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I'm partial to the original Wizards of Winter holiday lit home that started the whole trend back in 2005.
Also this has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs... it's from a small band (they had one big hit then faded) from the 80's called The Waitresses...
most anyone that grew up with the early days of MTV (when it was actually about music
) will remember their one hit (warning scary 80's uni-brow @0:44 
)
but how many of you remember this little Christmas gem?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Eddy_Swan
Better late then never?
A bit scruffy I just noticed, I will clean that up and send it to you next time we skype.
happy birthday!
HOLY SWASHBUCKLING PIRATES!!!!
Ahem... lateness permanently forgiven.
Eddy that is just beautiful man. You really captured Xllusya's look. Love it!
Thank you.
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Quote:Hey it was worth a shot... how about one day?Originally Posted by Thor's Assassin
lol don't push it!
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Quote:Nah if it's not orange then no way jose.Originally Posted by VexXxa
Make him wearing a HOT PINK tutu with lots of frilly stuff!!
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Quote:Correct Pyro, all parts are now ordered, the majority have already arrived and it was only theOriginally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Update: As I understand, the one last part finally arrived in stock, and was ordered on Tuesday. So we're getting closer to the building process (or CR may have already started). I'm really getting excited at this point.
video card that was perpetually out of stock due to it's popularity and a shortage at the fab.
I am tracking it's (and two other cards for other machines) shipping progress and actually got a
message from UPS stating that shipping has been held up by one day due to us getting the mother of
all snowstorms here (18 inches fell in my neck of the woods) but if there are no other delays I
should have everything I need to complete the build this weekend (though normally I don't work Sundays).
Indeed I have started (mwhahaha) building and I have some pics and more info regarding some of
the cool technologies going into the build that I will be posting soon as well.
Lol start racking up the brownie points to cash in.Quote:Originally Posted by PowerStream
Foo that's the case I planned to get except with the solid side instead of the window. I like that it has two front fans and a top fan which is a 210mm I believe (at work can't confirm just going of memory). Also it has the bottom mount Power Supply but not the vent in the bottom like "B" does. I also like that the USB ports all are on top and angled to the front as my comp sits on the floor under my desk to the left quite a bit.
But like I said for me it is a toss up between the two and which one I find on sell at the time I start building...... or have CR build (crosses fingers that wifey is cool with me getting my own Christmas present MUAHAHAHA).
The thanks go to Pyro as this thread was his idea.Quote:Originally Posted by Manny
This is an awesome thread, thank you Pyro and CR for sharing this with us. I am extremely jealous and now want a custom computer too! Hmmm maybe I'll start saving up now... *runs and puts pennies into his piggy bank*
The Silverstone Temjin series cases (abbreviated TJxx) are very cool cases and indeedQuote:Originally Posted by Sir_Zane
Cooler Master makes good cases and B is a good choice. I am currently building a new PC for myself this Christma and choosing a case is sometimes the hardest part of the "parts selection process" for me. This go round (I've been building my own PCs since 85), I had narrowed my top 3 to be the Cooler Master Cosmos, the Black Sniper Edition or the Corsair 800D. But, New Egg had a surprise sale and the Silverstone TJ10 went on-sale for a cool benjamin below normal price and I had no choice but to go with it. So far the case has been a joy to work with.
a joy to work with but any of those high end cases you mention would be a great foundation for a gaming rig.
Sidenote: Zane if you are an old hand at building you probably already know this but for those that have are
not aware it is no accident that Silverstone makes high-end aluminum cases that resemble the CoolerMaster cases
of years past in build quality and construction... the team behind both are one and the same.
The ATCS team that used to design all CoolerMaster cases unhappy with their arrangement left
the company en masse to startup their own company called... Silverstone.
For a time, CM cases were dissapearing as stock dried up and there were no new cases forthcoming coming
and SS had yet to put forth any designs of their own, there was a dearth of high-end case designs
(there was of course the other major player Lian Li and a few other minor players) but thankfully CM is back
and going strong with a whole new case division and now with serious competition from SS and LL prices have come
down (used to be that you couldn't find a CoolerMaster for under $250) and both companies
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Quote:Word.Originally Posted by DarkEther
I'm entranced by most bouncing foxes.
