The "Random Thoughts" Thread

[CptainCrunch]

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You're pushing it.

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

I just guesstamated some of your numbers and with 2 video cards I have you at 871W.

The thing is that you can go to a number of these calculators and they can over/under estimate. The only way to know for sure what your MAX wattage would be is to look up each of your components and see what they use and add them all up. They wont always give you the numbers and usually thats peak wattage and not actual use wattage.

Zips is also correct that you should buy a good brand one. I like and have used Corsair, Thermaltake, and Cooler Master. I would probably trust Zalman as well, though I havent used them.

As for soundcards, they CAN be worth it, but I dont know if they still are. When you get a soundcard that has its own processor, thats less things the CPU is doing. You also have codec hardware and all that built in, that a motherboard soundcard sometimes lacks. When I went to a better soundcard I boosted my FPS in BF2. When I built my new system some time ago, I saw no difference with an onboard card vs. built in because my processor and video card is so much bigger. The motherboard I have is pretty nice and I think that makes a difference too.

Crunch

[stilla-killa]

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Things that make you go HMMMM....

[CptainCrunch]

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I wonder where Arsenio Hall is too.

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[SgtMattBaker]

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I had totally forgotten about RAGE, god dammit, wallet destruction!.

[MrChris_CJ]

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with PSU's less about wattage really, you want something built solid, a good brand with high efficiency and good rails

I still got my 650watt Antec Truepower Trio

a few sites will properly review power supplies, just never skimp on them (a lot of people try to and computer go boom)

but multiple graphics cards, yeh you probably will have to go for higher wattage

[jimykx]

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my brother just bought an awesome nasa desktop for a great price... damn him! i also want one x)!

Also my final exams score is out today and i am kind of scared to go and see what mark i got :S

[groundedzero]

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OMFG WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN.

It seems...... That I have some catching up to do...

[CptainCrunch]

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While you were gone they re-decorated.

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[groundedzero]

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It looks sexy.

Yeah, that's my b.

My last every final was on the 23rd of June, partied until the 1st of July (graduation day) and got back from 2 weeks in India today!

Good fun

[SgtMattBaker]

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Do you guys believe in the paranormal? ghosts, ufos and that kind of stuff? if so, any shocking experience?

I went on a tour this famous house with a friend, where there have been Poltergeists and stuff like that over the years, nothing happened while I was there, but it had this terrible feeling to it. And some of the tour guides told some of their experiences, they might just invent them on the road to sell the story of the house, but some of them were pretty believable... I'm a 50/50 sceptic-believer, but after hearing some of the stuff that happened there, along with some pictures they had ... it really got me thinking.

[Stev0esque]

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Annoyingly, Even though I read up on the Antec power supply, I must have gotten the 1 in 100 or so that had a bad power cord, but A friend looked at it and says he has it fixed with a new Power cord, but cant give it back until tomorrow, So right now I'm posting off my Jury rigged inspiron with Ubuntu off a disc, though I might install it onto the only hdd we have so I can go on Youtube and stuff.

[jimykx]

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Do you guys believe in the paranormal? ghosts, ufos and that kind of stuff? if so, any shocking experience?

I went on a tour this famous house with a friend, where there have been Poltergeists and stuff like that over the years, nothing happened while I was there, but it had this terrible feeling to it. And some of the tour guides told some of their experiences, they might just invent them on the road to sell the story of the house, but some of them were pretty believable... I'm a 50/50 sceptic-believer, but after hearing some of the stuff that happened there, along with some pictures they had ... it really got me thinking.

not in ghosts and in crazy ass stuff, although i do believe it's very hard for us to be alone in the universe, but that does not mean that there are "ufos" wandering around , it's way too stupid because if there were actual smart aliens that known of our existance then why would they not comunicate? because they want to take over the world? xD naah thats way to sci-fi. Also why do i strongly do not believe in ghosts and other forms of paranormal activities? because i also do not believe in the soul, there is no way, something that is gas-like or phatasmagorical like can store memory or shape like your brain does, because that's what you are, a living-thing made out of a damn lot of living things called celules wich are made out of non-living things called molecules that are made out of other non-living things called atoms wich are 70% of empty space, so your thoughts and actions are no more than a bunch of chemical reactions and the results of laws of physics. All of these "ghosts" etc. started existing at the same time as men, why? that makes no sence, why werent there demons and all that crap to torment dinosaurs? because man has a very creative mind, and in the past the tools to get to know our world and to explain phenomen were little, wich led men to create a lot of different ideas so that they could explain stuff that transcends them such as monsters, ghosts, ufo's(more recently) and god.

[groundedzero]

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Matt - BS. Ghosts and ghouls and monsters are just plain BS. IMO.

Jimy - You're right. We're not alone. However, I highly doubt that other life-forms are out there are the ones that are steriotyped by us (ie aliens), but more like bacteria and little bugs and stuff. But it would be frigging sweet if they did exist. Have you seen the movie "Paul"? That would be immensely cool.

[jimykx]

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nah never had the chance to see the movie

[Hellsent 2.0]

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Finally admitted that I'm addicted to gambling last night. After maxing out my overdraft in the casino last night I walked the 6+ miles home in the rain at 2 o clock in the morning...

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