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Simon Sheehan

18:01

Cya later @slhck

Journeyman Geek

@WilliamHilsum: np. Quite honestly PIVs had and needed massive heatsinks. Modern processors are fairly similar to to laptop processors, so that bigass heatsinks throw me for a loop.

William Hilsum

@JourneymanGeek I am pretty sure that was just an engineering sample and they hadn't decided on a finshed product, therefore, they give the best of breed heat sink for worst case scenario

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek honestly that looked like an aftermarket part

Journeyman Geek

well, yeah, with a huge intel logo on top

shows how long its been since i built a system, that i even needed to ask :(

Simon Sheehan

@JourneymanGeek only system i ever built used 10 year old parts, dont worry ;)

Journeyman Geek

18:17

lol

most reacent system build for me is 07

Simon Sheehan

....and broke the HDD doing so.

Journeyman Geek

we're about a year overdue for an upgrade ;p

hm, no

i DO have the atom box

but that hardly counts

Simon Sheehan

Technology moves SO fast now. My core 2 quad got outdated 2 weeks after i bought it :(

Also, WHY AVAST, WHY

Journeyman Geek

lol

@simon: every 5 years is sensible. the core2 just happens to still be good enough, and somehow seems more reliable than almost any other system i have built

Simon Sheehan

@JourneymanGeek what do you currently use?

Someone in my house is using up our bandwidth big time... hit our limit already and theres a week left before the reset

Journeyman Geek

18:25

mostly my laptop these days

core i5

the desktop is a c2d, gforce 8800gts 320mb

Simon Sheehan

not bad still

Journeyman Geek

yeah

Simon Sheehan

My desktop is a Core 2 Quad, GT 220 (which is really bad budget graphics), and 4GB RAM.

Journeyman Geek

I run a single core 1.6 ghz atom as a server as well

eh, my current dream system would include a 400 dollar sound card ;p

Simon Sheehan

o.o Whatever for? Onboard sound is quite good these days

Journeyman Geek

18:28

erf

onboard sound is horrid ;p

Simon Sheehan

But a lot better than it used to be :P But why would you need a $400 card?

Journeyman Geek

mind you, dream system

Daniel Beck

Aaaand the next bug in OS X Lion. Not my day today.

Simon Sheehan

@JourneymanGeek newegg doesnt even carry a $400 sound card o.o

Journeyman Geek

built in headphone amp, and i believe it comes with a good pair of headphones

Simon Sheehan

18:30

newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271005

"HT | OMEGA Claro Halo XT PCI Interface Sound Card w/ a built-in HI-FI Headphone Amplifier" $250

Journeyman Geek

asus.com/Multimedia/Audio_Cards/Xonar_Xense

400 bucks, local cost

Simon Sheehan

o.o wow

I think this PC wins for ultimate gaming PC though..

originpc.com/thebigo-features.asp

Journeyman Geek

on newegg its about 300 usd newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132018

that's just plain excessive ;p

Simon Sheehan

    Quad SLI EVGA GTX 580 FTW - Liquid Cooled

Journeyman Geek

realistically if i was building a box today, 1gb video card, lower end asus sound card (i wouldn't get the xcense unless i was far underbudget), SSD + 3tb drive

Simon Sheehan

18:33

Overkill, but who doesn't like overkill!

Journeyman Geek

and a damned xbox in the same case

Simon Sheehan

yeah, its two cases put together actually.

Journeyman Geek

but yeah, i would put a discrete sound card into the next box i build ;p

Simon Sheehan

:P i've still got a sound card from 2000

Journeyman Geek

Well, i'm a bit of an audiophile

yanno, USB sound cards, decent headphones... and using stuff like ASIO and WASAPI ...

Simon Sheehan

18:37

haha. I like my sound a lot too...just got a 2.1 system ;)

Only took 10 years

Sound card is on top of the old keyboard there.

slhck

@DanielBeck Yes there is

Simon Sheehan

welcome back @slhck

Journeyman Geek

lol

slhck

@DanielBeck View - Show Event Log (Cmd+2)

hey @SimonSheehan

Journeyman Geek

my 2.1 system is anchient creative speakers i got dirt cheap

slhck

18:39

@SimonSheehan What's that thing in the middle?

Journeyman Geek

i usually use headphones for music tho. My dog can't stand anything but indian classical with female vocalists

Simon Sheehan

i only just got these...had this bad pair of 2.0's that you had to jiggle the cord of to get it going

@slhck Sound card :P

very, very old sound card

slhck

aaah :D

Journeyman Geek

that looks like a creative

eh, i miss game ports sometimes ;p

slhck

@JourneymanGeek Which headphones are you using? You mentioned once, but I forgot

Simon Sheehan

18:40

Was showing someone the keyboard and had the sound card on the desk, so lumped em together :P

All hail the hewlett packard of 1995.

wait...that keyboard might be older than me o.o

slhck

our secretary has one like those @SimonSheehan

Simon Sheehan

@slhck oh my.

Journeyman Geek

ATH M50

audiotechnica - not too expensive, but very fun and comfy ;p

and you can run them off an ipod, if need be, or a better system, they scale really well

Simon Sheehan

I use some bose headphones my dad got free. GREAT sound!

slhck

I got some whike AKG K701

But I hate that they're not closed like the Bose or AT ones you guys have :P

Journeyman Geek

18:45

the closed bit is important

once again, dog hates my devil music ;p

its what's keeping me from getting a pair of grados ;p

slhck

that rings a bell

Journeyman Geek

i want these for my next pair fischeraudio.com/card.php?id=116

slhck

look nice :P

oh g2g again, see you guys!

Simon Sheehan

Cya later @slhck ;)

Daniel Beck

19:46

Thanks @slhck ... Didn't actually know this until just now. Would have made scripting a whole lot easier...

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Simon Sheehan

21:35

I never watch movies and now I'm going to the third in two weeks. Captain America time

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