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Reply #15 - Dec 20th, 2007 at 8:15pm
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Last post from my behemoth monitor!  Meredith bought me the 22" Samsung LCD for my birthday!

YAY, birthday!

I'll post pictures either tonight or tomorrow (or next year).

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Reply #16 - Dec 20th, 2007 at 11:32pm
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Wooooow!  This screen is massive!  Not only do I have more screen real estate than I know what to do with, but I've also reclaimed three square feet of my actual desk!  This is incredible!

It's also nice to see black colors that are... well... black!  My CRT has had a green tint for so long that I'm completely blown away by seeing dark colors again!

The only downside is that my current rig really chugs when I try to run Vista at 1680x1050.  I'm running at 1280x720 at the moment to keep things running relatively smoothly.  Now I'm more desperate than ever to upgrade my system!  Two more months!

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Reply #17 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 8:11am
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Sweet, grats bob!


ummm, jim's gay!
  
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Reply #18 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 9:06am
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wtf, a serious post from spanky? No way.  Screenshot!
  
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Reply #19 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 9:22am
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Yeah, that was entirely unexpected. Wink

I also got The Orange Box.  Portal rocks your face.  I can't wait to get home for some more gaming goodness!  Episode 2 is also looking excellent, so I can't wait to play it.

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Reply #20 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 9:44am
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pfft, fine I fixed it, you happy now you dirty joos?
  
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Reply #21 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 10:29am
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Aww but it was so sweet....

So when's the wedding you two?

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Reply #22 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 10:33am
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I don't think bob's wife would like me marrying him...
  
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Reply #23 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 10:54am
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Nah, we had a pre-wedding agreement.  If it's Craig, it's not cheating.

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Reply #24 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:16am
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One of my coworkers a couple days ago, "It isn't cheating if my wife does it with another woman, as long as I am there, get to video tape it, and join in."
  
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Reply #25 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:38am
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spanky wrote on Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:16am:
I isn't cheating


Haha, typo!

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Reply #26 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:59am
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I hate you so much, I'm going to go tell bush you have the WMDs!


Also, you are an...
  
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Reply #27 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:06pm
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That's it, I'm sending you to the Grammar Crisis Room.

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Reply #28 - Dec 21st, 2007 at 4:05pm
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Alright guys, tell me about TV tuners!

I haven't had a TV tuner in my system in years, and I'm hoping to add one back in to the Bobulator VII if I've got a spare slot for one.  I would prefer to get an internal card as opposed to a USB/FireWire solution, but I won't completely rule out those types of tuners.

I've been checking out the TV tuners on NewEgg and they all look like crap.  All of them have horrible reviews.  Some cards don't work in Vista, others don't have 64-bit drivers, and many don't work in Windows Media Center.

So, what (if any) TV tuners are you guys using, and how are they working for you?  I'm more interested in displaying content from game consoles on my PC than watching television, and I only want to record the occasional gaming session, so I don't need anything seriously hardcore.  I just want the thing to work when I buy it.  Here's what I'm looking for...


Must Have:
  • Vista 64-bit support
  • Composite Video Input (PS2, VCR, etc)


Would Like:
  • Windows Media Center support
  • Coaxial video input (For future cable TV support)
  • PCIe would be excellent, too, since I will have an x1 and an x16 slot available.


I'm sure Briney and Stewie must have some advice!

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Ordered!
Reply #29 - Dec 26th, 2007 at 12:39pm
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OMGZORZZZZZZ!

I placed the order for the Bobulator VII (well, most of it anyway) a few minutes ago!  The transaction has been processed and the stuff should be getting shipped within the next couple of hours!

I overnighted the package (ouch!) and added rush shipping, so it should be here tomorrow - and it will be, if FedEx knows what's good for them!  That means I'll have all weekend to get the rig put together and get the OS installed and tweaked, so hopefully the Bobulator VII will be ready for pure pwnage at the New Year's LAN.

Here are the final specs:

EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB Video Card (the new one!)
Asus Maximus Extreme Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
OCZ Gold 2x1GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

I also added an 80mm dual-ball bearing fan to replace one that crapped out a few weeks ago.  I wanted to dress up my case a bit and replace the ugly white hard drive coolers and floppy drive, so I picked up two Vantec Vortex drive coolers and a black Sony floppy drive.  Who says floppy drives aren't still useful?

I wanted to order two new SATA DVD burners, but the only decent 20x SATA burner with LightScribe was backordered, so I decided to hold off until they come back in stock next week.

NewEgg for the win!

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