Hey guys! I have intention to upgrade my computer and this is what we came up with. I'm a little ignorant on what's good and what's not, and I was considering the WoW Cube but due to multiple reasons I'm going to need to build it from mostly scratch. This is a gaming computer for around 600~ worth of items.

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QUAD CORE CPU
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$99.99
AMD Athlon II X4 quad-core 630 (ADX630WFGIBOX)
2.8ghz processor w/2mb cache 95w 64-bit socket am3 retail boxed
w/cooling fan
SKU: BA25984
Mfg. Part No: ADX630WFGIBOX
Warranty: 3-Year Warranty
 

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MOTHERBOARD
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$109.89
 
ASUS M4N72-E AM3 nVidia nForce 750A SLI ATX motherboard 2xPCI-E(x16)/2xPCI-E(x1)/2xPCI/4xDDR2/SATA2 Raid/Lan(gb) (Retail)
 
    * Mwave Part#: BA61022
    * Mfg Part No: M4N72-E
    * Price: $109.89
 
Description:
 
ASUS M4N72-E nvidia nforce 750a sli ATX 2xPCI-E(x16)/2xPCI-E(x1)/2xpci/4xddr2 w/sata2 raid,lan(gb),usb 2.0 & audio
 
Features:
 
# O.C. DDR2 1300
# 8+1 Phase Power Design
# EPU
# TurboV
# Turbo Key
# ASUS Anti-Surge Protection
# AMD 140W CPU Support
# Support 45nm Phenom™ II CPU
 
Technical Information:
 
CPU  AMD Socket AM2+ / AM2 Phenom™ X4/Phenom™ X3/Athlon™ /Athlon™ X2/Sempron™ Processors
Support AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4 / Athlon™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 Processors
AMD 140W CPU Support
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
Support 45nm Phenom™ II CPU
Chipset  NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI
System Bus  Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM3/AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory  4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 1300(O.C.)/1200(O.C.)/1066*/800/667 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
Expansion Slots  2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (Single x16 or Dual x8)
2 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Multi-GPU Support  Support NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology at x8 link
Storage  NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI chipset
- 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s ports (Legacy IDE operation is only supported on drives 1–4.)
- NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD
LAN  Realtek 8211CL Gigabit/10 LAN controller featuring AI NET 2
Audio  VIA1708S 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filtering
IEEE 1394  VIA VT6315N controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB  12 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
ASUS Unique Features  ASUS Power Saving Solutions:
- 8+1 Phase Power Design
- ASUS Anti-Surge Protection
ASUS Green Design:
- EPU
 
- ASUS AI Nap
Express Gate
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
- ASUS Fanless Design:stylish heatsink solution
- ASUS Q-Fan2
ASUS EZ DIY:
- ASUS Q-Connector
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
Overclocking Features  Intelligent overclocking tools
- AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
-TurboV
-Turbo Key
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 600MHz at 1MHz increment
- Memory tuning from 533MHz up to 1066MHz
Overclocking Protection
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features  100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors! (5000hrs VRM, over 57 years operation lifespan at 65°C)
ASUS MyLogo 2
Back Panel I/O Ports  1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN(RJ45) port
6 x USB 2.0/1.1
8 -Channel Audio I/O
Internal I/O Connectors  3 x USB connectors (6 ports)
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
6 x SATA connectors
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
1 x CPU Fan connector
1 x Chassis Fan connector
1 x Power Fan connector
1 x S/PDIF Out connector
Front panel audio connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
1 x COM connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System Panel (Q-Connector)
BIOS  8 Mb Flash ROM
AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0, ASUS EZ Flash 2, CrashFree BIOS 2
Accessories  User's manual
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
4 x SATA cable
I/O Shield
Support Disc  Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
Express Gate
ASUS AI Suite
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS Update
Form Factor  ATX Form Factor
12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )
 

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DDR2 MEMORY = 4GB
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$89.99
KINGSTON 4GB DDR2 800=(2GB x 2 KINGSTON 4GB DDR2 800=(2GB x 2)
SKU: BA25117 $89.99
 
