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Other Games / Re: The "Recommend me a game" thread
« on: December 26, 2013, 06:03:43 am »
Rome: Total War & Medieval 2
Doom 2
Armored Brigade(free! get it)
Doom 2
Armored Brigade(free! get it)
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Life Advice / Re: What's the first thing you do with a new computer?
« on: December 23, 2013, 12:49:02 pm »
Nobody mentioned Adobe reader? I guess I must just love pdfs
Some ideas for programs that I believe everyone should have:
-CCleaner
-Malwarebytes free scanner (Incredible, never had it miss anything in my usage of it)
-Openoffice or Libreoffice(unless you have microsoft office)
-Bittorrent client
-Cygwin (Handy for using windows to do Unix tasks)
-Notepad++/Notepad2 etc.
- VLC player
- Fre;ac audio converter
Also I think it is a good idea to look at drives(I assume, like almost every machine since 2004 you have a cd/dvd combo drive), You may want to add a blu-ray drive in as well as they are beginning to become somewhat affordable.
Also (even if you use Cygwin) I think you should put Linux/BSD/alternative operating system on there, even if just for a more protected environment if a serious virus or problem attacks the windows partition.
I hope I helped
Some ideas for programs that I believe everyone should have:
-CCleaner
-Malwarebytes free scanner (Incredible, never had it miss anything in my usage of it)
-Openoffice or Libreoffice(unless you have microsoft office)
-Bittorrent client
-Cygwin (Handy for using windows to do Unix tasks)
-Notepad++/Notepad2 etc.
- VLC player
- Fre;ac audio converter
Also I think it is a good idea to look at drives(I assume, like almost every machine since 2004 you have a cd/dvd combo drive), You may want to add a blu-ray drive in as well as they are beginning to become somewhat affordable.
Also (even if you use Cygwin) I think you should put Linux/BSD/alternative operating system on there, even if just for a more protected environment if a serious virus or problem attacks the windows partition.
I hope I helped
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Life Advice / Is this a good PC build for £550?
« on: December 22, 2013, 08:08:12 am »
Western Digital WD20EURS 2TB AV-GP Hard Drive 24 x 7 Enterprise HDD £71.16
LiteOn IHAS122-14 22x Quiet Internal DVD Writer SATA Black OEM £12.47
Microsoft Windows 7 Premium SP1 64-bit OEM £70.44
Corsair Builder Series 80+ Bronze CMPSU-430CXV2UK 430W Power Supply (PSU) £35.32
XFX Core Edition Radeon HD 7850 AMD Graphics Card - 2GB £116.14
Silverstone RL04B USB 3.0 Red Line Black Gaming/Performance Tower ATX Case No PSU £32.46
AMD FX 6300 Black Edition Six Core Processor Socket AM3+ £84.76
Corsair Memory XMS3 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 11-11-11-30 Dual Channel Desktop £59.76
Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 AM3+ Motherboard Socket AM3+ £67.16
Total : £549.66
I am buying everything from Scan.co.uk(although if aria is better I may look there). My main intention of this is to be a gaming pc as well as something that I can get good compile times on C code as well as just a general purpose programming machine.
Is there a better combination of parts that I can get to get more performance for my money?
Thank you for your time.
EDIT: Looking into a 600w version of the aforementioned psu, which seems to be about £30 more, good idea?
LiteOn IHAS122-14 22x Quiet Internal DVD Writer SATA Black OEM £12.47
Microsoft Windows 7 Premium SP1 64-bit OEM £70.44
Corsair Builder Series 80+ Bronze CMPSU-430CXV2UK 430W Power Supply (PSU) £35.32
XFX Core Edition Radeon HD 7850 AMD Graphics Card - 2GB £116.14
Silverstone RL04B USB 3.0 Red Line Black Gaming/Performance Tower ATX Case No PSU £32.46
AMD FX 6300 Black Edition Six Core Processor Socket AM3+ £84.76
Corsair Memory XMS3 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 11-11-11-30 Dual Channel Desktop £59.76
Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 AM3+ Motherboard Socket AM3+ £67.16
Total : £549.66
I am buying everything from Scan.co.uk(although if aria is better I may look there). My main intention of this is to be a gaming pc as well as something that I can get good compile times on C code as well as just a general purpose programming machine.
