Hello

(V)OPAR[CotC] · Post by **(V)OPAR[CotC]** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:15 pm

Welcome Death Dealer
you sould fit in well with all the computer nuts in here, as for me it is all over my head

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:51 pm

As far as power supplies go -- the reason the wattage is getting so high these days is because theres some really crappy power supplies out there that dont give the power they advertise.

SOmeone gets a crappy 350W supply and the computer doesnt run, so they would logically jump to the conclusion that they must need 400W to handle the load, when in reality they just need a good 350W.

This has been going on for a while now and the end result is people getting 600W power supplies. Even the good brands are finding it difficult, they make 400W supplies that produce more power than the cheap 600s and they wont sell cause people think the wattage is all they need to look at.

Oh well

Post by **KrAzYdAvE** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:19 pm

RedBaron wrote:As far as power supplies go -- the reason the wattage is getting so high these days is because theres some really crappy power supplies out there that dont give the power they advertise.

SOmeone gets a crappy 350W supply and the computer doesnt run, so they would logically jump to the conclusion that they must need 400W to handle the load, when in reality they just need a good 350W.

This has been going on for a while now and the end result is people getting 600W power supplies. Even the good brands are finding it difficult, they make 400W supplies that produce more power than the cheap 600s and they wont sell cause people think the wattage is all they need to look at.

Oh well

Good points indeed.
Perfect example would be Rico's power supply that he got.
I don't recall what wattage that thing was, but it didn't work too long before the video card blew out one of the headers.

Post by **Aide-de-Camp** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:35 am

Welcome Death Dealer! I see that AOE III is in your quiver. We should dance sometime, large map, discovery age, etc.

Glad to have you aboard!

Post by **Aide-de-Camp** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:17 am

Scion wrote:Aaah! Underworld rocks!

Didn't I just see an Underworld II movie coming down the horizon?

Post by **Scion** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:19 am

Yes!! And sooooooon. January 20th! Absolutely freaking awesome movie. And she's hot.

Post by **D.A.R.K.[CotC]** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:29 am

It just seems like another Blade spin-off with the male character replaced by a female counterpart... the Underworld thing, but I have yet to see it

Death_Dealer[CotC] · Post by **Death_Dealer[CotC]** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:41 am

Aide-de-Camp - I have yet to play to much of AOE III, but played a lot of AOE II. So you Got a deal.

Scion - Underworld Evolution looks to be a quality sequal from what i have seen of previews. I believe it comes out next friday.

Dark - You are missing a good movie. The movie is much better than blade, just as much action but more of a story. Plus its a hot female wearing tight leather that has to count for something.

Post by **D.A.R.K.[CotC]** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:12 am

Too true death dealer... too true

Post by **Scion** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:11 pm

The first Blade was all right, but the sequels absolutely sucked. Underworld doesn't compare to them at all, really. Much much better movie.

And..but...but...but Yahoo says the 20th! But hell...if it comes out sooner...WOOT! =D

Red XIII · Post by **Red XIII** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:46 pm

Hey Death......already got you on my XFire Friends......
If you can't tell by my profile, I play a lot of Guild Wars.
I also play lots of CoD, I WISH i could play FEAR, but my PC specs SUCK!

AMD Duron 1.7 Ghz
512 MB Random type RAM
ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB
and an AWESOME Logitech USB Headset.

Ridicule all you want.......I get it every day from my friends at school.

Post by **Serpent** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:51 pm

Aide-de-Camp wrote:Welcome Death Dealer! I see that AOE III is in your quiver. We should dance sometime, large map, discovery age, etc.

Glad to have you aboard!

Let's the 3 of us ... play AoE 3.

Post by **Aide-de-Camp** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:38 pm

Scion wrote:And she's hot.

Yes. I told my wife when she comes to the door to drag me away I would not be able to fight her off.

And she was also in Van Helsing, always the tight pants this one...

Post by **D.A.R.K.[CotC]** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:00 pm

What are you talking about Night Hawk! My computer has worse specs than yours, but only slightly, and I can run any game out there: Doom 3, HL 2, all source games, CoD2, and I don't doubt that it could run FEAR either. You computer is more than capable of handling FEAR. Go buy it, NOW!

(P.S.: Send me a copy when you do buy it hehe)

Post by **Rico** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:28 pm

krazydave wrote:
RedBaron wrote:As far as power supplies go -- the reason the wattage is getting so high these days is because theres some really crappy power supplies out there that dont give the power they advertise.

SOmeone gets a crappy 350W supply and the computer doesnt run, so they would logically jump to the conclusion that they must need 400W to handle the load, when in reality they just need a good 350W.

This has been going on for a while now and the end result is people getting 600W power supplies. Even the good brands are finding it difficult, they make 400W supplies that produce more power than the cheap 600s and they wont sell cause people think the wattage is all they need to look at.

Oh well
Good points indeed.
Perfect example would be Rico's power supply that he got.
I don't recall what wattage that thing was, but it didn't work too long before the video card blew out one of the headers.

About 5 boots.

Got one from PC Power and Cooling - quiet, and enough headers (and wire) to run all the powered stuff on it's own lead. I still have a couple left over. Hmm, time for another SATA drive, hmmm?