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by wabbit
Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:32 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

JustAnEngineer wrote:
Here's a new micro-ATX case review:
https://pcper.com/2019/11/montechs-new- ... igh-flyer/


Glass and rgb... I'm hard-wired to dislike it.
The case looks good and is similar to my current case on the inside. I'll have to check if there's a less shiny version.
by wabbit
Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:46 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

What is it with dads and lots of RAM? My dad has 32GB and have no idea why - he's a translator, soon to be retired. It's the 10-year build timeframe and an attempt at future-proofing. I guess. My theory is that he'll not clean the damn thing, so I can always add more RAM when I come over for regula...
by wabbit
Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:14 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

Proofing my dad's last computer (likely, he's 79) now. Gigabyte H370M DS3H i5-9500 4*16 GiB GSkill Ripjaws V DDR-2666 Intel 660p 512GB PCIe x4 M.2 Toshiba 4 GB dumb data drive Seasonic SSR-450FM 450W SilverStone PS09B case Noctua NH-U9S HSF Noctua 80 & 92 case fans You'll notice the lack of vid...
by wabbit
Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:06 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

I use pivot tables & pivot charts all of the time. It's a great way to summarize a medium to large list. For example, I pull a report of all open action items out of the quality notification system from SAP R/3 into Excel, then I put it into a Pareto chart of stacked bars, where each bar belong...
by wabbit
Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:01 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

Igor_Kavinski wrote:
wabbit wrote:
Dashboards, pivots and forecasts (and other niceties) are nice, but how many times did you have to do that for personal things?


Never. That's why I'm hoping you will make the video so I can learn :lol:


I'll think about it. No promises though!
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:40 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

meerkt wrote:
wabbit wrote:
what's considered a decent subscription amount around here? It's about time I started supporting this site properly.

The main site or the forums? Seems like the site's in limbo.

The main site. I don't think there's a subscription for the forums.
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:39 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

You get bonus points for calling me a power user!! Lots of people don't know how to use Excel's features properly for sifting through and making sense of a large amount of data. You could make a youtube video about it and it would get thousands of views, if not millions. I guess I learned because I...
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 12:32 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

AM3+ landed with basically zero options for mATX motherboards with decent chipsets on them. Stupid product segmentation. ASRock has bucked the trend with socket AM4, including their latest X570M Pro4 . X570 was a bit (a lot) above my budget, so I went with the ASRock B450 board. Really impressed wi...
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 12:30 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

This is not surprising if you are using the "switch user" feature instead of logging the previous account out. Are you seeing actual performance slowdowns/lagginess, or are you just seeing increased RAM usage in the task manager? If it doesn't seem to be affecting performance I wouldn't w...
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

I've noticed that putting the VM storage file on SSD helps a LOT. Makes working inside a VM fun for a change. Yup! I even have a dedicated SSD in my desktop for hosting VMs. Does that affect drive longevity more than the normal usage read/write cycle? I guess VMs would write more data, but I'm no e...
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 12:03 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

meerkt wrote:
wabbit wrote:
Hey TR, It's been a long time. How have you been?


This. :)


I just didn't post on the forums or upgrade the old bucket - never stopped reading TR!!! ;)
BTW, what's considered a decent subscription amount around here? It's about time I started supporting this site properly.
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 12:01 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

Re: An upgrade that's long overdue

Thanks for the comments! He shrugged. “You’re not going to like it, I’m afraid.” “Well . . . to be honest, I don’t like anything.” I was thinking more along the lines of Portal 2, but this also works. Did you consider a new Ryzen 5 3600X, or was the deal on the 2600X too good to pass up? Sure did - ...
by wabbit
Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:23 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: An upgrade that's long overdue
Replies: 33
Views: 7511

An upgrade that's long overdue

Hey TR, It's been a long time. How have you been? (bonus points for knowing the reference). I finally bit the bullet and bought a new computer. The old one was dated circa 2008 and since I moved in with my boyfirend, the poor thing didn't get any love. The most important bits are in my signature; if...
by wabbit
Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:05 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: My rig cooling problem ?
Replies: 10
Views: 2113

Re: My rig cooling problem ?

I would suggest hiding the cables behind the motherboard, as your case suppports it. Also, get a better heatsiing in any case, stock AMD tends to break down really fast (I had three HSFs on three different computers fail within a month).
by wabbit
Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:15 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Ubuntu 10.04 wireless network trouble
Replies: 1
Views: 1517

Re: Ubuntu 10.04 wireless network trouble

Managed to make it work through ndiswrapper.
Thanks to all who considered my problem.
by wabbit
Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:38 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Ubuntu 10.04 wireless network trouble
Replies: 1
Views: 1517

Ubuntu 10.04 wireless network trouble

Hi guys and girls, I have a problem with my wireless network connection in Ubuntu 10.04. Firs I need to say that I'm completely new to linux computing, so if you come up with any suggestions, please write as simple as you can. Now to the issue. Upon first boot into Lucid Linx, I was able to connect ...
by wabbit
Thu May 13, 2010 7:30 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: "Linux gaming" - oxymoron no more?
Replies: 24
Views: 2731

Re: "Linux gaming" - oxymoron no more?

