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Thanks Intel! I didn't realize I was stifling my creativity because of my compulsion to hoard old computers and parts. Combined with Bloomberg recently telling me to pick up a hobby that will make me a better worker, I'm assured of my 3% raise this year!

Exactly. This situation in Venezuela has been brewing ever since the Chavistas overran the country. The government's policies have gutted the economy to the point that basic supplies such as food, medicine, and toiletries are in short supply. This is of course blamed on capitalists and that the...

I second Godmachine on this one. I could not imagine playing GW2 without an SSD. The improvement in load times is substantial. Only problem is that it is difficult to improve upon the specs provided by Climber to squeeze in an SSD. Replacing the 1TB WD Blue drive with a 256GB SSD would raise...

lol... well I am being optimistic given the current hardware. :D I had an old timers moment and forgot that it is like driving 4 1080p monitors per 4k each screen. I think even 3 GTX 780's would have issue with that. I just knew my GTX680's would not be up to the task. I tend to avoid...

To add to what fattypants said, the best gear obtainable via auction house (Exotic) will be or is 2nd best. Ascended Weapons/Trinkets/Armor are a few stat points higher and are account bound and usually must be crafted and the raw materials are time-gated. You can buy Legendary weapons on the...

You can enjoy the game casually without issue. They have introduced some elements that are unnecessarily grindy in my opinion. (Ascended Weapons, Trinkets, and on 12/10 Armor) Those things are time-gated and really make it difficult to have a large number of alts. I am currently on Ehmry Bay...

I'd love to have 3 of these but then my whole rig would need updating. Plus, the price definitely has that new adopter smell. Glad to finally see Sharp delivering IGZO products though. I guess I'll soldier on with my U3011's until they come down in price. Do you have room in that boat for me to...

Thanks for the link! I've been looking for a discounted version for my secondary account. $24.99 is a great price to pick it up at if you have not had a chance to play GW2. Edit: Also, if you have a Chase Freedom card, Chase is running 5% cash back on Amazon.com purchases this month.

I'd love to see a YouTube video of someone trying to make a smoothie with a blender bottle. They work great for protein shakes but on fruit... not so much.

Glad to see they finally figured out that treating your customers like thieving criminals is no way to run a successful business. However, Ubisoft can still go die in a fire... a few months of half-assed goodwill don't make up for the years of hostility they have projected towards the people...

I personally have 3 of the 750w power supplies, 1 650w, 1 560w, and 2 460w from Seasonic. (and probably some I am forgetting.) I have never had a problem with any of them. The only thing I could complain about is that, after buying so many PSU's from them, I really don't need all the fancy...

I have been running 680's SLI'd along with a 2500K oc'd to 4.5GHz without issue. Unless you have tons of hard drives or are cranking up the voltage on that 3770k or doing something other combination of crazy things then you will certainly be fine.

Nice looking card. It is also nice that they have allowed us to buy some of their defective HPC-oriented GPUs. However, the specs and pricing as compared to my current 680 SLI setup just don't warrant the upgrade. I have no doubt in my mind that this pricing is primarily due to the fact that AMD...

Slightly off topic but I just saw the funniest car at lunch today... an old school Honda Insight with a functional rear wing on it. :confused: As for this card... it has all of the practicality of the above but damn if I don't want it... although it would take upgrading to 7680x1600 to convince...

I play on Ehmry Bay and it really matters what part of the world you are in. WvW always has a decent crowd. PvE is a mixed bag. I still find enough people in low level zones, fractals, and dungeons. Many of the mid-level zones have always seemed to lack people. Since I mainly play WvW I have not...

I too am on Ehmry Bay. I mostly play WvW but I need to get my fractals in for the month... in game name is Unseen Spectacle.

QFT. There are elements that annoy me to no end with this game yet I still play it a few hours each day. It is quite enjoyable and would be even better if they were able to fix the issues the game has at present.

GW1 actually did a very good job of not being a gear grind. The armors and weapons were basically vanity items. Heck, if you only wanted to PvP you could start out with a max level character straight out of the gate. I have 15 characters in GW1 because I would have dedicated PvE and PvP...

I will take a read when I get home. Work is kind enough to block the GW2 forums hence why I post on here so much! Perhaps Nat Geo can do one of those anatomy of a disaster shows on GW2... I'd love to know what decisions caused this cluster. My opinion is that, with all of the odd behavior, they...

