• 31Jan 09

  higher end, baby!

  I just completed a new upgrade of my PC.

  That is to say, I just spent an exorbitant amount of money enlarging my epeen! (No pills or pumps necessary!)

  New specs:

  Pentium i7 920 (stock clock 2.65ghz, slightly overclocked to 3ghz)

  2x 9800GTX in sli

  6GB DDR3 RAM (1333)

  X-Fi Xtreme Fatal1ty Edition (soundcard...)

  and, umm... a couple of harddrives

  and an LG Blu-ray RW drive

  E-Peen! E-Peen!

  Now that I've spend all this money, and can play games at ridiculous settings (omg, I see the god-rays in Crysis!), I just have to figure out how to pay some real bills, and, you know... buy food, and whatnot.

  But who needs food, when I can just take some stimpacks and eat rad roach meat in Fallout 3?

  Not I, says I!!

  • Posted Jan 31, 2009 12:09 pm PT
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• 6Mar 06

  high end, baby!

  
  so, I just finished my new pc. it's uber. i mean, it is effing UBER.
  
  still downloading updates to windows and getting the most recent drivers, and all that... but the hardware is badass
  
  and is as follows:
  
  AMD 64 x2 3800+, Radeon 1900XT, 2gigs of performance ram, and a 36gb 10,000rpm hdd.
  
  
  booyah. ****
  
  
  • Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:23 pm PT
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• 17Jul 05

  ahhh.. the sweet succulent smell of success....

  coming from an almost exclusively console gaming background, I was eager to jump into the oceanic pond that is pc gaming - although, there was (and still is, to a lesser extent) some trepidation.
  Now, I'm in - I have my gaming pc, and it runs games smoothly, and gorgeously. I have my first few games, and they are above and beyond even my loftiest expectations.
  Yet, there's still that nagging itch at the back of my mind - is this worth the leap from consoles to computers?
  I will have to upgrade my system - and fairly soon, I fear. I'm figuring, Q1 2006, I'll have to make some major overhauls - I'm running a 2.53 gHz P4, and a Radeon 9700.. and both are very good - for now. But, with dual-core processors coming soon, and faster, strong GPUs on the way, w/ the next-gen consoles, will my PC last?
  Not to sound as if i'm complaining, mind you - a friend sold me this computer for a measly $100 - with those specs, and a 5.1 Soundblaster Audigy2 card.. very nice, indeed. and what a steal.
  
  but, here i stand - a newly converted pc gamer. I still have to get used to the MMO's (teamwork? what's that?), and the idea that every single piece of this machine is customizable (oooh.. make the lights blink!!!).
  
  Playing Half-Life 2, with the lights off, and the sound turned up - there are no reservations. I delve into the game, and am emersed completely - the hairs stand up on my arms, my heart rate increases, and the outside world fades into oblivion. No console can do that - not even my beloved Xbox.
  
  • Posted Jul 17, 2005 9:58 pm PT
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