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Wow some of that stuff is insane.
If Jay and the Art team take nothing else from all of those... they need to steal the hairstyles pronto. Especially some of the female ones like Sultrana and Rachel.
Awesome stuff.
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Lovin my new wallpaper, it's now the deskrop on my work machine, thanks buddy.
Cool work on Oathbounds stuff too I was wondering where he got the cool sig... lol I shoulda known.
Also I really like what you did with Vivace's lights too and the snowy background is the perfect holiday touch it needed.
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Quote:In that case Happy BJDuggy!...?Originally Posted by Juggertha
^^ hehehe... that's not the only thing I would like to blow on in that pic.
Thanks for the good wishes everyone!
Ok that sounded funnier in my mind... ahem.
Hope you had a great Juggiful day filled with... juggs?
Ok I'll stop trying to re-invent the wheel...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Juggertha!
(Cheers Ed have a great day)
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Quote:It is indeed.Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Isn't that the best kind? Cake AND Present!
Now you just need to find a way to wrap that cake or that girl (or both lol) in bacon!
It was indeed a great one and thanks TA.Quote:Originally Posted by Thor's Assassin
Damn i missed this thread....Sorry i'm late brother but i hope it was a great one!
Happy belated buddy!
If you're still feeling guilty for missing it you could always change your tagline to...
"All ur artz r belong to Christopher Robin?"
...for a few days as penance.
Hey ya never know, some of that free artz mojo you got going may rubb off on me.
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Yes he had thread posts about that before. Implicit Bookcarrier = Tatyrsauce... the same one that
participated in this years FArt contest.
Good to see you now have references posted IB. I'm still a bit confused how the two relate to each other though if you could clarify.
P.S. FYI you may want to check that first link and edit the text on DA... it currently reads that "...he (Tatyrsauce) needs ta be boner..."
Think you meant to say he needs to be "bonier" or "boneyer" (they are alternate spellings but mean the same thing).
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If he wants the cake I'll have Edith.
Happy Birthday Naz, and looks like same birthday as mine so good taste too.
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Has a cool gritty look to it.
Well done Scooter.
I like the use of fractals in the background too, is there a story to that or just looked cool so I threw it in?
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Nice piece Wolffe.
I am curious though what a undamaged (doesn't appear to be a scratch on it)
book is doing amid the wreckage (can't make out the text if that gives a clue)?
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Quote:Heh not sure why but I lol'd at that.Originally Posted by McBoo
Dibs called earlier and said he couldn't make it so it looks like you're couch surfing Pyro.
Yes, I am in a silly mood, why do you ask?
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Sounds like the goofy stuff I come up with during the wii (as per a genius marketing deal by Nintendo
that is now the official way to spell wee) hours of the morning.
Dibbs on teh cratez?Quote:Originally Posted by Caemgen
Well I may be at the poker table all night but your still not using my bed!
My dog does have a nice spacious crate though...
But your just in time for B-day part two... and now I have cake! And it looks to be the kind with a surprise inside too.Quote:Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Gah! Missed it!
Viv already beat ya to the punch GK but yeah I hold you totally responsible for not making sure Baron and Ennvee got me my well wishes in time!Quote:Originally Posted by GeneralKnowledge
Well I'm sorry this is belated but I didn't tell her this until this morning. I is irresponsible.
Happy Belated Birthday to CR and potentially if I forgot Vivace from EnnVee and Barron. They'll be back soon to say it in cyberperson. How soon is the question.
(tell them thanks for me)
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Quote:Yay Thanks Neko!Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
Happy B-day!
Hey wait a minute I never got a cake!Quote:Originally Posted by Jophiel
Happy free cake day!
Nah you didn't miss it... as per Grey's instructions I'm having a two day Birthday this year.Quote:Originally Posted by PowerStream
I'm cool with being belated... At least I didn't miss it all together!
Happy Belated Berfday CR!
Thanks Power Stream.
P.S. hey did you decide to get that tablet?
