01.30.09

Superbowl Commercials

Posted in Uncategorized at 12.56 by Gabe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22844081/

Holy crap a LOT of those SUCK!

Windows 7 Beta

Posted in Uncategorized at 12.55 by Gabe

Since my HD crashed, I figured I’d try out the Windows 7 Beta. Pretty cool. Kinda buggy (it is beta). Rather Vista-ish, but some improvements.

For the love of god, fix the damn copy problem.

I am the HD KILLER

Posted in Uncategorized at 12.53 by Gabe

Another dead drive.

Seagate 500GB, failed the Seatools test utility.
Submitted RMA, need to package and send off to them for a replacement. This is a refurb I got for the previous one that failed.

Original 123GB Hitachi died, but I think it was previously dead and I just mixed them up (had 2, one “good” and one “dead”).

New System

Posted in Uncategorized at 12.52 by Gabe

ibuypower.com seems like a good place.

I get a 7% discount at http://www.velocitymicro.com/
Edge Z5 is the cheapest, configured ok at $1195 (w/o discount).

Trying to decide what processor to get: AMD or Intel. Intel’s system (at ibuypower.com) is slightly more expensive ($150) but is the performance that much better?

Using Tom’s charts to compare:

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/benchmarks,31.html

Video card: Glenn suggested the bang/buck is the 4850

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/benchmarks,30.html

How much power does the PS need? I might get a 850 just to be safe (possibly bad power is causing my HD’s to fail).

Guild Names

Posted in Uncategorized at 12.49 by Gabe

I’m going to make a guild just so I can get a Guild Bank (yeah, I keep a lot of crap, but at least a couple people have been thankful for all those low level mats). Trying to think of a good name. Ideas:

Celestial Knights
Antimatter
Azurra
Aurora Borealis
Blazar
Culmination
Coronal Mass
Critical Density
Dark Matter

Links with ideas:

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=glossary&id=93&term=a