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by SpikeMeister
Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:23 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: $1300 Dev PC + Monitor
Replies: 4
Views: 1083

Re: $1300 Dev PC + Monitor

I'll take your point on the monitor, I changed it for the 23" UltraSharp. I agree that it's never a good idea to skimp on the PSU, so I changed for this model. 269 Australian dollars = 334.799907 New Zealand dollars, so the price of the UltraSharp isn't too far off. But in general yeah, it woul...
by SpikeMeister
Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:03 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: $1300 Dev PC + Monitor
Replies: 4
Views: 1083

Re: $1300 Dev PC + Monitor

Thanks for the tips! That motherboard is much better than the one I had picked, for some reason it doesn't show up when you filter for Z68 boards on Pricespy. I'm assuming the Spinpoint is faster than the Seagate? It is a dollar cheaper. Wrt to the RAM, that's the cheapest PC-12800 listed on Pricesp...
by SpikeMeister
Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:00 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: $1300 Dev PC + Monitor
Replies: 4
Views: 1083

$1300 Dev PC + Monitor

This PC is for my father and will mainly be used for development but also as a personal PC (especially consuming HD media). There will be basically zero gaming done on it. The budget is $1500NZD (~$1300 USD). A monitor is needed but I'm set for the OS. I'm looking for an opinion on the parts I've al...
by SpikeMeister
Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:32 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Somebody broke into my house... iso security?
Replies: 35
Views: 4796

Re: Somebody broke into my house... iso security?

Holy crap, America sounds **** scary :o

I don't know anyone who owns a gun. In a situation where you are being robbed, having a gun in the equation just makes things a whole lot worse to my mind. It elevates the situation from simple loss of property (it's only things) to potential death.
by SpikeMeister
Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:12 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Why do people like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
Replies: 55
Views: 11457

Re: Why do people like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?

I liked it because it had a great atmosphere, and looting. I love anything with looting (as long as it's not a heavy-ass-RPG :-? ). I didn't find the combat difficult, as soon as you get a scoped weapon you can down pretty much anything with a headshot. Headshots aren't an unrealistic expectation in...
by SpikeMeister
Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:38 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Grammar
Replies: 148
Views: 11377

Re: Grammar

I personally find the misuse of 'much/many' and 'to/too' quite irksome, though the former is more likely a spelling mistake than a grammatical error in most cases.
by SpikeMeister
Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:09 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Chevrolet Caprice is back!
Replies: 48
Views: 6258

Re: Chevrolet Caprice is back!

The police force in New Zealand use Commodores, and have for a while. Just throwing that out there :P
by SpikeMeister
Wed May 27, 2009 5:45 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 7 has more text, less intuition
Replies: 33
Views: 5787

Re: Windows 7 has more text, less intuition

I completely agree. I first noticed this change in the new version of Windows Live Mail; the different e-mails used to be colour coded and everything was clean and easy. They removed this colour coding (and the icons), which made it just that much more difficult to tell at a glance which e-mail was ...
by SpikeMeister
Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:20 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: I Won't Be Eating Anytime Soon At Dominos
Replies: 26
Views: 3145

Re: I Won't Be Eating Anytime Soon At Dominos

Never saw anything like that during my time in a fast food place - could never bring myself to do it either, it's just too disgusting :-?
by SpikeMeister
Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:14 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: "Rage" will be released this year
Replies: 8
Views: 1152

Re: "Rage" will be released this year

I keep listening to it and hearing different things - "Nah it will be out this year" and "Nah it won't be out this year."
by SpikeMeister
Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:18 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Starting up computer using keyboard.
Replies: 7
Views: 3577

Re: Starting up computer using keyboard.

My motherboard (Asus P35-DS3L) has the option to startup after typing a string or on a key press - it used to work with my PS/2 kb but I switched to a USB Sidewinder X6 and now it doesn't :\ I don't know if this is because of my motherboard or a limitation on USB keyboards? The computers at my schoo...
by SpikeMeister
Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:43 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Singleplayer Demo is out
Replies: 70
Views: 5838

Re: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Singleplayer Demo is out

I can run the game at max settings with 4xAA and 16xAF on my 8800GT 512mb @ 1680x1050. It's a very well optimised engine, much better than FEAR which, if anyone remembers, was incredibly poor in terms of performance back in the day. I loved the demo, although it did seem quite fast paced compared to...
by SpikeMeister
Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:19 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Keyboard Startup Issue
Replies: 6
Views: 981

Re: Keyboard Startup Issue

Some BIOSes have the option to enable support for USB keyboards, or at least mine does. You'll need to find a PS2 keyboard in order to enable this functionality.
by SpikeMeister
Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:59 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: BIF's Linux Adventures
Replies: 33
Views: 12625

Re: BIF's Linux Adventures

Haha, screen resolutions seem to be Ubuntu's achilles heel. That's what put me off Linux until I bought a widely supported LCD monitor, and there seem to be so many posts around the net about Ubuntu failing at being able to detect the resolutions a monitor is capable of.
by SpikeMeister
Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:58 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: your opinion of Windows 7
Replies: 66
Views: 5166