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Quote:Two days or rest and relaxation... ok sure, Done!Originally Posted by GrayHuntress
Maybe it's not belated...maybe his birth certificate is wrong because the doc didn't remember the correct date. <----- I'm using that excuse so I'm not late.
Happy Birthday, CR Enjoy today like you did yesterday, that will be your gift from me. That means, do something special for yourself with friends or family.
(sheesh at this rate pyro's rig will never get done)
Quote:Originally Posted by Caemgen
Damn, were all doing gifts?
Fine, fine... The steaks on me CR. And no Outback steak, I'm talking prime cut $75 dollar pure steak heaven - the kind of steak cows dream of becoming... You just have to come to Buffalo and I'll take you to the Steakhouse up at the casino or ya can meet me in Vegas next time I go...Quote:Originally Posted by GrayHuntress
Oh, now that's tempting... Hey, look at the date, it just so happens it's my birthday...now...and I hear Buffalo is lovely this time of year >.>Sweet! Road trip and free steak, bring it on!Quote:Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
It's still close enough to my last Birthday...I'll pick you up Gray...we'll swing by and get CR...then off to Buffalo, and our steak dinner!!! Yay!!!
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Quote:Thankyou Oathbound.Originally Posted by Oathbound
Belated Happy Birthday CR!
Yay more artz!Quote:Originally Posted by Eddy_Swan
Happy birthday! I have no batteries for my camera and my scanner is too small, so you seeing your present is going to be delayed a bit
Np Eddy I can wait.
Well I do love me some tang. Mmmm hmmmm good stuff...Quote:Originally Posted by VexXxa
He's orange 'cuz he drinks too much orange tang!
...wait a sec are we talking about the powdered drink mix here? ...
oh well, hell no then that stuff is awful... gritty and chalky at the same time.
Yay Thanks Viv.Quote:Originally Posted by Vivace
Happy belated birthday!
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Quote:Your welcome buddy and thank you for the cool design too, it's set as my work machines desktop right now.Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Sorry bud...can't draw you a pretty character picture, BUT I can throw together a mean wallpaper for your own home computer. I'll email you the .bmp file, and here's the link to the larger .jpg file:
1600x1200 = http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5053/cr02.jpg
(Disclaimer: Images were found on the internet, uncredited, and not the work of my own. This design is not ment for commercial use, and I do not gain a profit. I'm good, but not that good.)
Happy Birthday bro...thanks for everything!
Pyro
Hmmm I wonder if there is anyway to make it so there are lasers coming out of his eyes and striking a red lit computer case like this one?
(no I did not do the cut work on that one... I could probably design a better dragon but my metal cutting skills are nowhere near his, this guy's a pro.)
Hmmm don't know about the rest of the post but where do I sign up for the dozen nude models covered in Root Beer???Quote:Originally Posted by Caemgen
No drinking? Blasphemy!!
Errr, I meant Root Beers?
I meant bears? (Just not the drop kind, they're not very social.)
I meant bares? (doesn't every guy get a dozen nude models on their birthday?)
errr, look out, Juggy's behind ya!
(*runs off*)
Worth a shot but the art forums are pretty savvy don't think you would get too far but if you got free birthday artz then it was worth it.Quote:Originally Posted by Caemgen
Pretty cool Pyro... Did it come with the orange tint or was that you? If it came thus, it must have been destined, if not then nice touch up!
Hmm, all the birthday threads and gift arts have me remembering a different board I used to be on... People raced to start the Bday threads even for people they didn't know. To amuse myself I started changing my bday everyday... I think I got 4 or 6 happy bday threads started for me before anyone called me on it. Wonder if that would work here?????
Alternatively just change your name to Thor's Assassin.
Thanks Crestent.Quote:Originally Posted by Crestent
Happy Birthday CR!!! Or I guess its belated Birthday now.
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Quote:Thankies Larissa, Family, friends, and a steak dinner with all the trimmings (at Outback no less heh)Originally Posted by Larissa_Rasputin
Happy Birthday! Hope it was a fabulous one
what more could I ask... ummm Moar Artz Nao!
