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I feel like they should print up some cards for Halloween.

"From our family to yours, Happy Holidays!

Alex, Drac, Austin, Vinny and "Beasty""

Here is a pretty typical Skylake i5 build for a 1080: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HhKfMp

Around $1200 USD, with half of that going to the 1080 itself.

@theuprightman said:

That's what I'm wondering, too. I'm guessing the trailer ends up as the opening movie for the game, but not sure if he'll be doing leader/civ intros, science quotes, etc.

(I keep thinking the narrator from Civ V (W. Morgan Sheppard) was in Game of Thrones, but maybe it's just an "older British actor" stereotype at this point.)

Is there an ability to save/access full replays?

I appreciate that the game saves a few highlights - at least for your current session. So if you're not constantly streaming/recording while playing, you have a chance to grab some after the fact. Highlight that I recorded last night:

(Don't know how to turn off chat for these, without turning off full UI.)

Just as a reminder to anyone finding this thread (started for the closed beta, I'm assuming) - the open beta is still running! It will close May 10 at 10:00 a.m. PDT in all regions.

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20743735540

The other side of the coin is if you buy a newer, somewhat better performing CPU now, it's probably going to last quite a while. Especially if you're not compelled to upgrade your CPU every year or two, you'll get a lot out of it, even if it costs a little more up front.

If we're talking about buying new, the gap between Haswell Refresh i5 and Skylake i5 isn't huge right now (maybe $25?). Like Shivoa mentioned, Intel probably isn't going to have a huge price drop to clear out their older CPUs. More likely to find individual vendors offering good deals every now and then, while Intel offers incremental price drops over time.

Start checking PCPartPicker, if you aren't already. Maybe check out /r/buildapcsales.

If you're building to a certain budget, and the money saved on a previous-gen CPU gets you into a better GPU than you'd otherwise afford, by all means go for it. Socket 1150 boards and DDR3 are still popular, still widely available. If you have some budget flexibility, consider the current-gen options.

Feel like I need to watch Paprika again.

Also bringing back that Nichijou love:

Thought my DVR was mixed up on the Bahrain Grand Prix schedule this weekend, but now it looks OK.

NBC Sports schedule:

@monkeyking1969 said:

I did see this little beauty...so very pink.

This case, from the same manufacturer, is also pretty good. But I couldn't find it for sale anywhere.

Took a shot, and I think the following build is pretty terrible. I resorted to a lot of old parts (some used) available on Amazon.

Since some parts aren't available in PCPartPicker, I've included images (and full parts list) in the spoiler tag. Some stray thoughts:

• This build should technically be able to run Windows 8.1 64-bit. But you wouldn't want to.
• CPU is a good old, single-core Celeron. They literally don't make them like this anymore.
• Motherboard is not very cheap for a board that's, what, 5 socket generations old? Still has the all-important serial, LPT, and PS/2 ports.
• RAM only totals 2GB, but takes up both available slots. Was going to find some with stupid-huge heatsinks, but didn't find any cheap enough.
• It has an SSD! It's 32GB.
• Honestly don't know how an 8400 GS performs for modern day use (streaming Giant Bomb, YouTube, Netflix). Might not be extremely horrible, if you keep the resolution low?
• Chose the wi-fi card because it has this dumb little antenna panel you need to stand somewhere (on your desk or PC case). Reviews are pretty bad.
• Mouse is the first ugly PS/2 mouse I came across. It says it's sold new, but photos didn't convince me.
• Keyboard is a used silicone flexible keyboard. So you get zero key feel plus the ick factor.
• This case is sort of a crap shoot. It's an ATX case, and it says it has a 300W PSU, but they don't say much else about it. No interior photos. Just ugly beige circa 1998.
• The rules say at least one PCIe card. The GPU is PCIe, but the wi-fi card is PCI.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Pn92gs

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Pn92gs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz Single-Core Processor (used, $13.93)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-LEE-L911-GP 33.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2PT Micro ATX LGA775 Motherboard (used, $49.47)

Memory: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($20.95 @ Amazon)

Storage: Crucial V4 32GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($37.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce 8400 GS 1GB Video Card ($29.99 @ Amazon)

Wireless Network Adapter: Netgear WN311B-100NAS 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (used, $5.09)

Mouse: wired standard mouse ps2, MOU-886, trackball by viewnet ($5.99)

Keyboard: Flexible Silicone Spill Proof Keyboard (Blue) by Omnitech (used, $10.12)

Case/PSU: CABLES UNLIMITED ATX CASE CF-8502A-ATX-CASE ($35.99)

Total: $224.51

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 00:39 EDT-0400

EDIT - Think I fixed the formatting in spoiler tag.