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  1. I don't think you could use that much RAM if you tried. Can't beat that 2500K, though.

    If you want to be as economically as possible, then i would suggest you to buy less ram too.

    Honestly, 16 GB of RAM is a bit much. Even at my worst, I'll probably never break 5 of my 12GB.

    Also, for the price of that SSD, you could probably get a Raptor or a higher capacity HD for the price. I know SSDs are quite popular and people love the fast access, but if you want to be economical, a SSD probably isn't something I would consider.

    Thanks for the constructive criticism folks, it's appreciated :)

    My rationale for the large amount of RAM is mostly due to my past system building experiences. I had always gone a bit smaller in RAM capacity (say, 25-50% board/chipset capacity), but always with fairly high-quality specialty dimms for overclocking... Invariably, the latest and greatest specialty dimms have short retail shelf lives, and it becomes very difficult and expensive to match them later down the road, if I need to add more. I've been bouncing off the ceiling of my current 4GB RAM lately, and decided that massive overcompensation was finally due. Besides, what with dicounts/specials factored in, the additional 8GB over what I had been previously considering added only about $30 difference to the system total (the Newegg combo I selected actually reduced the unit price by $45.00!). That's my rationalization, anyway, and I'm sticking with it ;)

    Az, I had decided on an SSD long before I started picking hardware for this build. I intend to use it strictly as an OS drive. I usually don't store huge amounts of data on any one drive in my main desktop/gaming system anyway (I've got a couple of TB available on my home network already, and have only used about 300GB of 750GB on my current system over the past 4 years). I'm hoping the OS speed boost will be worthwhile. This'll be my first time playing with an SSD, so even if it sucks, I can chalk it up to education.

    I went ahead and placed my order earlier today, with a couple of small changes to my previous parts list. I went with a little faster 1TB HDD, a slightly less expensive HD6970 model, and a slightly less expensive model of RAM (different only by heat-spreader design). My order as it stands:

    CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

    Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

    RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9

    GPU: PowerColor AX6970 2GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

    SSD: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    I should receive my parts Tuesday/Wednesday. I'll update when it's running.

  2. Chewie, sent PM.

    ...And on the same subject, how about a round of everybody's favorite computer-geek game, "Rate my prospective PC build"? My current E8400 rig (overclocked 24/7 at 3.6ghz) is starting to show its age, and it's about time for my tri- or quad-annual new rig build. I currently run Eyefinity in 5670x1080 via an HD5870 1GB, and do some heavy PC gaming and productivity tasks. I already have monitors, a Corsair TX750 PSU, a Coolermaster Centurion V, and optical drives which will be re-used for the new build. New parts will be sourced from the 'egg. My emphasis for this is to upgrade as economically as possible, without compromising unnecessarily... basically a machine I'll be happy with for the next 3-4 years, barring my regular mid-term video upgrades.

    CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

    Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

    RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9B

    GPU: SAPPHIRE 100311-2SR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

    SSD: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    Whattya think?

  3. Sorry, I'm not in for one of these monsters, but watching very closely and enjoying all the eye-candy. I have one question though, once it's assembled, what does it run on? Jet fuel or does it rake regular 97 octane?

    These birds drink HBT.

    Awesome stuff guys!

  4. MM, I had a quick look online, and didn't see any one shop carrying all of what you need (punching the faster size directly into google does seem to help though). As Mr. Pi had mentioned earlier, it might not be a bad idea to see if you have any nearby model shops who deal with RC stuff.

    I expect that I might even be done with all of my assembly requiring screws either tonight or tomorrow night, and I still appear to have some various extras left. You're first on the list if I have anything left that you need. I'll let you know.