KthxBai
P.S. When a birthday comes around, you must....
Lol nothing makes a birthday better than Artz! Thanks again Bobby.Quote:Originally Posted by LadyJudgement
Juggy said it best...
Onoz! it's the love child of Charlie Brown and Juggertha! **runs away**
Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr thank ye matey, it be a fine Birf'day wit a sizzlin side o' beef and nevah endin stream o' non alcoholic grog, alas thar be no lady ta swash me buckle at (lol wha?) but the serving wench at th' Outback be a fine lookin bit' an tha night be young yet!Quote:Originally Posted by Starwind
Yaarrghh! Happy Birfday matey! I 'ope ye be floggin' down ye fine whisky with a steak and a lady equally as fine! An I 'ope ye won't be burnin' down yer house with all the candles on yer cake now! Yarrghh!
Happy Birthday CR!!
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Quote:Thanks much McBoo.Originally Posted by McBoo
Happy Birthday!
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Quote:Originally Posted by GeneralKnowledge
What, you expect something out of me? Some great well wishes like this? Forget it I'm not doing it.
LoL just kidding, happy birthday orange font man named CR. Hope you enjoy it.
Lol thanks for the clip generally knowledgeable type person named... General Knowledge.
Das right! You know it Foo.Quote:Originally Posted by The_Foo
ORANGE FONT.
Awww, yeah.
Umm Chirp Chirp?Quote:Originally Posted by DarkEther
Happy Birdy, Robin!
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Quote:Yay! Having a great night thanks Bobby.Originally Posted by LadyJudgement
Whoa.... I have a speed paint to do later... hope yer having a great night!
Cept the whole I don't drink thing but yeah... STEAK!Quote:Originally Posted by Caemgen
Happy birthday!!!
Nothing soothes the pain of getting older like a good steak dinner and a few dozen beers!
Ty Ty FTQuote:Originally Posted by VexXxa
Hap P Birfday to youuuuuu. Hap P Birfdayyyy toooo youuuuuu!! Hap P Birfday, Hap P Birfdayyyyyy...HAP P BIRFDAYYYY TOOOO YOUUUUU!!!! And manyyyyy morrrrre!!
Thanks BW!Quote:Originally Posted by FrozenDeath
Happy BDay!
Muchias Gracias Pyro!Quote:Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Right now, CR is enjoying a great steak dinner with family and friends. After answering a few emails, his last response said "I'm taking the rest of the day off to enjoy my Birthday!"
Happy B-Day Christopher!
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Interesting answers so far and whithout invalidating any previous answers here be my thoughts.
Superman... one word... Flight!
Plus Supes could have any girl he wants (Lana Lang > lois) and could easily be rich if he wanted to.
True batman has the nice toys but if I'm superman I AM the nice toy.
and finally true batman usually wins... but not always. <----Are you ******* kidding me... BRB... BOOM! HOOYEAH! hahahah
and part 2... your bat power is a rope??? lol
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Quote:I have an old school "Level 6" adapter. It's a huge brick and beigeOriginally Posted by Suichiro
I've used a lot of those types of controllers before and I was always happiest with my 5 dollar Radio Shack connectors. They didn't have a hub, rather it was simply a direct converter from cord to USB plug, which made it *lightening* fast in response time. I notice that KiKi Joys and the like have just a tad of input lag that bothers the absolute hell out of me, because when you're doing j.HK > s.HP > df+LP > dp+HP >> qcb,hcf+PP on a reaction, you simply have no room for input error. All the new adapters have more circuitry and chips within the hub and that slows down the input just that hair it takes for me to miss my moves.
They work fantastically for every other type of game though, and I doubt that Pyro is the kind of person that is OCD about needing to be able to juggle with an SDM on a wire attack. :3
and butt fugly but there is no lag of any kind... f> df> f> fp> SHORIYUKEN!
