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#1 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 1 day, 1 hour ago

Prince of Persia (2008) for sure. One of the biggest bummers this gen that Ubisoft completely threw out this game in the cold, despite doing OK sales wise.

I don't feel it has a strong following either, since it's not really a proper PoP game for most fans. It wasn't really that challenging and it strayed far from the puzzle platform elements of previous games. In the end, it was mostly remembered for it's DLC epilogue that sparked a debate regarding important story stuff as DLC.

Which is a shame, because I will fondly remember everything else about this game. Sorry Mirror's Edge, I like you a whole lot and I look forward to the sequel, but parkour should be third-perspective and stringing together a 10 minute seamless combination in Prince of Persia was and still is one of my favorite moments from this gen.

#2 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 1 day, 2 hours ago

Too Human

Alone in the Dark

Duke Nukem Forever

#3 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 2 days, 1 hour ago

Big the Cat

#4 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 3 days, 15 hours ago

@jjweatherman: Ah, well if the cooler already has pre-applied paste you don't need to apply new one. I don't remember if my H60 had, but I probably removed it if it did. Pre-applied paste is usually not as effective as aftermarket paste, so I make a habit of always changing it.

No there certainly isn't any other way. Never let anyone else touch your PC.

#5 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 4 days, 15 hours ago

@zlimness said:

@jjweatherman:

I have the exact same case with a H60 cooler. The case is spacious and easy to work in, so it wasn't a big problem to mount the cooler. But yeah, be careful once you've applied the paste and stick the cooler on the CPU. It will squirm a bit :) but it's a lot easier with the Intel brackets. I had a AMD CPU first and it was much more difficult to get that in place. I also changed the fans to Noctua. The 500R case is open and noisy as it is without the stock Corsair fans. Other than that and some cheap plastic parts, the case has a nice quality feel. It feels future proof as well. You can mount a lot of massive GPUs in there if you remove the storage trays. The storage trays are designed for both 3.5 HDDs and 2.5 SDDs.

Nice.

So you applied your own thermal paste? I know they pre-apply some stuff, and I wouldn't be sure how to safely remove that to put on my own. Seems easier to just use the pre-applied.

As far as the Noctua fans, I didn't know those existed until now. And now I want a couple. I'll try out the stock fans to test the noise level and see if I want to upgrade from there. Fan swaps on a radiator would be simple to do down the line, after all.

Yes I have a tube of paste because I fiddle with CPU fans now and then, and once you've removed the CPU fan, you need to apply some new paste. It's good to change paste now and then as well, since it dries up after a few years. Especially if it's cheap, pre-applied paste.

I assume you're going to order parts and assemble the computer yourself? Then you don't need to remove the paste, because the pre-applied paste is on the stock fan that comes with the CPU. You still need to apply new paste though. I use this. You don't need a special tool for this. An old plastic card is what I use.

If you ever need to remove paste, use some sort of industrial solvent. I use acetone or clean alcohol. Dip a Q-tip and gently rub off the paste.

Removing thermal paste and applying new can seem a bit messy, since it involves liquids on computer parts. But you only use these liquids on metal surfaces, so you won't damage anything.

Noctua make some of the best fans. Quite expensive but definitely worth it. The Corsair fans are OK, but after switching to Noctua, I've become really sensitive to loud fans. And they still do their job of moving a lot of air. Not a priority at this point, but after a while the noise of a gaming PC will probably drive you nuts :)

#6 Edited by Zlimness (323 posts) - 5 days, 2 hours ago

@jjweatherman:

I have the exact same case with a H60 cooler. The case is spacious and easy to work in, so it wasn't a big problem to mount the cooler. But yeah, be careful once you've applied the paste and stick the cooler on the CPU. It will squirm a bit :) but it's a lot easier with the Intel brackets. I had a AMD CPU first and it was much more difficult to get that in place. I also changed the fans to Noctua. The 500R case is open and noisy as it is without the stock Corsair fans. Other than that and some cheap plastic parts, the case has a nice quality feel. It feels future proof as well. You can mount a lot of massive GPUs in there if you remove the storage trays. The storage trays are designed for both 3.5 HDDs and 2.5 SDDs.

#7 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 5 days, 3 hours ago

@mikey87144 said:

@oscar__explosion said:

@believer258 said:

I just don't get the craze over SSD's. They're really expensive for far less space and all you get is a few seconds shaved off of loading times. Is the smaller storage space and the slightly shorter load times really worth that extra cost?

Anyway, do we have any sort of confirmation that SSD's will even work with PS4's?

Yeah I don't get it either. I'd rather have all the space versus the faster load times. At least for the time being. I assume at one point SSD's will get to the point of a total replacement rather than a novel upgrade.

Put one in your PC and you'll get it. Even when they were 60GB most people who had them wouldn't trade them for a regular HDD. I have one in my PC and I had one in my PS3. Negligible but still noticeable improvement on the PS3 and on PC it was amazing. Instant boot times on games and just turning on the PC. There is a reason they're becoming more the standard than the exception.

But Windows 8 already boots nearly instantly for me and games load in a matter of seconds on a plain old 7200 RPM 1TB HDD. Here are the search results on Newegg for a 1TB ssd; I paid $80 for mine, if I remember correctly. That's worth it?

An SSD is not the tool for the job if you want a lot of storage space. Keep your 1TB for pictures, images and other data files. Get one of these for your OS, applications and games.

Of course, if you're happy about your current performance, then there's no need to upgrade right now. But the SSDs are almost 4 times as fast as a regular HDD. I'd say getting a SSD is almost as important the CPU these days for everyday performance.

#8 Posted by Zlimness (323 posts) - 5 days, 6 hours ago

Nope!

#9 Edited by Zlimness (323 posts) - 6 days, 9 hours ago

Rarely. It's so easy to find cheap games digitally nowadays, I can't be bothered to find a physical copy in good condition for a good price.

#10 Edited by Zlimness (323 posts) - 7 days, 2 hours ago

This is just a breeze compared to last console launch. Having Metal Gear Solid V on central display at the MS conference and Sony uttering the words "Bungie" on a press conference, Sony and MS trading series and developers left and right, who cares anymore? Remember when Final Fantasy would pull this kind of weight? Same thing would only occur today if Mario appeared on a non-Nintendo console. Fanboys used to care about their exclusives. Liking games on all platforms are OK now. Fanboys mainly seem to focus all their attention on used games and internet connection. So if you're not deep into that, there's nothing to bother with. And to be fair, it all just seems like MS has gone fucking crazy and Sony are doing their usual thing of promising stuff they can't keep.

Join the dark side and buy a PC instead and you won't even notice the drama going on around.