  5. what about the PE parts...anybody know where to score those???? :mellow:

    I won't be using my PE parts, shoot me a PM and see if we can work out a deal :)

    I'm just about finished with my kit, about 90% through. Still have the ARMDs to do, need to paint and assemble the bridge unit, and do some decals. I'm keeping mine to a toy-like aesthetic, just doing panel lines and minimal weathering, no mods (I haven't the talent in plastic, unlike most of you guys ;) ) . Lack of certain screws hasn't been much of an issue; I was able to rob some from my RC stash, and worked around others by judicious screw-swapping and gluing of some parts.

    I will say that the notes from the blog on Yamato's site were helpful and mostly relevant to my own buildup (even broke the exact same screw in the exact same location for the hip slider bar cover despite being aware of the issue, har har). At some point I'll get some pictures and assembly notes posted.

  6. True! I considered contacting Yamato (USA) to get them to cough up what was missing but figured it would be easier and faster to just go buy them my self.

    I'm lucky enough to have a store close buy that specializes in model trains, RC cars and aircraft so picking up the odd dinky pice of hardware is not a problem. Not the first time i've opened a kit of some kind only to find i've been shorted a screw or two...or drop one only to have it vanish into thin air (which is usually what happens.

    Exactly my thoughts too. One of my other hobbies is RC helicopters, and I have a feeling that I can probably scrounge some of the screws from my RC spares. For anything I can't find easily locally, there's always McMaster-Carr supply co. It just would have been nice if the hardware had all been present out of the box - my post was more a cautionary note than a major gripe ;)

  7. I received my kit about a week ago, but opened it up for inventory today. Took the blog advice from Yamato's page and started in on hardware inventory first. Looks like I'm short a dozen and a half fasteners according to the manifest in the manual (missing 7pc M2x6 fillister, 4pc M1.8x6 fillister, 1pc M2x5 flathead, 2pc M2x4 flathead). I'm also overstocked on the M2x4 and M2x5 fillister screws by about half a dozen each.

    I'm an engineer by trade and had checked each fastener with a vernier caliper while sorting, so I'm relatively sure of my piece count being accurate. I checked and double-checked the parts bags for the missing screws to no avail. I'd urge you guys getting your kits ready to follow the blog advice and check your fasteners before going any further.

    Grrr.

  8. Oh, one more thing---since Win 7 (or is it IE9?) likes to scan/judge/evaluate everything you download from the web---can it be disabled? I mean, that's what I have an anti-virus program for---and they don't pop-up a box for everything. (and the fact that you have to do a drop-menu selection and "save as" to save something anywhere but the default location is annoying)---it used to simply ask where you wanted it----I don't know about other people, but I don't put everything and anything in one huge "downloads" folder---I tend to send it where I plan to keep it)

    You can relax or disable the User Account Controls settings via the control panel.

    See: http://www.petri.co.il/disable-uac-in-windows-7.htm

    For my money, Win7 is the best thing yet out of Redmond. It takes a bit more tweaking to get everything set up "just the way you want it", but that's only because there are so many more features available and enabled by default compared to previous versions. I've never been enamored of the MS defaults in any Windows version, but if you put the time in on 7 to customize, you'll come out happy with what you've got.

  9. For Kensei, the only "problem" that I run into with Eyefinity run through displayport adapters is that gamma/color maps can tend to bounce back and forth between my Windows settings and the ATI driver settings... On my configuration (5870 with 3 dvi monitors), I'm only running one monitor via DP adapter (active), and it is that monitor that shifts gamma depending upon which profile I have selected. With enough fiddling, I'm sure I could match my Windows and Catalyst color profiles to where there would be no difference on mode shift, but I'm too lazy to do that when the profiles are just two clicks away anyhow.

    Grats on the 6990. I've been wanting to use that card in my pending upgrade/rebuild, but have been slacking on pulling the trigger. I haven't really seen much data on how well it works with Eyefinity; hopefully you can be my test-mule on that ^_^

    *edit, don't think you'll see any overall quality loss on any monitors going from displayport on the card to HDMI or DVI, just color profile differences. Or, such is my experience.

