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    How big is your CStrike Source maps folder?

    in Counter Strike

    Was doing some HD cleaning tonight and got curious as to how big mine was. I've been runing custom map nights for about 2 years now (wow can't believe that long already) and playing even longer!

     

    Seeing as I have every map I've ever played since starting Source I knew my maps folder was pretty big, but even I was surprised!

     

    Just the maps folder for me is 7.86 GBs! So, anyone close, or even over that?!

    Need suggestions for building a comp for < $1000.00 w/o monitor (Results)

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    I agree about the video for shared vs dedicated. My laptop has shared and I'm not very fond of it.

     

    One thing I'm still debating is to go with the power supply in the case I picked ( i did go different from the ones you guys recommended) or to buy a separate one still. There seems to be a lot of people that recently ran into issues with it. The case is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811156062

     

    I'm thinking a thermaltake power supply 420 newegg has for 27.99 after rebate (1600 reviews and 5 eggs still), I ended up getting a 8500 vid card and BFG recommends 300W or greater so I think I'd be safe with that.

    Need suggestions for building a comp for < $1000.00 w/o monitor (Results)

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    I had just the opposite, my eVGA card had issues from nearly Day 1. My friend bought a BFG around the same time, nearly same card in fact. He did have 1 problem after some time. They did the replacement ASAP for him and he actually got a free upgrade out of it since they no longer made his model.

     

    I replaced my eVGA with a BFG after about 15 months of fighting with it and haven't looked back since.

     

    I'm probably premature for wanting to stay away from eVGA after 1 card but I don't think I'd be comfortable going with them for this PC.

     

    Plus BFG has a lifetime warrenty whereas eVGA was only 2 years.

    Need suggestions for building a comp for < $1000.00 w/o monitor (Results)

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    Looking at this possibly for video card. They really don't need anything heavy duty, but I want to be able to run Vista (or the next OS afterwards) if necessary in the future.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814143104

     

    I'm gonna put XP Pro on it for now. This seems like a good deal after the rebate and doesn't use shared memory either. I've used BFG before on my current computer and have had good experience with them before. Not to mention their HQ is within a few miles of where I live.

    Need suggestions for building a comp for < $1000.00 w/o monitor (Results)

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    ah you're right, I must have missed it. Sorry I've been on the phone while reading this all here helping them get my brother's old (er) comp running for the time being. I'd like to get the most I can for the price limits in terms of performance, so I'm not sure I want to go to a celeron. I did notice that people are commenting on Newegg that the e6750 overclocks very nicely.I'm thinking to go with the stock cooling for the fan unless there's a real bad need to get something higher performance. Right now I'm not planning to overclock it. Of course I assume that it comes with a stock heat sink/fan.

    Need suggestions for building a comp for < $1000.00 w/o monitor (Results)

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    Hey guys, so as the topic said I'm going to be building a replacement for my parents computer which is quite old. The requirements aren't too steep, basically has to run XP Pro, Office, Quicken deluxe and basic comp stuff.

     

    No gaming requirements (parent's PC remember), but I do want to build something that won't need to be replaced or upgraded (at least not significantly) for the next 5 years or so (considering I live 350 miles from them) and will still perform well towards the end of that timeframe.

     

    The bad news is I'm on a little bit of a time crunch in that I want to start ordering parts by end of day Thursday :( Since there old comp is having severe problems and they need a comp).

     

    I was wondering if anyone can offer suggestions that would keep the price under $1000 but get the most bang for buck. I haven't been following processors much over the past couple years so I'm not sure what the better deal is for that price range.

     

    Basically the components I'm looking at are:

    CPU

    Mobo (specifically not integrated video)

    RAM (2 GB)

    Video Card

    HD

    Case (mid tower, w/ or w/o window, don't care really, but needs decent cooling)

    DVD burner 16x or greater

     

     

    Plus if anyone has suggestions about stuff to lean towards or keep a HUGE distance from I'd appreciate that as well :D Preferably I'd like to stick with newegg as I've used them a number of times before and know them to be reliable, but I'd also be able to hit some stores locally as well.

     

    A couple main questions I have are:

    1) AMD or Intel? Generally as I understand it for high end Intel unquestiongly, but mid range I'm not sure on

    1a) Also what are the rough equivalents here? exa. a Core 2 Duo 2.83GHz ~= AMD Athlon xxx ?

    2) DDR2 or DD3? I've seen a number of mobo's that are DDR3 lately, should I be looking for DDR3 specifically?

     

    Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer :luxhello:

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    in MMOs

    You have me thinking I should consider moving my 70's from my server to the server everyone is on...

     

    The guild I'm in is doing Kara, couple bosses in ZA, and partnering with another guild for Gruuls.

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    in Saturday Night Customs - Mapping

    It might not be a bad idea to turn off the Chron job for now and see what that does. I definately agree from what everyone says to me in the server when I'm running it that if the admins all leave usually everyone wants it to go back to normal maps.

     

    It's tough to say whether we cut it to everyone other week or what. I'd say lets do this steps at a time. Part of why I'm resistant to doing this is depending on my events for the weekend I'm not always able to stay on for 3-5 hrs running it, sometimes I have to leave after 2 hrs. Doing it every other week would mean more maps and long runs, meaning we'd need more people to run it.

     

    One thing that may help is if more admins can play during it to keep it going, provided that's what the players in-game want. My general experience has always been everyone loves to keep going, as long as it isn't the script picking the maps. The admin keeps it live and interesting and can respond to trends/requests/play in-game.

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