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holocaust bloopers posted:I'm building a new PC this week. What do I need to know so that I don't destroy hardware and have it put together right off the bat? ground yourself so you don't fry anything and thats about it.
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Don't use retard strength when setting your CPU and memory. Maybe get better thermal paste, if you're feeling froggy.
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Dec 7, 2014 18:27
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tuluk posted:ground yourself so you don't fry anything and thats about it. bengy81 posted:Don't use retard strength when setting your CPU and memory. Maybe get better thermal paste, if you're feeling froggy. Ya I know about grounding from installing video cards and whatnot. I went with a Noctua NH-D14 cooler for overclocking purposes. It comes with some decent thermal paste to begin with.
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Dec 7, 2014 18:30
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read the motherboard manual, don't manhandle parts if they don't fit like you do with women, etc. if it doesn't POST up after assembly, PC speaker and error code beeps are your friend.
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Dec 7, 2014 18:51
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Christoff posted:Wait what it's a complete loving pain and the dick to get some of the games working properly in windows 8 i played through all of the RTS games this year and tiberian sun almost ruined the idea still totally worth a pickup though. i don't think Generals is available legitimately in a digital version anywhere else
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Dec 7, 2014 19:00
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holocaust bloopers posted:Ya I know about grounding from installing video cards and whatnot. I went with a Noctua NH-D14 cooler for overclocking purposes. It comes with some decent thermal paste to begin with. if you can handle a video card you can handle the rest of the build. just don't forget the cpu power as I think we had someone that forgot that a while ago
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Dec 7, 2014 19:10
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Connect everything before you put it in the case (I set the motherboard on top of the box it came in) to see if it boots. You'll have to short the power button switch but I did it with a small screwdriver. It's a good way to make sure everything works before you take all that time installing it in your case.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:23
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Cool. I've been watching build videos to get an idea. Seems pretty simple. I bought a new i5-4690K, ASROCK mATX board, a Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 mATX mini tower, Corsair RM650 PSU, and am gonna use all the storage/ram from my old PC. I'm anticipating it'll run a little warmer compared to other builds, which is fine. I'd rather have a nearly silent system.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Cool. I've been watching build videos to get an idea. Seems pretty simple. I bought a new i5-4690K, ASROCK mATX board, a Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 mATX mini tower, Corsair RM650 PSU, and am gonna use all the storage/ram from my old PC. Its fairly simple nowadays tbh, you should be fine!  I hope you're at least using an SSD on your build though!
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Dec 7, 2014 19:33
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justice4trayvawn posted:Its fairly simple nowadays tbh, you should be fine! C'mon Mokey it's me dude. I have two SSD's-one as OS/software, a smaller one for Steam games, and two HDD's for storage.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:38
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justice4trayvawn posted:Its fairly simple nowadays tbh, you should be fine! I want to remind everyone that I was able to build my current gaming computer two years ago, all while recovering from a dislocated shoulder. Most of the time I wipe my mouth instead of wiping my rear end.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:49
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gently caress stop reminding me it's time for me to upgrade, I built my current desktop in 2009.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:56
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Mike-o posted:gently caress stop reminding me it's time for me to upgrade, I built my current desktop in 2009. poo poo I've been using this Alienware since 2011. It's loud as gently caress, ugly, and I'm concerned the PSU is gonna poo poo the bed in the next year. I'm not expecting any huge performance gain jumping from Sandy Bridge to Haswell either really.
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Dec 7, 2014 20:00
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holocaust bloopers posted:C'mon Mokey it's me dude. I have two SSD's-one as OS/software, a smaller one for Steam games, and two HDD's for storage. Sorry mate shoulda known better
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Dec 7, 2014 20:14
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GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:it's a complete loving pain and the dick to get some of the games working properly in windows 8 I'm really hoping this isn't also true of Windows 7. Because goddamn am I looking forward to playing these games again. The original C&C is still a great game.
