Official PC thread.

[whyhellothere]

Microsoft hasn't gotten anything right in a while.

 

[2o4]

damn, pretty sure my external 1.5tb crapped out.
i hear the sound when it plugs in but it doesn't detect the hhd and i hear no sounds of the disk spinning at all. awesome!
might be time to get another hhd. would it be better to get a wd blue instead of the black.

 

[zk1mpls]

Internet Explorer 9 Commercial (The Honest Version)

That's disappointing. Anyway, the only reason most users use Internet Explorer these days is to download Google Chrome. :\

 

[whyhellothere]

Zomg!


cmon don't **** this up with some always online drm crap!, I really want to get this.

 

[zk1mpls]

Zomg!

cmon don't **** this up with some always online drm crap!, I really want to get this.

Looks incredible. Definitely gonna cop when it comes out.

 

[whyhellothere]

if i had $370 to spend i'd cop.

 

[iceman3699]

^^ If I was into trains, I'd definitely cop that.

SimCity looks amazing.

 

[sneakerreaper]

I read that the new SimCity will be have an Always-Online requirement. I am going to wait a while before I purchase. Not a fan of Always-On gaming.

 

[whyhellothere]

Not a fan of it either.
Even the saves will be stored online
Wonder how that'll effect the mod community.

 

[offwhitewhite]

After so much damn research I've finally settled on these upgrades.

i5-3570

Asrock z77 Extreme

Radeon HD 7870 - I was going to pull the trigger on the 660ti but after much research and advice it seems the 7870 performs a lot better and is $50 cheaper. 

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16 GB (2 x 8GB)

 

[zk1mpls]

Latest pickup:

Still can't play sports games without a controller.

 

[whyhellothere]

controllers>>mouse/keyboard besides with fps

Spoiler

http://www.darrenarquette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/flame_suit.jpg

 

[buggz05]

Studying for this stupid A+ cert....


This is what a ribbon controller looks like.... This is a PC tower shell or sometimes considered a case....

 

[swendro]

When can we expect SSD's to be twice as big and cost half as much as they do now?

 

[whyhellothere]

Next year.
Last year $100 would get you a 64gb ssd
Now you can get a 128gb one for $100
Hell I paid $140 for my 180gb Intel 330 after rebate a couple of months ago and now I'm seeing 240gb drives going for cheaper after rebate.
Tiger direct currently has an 80gb ssd for $40 after rebate

 

[pmatic]

I'm looking for a laptop in the $400-600 range. I mainly will use it to surf the Web, listen to music and watch movies. Any suggestions?

 

[whyhellothere]

I'm looking for a laptop in the $400-600 range. I mainly will use it to surf the Web, listen to music and watch movies. Any suggestions?

You could save some money and get this ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215397 ) which would be good enough for what you want to do but if you want something a bit more powerful with more storage space you could check this out

http://niketalk.com/t/510349/best-laptop-400#post_16426232

 

[omgitswes]

Zomg!

cmon don't **** this up with some always online drm crap!, I really want to get this.

Can't wait for this. Main PC game I'm actually lookign forward to

 

[pmatic]

You could save some money and get this ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215397 ) which would be good enough for what you want to do but if you want something a bit more powerful with more storage space you could check this out
http://niketalk.com/t/510349/best-laptop-400#post_16426232

Thank you.

 

[zk1mpls]

Next year.
Last year $100 would get you a 64gb ssd
Now you can get a 128gb one for $100
Hell I paid $140 for my 180gb Intel 330 after rebate a couple of months ago and now I'm seeing 240gb drives going for cheaper after rebate.
Tiger direct currently has an 80gb ssd for $40 after rebate

Planning to get a 256GB one next year. Copped my current 128GB ssd for $158 + taxes. :x

 

[4318michaeljohnson4318]

Paid 100 for my 40 gb,

Early adopters ftw lol

 

[whyhellothere]

Next year.
Last year $100 would get you a 64gb ssd
Now you can get a 128gb one for $100
Hell I paid $140 for my 180gb Intel 330 after rebate a couple of months ago and now I'm seeing 240gb drives going for cheaper after rebate.
Tiger direct currently has an 80gb ssd for $40 after rebate

Planning to get a 256GB one next year. Copped my current [COLOR=#red]128GB ssd for $158 + taxes. :x[/COLOR]

And now you can get a 256GB Samsung 830 for $163+tax |I

*waits for natural disaster to occur so they can raise the prices back up*

 

[pmatic]

Which one do you guys recommend?

Acer Aspire AS4830T-6678

or

Acer Aspire AS5560-7402

 

[whyhellothere]

Which one do you guys recommend?

Acer Aspire AS4830T-6678

or

Acer Aspire AS5560-7402

I personally would spend the extra $20 on the AS4830T due to the better battery life, smaller size, free ram slot for additional memory, andUSB 3.0 port and more powerful processor.

The only pros of the AS5560 is that it has a bigger hard drive & is slightly better at gaming.
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[zk1mpls]

"They trying to drive me to Mac?" :\

Still don't get why they're doing this on a desktop. Mobile devices? Sure.

And now you can get a 256GB Samsung 830 for $163+tax |I
*waits for "natural disaster" to occur so they can raise the prices back up*

But seriously, with the demand for more flash devices (especially in mobile devices), prices have (hopefully) no choice but to go down.