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help me buy a computer, you nerds
est:
I figure that's supposed to be something saying "oh hey, kids'll get into Linux and love geeling out with it" or someshit, but I just see it and think "that dude has wasted twelve weeks of his life trying to get Linux running properly"
bicostp:
--- Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 05 Mar 2011, 14:21 ---oh god i'm finally gonna have to figure out what this "Steam" this, aren't i? :psyduck:
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It's awesome is what it is. :mrgreen:
--- Quote from: look out! Ninjas! on 05 Mar 2011, 04:16 ---One of usssss
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One of us! One of us! We accept her! We accept her! One of us!
--- Quote from: est on 05 Mar 2011, 17:25 ---I figure that's supposed to be something saying "oh hey, kids'll get into Linux and love geeling out with it" or someshit, but I just see it and think "that dude has wasted twelve weeks of his life trying to get Linux running properly"
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That's pretty close to the truth, except he forgot the part about asking for help on forums and either getting yelled at because you don't know obscure console commands or receiving nothing but "works for me" replies.
Caleb:
Hey guys I am going to try to build my own setup too.
Doing the same thing with seeing if I can get a copy of Windows 7 64 from a friend who still is in college.
So here is the combo I am considering.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.614415
But look at the PCI express slot: 2, x16/x0 or x8/x8
And this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102874
is a PCI Express 2.1 x16 Card.
So does that mean that that video card would not work in that PCI Express slot?
bicostp:
It will work.
The x16/x0 or x8/x8 bit is basically how the PCI Express bus lanes are split up between the two slots. The chipset can run one slot at full bandwidth, or split that bandwidth in half between two cards. If you later add a second video card, it won't be able to run them both at full x16 speed. If you plan on only running one video card, and don't plan on using the other x16 slot for anything else, don't worry about it.
look out! Ninjas!:
Also don't worry about it because x8/x8 gives no noticeable performance loss at all.
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