VoodooCompany

Voodoo wants to play.....so there must be a patch first!

Prediction: Penny gets worn out by a 2nd go-round. Far far far below the record set by other ex-players. Her stamina just isn't there to ever hope of becoming top seeded.

Because of this thread, I just HAD to add the TV seasons into Netflix streaming to rewatch. I'm just hoping my memories aren't dashed.

Thanks a lot

Going to stay away from SSD; I know the pros for them, but just not my thing currently. Maybe later on.

Not sure of the harddrive or if I'll be reusing the ones I currently have. Let's just say that SATA will be brand spanking new to me :S It's currently available on my system, but was "too new" and expensive for me to dive in to at the time. Minimum will be 1TB, but the reviews/feedback I've been reading lately kind of scare me of drives dying/corrupting way too easily.

RE: Chipset - #@$!#@$! completely skipped my mind. Was kind of thinking with the new generation they stopped doing multiple packages. Is one chipset only for i7s? I believe I'd like to stay with the 1155, so will have to see availability. It sounded like it had better performance for the price, but maybe I was getting that mixed with other chipset/CPU combos.

RE: Mobo - Ugh, thanks for the micro catch. I don't want to deal with another one of those if at all possible.

RE: Memory - I put in more than I knew I would need. 8 gig sounds more recommended then?


I will have to wait to check out the graphic information.

I don't know how new it is, but Newegg has DIY combo kits consisting of case, CPU, memory and mobo. I imagine those would guarantee compatiblility, but various parts on some of them didn't really win me over. Of course, being out of date myself, I could be completely wrong.

Thanks for all the input. I will give it another pass when I get a chance to research.

Disclaimer - I am woefully out of date on current technology. The last systems I built were ~7 years ago and AGP was only months from being outdated (shakes fist!)

But I am finally looking to update, and I'd stick with my current system, but I can't seem to find a graphics card that would actually give me a noticeable improvement. I'm currently sporting a 6800 LE and my mobo only has AGP 8x capabilities. If there is a card that will give me significantly increased performance, at least for this game, I'll certainly look into it.

Basic current config:
P4 2.8 Ghz
4 Gig Ram
6800 LE

This is the only game I currently play and for the foreseeable future, but the system has served me well for others games in the past and other mundane uses. I do not do graphic rendering, programming, movie watching/editing. But i would like to see the game I enjoy now looking a lot better and not stuttering every so often. Plus, I would like something to last performance-wise for a good long while.

Between browsing Newegg and these forums, this is what I'm looking at:
Intel Core I5 (I was thinking I7, but that might be overkill for my uses?)
G.Skill 12 GB
Antec 650 W (Has enough juice for everything?)
Asus Mobo #1 / #2 (#1 is currently out of stock)
Cooler Master Tower
Graphics #1 / #2 (any real difference between the two? I'm more out of date on graphics cards than anything else)

I prefer Intel and Nvidia due to past ATI and AMD mishaps, but perhaps they are better now? I know they are generally cheaper, but I was burned more than once by either of them. It has been a long time, so maybe I could be talked into them if the price/performance/reliability is there.

Any glaring issues? Anything comparably priced, yet better performance? I'm looking to keep it around $1K, up to 1.2K, but the lower the better of course. I can't really justify more than that *shrug*

Thank you for any and all insights.

Everybody and their mother will be running this....and I have a feeling a few will be playing with their mothers. I'll be tolerating at least 2 of these at a time for both days, and more if the team meshes and blows through them. Suffice it to say, I am not sticking around to clear maps. I doubt finding teams will be hard for anyone but I'll list ya if you like.

3/15 - Tuesday - 830 PM EST - Multiple ITFs
1 Me - Newandinloveiwth Fort Build / Scrapper
2 Penny+
3 John+
4 Turkey+
5 Shamster+
6 Toril+
7 Viking+
8 Patient+
Mental*+

3/16- Wednesday - 830 PM EST - Multiple ITFs
1 Me - Scrapper
2 Mental+
3 Turkey+
4 Patient
5 Chuckers+
6
7
8
Penny*

Only way I'll be able to trick people into teaming with me, so I say BRING IT ON!!!!!

Had to search. Least it isn't just me. Logging out only sometimes works; I check the forums from two different locations and I use the log out feature from both. Hours later or even the next day, inevitably, there will be threads marked as unread starting from posts that I know I already clicked on before logging out. Very annoying for threads that have had dozens and dozens of legitimate new posts and it sends me to multiple pages that I've already seen.

Neither one is interesting at all. I'm just glad they can be done within 30 - 40 min (I'm sure some are doing it faster). Can't believe they didn't do the shard drop for sub-50s with this Weekly stuff instead of waiting.

I can't believe I'm going to say this........but Numina is better in terms of time for the most part And more merits! Still boring as hell though.

Patient, I'll do more Numinas on Wednesday if you'll have me.

....if they make it with Scarlett Johanson, all will be forgiven >.>

Another great week of TFs....:rollseyes: I actually need Numina on a scrapper for the badge, but personally, I'd rather run Mistral for every other time. Doing these with less than 8 is a-okay by me, especially Numina. Completely understandable any lack of interest in these TFs....because it's ONLY because of the TFs, right? RIGHT???? >.>

3/8 - Tuesday - 830 PM EST - 1st Numina / 2nd Mistral
1 Me* - Scrapper
2 Chuckers
3 Turkey*
4 Shamster
5 John
6 Patient (dirty RPer )
7
8
Mental*

3/9 - Wednesday - 830 PM EST - Mistral x2
1 Me* - Scrapper
2 Chuckers
3 Turkey*
4 Mental*
5 Penny*?*?*?*?*?*
6
7
8

I'll man up and say it: Mental Giant was my lucky charm last night.

Mostly fun stuff last night. 7 out of 8 runs total have been magical; even the last one wasn't horrible, but just friggin weird.

Also, they need to look at the drops during that thing because it sure is leaning towards god awful.

Next week is going to kind of suck.

You can't process me with a normal brain......