I would assume you are running Ranger? Obviously surviving the initial burst is critical but if you go 30/30 on Toughness and Vitality you will likely have trouble generating enough DPS to convince the thief to go pick on someone else. If they do not immobilize, my first instinct is to hit dodge...

You are entirely correct. I sometimes completely gloss over it but the impact of traits on the game is huge. Nothing makes me want to grind out 10 levels on a sub-80 character than acquiring a major trait that enhances the build I want to run on it. This is one area I would say they made the...

I should clarify that there are definitely a number of builds that work well. It is just that the current system ends up ensuring that there are only a few "optimal builds" per class. That said, a build is only truly optimal if it naturally fits your play style. Running an "optimal" build that...

^This is a prime example of the things that plague ANet and they do not attempt to address in a timely manner. Another example is my Necromancer. Why I play the class so much in its current state I don't know. It still has "skills" that are completely broken or barely work. Plague Signet has...

I've been playing since release and have a character in every class. Each class starts out with a facade of complexity but as you level up and gain access to higher tier skills you end up with a very shallow system that forces you into one of several builds. I have independently tried creating a...

I would say, "Are you ready to come back to GW1?" All of the depth and combinations that made GW1 so fun to play have been gutted in GW2. Like others, I find ArenaNet's idiotic predisposition towards adding content versus fixing mechanics maddening. Who cares if there is some new content if your...

Meh, this is Ubisoft... hearing crazy shit from Guillemot & Co. is practically standard procedure at this point. I made the conscious decision to vote with my wallet as soon as they started their internet-connected DRM garbage. I have not bought any title published by them for several years now...

I know plenty of electronics use BGA and are just fine. However, the nightmare that pops into my head are the old PC Chips motherboards that they used to sell at the computer store I worked at years ago. Those things were so cheap and unreliable that I cringed every time I could not convince a...

Sounds like cats are a man's best friend in overcoming the WAF. Personally, I won't let my little terrors into my office unless I am in it. All-Or-Nothing: What's your case budget?

Even if it is discontinued, Ceton has been very good about firmware and driver updates. I bought one of the very first cards they ever produced. Over that time period I've had very few issues with my InfiniTV4.

I wouldn't give them any ideas. They can introduce something with a silly code name to a bunch of hoopla and the public would buy it. It wouldn't even surprise me if they named it something stupid like the UltraDesk(top).

Congrats! If I didn't have character ADD then I would have hit 80 by now as well. I have 8 characters and try to play them all. My closest characters are a necro at 54, a warrior at 50, and a guardian at 42. I am really trying to get my necro to 80 since there is no point to buying good armor or...

I have to say that, coming from GW1 to GW2, I am shocked at how shallow the game play feels at times. I try not to let all of the missing elements bother me too much since it is only been out for 3 months. There are moments where I see glimmers of hope but so far GW2 is as shallow as a kiddie...

I would say that the "next patch will fix it." However, I have learned that usually the next patch is a setup for their shallow content adds and doesn't do nearly enough to fix all of the broken mechanics. My main class (necro) still has skills that literally do not work at all and really limits...

Anyone running GW2 on a multi-monitor setup? If so, how does it run?

I can tell you that Thief plays much differently than Ranger. I have one character in each profession and the play styles usually differ quite a bit. Also, of the classes, Ranger & Necro are the two classes that have a substantial amount of broken mechanics that have yet to be patched by ANet...

Power supplies are rated in how much power they will deliver, and indirectly (through 80+) how much they use to deliver it. So killawatt at the wall is an apples to oranges comparison unless you know the efficiency of your friend's PSU. In line with what Jorona was explaining, a 750w unit with...

+1 internets to you. That made me lol.

Guess its a good time to add another X-750 to the stable. Sadly the Seasonic X-560 in my backup rig is not going to cut it for SLI 680's. With this addition, I have so many Seasonic PSU's its not even funny anymore. I wonder if their is a 12-step program for power supply junkies... My total...

Why oh why does Guild Wars 2 run like complete crap on the GeForce GTX 680? I'm not looking for troubleshooting, rather, I just need to vent... I replaced my crossfire Radeon 6970's with a GTX 680 SLI setup. On most games the improvement is noticeable with all the bells and whistled turned...

Have to say if you want an awesome PSU, then look no further. I have two of these, a X650, 2 X560's, and 2 X460's. All of them are built like tanks and when I build my next system, I'll be looking for a Seasonic PSU again.