Re: your opinion of Windows 7

I see a lot of people saying "Vista SE," and "nothing much is changing." That might be true from a technical point of view, which is the point of view I think many would take on these boards and in tech journalism, but if you look at it from the point of view of the user, this is...
by SpikeMeister
Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:43 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Single-handedly saving the internet
Replies: 10
Views: 771

Re: Single-handedly saving the internet

I can't remember the last time I got spam on any of my hotmail accounts which I use daily to sign up for things. Been that way for years now. Don't get any on my personal e-mail either, guess I'm just lucky.
by SpikeMeister
Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:03 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Left 4 Dead
Replies: 40
Views: 8628

Re: Left 4 Dead

Just released, been playing this afternoon:

Multiplayer GOTY
by SpikeMeister
Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:09 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: is it me or peripherals do not last?
Replies: 55
Views: 3569

Re: is it me or perpeherials do not last?

Meadows wrote:
Microsoft hardware is always top-quality



At first I thought "that's true" when I remembered my IntelliMouse 1.1, only just recently replaced with an MX518, but then I recalled the 360's RROD and lol'd.
by SpikeMeister
Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:33 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: The TR Time Wasters Thread ( Flash Games )
Replies: 75
Views: 92782

Re: The TR Time Wasters Thread ( Flash Games )

I've completed all of the free stages, most of them in more than one way :D It was good fun
by SpikeMeister
Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Model Parenting
Replies: 19
Views: 1258

Re: Model Parenting

No way they are twelve.

But if they are, 31 (age of mother) - 12 (age of girl) = 19 (age of mother when she had the kid) :roll:
by SpikeMeister
Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:25 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Best Game Ever?
Replies: 195
Views: 33337

Re: Best Game Ever?

I hate the 3d versions of worms, Worms should be 2d. The DS version that I played is good except it's missing the Holy Hand Grenade and the Baseball Bat... :(

Half-Life 1 & 2 + CS:S
F.E.A.R
Company of Heroes
Call of Duty 4
by SpikeMeister
Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:15 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: 100 Hues: Test your eyes (and your monitor)
Replies: 103
Views: 11686

Re: 100 Hues: Test your eyes (and your monitor)

I got a 7 on a TN Samsung 226BW, uncalibrated. I'm quite young. Screwed up on the peachy/pinky sort of colours.
by SpikeMeister
Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:18 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Opera, Firefox, Chrome
Replies: 19
Views: 2200

Re: Opera, Firefox, Chrome

Chrome gives me problems with flash video, muted sound and pauses after 3-5 seconds of playback. Killing the flash plugin and refreshing fixes it temporarily. I get that problem in Firefox as well, does anyone know what causes it? Because of it's very minimalist interface I love using Chrome, that ...
by SpikeMeister
Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:33 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: XP starts & automatically logs onto 1 user.. How to change?
Replies: 4
Views: 895

Re: XP starts & automatically logs onto 1 user.. How to change?

I don't know if XP has "netplwiz" like Vista, but you can try going to "Start > Run > netplwiz" and have a look at the settings in there.
by SpikeMeister
Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Virtual Machines on Windows
Replies: 45
Views: 3693

Re: Virtual Machines on Windows

After trying out VirtualPC, VMWare, and VirtualBox, I found VirtualBox to be the best solution, because it was the only one with USB support. Then again I was trying to get a USB peripheral to work that wouldn't work in Vista so my experience doesn't really relate to yours. In terms of ease of use V...
by SpikeMeister
Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:27 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: 32 bit -> 64 bit w/ OEM License?
Replies: 4
Views: 952

Re: 32 bit -> 64 bit w/ OEM License?

At the moment it's looking like it's not possible :(

Microsoft wrote:
64-bit DVD

If you bought Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, or Business as a retail, packaged product, and you would like a DVD of 64-bit software media to install on your PC, please choose your language:


Emphasis mine
by SpikeMeister
Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:23 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: 32 bit -> 64 bit w/ OEM License?
Replies: 4
Views: 952

32 bit -> 64 bit w/ OEM License?

My friend is soon going to be buying 4gb of RAM and wants to upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium x64. He has a Home Premium license, but it's an OEM one from HP that was originally for a 32 bit installation. Is it possible to use the key on his sticker to install Home Premium x64 on his machine wi...
by SpikeMeister
Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:54 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Pre-built vs Build my own
Replies: 31
Views: 4423

Re: Pre-built vs Build my own

There are a few Quads under $400, and the E8500 is $311.85
by SpikeMeister
Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:26 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Pre-built vs Build my own
Replies: 31
Views: 4423

Re: Pre-built vs Build my own

If you've got that much money to burn you might as well get 8gb of memory :D

Looks awesome
by SpikeMeister
Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:46 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Rumors: Google shopping Valve.
Replies: 7
Views: 720

Re: Rumors: Google shopping Valve.

Steam already shows advertisements for games on Steam - it seems natural for Google to use that space to advertise a broader range of products.
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