farberio

 

 

Now, onto my observation: i looked at my friends list, and I had 8 different friends playing CS:GO (not in a match, just playing).  Guess how many were in our server?  None, it was empty.  Back in the day I NEVER played anywhere but our server (still won't)...

 

Part of it is that GO is a different world now with CMM competitive match making.   A lot of us want to play matches competitively.

 

 

Absolutely...we discussed this.  The match creation part is something I always dreamed of.  This game was meant to be played as a team (many of our thousands of bans were probably due to people not getting that) This is just when people are pubbing that I'm speaking about.

 

Breakout is also wreaking havoc on this, in order to complete missions you usually need to be on a non GC server (Casual, Deathmatch, CMM, whatever that bomb one is)

But I think this means we need a GC 5v5 server instead of scopeless.

I gotcha.

Paid.

I think Cat is going too

Actually it was the 924s that I was thinking of. http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/4526350709.html

But if you have either of those I will unmercifully make fun of you for having a fake Porsche.

BTW, link in OP is broken. To me it looks like you bought a white box.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/ctd/4516666491.html

Yeah, that's my fear. I am willing to get into work early to avoid traffic but I bet I will normally be late on my way back to the city. Its the extra time off the highway that feels like it will be break for 'can live my life/hate my life."

1hr commute is about my max before I will go crazy, I know Friday's back into the city will be beyond that though.

You are getting a lot of good suggestions - don't listen to sj - we kicked him out.

 

Coming from someone who lives downtown and has to occasionally commute to the 'burbs for work - don't do it. That rules out lincoln park. Assuming you can get from the Rosemont blue line stop to your place of work (via bus), anywhere along the blue line (that's been mentioned) would be a good move. I'd also consider the west side of Bucktown and Wicker Park. If you really want to live downtown - River North or West loop would be your best option - and only a quick walk to a metra which could put you in Franklin Park.

 

Depending on your life style - I would actually agree with SJ though - live close to where you work and suck it up to commute downtown when you want to enjoy the city.

Assuming you want to ignore mohawks sound advice and commute to the suburbs from the city....I am looking at bucktownish and ravenswoodish and will commute to Elmhurst (right off 294).

I have been warned that living east of the river is an extra level of headache when commuting to the suburbs but I like the slightly quieter area of ravenswood vs bucktown. Has anyone lived in that area and commuted to the suburbs and can advise if it is terrible from that area?

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It's even more silly. You have to have made a purchase and then wait 30 days or something like that.

You can always trade cases for skins from other people.

UGHHHHHHH

Ubuntu is nice, but it wasn't really ready for prime time when I used it last and I highly doubt its ready now.

I think you got caught up in the name change hack and the aimbotter that showed up in the same minute or so.

You are going to rally that car? the Mitsu USA site says thats a CVT only car....bold choice to rally with sir.

Some people have problems connecting with the password saying that the password is not valid. Can password be removed?

In my personal opinion it would idealy be nice to get ahold of the map rotation code to do something like:

Force 3/5 options to always be stock maps. Force stock maps on server <16 people. Or other such things.

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Good sound, matches the bike.

There is a whole science behind audio, and a whole lot of that is bound by the quality of the equipment you have. At the end of the day something, whether the on-board sound car or USB headset, needs to convert the signal from digital into analog. The benefit of a USB digital to audio converter(DAC) is that the conversion is done away from the signal noise of the motherboard though it doesn't mean that the actual conversion is any good.

My journey into sound went: headset, diy non PC card headphone amp, and i am looking into buying a DAC in the near future.

A USB headset does not use the sound card available on the PC, so Marvin's point is not to waste money on a sound card if you aren't going to use it.

The number of 'doohicky' jacks is just then number of dedicated channels (2, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1 etc).

IMO, where you get your degree from is almost irrelevant. At most it buys you a litlte bit of 'wow' factor and most importantly a foot in the door. Remember, the laws of physics and math that EE/CS/CE are built upon don't change from university to university so you aren't learning anything different wherever you go. What changes (in theory) is the caliber (and sometimes just the size of the pocketbook) of the students you will share your time with.

My alma matter is ranked in a separate category to most schools since it does not offer a PHD. That said it was also #6 in the nation for Computer Engineering. It has bought be some respect for the people that know and respect the school, but it has always been my performance at work that has spoken much more loudly then the university that I went too.

I agree that if you really want to understand code you should take some hardware, I would recommend to at least look into a Computer Engineering degree as opposed to a Computer Science degree. And if you end up going to Princeton I would highly recommend you do CS/Business, or at least minor in it as that is the true strength of Princeton. Understanding the business side will also make you a more complete engineer when it comes to understanding why the company wants a certain date/cost range/dumb feature. It will also be a great starting point for getting an MBA later on.

i wouldn't worry too much about cooling the GPU, you have 4 fans in the case that will basically be dedicated to extracting the GPU heat since you are moving the heat from the CPU to outside the case. The RAM will adjust itself to run fine but it may not be as fast as you bought (ie, you can look to step down the speed for extra ram). If you aren't going to touch the build for awhile I would maximize the RAM now as that's arguably the best bang for the buck.

Hyper 212 plus is great

Agreed.

I run a Phenom II X4 965 Black with a 3.4 GHz core speed, overclocked it to 4.2 GHz with just the Hyper 212 and my 3 case fans and it only ran around 2C hotter. I have a $50 mid-tower.

Looks like they updated the case with USB 3.0 in the front.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147060

I am finally going to get a decent computer and Chick will also be getting a new one as well. Though if anyone has any great build or part ideas I would love all the help I can get. I have a budget between $2000-$4000. I am looking for the best bang for the buck so doesn't have to max out that budget and that is per computer so up to $8000 for the pair. Both myself and chick have such awful comps that is isnt worth trying to upgrade so just needing to build from the ground up. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

You have a huge budget. You could seriously build a PC for between $1000 and $1500 that sounds like it will blow what you currently have out of the water. I'm looking into this as well.

I agree with Samurai, unless you are trying to bulletproof your build for future upgrades (which has never really worked for me since the PC market changes so quickly) or push the envelope for the next month in graphics and processor technology, I would say look for the value buys in each option and be happy. Some of the extra budget could then be used for some niceties like a sweet keyboard/mouse or a better/second monitor.

This place always has decent AMD/Mobo combo buys if you are going with AMD: http://www.microcenter.com/site/products/amd_bundles.aspx

Also, I would at least do an SSD for your main partition of windows and programs. The one I got at work was a huuuuge boost and well worth it vs the last couple mhz in a processor.

Looking good! When you get it started I think placing a 1 on the ground is in order.

 

God I miss this. Perhaps I will get a WRX someday again after my lease is up. Unfortunately this was a friggin steal when I found it at one year used, and now they are all but non-existent used within 50 miles. I got lucky on the car and price and went ahead and sold it like an idiot

Ouch, I feel for ya.

 

Also I'm quiet surprised that Farb hasn't posted here any pictures of his baby.

 

What, this?

God I miss this. Perhaps I will get a WRX someday again after my lease is up. Unfortunately this was a friggin steal when I found it at one year used, and now they are all but non-existent used within 50 miles. I got lucky on the car and price and went ahead and sold it like an idiot

Wait, so what do you have now? The 3 and the WRX were pretty good choices...