Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 147th Edition

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 11:49

  then you have your answer..

  good luck with it..

  i'm going to sleep... and probably going to do some online shopping later this evening...

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 11:53

  before i go to sleep, this is a funny blog

  => Levitation Woman

  

• Fatum

  21 Mar 11, 13:03

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Guys, I need your take on this.....

  Intel i3-540 3.06 GHz, 4MB Processor

  Intel H55HD HDMI i3 mainboard

  4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Kingston RAM

  1TB SATA II 7200 rpm HDD

  24X DVD/RW drive Samsung

  6x USB 2.0, 5 CH Audio, G LAN, HDMI, DVI Graphics

  Headway/VIOS AYX Casing + 500 W PSU

  Windows 7 Home Premium

   

  Total estimated damage: $570.

  On top of all that, I'm harvesting my GeForce GT210 from my old PC and plugging it into this one.

  The HWZ people suggested that I change the PSU to an Aurum 80+ Gold 400W for $95, since Headway PSU is essentially crap.

  What do you guys think? Is $570 + $95 = $665 good value for all that?

  go for an i5 or i7 .... i3 may not have the juice for performance number crunching for your engineering work, windows 7 already takes up a lot more resources than previous generations, so there.

   

• Fatum

  21 Mar 11, 13:04

  okie, time to head out to visit a client .....

  their problem is between the chair and computer but the software vendor gets blamed, as usual ...

   

• shrekho

  21 Mar 11, 13:45

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Hmm..... WinXP would certainly run like a pro on i5....

  But come to think of it, being just 32-bit, some of the RAM will be wasted since XP Home can only recognize 3.2GB. Not to mention the fact that XP is becoming really obsolete being 10 years old....

  Bleah. I'll go for Win 7 and i3.

  The more important part is the PSU. $95 is a bit steep, but I suspect that my current PC's problems all have their roots in the generic PSU that came with it.

  You wanna check this out?

  http://pricewatch.vr-zone.com/cms/pricelist/31PL200311.pdf

• cassie

  21 Mar 11, 13:45

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  go for an i5 or i7 .... i3 may not have the juice for performance number crunching for your engineering work, windows 7 already takes up a lot more resources than previous generations, so there.

   

  
  and my excel spreadsheet can now accomodate 450k rows! yay! yes, they finally replaced my ageing PC.

• InnoHippo

  21 Mar 11, 15:52

  Originally posted by cassie:

  
  and my excel spreadsheet can now accomodate 450k rows! yay! yes, they finally replaced my ageing PC.

  coincidentally, they replace my 8 year old pentium4 PC to a i5 window7 laptop

   

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 15:56

  you do software stuff and they made you use a P4???

• Fatum

  21 Mar 11, 16:01

  hippo codes in assembly, that's why ....

  *shudders

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 16:03

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  hippo codes in assembly, that's why ....

  *shudders

  ahhh.. okay..

  but.... HOLEEEE CRAP!!! ASSEMBLY!!!

  

• InnoHippo

  21 Mar 11, 16:08

  management is always evil ..... they use the latest computers for powerpoint

   

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 16:14

  Originally posted by InnoHippo:

  management is always evil ..... they use the latest computers for powerpoint

   

  butcher knife to kill chicken..

  oh well.. our senior management gets the most powerful laptops when all they need it for is Lotus Notes

• elindra

  21 Mar 11, 16:17

  They get the newest pc but dunno how to use

  And it's always under utilized

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  21 Mar 11, 16:19

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  butcher knife to kill chicken..

  oh well.. our senior management gets the most powerful laptops when all they need it for is Lotus Notes

  
  Our higher ups are all "Ipad" gangs...

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 16:30

  i figure i need to work on increasing my douchebaggery level before i can use an iPad  

  i don't need one and probably never need one.. a big mobile phone will do...

  and maybe a kindle which i'm going to purchase through vpost or via my sister soon

• elindra

  21 Mar 11, 16:36

  Get a HTC or Motorola

  They hv huge ass screens

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 16:38

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Get a HTC or Motorola

  They hv huge ass screens

  i will.. i'm just waiting for my contract to end.. i'm unwilling to pay $100 more than the prices stated for new recontracts

• udontknowme

  21 Mar 11, 16:39

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  quick! hide your chinchilla and your moves on lizzy!!  

  what moves on lizzy!??!!!!!!

   

• Fatum

  21 Mar 11, 16:40

  oh yah, one of my friends just got a cool gadget ....

  it's a device that plugs into an itouch and turns that into a mobile phone !!!

  you plug a sim card into the back of the card and viola ! .....

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 16:40

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  what moves on lizzy!??!!!!!!

   

  uh oh... 

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  21 Mar 11, 16:43

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  what moves on lizzy!??!!!!!!

   

  
  right, down, downright, + K...

   

  I think this picture describe it well...

  

• elindra

  21 Mar 11, 16:44

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i will.. i'm just waiting for my contract to end.. i'm unwilling to pay $100 more than the prices stated for new recontracts

  
  Same!

  I'm willing to blow $500 on a fish but I refuse to fork out that amt for a phone

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  21 Mar 11, 16:50

  Originally posted by elindra:

  
  Same!

  I'm willing to blow $500 on a fish but I refuse to fork out that amt for a phone

  
  seriously...

   

  very seriously... $500 = alot of stuff for me to eat >___>

• cassie

  21 Mar 11, 16:51

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  uh oh... 

  
  what can we say...lizzy is extremely popular

• the Bear

  21 Mar 11, 16:59

  but lizzy only has eyes for the talking bus