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Two Finger posted:I'm really hoping this isn't also true of Windows 7. Because goddamn am I looking forward to playing these games again. The original C&C is still a great game. it is at least not true of windows 8.1 as all of the c&c games ran totally fine for me
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Two Finger posted:I'm really hoping this isn't also true of Windows 7. Because goddamn am I looking forward to playing these games again. The original C&C is still a great game. windows 10 is supposed to be good, similar to the leap from vista to 7.
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Dec 7, 2014 22:54
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Windows 8.1 pretty much got rid of all the complaints I had about 8 but I messed around with the dev build of 10 and yeah it's going to be a good OS.
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Dec 7, 2014 22:56
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Huh. Maybe I'll finally ditch Windows 7.
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Dec 7, 2014 23:05
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krispykremessuck posted:it is at least not true of windows 8.1 as all of the c&c games ran totally fine for me calling bullshit on tiberian sun that one's a whore also i tried to run everything in high res for my monitor so i'm sure that's where most of the problems came from
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Dec 7, 2014 23:53
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It sucks you have to install 3rd party software (and pay like $3) but with startisback 8.1 is perfectly fine. I can see the complaints with 8 but idk what the fuss is about 8.1 Still have no idea what the point of the metro bullshit was. Yeah sure on a tablet or phone
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Dec 8, 2014 00:00
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Sure not having a start button sucks for like 5 seconds because you have no idea what to do Then you realize all you have to do is hit the windows key and start typing in what you want to run and it pops up. It's so much easier. I have 8.1 and I never use the start button. That poo poo is so last millennium. also learn and love the windows key + x key shortcut
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Dec 8, 2014 00:09
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c&c still loving owns pity i'm up to the hard as balls commando mission for gdi but oh well the rest of the game is awesome
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Dec 8, 2014 00:38
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3686060 lol
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I couldn't resist. e: oh goddamnit. I think I've been trolled.
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at the date posted:I couldn't resist. Nah the fact they even know about that poo poo is pretty bad.
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Dec 8, 2014 02:03
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i almost want to make another games=art? thread
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Saints Row IV is loving awesome.
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Dec 8, 2014 02:05
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r22
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Christoff, clear our your PMs you goddamn dingleberry.
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Dec 8, 2014 02:09
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Just did maybe they should raise the limit above 10
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One of my favourite examples of ludonarrative dissonance occurs in Mayumi's storyline in the visual novel Imouto wa Loli no Neko Secret.  Mayumi, as you can see from the lovely picture above, is depicted in the game as a very moe and innocent character. However, near the end of the game there are some plot points that need to be wrapped up (being vague so I won't spoil the game), and the whole thing culminates with Mayumi being very sexually aggressive towards you. I hated that. It totally ruined my image of Mayumi and it seemed like such an easy copout for the writers. 
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Dec 8, 2014 02:21
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For you dudes in college, you might be eligible to get Windows 8.1 for free. I'm downloading a copy now. poo poo is legit.
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Zeris posted:One of my favourite examples of ludonarrative dissonance occurs in Mayumi's storyline in the visual novel Imouto wa Loli no Neko Secret. 
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Dec 8, 2014 02:25
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Is that a real genre of games? Like super young cartoon girls in weird sexually suggestive situations? I must live in a cave or something because I've been playing games since the 80s and didn't know that poo poo was real.
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Hekk posted:Is that a real genre of games? Like super young cartoon girls in weird sexually suggestive situations? I must live in a cave or something because I've been playing games since the 80s and didn't know that poo poo was real. Yes. It's very real.
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Hekk posted:Is that a real genre of games? Like super young cartoon girls in weird sexually suggestive situations? I must live in a cave or something because I've been playing games since the 80s and didn't know that poo poo was real. The lack of such games coming out of Seattle is probably why Xbox keeps failing in Japan. holocaust bloopers posted:What do you guys use for cooling? Air or liquid? Most people use air because it's cheaper and very few folks actually get any benefit from liquid cooling...they're not running hot enough to make a difference.
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Yeah, you can get plenty of CPU OC with just a 20-30 dollar aftermarket CPU cooler Liquid cooling is more of a ~hobbyist~ thing imo
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