouch.
I'm building a new computer, and looking for graphics cards. I've found multiple Nvidia Geforce 9400's with 1gb of memory, for like 10€. The bad thing is that shipping costs about 30-40€. 
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz Quad-Core - AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB VRAM - 4GB RAM - 1680x1050 75 Hz Samsung screen
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| Disasterpiece | Date: Saturday, 28.06.2014, 17:07 | Message # 123 |
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| Quote Billy_Mayes (  ) I've found multiple Nvidia Geforce 9400's with 1gb of memory, for like 10€. The bad thing is that shipping costs about 30-40€.
Where did you see these? (*mouth waters at the thought of cheap graphics cards).
Quote HarbingerDawn ( ) Just bought a new much-needed hard drive for my PC, and was planning to use it as my new primary system drive.
I recently got a seagate 4tb drive for my SE computer. I had a 320 gb western digital in the computer already.
I play teh spase engien
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Saturday, 28.06.2014, 17:59 | Message # 124 |
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| Quote Disasterpiece ( ) Where did you see these? (*mouth waters at the thought of cheap graphics cards).
Well, the one I found got bought already, but here's one with 512 mb: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm....21be2c9
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz Quad-Core - AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB VRAM - 4GB RAM - 1680x1050 75 Hz Samsung screen
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| Salvo | Date: Wednesday, 16.07.2014, 09:24 | Message # 125 |
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| Gotta buy a new computer in 3 weeks, finally I can play again SE! 
Just a question... do you know NVidia GT (or maybe GTX, they may have made a mistake) 650, with 4096 MB of VRam? Is it a good one? I work on videogame developing so I kind of need a powerful GPU 
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770 GPU: ASUS Radeon R9 270 RAM: 8 GBs
(still don't know why everyone is doing this...)
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Friday, 08.08.2014, 22:58 | Message # 126 |
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| Just got a new computer!
It has a huge case, found from a dump with a working motherboard inside, must be an old server.
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz Quad-core processor
AMD Radeon HD 6950 w/ 2 GB of VRAM
4GB of RAM (planning to increase to 8 GB)
Windows 7 Ultimate
160 GB Hard Drive (temporarily)
1920x1080 Samsung screen
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz Quad-Core - AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB VRAM - 4GB RAM - 1680x1050 75 Hz Samsung screen
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 00:40 | Message # 127 |
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| Quote Billy_Mayes ( ) 4GB of RAM (planning to increase to 8 GB)
Given how relatively inexpensive RAM is (at least last time I checked), there's no reason not to have as much of it as you can get.
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My SE mods and addons
Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 00:49 | Message # 128 |
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| Quote HarbingerDawn ( ) there's no reason not to have as much of it as you can get.
When winter comes, max out all of your slots.
PC components tend to be very overpriced in spring, summer, and early fall so upgrading then is something you should avoid unless you desperately need parts or money is of no concern.
Intel Core i7-5820K 4.2GHz 6-Core Processor
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC 6GB
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| spacer | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 02:10 | Message # 129 |
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| this is my system 1 week from now:
intel core i5-2320 cpu 3.00ghz
sapphire radeon hd 7950 boost 3gb gddr5
6gb of ram (maybe will be 8)
windows 7
500 gb hard drive
like Billy_Mayes, the same thing: samsung 1920x1080! samsung s24b750v.
what do you think?  
"we began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still"
-carl sagan
-space engine photographer
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| Handbanana | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 04:58 | Message # 130 |
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| Brand - Packard-Bell Multimedia Desktop
CPU - Intel i486, 40 MHz
HDD - Western Digital 15 GB, 280 rpm
RAM - 128 Mb
Case - Some dirty beige one that's gotten covered in grime over the years
OS - Windows 98
Oh wait, that's not right...
CPU - Intel Core i7
Memory - 16 Gb
Storage - 60 Gb SSD & 3 Tb HDD
GPU - Nvidia Geforce GTX 680
CPU Fan - Cooler Master V8, the mother of all CPU fans (traditional ones, anyways)
Case - Some black one by Thermaltake; I chose it because I like simplicity, and it doesn't have a lot windows, lights, or other annoying/unnecessary bells and whistles.
OS - Windows 8.1
Tonight... you.
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| werdnaforever | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 05:49 | Message # 131 |
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| Quote Handbanana ( ) Brand - Packard-Bell Multimedia Desktop
CPU - Intel i486, 40 MHz
HDD - Western Digital 15 GB, 280 rpm
RAM - 128 Mb
Case - Some dirty beige one that's gotten covered in grime over the years
OS - Windows 98
I'm jealous
Quote DoctorOfSpace ( ) PC components tend to be very overpriced in spring, summer, and early fall so upgrading then is something you should avoid unless you desperately need parts or money is of no concern.
I never even realized or heard this before. Seems like it might have something to do with the holidays around that time of year.
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 06:30 | Message # 132 |
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| Quote werdnaforever ( ) Seems like it might have something to do with the holidays around that time of year.
Supply tends to drop a bit due to flooding in spring and summer in a lot of the countries parts are manufactured in.
Intel Core i7-5820K 4.2GHz 6-Core Processor
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC 6GB
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| Salvo | Date: Saturday, 09.08.2014, 11:33 | Message # 133 |
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| Quote Handbanana ( ) Brand - Packard-Bell Multimedia Desktop
CPU - Intel i486, 40 MHz
HDD - Western Digital 15 GB, 280 rpm
RAM - 128 Mb
Case - Some dirty beige one that's gotten covered in grime over the years
OS - Windows 98
Man, your pc is...
Quote Handbanana ( ) CPU - Intel Core i7
Memory - 16 Gb
Storage - 60 Gb SSD & 3 Tb HDD
GPU - Nvidia Geforce GTX 680
CPU Fan - Cooler Master V8, the mother of all CPU fans (traditional ones, anyways)
Case - Some black one by Thermaltake; I chose it because I like simplicity, and it doesn't have a lot windows, lights, or other annoying/unnecessary bells and whistles.
OS - Windows 8.1
Oh 
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770 GPU: ASUS Radeon R9 270 RAM: 8 GBs
(still don't know why everyone is doing this...)
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| spacer | Date: Saturday, 20.09.2014, 23:57 | Message # 134 |
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| just bought a new radeon hd 7970!
"we began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still"
-carl sagan
-space engine photographer
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| anonymousgamer | Date: Sunday, 21.09.2014, 00:58 | Message # 135 |
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| Quote spacer ( ) just bought a new radeon hd 7970!
With the new GTX 970 and 980 I don't really see a reason to buy any other card unless you simply can't afford it.
Desktop: FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 8 GB, 2 TB HDD, 24 inch 1920x1080 screen
Laptop: Core i5 480M 2.66 GHz (turbo 2.93), 8 GB DDR3 RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6550m 1 GB, 640 GB HDD, 17.3 inch 1600x900 screen
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