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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: February 09, 2008, 11:29:51 PM »

My latest HD STAR concept:

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 08:20:53 PM »

Now for two more questions:  will I need to be sure to calculate watts from the power supply and figure it with the board and stuff?  or is that if you're really gonna add extras to the supply (ie lights, extra fans, etc.?)

For power supplies, I'd generally think that anything ranging from around 400 to 500 watts should be sufficient. You don't really want to skimp on the power supply because if it shorts out or fails, your entire system could be trashed.

400 is plenty.Any power supply can short out. 500 is still acceptable I suppose, but why spend more than necessary?

Because Matt mentioned adding lights and extra fans. If you get enough of those, they can really start to suck up extra power.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 08:19:05 PM »

I'm a cat person... 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 08:18:45 PM »

Now for two more questions:  will I need to be sure to calculate watts from the power supply and figure it with the board and stuff?  or is that if you're really gonna add extras to the supply (ie lights, extra fans, etc.?)

For power supplies, I'd generally think that anything ranging from around 400 to 500 watts should be sufficient. You don't really want to skimp on the power supply because if it shorts out or fails, your entire system could be trashed.

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Emulator Videos / Re: LFMusicFan's Emulator Videos/Pictures

« on: February 09, 2008, 07:50:02 PM »

Here's my first emulation in over 2 months. :sunglasses:

Very nice, Derek. You made that in Premiere Elements, right?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Never seen this happen before

« on: February 09, 2008, 07:00:22 PM »

The damage cause an electical fire to the equipment?

There was no fire of any sorts.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 05:15:10 PM »

And i dont have a USB cable to connect the camcorder and computer so i'm going to buy 2 things tomorrow:

TV Tuner and

Cable for camcorder-computer hookup

Wait, if you don't have a USB cable for your camcorder, how did you get all your other videos on to your computer?

The ones with a crappy quality?

Yeah. You shot those with your camcorder, right?

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 05:13:14 PM »

And i dont have a USB cable to connect the camcorder and computer so i'm going to buy 2 things tomorrow:

TV Tuner and

Cable for camcorder-computer hookup

Wait, if you don't have a USB cable for your camcorder, how did you get all your other videos on to your computer?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Never seen this happen before

« on: February 09, 2008, 04:48:23 PM »

well obviously...but if it was a controllable leak, they wouldn't have to cease operations and take over 5 hours to recover.

The leak shorted out some electrical equipment. An electrical short will knock things out for a while.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 04:27:11 PM »

I disagree with Billy. Those components you chose look just fine. Here's a tip-when you look for computer parts NEVER judge by age alone. A component that may be outdated may be just the thing you need and nothing more.  :sunglasses:

But if you look at some of the things Matt wants to do with this PC, like 3d modeling and software development, those will definitely run better and take full advantage of a dual core processor.

Just so there's not major spurring match over this...it's very light 3D models.  Nothing too major...I've done just some really rudimentary things, like my house (basically a box with pyramids for the roof).  I got the software free...might as well use it.

I'd still say go for the Athlon 64 X2. You never know, you might get really involved in 3D modeling and the dual core CPU will really come in handy. If you want to save a few bucks now, sure go for the older Socket 939, but you might be kicking yourself a few years from now if you want to upgrade to something better.

I disagree. If the 939 is good enough now, why would that change?

I'm not necessarily saying that the Socket 939 is terrible, but the AM2 would be a better choice because it's more recent socket, thus it will generally have more support. But, IMO, no matter which motherboard you choose, get a dual core processor.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Never seen this happen before

« on: February 09, 2008, 04:06:54 PM »

I think we're getting two separate things mixed up here. Back on January 21st, the major "meltdown" happened (whatever it was power surge, water leak, power outage, etc). But nothing else major has happened since then. Just a couple of lights have burnt out in the studio.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 04:04:08 PM »

Just curious, Vic, how did you pull this off? Did you use the tips I gave you?

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 04:00:18 PM »

I disagree with Billy. Those components you chose look just fine. Here's a tip-when you look for computer parts NEVER judge by age alone. A component that may be outdated may be just the thing you need and nothing more.  :sunglasses:

But if you look at some of the things Matt wants to do with this PC, like 3d modeling and software development, those will definitely run better and take full advantage of a dual core processor.

Just so there's not major spurring match over this...it's very light 3D models.  Nothing too major...I've done just some really rudimentary things, like my house (basically a box with pyramids for the roof).  I got the software free...might as well use it.

I'd still say go for the Athlon 64 X2. You never know, you might get really involved in 3D modeling and the dual core CPU will really come in handy. If you want to save a few bucks now, sure go for the older Socket 939, but you might be kicking yourself a few years from now if you want to upgrade to something better.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 03:50:52 PM »

I disagree with Billy. Those components you chose look just fine. Here's a tip-when you look for computer parts NEVER judge by age alone. A component that may be outdated may be just the thing you need and nothing more.  :sunglasses:

But if you look at some of the things Matt wants to do with this PC, like 3d modeling and software development, those will definitely run better and take full advantage of a dual core processor.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 09, 2008, 03:48:32 PM »

Gwhahahaha...the dark side.   

Yeah...I was looking right away more at price, speed, and size of the board (need several slots for cards)...figured someone better would help me with "quality"...lol...anyway...I found this motherboard/CPU combo.  Kinda leans toward what you were talking about with the dual core (I haven't personally seen a difference between AMD and Intel processors...so for me it's kind of a price thing), and it is a socket AM2 board.

Also kinda like it takes DDR2 memory...cheaper from what I've seen so far.   

That looks like a better motherboard and processor combination. I notice that it's an ECS motherboard, which is the same brand I use. It's a pretty solid board. I also believe that my PC takes the same DDR2 800 memory. It is indeed cheap, especially compared to just a few years ago. At Christmas, I picked up another GB of RAM for something like $30 from NewEgg.