Not everybody thinks its worth the time/effort/risk just to save an insignificant amount of money. Can anyone honestly say that a first-time DIY build has less chance of assembly fuckups than my current “working perfectly with slightly less RAM than I paid for” situation? I highly doubt that - my PC even “broken” as it is now can run any game I’ve thrown at it on the highest detail settings. The only reason I need those extra 4gb is for raytracing HD images.
With someone watching over you while you do the work, the chance of that fuckup is rather unlikely. Not to mention, the system you build yourself would indeed have better components. OEMs probably still use 4 layer PCB RAM and mobos, the cheapest hard drives with shorter duty cycles, and parts with slower memory. Spending 2-3 hours assembling a system yourself, using far better/more stable parts, while saving $200, seems pretty good to me. I could see your point (even if I still disagree) if the difference were $20, but $200 will buy me 4 or 5 fillups in my car, hardly nothing…
The first time I had to go inside a system, I was paranoid about it too. Someone watched my back, I learned a lot, and everything went smooth. After that, it was so basic to me I wondered why I’d ever been worried…
Holy fuck, I didn’t recognise sersoft.
When that “insignificant amount of money” is several hundreds of dollars, then it IS worth the time/effort/risk, which isn’t as high as you put it.
I’ve been building PC’s since I was 12.
This story has a happy ending - i had a tech at my house within 2 days of reporting the problem, replaced my mobo under warrantee, new shit works perfectly. I can now sculpt with 25 million polygons in Blender (once they update their sculpting code to be useable with 25m).
I already said /thread but now it’s really /thread.
Didn’t you also spend a period of playing CS on a laptop in van while high?
CS? Oh god that answers his prime-choice in operating systems…
(as for being high in a van, there’s nothing wrong with Firefox.)
Glad you got your eight gi—wait, eight? I thought my 2 GB was recent!
wow, you use a workstation PC ? how much did it cost ya ?
Greetings, I have a question : will I be able to play black mesa mod on my computer, I have a 2.1 Ghz proccessor and 2.0 gigs of RAM what do I do?
$1500, with a 3 year warrantee and a 22" monitor. I do CG freelancing occasionally which is why I’m not fucking around.
what is your graphic card?
If he didn’t list it, its probably an intel on-board so I doubt he can play it.
just to add… there are no pins on an i7… or i5… unless you are running pre 775 socket. which is not possible.
I kind of have a similar problem/question with my system. I have a self built system and I have tried to throw the 2 extra sticks of RAM I have in my computer. But when I throw one stick in the computer doesn’t start. Every stick is good because I have run a mem test on them and have switched them out with each other and my pc runs fine. But once one or both sticks are thrown in the splash screen doesn’t even show up for the motherboard. Bad slots? BIOS settings need configuring? Not sure myself.
Don’t mean to blind side the OP.
MSI Platinum K9N SLI Motherboard
Corsair 1 gig sticks (2 in MB 2 not)
NVIDIA 8800GT SLI setup with 512 mem on each
WD Raptor HD
Running Windows 7 32 Bit
If there is anymore info that is required let me know.
What does that have to do with anything? Also I was just testing the reliability of 3G internet. It was shitty, as expected.
I ALREADY SAID THAT ON LAST PAGE
CS works perfectly on linux and OSX, I know how to use both (including configuring x.org and setting up apt) I don’t use them because they don’t give me that authentic feeling when using a computer running Windows.
I had that problem: bad slots. theres nothing you can do (except buying a new mobo).
this thread has now devolved into random computer questions and BS, which is why I asked for it to be closed like a week ago. I don’t particularly care because my problem was already solved thanks to a manufacturer’s warrantee, I’m just sayin…
:hmph:
The pixels are smoother and more “analog” in Windows because of Microsoft’s proprietary DSP processing. You tend to get some low-frequency “drift” in Linux and in OSX everything is too sharp and “digital.” Windows has a warmer and more organic feel. It’s like you’re looking “through” the windows rather than “at” them.