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VIDEO CARD(S) / SLI
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EBAY
 
ITEM: 300404862100
$80.95 FROM NJ
 
nVIDIA GeForce 9500GT 9500 GT 1GB SLi PCI-E Video Card
 

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500GB HD - SEGATE (NO WESTERN DIGITAL!)
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$50.00-75.00
These are the items my father came up with when he did a search, a form of rough draft, and I wanted to run it by you guys and see what you all thought. We're looing at a quad core cpu with a double video card set up, supposedly it's alot better? I wanted to know what your guys opinions are, he's pretty pissed that I won't just take his word for it but I don't want all that money to be spent and find out it was a stupid mistake :P. So if anyone that's knowledgeable about this and would like to take a whack at helping that'd be awesome.
(5-6 hundred, apparently wants AMD over Intel, we'll be buying the parts over a few month period.)

OK, so I'm going to see Muse live in Portland on April 3rd. They are one of my all time favorite bands and Agonaynaynaynay has just seen them live. He used words like "religious" and "beautiful" and "dood" a lot when describing the experience. I'm pooping my pants in anticipation. 

If you've got any tidbits to share, post it here. Otherwise, bask in this ball-flattening glory:

• Epic Bellamy Knee-Slide of Badassery (2:15): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jKa_0xnTfU
• More From Wembley, Plug In Baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I7gpswhQ4&feature=channel
• Knights of Cydonia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q&feature=channel

 

 

Thursday, February 18, 2010

The newspaper is missing from the doorsteps of homes and hotel
lobbies. The stores are shuttered and the railway, stalled. Inside a
store, a TV flickers the news, but not the local news – reporters never
bothered to show up.

This is South Korea, less than 24-hours after Blizzard released the
StarCraft 2 Beta on an unsuspecting public.

South Korea, known for an exceptionally high national APM rating
(actions per minute), now stands like an ant hill, a barren exterior
enclosing a population busying beneath with menial labor.  But while an
ant colony’s actions provide for the greater good, these South Koreans
engage in self-centered Player vs Player matches, unflappable in their
pursuit of nothing more than a  commendable win/loss ratio.

“There is no time for productivity,” says a young man, his fingers
clacking on a keyboard. “By day, we practice. By night, we humiliate
Americans.”

Incumbent President Lee Myung-bak, the last man, twists open the
folding shades to his penthouse loft and observes the streets below him,
noticing the sudden  surplus of stray cats. It will be only hours, he
suspects, before felines take the city — days before South Korea becomes
a kitten nation.

Not every citizen received a beta key. As President Lee Myung-bak
peddles his bicycle across the empty city, he hears screams followed by
gunshots, then almost-silence of digits clicking at hot keys. The
streets are quiet as personal wars rage in the homes. Brothers fighting
brothers. Mothers slapping daughters.

The President’s bicycle rolls around the wooden barricades of Kunsan
Air Base, the United States military installment. Myung-bak has had his
share of problems with the installment: that it is run by a couple brats
from Texas, a place he knows and cares little about. These “cowboys”
are his only hope now. Them. Their fort. And their military-grade EMP.

 

 

Stolen from hardcasual.net

On the heels of yesterday I'm going to put up some more I found myself laughing at last night and this morning

 

So lets kick it off with

The Stupid Category: Powerball Commercial  I have this one here because Powerball is coming to Washington too and this just made me thankful for whoever did the commercials up here

The I Don't Really Care If This Is Real It's Funny Category: We Have a Used Mobile Home Commercial I think it's category name really speaks for itself

The Good God We Were Racist in The 80s Category: I'm not sure what to say about the following link, I would say it's more shock that this was even made!

The Wow This Passed For Entertainment Category: Here's a young lad who went by the name Roye'l He's preforming a song In My World and I must say he's trying far far too hard to be like a certain Mr Jackson

The Fresh Category: This one took me a bit to find again but it's what brought me into this Meme

 

That's all for today folks.