I agree either is a pretty safe bet for the immediate future. I'll try to sum up without getting tooQuote:Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Technically speaking I think the best bet for future-proofing is going 1366. You get triple-channel memory and access to Core i9. All I've heard about the future roadmap with regard to sockets is that Gulftown will probably be a 1366 part. But since we're in-between processor generations (for Intel) I personally didn't think I was sacrificing much to get an LGA1156 system and at the moment you can get a better bang for buck deal on processor speed. I don't think you can go very wrong either way.
You're welcome.
deep into it... socket 1366 is currently only for core i7 and supposedly (unconfirmed by intel) has
an problems with an air gap and some coolers not seating correctly. Socket 1156 is
currently for both for core i5 and core i7 chips and is problem free.
Intel generally follows a tick/tock strategy, ticks being little bumps in speed and occasional new features
or instruction sets, tocks being large steps forward in processing power or die "shrinks" (reducing the
scale of the fabbing for increasingly smaller chips) so a good time to buy is right after a tock in that if
you buy before one your chip becomes the "old generation" when the tock hits.
The last tock was called the Nehalem (45nm) micro-architecture and that covers all the "core iX" current chips.
The next tock will be the Westmere micro-architecture ( a die shrink to 32nm) and will start with clarksdale and
lead up to Gulftown which will be the first of the 6core processors (we have dual 2core and quad 4core currently).
Assuming their roadmap holds (they have been known to change it) Gulftown will premiere on socket 1366 and be
called "core i9" which is what Arcanaville is referring to.
That said I don't see too many people rushing to drop their quad cores to pick up a 6 core chip as it won't be
that much different until more apps and games are multi-threaded and able to make use of all those cores.
The best candidate for upgrading to 6core will be people with single core and dual core setups who really
need more power or had their pc die on them. People with quad cores can hang out until at least octo-cores
are released the first of which is to be called Becton and will be based on the Nehalem (45nm) micro-architecture
(ya bass ackwards I know) socket 1567.
Phew. Still with me?
Ok long story short anyone needing a new comp in the near future should (in my humble opinion) grab a quad-core nehalem
(or a dual core if on a strict budget, or not needing much processing power i.e. light duty websurfing and email machines) because...
A. They are plenty fast for now and anything coming up in the next few years
B. Have gotten fast enough that even single threaded apps run comparable on them
C. 6core is probably overkill for 95% of people and will not be out until 2010 anyway
D. When hex 6core chips are released they will be expensive and quad will be an even better value.
E. Even after hex-core and octo-core are out a quad-core won't feel "slow" by comparison and it will be many years before they are "obsolete."
F. While 4 cores show a nice bump in performance I believe 6 will be getting into diminishing returns until software makes several big strides forward.
etc. etc.
There is more but you get the idea. Oh and lest I neglect it AMD is still a perfectly viable chipmaker as
well and they have a series of Tri-core that make for a good buy and hold position as well and unlike
Intel their last 3 sockets have all been backwards compatible. Meaning you don't need to buy a new
motherboard (and new ram) to get a newer faster processor just buy the one you want and drop it
into your old setup (may need an update of the BIOS for some motherboards).
So strategy in a nutshell: Get off single-core and grab a Quad or Tri-core and then hold out until Octo or Deca-cores become mainstream.
Hope that wasn't overly confusing or that at least the end summary gives people some good info to plan their future upgrades.
P.S. the one big gotcha now as far as sockets go is the BS marketing practice of keeping a name just
because people are familiar with it rather than giving a new retail name to every series of chips.
You can right now but a core-i7 in a socket 1156 and in a socket 1366 and they are NOT compatible.
Yes that means your brand new core i7 processor may not fit into your equally
brand new core-i7 motherboard if you are not careful to look at the specs.
Buyer beware.
The horror...Quote:Originally Posted by GeneralKnowledge
Attack? No, I was going to have my associates make him an offer he can't refuse, well that or force him to watch Paulie Shore movies.
Nice.Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
For me - it's B. I don't need my computers to light up my room, beep, flash, etc. I like a nice looking case, yes - which for me means "as few flashing/blinking/scrolling things as possible." (I'm not a fan of neon on cars, either.)
If my case has a side window, it's because I liked everything *else* on the case and couldn't find it without.
