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Yeah thats not going to happen. It is a good solution if you can swing it, though.
if your wife doesn't care about having a few walls with acoustic foam, you could put it over the walls that are next to your neighbors so they can't hear you :P
doesnt have to be just in a PC room....
Yeah thats not going to happen. It is a good solution if you can swing it, though.
That acoustic foam is just plain ugly. Plus, there are much better products that absorb the mid-high frequencies. It doesn't soundproof in the least, but it does stop sound from ringing/reflecting like crazy. With my vaulted ceiling, it would ring like a sum with bare walls. Unfortunatly, I'm not able to place them where they are recommended to go; first reflection points.
I put up a few panels not long ago and it changed the sound dynamic of my room 10 fold. These are 2'x4', 2" thick rigid insulation; three up front and three in the back:
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I never said i wasn't a nerd.
As for the gay jokes, they're all done in humor except when i direct them to your looking ass you fresa .
And manny, you too you fat pos. Yall crack me up!
nice digs there DLF
didnt know detroit was so high class
Headphones, dude. Headphones.
DR, hows that Civ game going? i have yet to pick it up because there havent been many reviews since it came out.
Still play on Prince, have beaten the game every way you can but by no means do I "win" every time. AI is still a total warmonger.
Its not nearly as in-depth as fully expanded Civ4, but its damn good.
I am starting to figure out how to effectively produce and use Great People. They have FAR more significance in 5 as opposed to 4.
Expansion is interesting, but problematic. Still hate that you cant vassal mothertruckers. Just the other day I was playing as Ghandi who has unhappiness from city population reduced by 50%, but has unhappiness from number of cities increased by 50% (low # of high pop cities = culture and economy). I was killing it in culture and wonders. AIs relationship with you is described in one word (Friendly, Neutral, Guarded, Hostile), I thought I had seen them all until Persia came up as "Afraid" of me. I had never seen that before...turns out since I had the most successful economy and flourishing culture, other AIs were just straight in awe of my civ. Persia was deathly afraid for no reason, would constantly ring me up with real kiss-ass, "please show me how to lead" comments. Funny thing, outside of barbarians, I won that game without ever firing a shot (Utopia).
Anyway, the game is damn good once you get over the differences from Civ4. Combat is waaaaaaaaaay better, although the AI generally sucks at it (Tip: ABPD = Always Be Playing Defense). One adjustment I had to make was reserve units in any war. Another nice change is a more balanced approach to having a Navy. In Civ4, you could go a whole game without ever building one ship (I normally didnt), whereas in 5, thats not really an option (unless youre playing a Pangea-type map, I never do).
City States...I hated them at first. I thought they accounted for too much in the end game (namely UN voting) and offered too little up until that point. My how things change. I think my aversion to them at first was more because I hadnt yet figured out how to properly manage the economy in Civ5. Now that I got that on lock down, I have disposable income to float around to various City States.
Ive found, as a total amateur player, that they key to Civ5 is to be in a constant Golden Age. Whether by building a wonder, unlocking a particular social policy (or policies) or blowing a Great Person to extend an existing GA, being in a perpetual Golden Age separates me from the pack early and often (Production, Science and Gold go through the roof). It isnt uncommon for me to be in a Golden Age for 30+ turns, 4-5 times per game.
All around, I love it. Perfectly paced game for me, doesnt require loads of attention, no e-peen wad online bags to deal with and with an almost limitless replay value. Admittedly, I am extremely interested in the sure to be in development expansions. A lot of potential in Civ5 to do some really different things in the turn based strategy genre.
/thread hijack
Had mobo problems (bent component on the PCI-E port) so I should have pics of a working system up tonight. Newegg overnighted me a new motherboard and even let me pick a different one to exchange for the one I previously picked out. Amazing customer service.
Now I'm just hoping everything works tonight when I put the new board in.
glad you grew into it. seems like a great game with the oncoming expansions (remember civ IV wasn't what it was until the expansions.) dont like the idea of other civs being warmongers though. i always hated it when a friendly civ on the other side of the map would kamikaze transport troops into my capital for no reason.
Since this thread is already hijacked I thought I'd mention that I just replaced the LED LCD screen in my laptop. Can't believe I thought about paying someone to do it. was beyond easy.
I've done that. I still prefer Dell coming directly to my door and doing it free of charge though, like they did with my E1705.
And DR, don't worry about the thread hijack. It's not like this is a life and death thread, or one where I'm desperately seeking advice and worried about getting deluged with too much info. More discussion = good.
well, the way ive always thought about investing in a high powered computer is like purchasing both an xbox and ps3 because most games are eventually converted to the PC. plus, you can do a seemingly unlimited amount of things with a computer (office, internet) etc.
also, with people such as me who work with design systems, it's imperative to have for work. well, thats the excuse ill have whenever i buy one in the future.
that's why id stick with a high powered PC in the long run, and probably have a nintendo on the side. nintendos can be good for parties too because girls love playing mario kart.
not to mention the exclusive PC les and mmorpgs. the potential is endless, especially when its not that much to spend relative to your income.
And smiley faces. es love smiley faces.
The Wii is definitely the more family friendly of all the consoles and PC. Mario Kart is so much fun, but for the more advanced "gamer" Super Smash Bros and Super Mario Wii are awesome.
But yes, when friends are around, the party games on the Wii are the best.
So uh.....
18.8
That number is the number of seconds it takes from the time I hit the "power" button until the time Firefox is loaded and ready to surf.
SSDs are absolutely amazing.
Holy dude! How big is your HDD and how much?! I want oneeeeSo uh.....
18.8
That number is the number of seconds it takes from the time I hit the "power" button until the time Firefox is loaded and ready to surf.
SSDs are absolutely amazing.
Yeah SSD's are the
I have a 64 GB SSD for the OS, and a secondary 1.5 TB HDD for storage, both running on 6.0 GB/sec SATA connections.Holy dude! How big is your HDD and how much?! I want oneeee
This computer is seriously so fast it must be seen to be believed.
rofl my computers so ty that it takes about 15 minutes. no joke.
Geez, I forgot how many programs you can install when making a new system. Downloading 6 games, two torrents, and I've probably tossed in about 30 other programs already.
Also, for those of you who don't know, this thread is great:
http://www.reddit.com/tb/f80bk
so wheres the pics ?
Better than Christmas.
Mobo going in...
Doesn't fit very well (I was missing a peg, but found it right after this photo was taken).
Connecting power cables.
New mobo! This one actually supports SLI/Crossfire.
Connecting SATA cables.
Done.
Beastly 200mm case fan. There's another 200mm on the top as well, you can see it in the 5th photo.
Full setup, for now.
Last edited by Cry Havoc; 01-29-2011 at 02:16 PM.
Oh, I need to take a photo of the vid card. It's huge.
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