If you're building your own, www.newegg.com ftw. It's really going to depend on how much oomph you really want and how much future proofing you want to do. If your old computer is really shit and you don't need the latest and greatest, you'd probably see a big improvement for $600 on the cheap, or totally go overboard for…
Kwakkie: Its simple. College courses can cost a ridiculous amount. Where I'm at is presently charging $575 a credit hour (plus fees etc), most classes are 3-5 credits, and you need 120ish credits for an average Bachelors. So yeah, my final semester (finishing in June) cost about 12 grand. The Academy of Art in SF where I…
your system is probably closer to 500w actual consumption at a guess... my c2q was built with a 750, and I could probably tri SLI 3 9800s with it without issue. There's a wattage calculator out there somewhere that does a best guess but I think the i7s are fairly efficient, which would leave your video card as the next big…
edit: Damn it! Ryan beat me to it /edit get a wireless router, and stick it between the modem and your PC. Your PC will still plug in to it with a regular network cable, but the laptop can use wifi to connect. I just got this, and it kicks my old Linksys 54g's ass:…
Thanks for the feedback. I'll rework the hair and see what I can do about her groin. And yeah, here's a wire: Sorry about her being triangulated. Maybe I'll get another shot with her still retaining her quads if you want to see. She's freakishly high-poly. 6596 tris.
Keg: I have a few guitars. I've been playing for many year and I've promised myself a new one for every year since my divorce. LOL I now have 15. My favorite is an '89 Gibson Explorer. I play ok....mostly like blues but play anything. I use a Marshall 65w Valvestate, and have a Peavy Studio Chorus and a cool lil' Brian May…