To be fair, Freespace SCP was available for Linux since it's inception and OpenArena is really fun in multiplayer. But Steam for Linux is going to help things a lot. Valve is an influential player in the market.
by wabbit
Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:59 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Learn a language
Replies: 64
Views: 4301

Re: Learn a language

Must be the smoke of Chernobyl.


Oy! I don't have three heads :)
I think a lot of swear words come from the time of Turkish rule. Peole had to find ways to describe their feelings if they were unable to fight, and 500 years was a nice period of time for the art sf swearing to develop and evolve :)
by wabbit
Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:45 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Learn a language
Replies: 64
Views: 4301

Re: Learn a language

Ah, no, I'm sure you Serbs got a ton of nasty words, I just mean that I thought the language used in Grand Theft Auto 4 was Russian, not Serbian. :D I wasn't talking about GTA4. Haven't played it at all, so I can't comment on that. Could be Russian. There is one line of Serbian in Blade (that crap ...
by wabbit
Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:13 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Learn a language
Replies: 64
Views: 4301

Re: Learn a language

Serbian? I thought that was Russian. Lots of swear words in Russian, tovaresch! You are sadly misinformed:) I would probably be banned from the forums if I mentioned some of them... Some only have meaning if said in serbian (or other, basically the same, languages of the neighbouring countries). Th...
by wabbit
Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:38 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Learn a language
Replies: 64
Views: 4301

Re: Learn a language

I could use these new superpowers to insult people in ways previously unknown. :P


Learn Serbian for this purpose. Much better swearwords ;) Really juicy...
by wabbit
Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:49 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: LCD 75 or 120MPH?
Replies: 76
Views: 5843

Re: LCD 75Hz Refresh

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001332

Try this Samsung. Should be able to handle 75Hz, every higher end Samsung monitor is. It has a PVA panel and a nice price. 8ms fast enough for any game in my experience.
by wabbit
Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:09 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What Is Your Favorite Candy?
Replies: 48
Views: 5048

Re: What Is Your Favorite Candy?

There's a candy factory five minutes away from where I live. Walking distance that is. There is a collection of chocolates they make, Derby, Sweet and Rum Bar... You have no idea how good they are:) In absence of those, I can survive on Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello or Nutella... Ok I have to go eat som...
by wabbit
Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:25 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Modular PSUs: Where are the gems?
Replies: 42
Views: 8974

Re: Modular PSUs: Where are the gems?

Why don't you look at Cooler Master SilentPro M500 or M600? I have the 600 version, and it's great. Low noise, stable voltages, single 12V rail...
by wabbit
Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:49 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Replies: 4343
Views: 794668

Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

IAMX - My Secret Friend that just changed to Imogen Heap - The Walk...
Before IAMX, Frou Frou played Hear Me Out... I'm a sucker for anything that has Imogen Heap as an artist... apparently 8)
by wabbit
Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:12 am
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: 780 or 790 chipset for Ph2 720 BE
Replies: 4
Views: 2569

Re: 780 or 790 chipset for Ph2 720 BE

If you can afford AM3 version now, I say go with it. As you said, AM2+ is at the end of it's life cycle, so you will have to upgrade sooner. Performance difference won't be that drastic but you will have the latest tech in your system. If you had an AM2 board then I would tell you to stick with it, ...
by wabbit
Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:52 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 374919

Re: Bragging Thread

I just realized I hit 1 million points yesterday! Woohoo!! compared to that, my 41217 points and 89 WUs are pathetic, but i got past my old score (had a pause in folding) and am producing little bit more that 2000ppd on a Radeon HD4850... just thought i should share, because no one understands me w...
by wabbit
Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:33 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Motherboard size
Replies: 44
Views: 3646

Re: Motherboard size

Why not go for Zalman GS1000? That's a spacious little thing, has a nice thought out airflow, room for six HDDs and is pretty nice looking. It is a bit pricey but it is a good case you can keep for a long time. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235014 http://www.bit-tech.net/h...
by wabbit
Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:17 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: My Build-In-Progress
Replies: 107
Views: 7875

Re: My Build-In-Progress

Since you're getting a Crossfire-capable motherboard, why not buy a single 4850 or he could buy an nforce 750a or 780a mobo to go with that geforce he has in the list. it all depends on his preferences. nvidia has an advantage of proper ahci support and therefore faster southbridge. also hybrid pow...
by wabbit
Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:21 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: aahhhh!!!! new GPU problems
Replies: 24
Views: 1653

Re: aahhhh!!!! new GPU problems

is your expensive backlit keyboard by any chance of logitech g15 variety? i have that one and you have to go into bios and enable usb keyboard. the darn thing will work in the boot menus after that (but won't light up; oh tragedy). just press DEL until you are in bios. i understood that you get past...

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