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#1  Edited By ReefTrigger

Think about waiting to buy a rig.  Both Intel and AMD are coming out with new sockets next year that will obsolete a lot of existing mobos.  (Intel: 1155 obsoletes 1156  AMD: AM3+ obsoletes AM3)

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#2  Edited By ReefTrigger

Scarred-up BAMF FTW! 
Or a hot chick.  Its like 50-50

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Hawx 2 (technically H.A.W.X. 2) is a game that I would normally never play, and yet I found myself playing it this morning, and I must say I found it somewhat entertaining, though it is not something I would spend money on.  I do not buy many games (for the pc, my iTouch is another story), and I am usually content with TF2 and one or two racing games per year.  However last morning I received a free copy of Hawx 2 with my purchase of a $20 flash drive.  "Last morning" was Black Friday, and yes, It was a special deal for the first 25 to buy anything, so don't ask me where you can get this deal for yourself, because you can't.   Anyways, if I can get something for free (legally) I give it a try, so I dutifully punched in my code to the Ubi.com at 9:30 that morning.  And waited.  And waited.  And played TF2.  And waited some more.  Finally at around 3:00 the website finally accepted my order and I could begin to download the game.  To make a long story short, it was the next morning before I could actually play anything.  I'm going to try to prevent this from becoming a rant about Ubisoft's website and DRM, but lets just say that it is not ideal. 
So I finally boot up Hawx.  There is definitely something fun about flying around as a jet and just blowing the crap out of other jets, but it seems like there is something different.  I generally suck at flight games, so my tactics in Hawx went something like this: Fly at yellow arrow (shows you where your target is), then wait for missile lock and shoot 2 missiles.  Repeat for next target.  The mission I stopped on is probably only the third in the campaign.  In this one you have to escort a flotilla of US forces to attack an offshore oil rig/factory/place, and the only direction they give you is "Clear a Path".  So each mission would go like this:  Start out, speed over to catch up with the convoy (the game checkpointed me WAY behind, so the convoy would already be damaged by the time I got there) and try to shoot stuff.  Shoot down like 5 helicopters, and destroy their entire air force.  Shoot painfully slow moving AGMs (Air to Ground Missiles?) at some ships/oil rig looking things.  Hear like 20 "Dude shoot more stuff down b/c the convoy is getting destroyed" messages.  Crash into water or enemy ship while trying to figure out where the convoy actually is.   This is probably my fault, but I think that it would be much easier if I could actually figure out what I am supposed to be killing.
Basically, at any one time there are about 15 potential targets on the screen, all of which are marked by the same exact target selection box.  There was no map that I could find that would tell me what was attacking the convoy, or allow me to lock on to those things.  to make matters worse, the entire area is saturated with enemies, and it is difficult to tell which direction "home" is and which direction the entire map full of enemy forces is. 
So whats my point?  I suck at Flight games.  But I will try again and post a new entry if I manage to beat it. 
(incidentally I did have a lot of fun with the AC-130 mission, so it does have promise)

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#4  Edited By ReefTrigger

HAVE: 
- Shako 
- V. Whoopee Cap 
- V. Sola Topi 
- Bombing Run 
- V. Blokes Bucket 
- 3 Crates 
- Crapload of weapons 
 
Want: 
- Max Head 
- Lugermorph 
- Big Kill 
- More Shakos (lol) 
- Dr.s Dapper  
- Offers

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#5  Edited By ReefTrigger

Take me down to paradise city where the cars are fast and the girls are pretty.
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#6  Edited By ReefTrigger
@LiquidPrince said:

" @Leon592 said:

" I am torn between going as Indiana Jones or Dexter (from the Showtime series)... I work at my local Party City so I get sweet discounts on costumes + accessories! "

Dexter doesn't really have an iconic look. I mean he just wears regular day clothes. I'd go with Indiana Jones if I were in your position. "
mebbe get that shirt that he always wears when he murders people, though if you dont already look like him gl trying to pull it off. 
If you do indy old indy from the 4th movie would be funny IMO 
 
EDIT: NInja'd.    also think geek has a better one
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#7  Edited By ReefTrigger
@agentboolen said:
" @ReefTrigger said:
" If only all 30 million played TF2 lol.  I have to admit that I am slightly worried about the amount of control valve has over the market, though so far it seems that valve is being more than generous with it's services. "
If there ever is a company to take video gaming away from consoles and make it bigger on PC it would most likely be Valve at this point. "
I'm not saying that Valve is worse than any other distribution controller (Just look at apple and the iDevice), in fact, I think they're probably one of the best.  In general I'm a more laissez faire type of guy, though that tends not to work that well on the internet (android marketplace) due to the high concentration of dooshbags.  (not to mention the anonymity)
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#8  Edited By ReefTrigger
If only all 30 million played TF2 lol.  I have to admit that I am slightly worried about the amount of control valve has over the market, though so far it seems that valve is being more than generous with it's services.
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#9  Edited By ReefTrigger

I have several comments 
- Why amazon?  Did you look around at Newegg etc.? 
- I would be wary of hooking up a TV as a primary monitor.  We have a a HDTV hooked up to a computer, and reading text (i.e. while web surfing) is kind of a pain.  It does look good for netflix instant though. 
- You may want to get a 600W PSU, if only for upgrade reasons 
- You could probably find a cooler case for the money 
- 1TB is cheap, I would go for it 
 
Good luck with your build

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#10  Edited By ReefTrigger
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103677  
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138111
 
 OK I understand that this is about $90 including shipping for these two, however this is at newegg.  Micro center/frys will have better deals on regularly, but basically the only way to see those is through their ads.
 
I haven't listed the parts because I am not currently sitting in front of them.   But it should be sufficient to say that the Power Supply is in the neighborhood of 400W and the RAM is DDR2.  Case supports ATX.  nuff said. 
 
@all the people saying "get a job" thats not the point.  I have a good pc already, and am preforming this partially as a thought  experiment, and partially for a friend.