  10. No problem Peter. Sound has been working in MAME since version .57 or so iirc (several years in other words, I think we're up to version .112 about now). On review, the MAWS data is a little bit out of wack in the history and description, but we know better around here :)

    One of the local arcades I frequented here in the LA area back in the late 80s and early '90s actually had this game on location and I played the real thing quite a bit (the arcade in question was the famous Pak-Mann, down the street from Pasadena City College on Colorado Blvd - I'll bet that Gubaba among other locals can remember it fondly).

    If you need any help with it (erm, *cough*), send me a PM and I'll help get you hooked up B))

  11. I've only just now seen the movie. Long time fan of the original. Good, not great, but still enjoyable. The high points for me were the original TRON arcade game rebadged as an Encom release in the old Flynn's arcade, accompanied by Journey (very, very cool), and the rest of the audio/soundtrack as a whole... I quite liked the re-use of so many of the original's sound effects (and those from the Tron 2.0 pc game), and of course the great compositions and cameo from Daft Punk.

    I'm still struck by how much Jeff looks like Lloyd these days :)

  12. I guess there is a moderate path. There are still a lot of features which seem to be there because the manufacturers need to have some marketing gimmick and outdo each other and be the first. Cut out that fluff and you save a lot of fuel and other consumables from weight saving.

    As for safety, well, put it this way. When does it stop? A newish 3600lb Camry is a lot safer than a 1800lb Corolla from 1979 but driving in an 8000lb armored A8 is safer than the Camry and driving in an 120,000 lb Abrams is safer yet!

    I don't have the answers but really, about 100-200lbs should be easily cut from most new cars without affecting safety if the manufacturers don't push all these nanny features.

    Further to Ter Ter's comments in terms of safety, consider the physics of two sub-ton vehicles colliding at speed 'n' as compared to two 2+ ton vehicles colliding at speed 'n'. Which is safer?

    The only problem with lightweight and (by definition) more efficient smaller vehicles is that they have to share the road with vehicles which are... not.

  13. Mandatory ads, hands down. Though not a standalone technology itself, they have infiltrated many enjoyable technologies...making them less enjoyable in the process.

    Want to watch a video on any given site? First, you'll have to waste a minute of your time staring at Larry's Lumber trying to hock their assorted popsicle sticks at you. What? No, you can't skip it! Just sit there and take it like a champ. In fact, we'll even boost the volume on this gem so that A: Your eardrums will blow out and B: The vid you intended to watch will sound like a faint ringing in your ears. We'll make you yearn for the days of Viagra popups.

    Pro-tip - use Firefox and download and install the 'NoScript' and 'Adblock Plus' addons. Presto, no more unwanted ads, for real.

  14. Yeah, except that at 12" it's really pushing what you'd call a netbook (really just because you're still stuck with the painfully slow Atom processor), and at that price you could have bought a 14" or 15" laptop with a better processor, more RAM, and a DVD drive.

    Unless you're not using it for your main computer. If you've already got a computer, and you were just looking for something small and light to play some media files and surf the net... well, that's why tablets are all the rage now.

    I have an atom N450-based windows tablet and love the thing. It's got a 10" multitouch screen, accelerometer with 360 degree rotation, 2GB RAM and a 320GB HDD; it's plenty snappy running Windows 7 Ultimate, in fact surprisingly so. It has excellent connectivity (3x USB 2.0, HDMI, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, SD media, etc.), and the ability to run any x86 32-bit software. I find the overall utility really surprisingly good. No, you're not going to run anything really computationally heavy on the thing, but it handles basic office, productivity, web and media tasks (and even some games) remarkably well. The extreme portability, combined with 100% desktop compatibility and a very inexpensive price was definitely a draw for me... I got mine for much, much, much less than the price mentioned in the link above.

    As Mike mentions, low-power netbooks and tablets are a poor substitute for a full PC, but they can make a great adjunct to an existing system IMHO.

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