| Diablo 3 |
[May. 16th, 2012 | 12:12 am] |
My review of Diablo 3:
ERROR 3003 CAN'T CONNECT TO REVIEW SERVER |
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| The Beast Is Unleashed |
[May. 4th, 2012 | 12:37 pm] |
The beast is unleashed. Although not without some hiccups. When I went to cut open foam covering the front panel wiring I accidentally clipped the power button wire. Oops. Thankfully I had some butt connectors from my arcade and I used them to get that working again.
Had a few POST issues but I think it was the system trying to auto-figure out my memory. It's supposed to reboot a few times to find the best timings or whatever. Now it seems to boot fine. Currently installing software and updating everything.
CPU is overclocked to 4.3 Ghz, vid card to 1.25Ghz. System is stable but I haven't tested it full bore yet.
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| Gaming Rig |
[Apr. 29th, 2012 | 09:33 pm] |
I just purchased a new gaming rig. Oh my. Since I have zero PC components I had to buy everything so I tried to future proof the big things (case, mobo, psu) so I wouldn't need to upgrade them for a while. Here's what this beast will be:
- Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
- ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750w Fully Modular Power Supply
- Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card
- Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Unlocked CPU
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 120mm CPU Cooler
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 SDRAM
- Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
- ASUS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
The motherboard is brand new, was just released for the Ivy Bridge Intel chips which aren't out yet. I decided against waiting for those chips, but wanted to get the new mobo so that in the future I could upgrade to the new chips if I chose to and have all the new features already. Also, made it easier to get the OEM version of Win7 since it's tied to the motherboard.
Same idea on the PSU which is why went with a higher wattage than I probably need and also fully modular. And of course I went all out on the case, absolutely love the case.
No SSD, the price is just still too high for me, and I need a lot of space with all the games I have. Made sure I got SATA 6.0Gb/s though, and the new mobo has several 6.0 connectors. Also made sure the mobo and card were PCIe 3.0 which is a plus.
Everything is ordered save the CPU, which I'm going to get at MicroCenter since it's $40 cheaper there than online. Doubt this will win any speed awards, but it should be a hell of a lot faster than my 2 year old MBP. I've never been able to put the sliders to "Ultimate". Can't wait. Just in time for Diablo 3. |
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| The Stronghold - EP11 |
[Mar. 12th, 2012 | 10:23 am] |
I happened upon my world's stronghold this weekend. The place is HUGE. Just massive. I attempt to find my way through it.
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| MC 1.2 World Reboot - EP10 |
[Mar. 7th, 2012 | 09:27 am] |
Episode 10, I reboot my entire world. IE, generate a new world based on the same seed, and transfer my old base over to it.
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| Chip It |
[Feb. 24th, 2012 | 10:33 pm] |
I just bought this:
And this:
And then comes da chipz. |
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| Tips For MC Newcomers |
[Feb. 21st, 2012 | 08:38 am] |
Since several people started playing Minecraft recently that I know, I thought I'd make a simple vid going over some of the basics.
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| The Long Tail Web |
[Feb. 15th, 2012 | 10:44 pm] |
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| | Nudie Bar - Vesicular Basalt | ] |
If you have something that you like that perhaps only 10 other people in the universe do and you don't know them, put it in a wiki online. I guarantee you they will eventually find it and your life will be awesome when they do.
Someone just wrote me saying they have even more unreleased Vesicular Basalt live shows. At this point I've gotten more music from fans who found my site via a Google search than I ever could have found on my own. |
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