Is there a better combination of parts that I can get to get more performance for my money?
Thank you for your time.
EDIT: Looking into a 600w version of the aforementioned psu, which seems to be about £30 more, good idea?
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Other Games / Re: The Roguelike Megathread
« on: December 21, 2013, 05:02:16 pm »
Don't we already have one of these somewhere?
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Other Games / Re: Game Trading Megathread!
« on: December 20, 2013, 01:12:51 pm »
I have a steam key from a magazine for Crusader Kings 2 and 2 copies of Frozen Synapse If somebody has Company of Heroes and Dawn of War II retribution?
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Creative Projects / Re: Pen & Paper RPG. Pseudo Devlog.
« on: December 15, 2013, 08:45:41 am »
How is it going?
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General Discussion / Re: The Dream Thread
« on: December 15, 2013, 08:23:34 am »
Yesterday I dreamed in code. I had a problem with pointers to pointers and when I went to bed my dream presented a solution, so I decided to try it just to see how much it would influence my program. It worked.
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Other Games / Re: Most Time-Comsuming Single Player Games?
« on: December 12, 2013, 02:05:44 pm »
Cataclysm : DDA
Civilization II
Nethack
Men of war assault squad on highest difficulty(The infantry.. so expendable!)
Civilization II
Nethack
Men of war assault squad on highest difficulty(The infantry.. so expendable!)
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Other Games / Re: What are your top 3 most-played games?
« on: December 12, 2013, 02:00:44 pm »
According to steam:
TF2 : 165 hrs
Mount and Blade With Fire and Sword : 49hrs
Civilization V: 47hrs
Outside of steam I think it is:
Doom 2 on DOSbox
Wolfenstein(2009) on Xbox 360
Command and Conquer Red alert II Yuri's revenge on an old XP machine I have
TF2 : 165 hrs
Mount and Blade With Fire and Sword : 49hrs
Civilization V: 47hrs
Outside of steam I think it is:
Doom 2 on DOSbox
Wolfenstein(2009) on Xbox 360
Command and Conquer Red alert II Yuri's revenge on an old XP machine I have
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Other Games / Re: Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics for free on GOG!
« on: December 12, 2013, 01:12:55 pm »
After the better part of 20 mins trying to create an account and login, I finally have it. Thanks a lot!
EDIT:
what is this? Zafehouse Diaries, no thanks!
EDIT:
what is this? Zafehouse Diaries, no thanks!
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Other Games / Re: Games you wish existed
« on: December 07, 2013, 05:23:53 pm »
Mount and Blade with highly accurate body damage with dismemberment and decapatation a la what Dead Island was supposed to be.
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General Discussion / Re: Shit, let's measure social attitudes.
« on: December 04, 2013, 01:49:45 pm »
Political values
Progressivism 52.5
Socialism 50
Tenderness 25
Funny thing is I consider myself Deist, I also have no idea how I got Nihilist.
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Socialism 50
Tenderness 25
Funny thing is I consider myself Deist, I also have no idea how I got Nihilist.
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Other Games / Re: A Half Life 2 Giveaway, by me.
« on: November 30, 2013, 03:24:50 pm »
My favorite monster has to be the Giant Cave Spider from DF.
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Other Games / Re: Steam Sales: AUTUMN SALES
« on: November 30, 2013, 02:56:40 pm »
Yeah £1.19 for both, which is a serious saving [/pun]
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Other Games / Re: Steam Sales: AUTUMN SALES
« on: November 30, 2013, 02:18:58 pm »
I am not sure if it is a bug or something, but it just bought serious sam 1st encounter on your advice and got 2 as well, even though they didn't list it. Score!