02-26-2018, 05:24 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Are you sure that thing isn't trying to open a portal to Hell?
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The fluid I used is Primo chill Vue, and it looks pretty warpy and portaly as it moves haha
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02-26-2018, 05:26 PM
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#582
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
And that canister on the right looks like it was meant for containing an angry version of the T Virus. That's a reservoir I assume?
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Yep, reservoir/pump
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02-26-2018, 08:13 PM
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#583
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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That thing looks like a particle accelerator!!!
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02-26-2018, 08:38 PM
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#584
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Well it does accelerate particles of liquid... at non-relativistic speeds though.
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02-26-2018, 08:43 PM
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#585
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Originally Posted by accord1999
Crucial is a respected brand and is the consumer arm of Micron, the large RAM and flash memory manufacturer. I've never had any problems with compatibility with them and have always performed to spec.
As for the installation, putting two per bank and going for dual-channel mode would definitely work. But I believe that the memory controller also supports a "Flex Mode" where you fill one bank with two sticks, and the other banks with one stick. This should give you tri-channel for 12 GB and single channel for 4 GB, which depending on your usage may be faster.
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Crucial blocked my transaction, something wierd about paying with a Canadian address and shipping to my PO box in Montana.
I've never heard of this in the 4 years I've had the box. Amazon certainly doesn't mind taking my money. So I'm back to square zero with this upgrade.
Does anyone have any old RAM laying around I could test?
I've done a bit more reading on the web and chatting with my guildies and now I believe that an SSD would result in better performance for WOW? Thoughts on that?
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02-27-2018, 05:28 PM
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#586
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleK
Crucial blocked my transaction, something wierd about paying with a Canadian address and shipping to my PO box in Montana.
I've never heard of this in the 4 years I've had the box. Amazon certainly doesn't mind taking my money. So I'm back to square zero with this upgrade.
Does anyone have any old RAM laying around I could test?
I've done a bit more reading on the web and chatting with my guildies and now I believe that an SSD would result in better performance for WOW? Thoughts on that?
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SSD's are an all around universal upgrade to a system, really cuts down on loading issues. Then moving from SSD to M.2 pushes it a bit more. Regardless it's a cheap and worthwhile switch.
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02-28-2018, 01:54 AM
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#587
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Crucial blocked my transaction, something wierd about paying with a Canadian address and shipping to my PO box in Montana.
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That's weird. Amazon Canada does have a good deal on a 4GB X 3 DIMM kit that should work well with your tri-channel system:
https://www.amazon.ca/Ballistix-PC3-...Ballistix+ddr3
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I've done a bit more reading on the web and chatting with my guildies and now I believe that an SSD would result in better performance for WOW? Thoughts on that?
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Yeah, a SSD provides an extremely noticeable improvement but you'll see a bit less because the XPS only supports up to SATA 2. ~250 GB drives are pretty cheap and is plenty of space to store the OS, a fair amount of apps and some games while your old HD can store the less speed sensitive stuff like media files.
Some good priced drives:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0781VSXBP/
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=080110
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03-02-2018, 11:52 AM
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#588
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PL2 Row 3
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Quick question: what would be the cost to build a decent (and affordable) gaming PC? I'm looking to replace my 8 year PC and I've been looking at some models:
http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/deskt.../dacorr2_f_b1e
http://a.co/1nIHBc7
I would like to play doom, but for the most part it will be retro games.
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03-02-2018, 11:55 AM
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#589
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Originally Posted by Slacker
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You could probably build one much better than that for about the same price if you got last gen parts (still newer than what's in those links)
I have one for sale right now that's less than a year old for $500 that'd blow that out of the water. Just needs an OS and some Ram. Less than $700 and way better
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03-02-2018, 12:05 PM
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#590
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Yeah a "gaming PC" is only limited by how much you want to spend.
Assume on average you will spend around $1000-1200 on the tower, and then extra on whatever peripherals/monitor(s) you want. Sub-$1000 is easily achievable but will often be below mediocre and you'll end up making sacrifices on drive space, RAM, SSDs, etc. and buy cheaper parts (like substandard PSUs) which may fail earlier.
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03-02-2018, 12:59 PM
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#591
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PL2 Row 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
You could probably build one much better than that for about the same price if you got last gen parts (still newer than what's in those links)
I have one for sale right now that's less than a year old for $500 that'd blow that out of the water. Just needs an OS and some Ram. Less than $700 and way better
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I just saw the posting and it is a nice PC! I'm hoping to have the money to buy one at the end of April.
If you still have the PC by then, I'll talk to you! 
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03-02-2018, 03:58 PM
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#592
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Does anybody have any experience with or have any opinions on Thunderbolt 3 external GPUs? It's doubtful I will ever build a new rig again as I've transitioned to powerful ultrabooks for the work that I do. It seems a great way to leverage the performance of an 8th-gen i7 ultrabook with 16GB of memory if I can pair it with an external GPU at home.
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03-02-2018, 04:17 PM
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#593
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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I just know that external GPUs are maybe the only way to manage to buy a high end GPU right now lol.
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03-03-2018, 01:35 PM
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#595
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RinkRat
SSD's are an all around universal upgrade.
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Thanks.
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Originally Posted by accord1999
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Just want to confirm that 250GB is big enough for Windows 10 and World of Warcraft?
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03-03-2018, 01:52 PM
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#596
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Thanks.
Just want to confirm that 250GB is big enough for Windows 10 and World of Warcraft?
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Windows 10 at 64-bit is about 30 gb after it's updated I believe, and it's been a long time since I've played warcraft but rough guess of 35 to 45 gb of space.
It's not like most modern mmos which have massive texture and audio files so I don't see 250gb as unreasonable.
Memory express often had 500gb Samsung ssd on for fairly cheap as well.
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03-03-2018, 02:09 PM
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#597
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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My WOW folder is 50GB right now. I'll be doing a fresh install, I'd expect that to be a lot smaller when I'm done the upgrade.
Do I need a bracket or a cable? Can I get that stuff from MemEx?
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03-03-2018, 02:17 PM
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#598
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Yeah 40GB seems to be what most people report for WoW
A 500GB one is often a lot less than double a 250GB one, MemEx has the WD Blue 3D ones for $100 for 250GB, $180 for 500GB. The Samsungs are $25 more for each, though you get a couple of more years of warranty with the Samsungs (and I like them a lot).
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03-03-2018, 02:19 PM
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#599
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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I went with the Crucial one linked above. I really only need room for WOW + Win10.
Should be here on Thursday. Will pop by MemEx on Monday to get brackets and cables.
I think I can figure out how to clone my HDD from YouTube.
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03-03-2018, 02:42 PM
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#600
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RinkRat
All done, next build will be Blue or Silver liquid I think. The Lian Li case is pretty spiffy. 
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I MUST HAVE THIS. What did you use for parts?? I am amazed and astounded.
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