For instance - Current gaming system case: Antec Sonata II
Work system case - Ultra X-Blaster. Mostly for price.
This actually *has* the side window, since they didn't have any non-windowed cases and I didn't have time to wait for the next shipment. On the other hand, the window is facing my wall, and I don't have lights in side, so it doesn't bother me.
Cases for my upcoming build - Likely this, still potentially this whenever it comes available again..
Solid cases, good to build in... and as non-flashy-lit-scrolling-bright as I can find.
Now, aside from that - it's still "B" (I actually considered the case at one point.) I just like the look better.
It looks like the overwhelming consensus is B the CoolerMaster then.
I notice both the links you provide Memphis are CoolerMasters too and I have built in both the Cosmos
and several variants of the ATCS models however both of those are the very high end and each cost more
than triple of both case A and B.
Antec's are really popular as well especially the p180 series and the Sonata's and more recently the
"hundreds" cases (though I personally don't care for the hundreds as there are better cases in that price range).
While I have not built in that Ultra I have built in cases that are essentially the same type.
The flashing and blinking and fancy effects is really a personal choice some love the light show some hate it.
I can build as much or as little bling as the customer wants... that is one of the nice things about going custom... choice.
When you buy a dell... your dell looks like your neighbors dell and everyone else's dell too... with literally
hundreds of case styles to choose from it makes no sense (to me) to go with a dull clone.
P.S. Ok enough "work posting" for me it's my birthday and I'm going out (again) to celebrate. Cheers all!
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Quote:There are several differences between them beyond the cosmetic but I'm curious to see whatOriginally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
I have a question / opinion for the group:
Say it's YOUR computer, and you get to choose between ONLY the following 2 cases, which would you go with. Let's say both are equal price, function, size, etc...the only difference is the cosmetic look. You can explain the reason for your choice, or you can just choose A or B...either way is fine. Which would you want for YOUR computer?
people think so I will refrain from making a long list and just point out two pertinent ones.
1. Different manufacturer... those who know cases will know the difference right away but for the majority they are just different brands.
2. The "Front" ports on A are located about midway down the facade and near the bottom, lit up blue, is a temperature monitor both are
more easily used at eye level so this is made to sit on top of a desk. On case B the "front" ports are located on the top of the unit and if
you notice the huge rubber feet that raise the case off the ground, that is for airflow since the power supply is mounted at the bottom
of the case... these features indicate a case that is made to sit under a desk on the floor.
I will leave the rest for people to notice/comment on.
What's an awesome machine without equally awesome peripherals to get the most out of it with?Quote:Originally Posted by GeneralKnowledge
No matter how much I agree Pyro deserves it, I can honestly say I'm succumbing to a lot of jealousy. Enjoy your new rig Pyro. I'll be learning some ancient magical way to reverse the college money vaccuum.
I do have one question though. Will this new rig be purely a tower and a few cords, or will it include peripherals like a supermouse and the keyboard of Statesman?
There are 7 confirmed external accessories in addition to the tower. There were to be 9 but the last two are up in
the air depending on what case he goes with. You know of two (KB and Multi-tap) but have only seen one so far.
Yeah a surprise or two...Quote:Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
CR may have a surprise or two, but all I asked for is the tower and a new keyboard. I'll be keeping my mouse...it's the oldschool Logitech Trackball. Some people hate it, but I freakin' love it for CoH. Other than the tower and keyboard, only CR knows what else will be involved. Maybe he'll share his thoughts with us? Hmmm?
...or seven.
Close enough right?
A good case window does show off the internals and case wiring scheme to nice effect.Quote:Originally Posted by Caemgen
All else being equal, and having seen how perty CR does the wires and all. I'd go with A
Though I'd also tell him to go with whatever was easiest and/or most convienent since my comp isn't anywhere to be admired by anyone but me...
Between the two he has chosen to show here they would be equally easy for me. "A" would make
me spend a little more time with the wiring (though I'm very neat with cables anyways) and lighting
effects "B" would need a few adapters and longer cables to compensate for the power supply's unorthodox
position but I keep several of those in stock to accommodate.