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#1 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

@Slasherman: As you can probably tell by now I can put a system together but when it comes to the nitty gritty I'm pretty lost. I've had that cooler for years and I though Fluid Dynamic meant water cooler and thus I'm an idiot. I like building rigs for myself and others but I almost always leave everything at stock value to avoid complications. I'm at work now but as soon as I get home I'm going elbow deep to figure out what I can do that won't involve money.

As some has suggested I think I'll up the video card and overclock the E6300 as far as stability will allow. Every unofficial system recommendation for Skyrim thus far has been a quad core but my native resolution on my monitor is only 1650x1050 so I don't need a beast. Wish they'd release some actual info on Skyrim requirements already. I don't wanna play on 360! I still have some PC pride!

12 years ago

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#2 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

I need to re-check the temp. on the CPU. I forgot that the last time I check it I was doing a torture test to make sure the CPU wasn't going bad when I was having issues with my O.V. ram. I have a Arctic Cooler Pro 7 on my CPU. It may have lost some of its efficacy over time but that this point I think I'll try to O.C. and get a new video card. I'm going to read that article right now. Thanks :)

12 years ago

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#3 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

SlasherMan: Would you happen to know a tech. article I could read for the PCI Express issue I mentioned? It seems as though the lack of bandwidth between the two different versions of the slot should still have a significant impact. I'm running a liquid cooler on my CPU and I've never overclocked it so I might try that first. Not sure how far I can push it since it runs at around 50-70 degrees now.

As for my budget I have little to none. I recently had to have some major dental work done along with some car repairs and repaying student loans. I could scrape together enough for one upgrade if I tried. I've put off upgrading the video card due to me believing that I would be bottlenecked by the CPU and legacy slot.

12 years ago

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#4 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

I'm currently torn between upgrading my current rig or waiting and building a new one.

My current rig:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @1.8GHz
Mobo: Gibabyte GA-965P-S3 LGA 775
Ram: GSkill 4 gig (2x 2gig) 240-pin SDRAM 800
EVGA GeFroce 9500 GT 1gig

I'm primarily concerned with being able to play Skyrim and Batman: Arkham City at 1600x1050. I was able to play Fallout 3 and Batman: Arkham Asylum flawlessly with this rig but I had some issues with some over voltage ram that has caused me some issues and now things aren't so hot.

I believe the CPU to be the real issue and I can get a Core 2 Duo E7600 @3.06GHz for about $150. I could also replace the video card but everything better requires PCI Express 16x 2.0 now and my board only supports PCI Express 16x. I could use a newer card in the older slot and have it down clock but I'm not sure I'd get any real benefit from it.

The new Sandy Bridge hardware is pretty cheap and very nice and AMD has some very cheap equivalent hardware but money is a real problem. If I upgrade the CPU do you think I could hold out for another year?

12 years ago

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#5 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

Does anyone know which ports you need to open up for MK? It doesn't always help but the lag is so bad I'm willing to try anything. I'm losing to uppercut/sweeps to the point of tears.

13 years ago

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#6 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

@GlutenBob: Yea, it wouldn't be online. I'm trying to get some locals into the scene. I found a number of people over on SRK that live 5 mins away and I'm thinking I could get enough to run a local tournament. I live in NC and the nearest tournament location of note is about 2 hours away. If anything I could get some car pools going but I'd like to see if its possible to get something going here especially since MK has such broad appeal.

13 years ago

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#7 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

So I might have just began the process of getting a fighting game scene going here in my local town and with MK about to be released I thought I'd see if any of you have any experience or know any good resources for running a small tournament. The standard for most fighting games I believe is best of 3 double elimination. Standard 99 sec rounds. Are there any good websites to help automate the process or good programs to use?

13 years ago

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#8 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

I managed to find a Rubbermaid Hose rack at my local Lowes Hardware and I got my headphones on Fri.

Overall I'm happy with the set but voices sound really far away for some reason. Also, I can't hook up the headset to my console and PC at the same times because you have to use an adaptor to the plugin that normally plugs into the Doubly decoder box. Doh.

13 years ago

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#9 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

@CannonGoose: Thats where I normally laid them and yet when anyone other than me sat them down they put them on the floor. And thus my current predicament.

13 years ago

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#10 Edited By Zombieheadbutt

@AlianthaBerries said:

" Really? you are willing to buy a headphone stand? just make one out of oh I don't know, a bed post or like the guy before me, the tv. "

I have to have something that is indisputably designated as a headphone stand or people will still think the floor is an ok idea. I, however, do understand that buy a stand for a set of headphones is kind of overboard for the average person. So, I've compromised by buying something that isn't intend as such, cheap and yet perfect for the job.

This thing is only $10 and is nearly perfect for what I need it for.

As much as I want something like the Omega Headphone stand:

13 years ago

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