LA_MERC_MadMAX
February 26th, 2009, 07:12 PM
I wasn't going to say anything until I saw if it sold or not...
Here she is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260367757551
You ever get something you just didn't like for some reason, but can't put your finger on? Well, this is how I've been with this system...
I really don't know what it is - the performance is great, it looks awesome, but I just don't like it, and I've beat myself up over it with "Man I wish I'd gotten this, or that, or something else..."
I got the "upgrade bug" and I was just in too big of a hurry to pull the trigger on *SOMETHING*...*ANYTHING*...
Ever been like that about something?
Anyway my major annoyances are sound - gawd this thing is loud. It actually wouldn't be if my Mom didn't keep it like 90 degrees upstairs to keep it 75 downstairs - I have to keep the fans jacked up on high to keep it cool...
Also, it's dusty - I have a dusty house (not intentional, it's just been "dusty" since I've lived here - you have to keep up with it), plus I have two dogs...and this case is so perforated, it's like a giant vacuum cleaner - I'm on my 3rd can of air in a month.
If it doesn't sell...oh well, I'll live with it. If it does, I actually will probably just "beef up" my Core2 system - maybe with a sweet case (it's in a $29.99 Tiger Direct special now) and a better video card. I might even buy a Core2Quad to stick on that board (it's a good board) and pick up a cheapo MiniATX board and case and make a HTPC out of the e4600 that's in it now. OR...I might get a Mac (who knows?).
I really did a "major upgrade" way too soon (or not with high-end enough parts) - I couldn't tell much difference in performance over the old system w/ the new (except in a few Multi-threaded, CPU Bound benchmarks), and I just never got that "Wow" factor (like I did when I saw Mavericks Core i7 run 3DMark)...
Just posting here in case y'all know someone that could use a good deal on an awesome little "Budget Gamer".
Here she is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260367757551
You ever get something you just didn't like for some reason, but can't put your finger on? Well, this is how I've been with this system...
I really don't know what it is - the performance is great, it looks awesome, but I just don't like it, and I've beat myself up over it with "Man I wish I'd gotten this, or that, or something else..."
I got the "upgrade bug" and I was just in too big of a hurry to pull the trigger on *SOMETHING*...*ANYTHING*...
Ever been like that about something?
Anyway my major annoyances are sound - gawd this thing is loud. It actually wouldn't be if my Mom didn't keep it like 90 degrees upstairs to keep it 75 downstairs - I have to keep the fans jacked up on high to keep it cool...
Also, it's dusty - I have a dusty house (not intentional, it's just been "dusty" since I've lived here - you have to keep up with it), plus I have two dogs...and this case is so perforated, it's like a giant vacuum cleaner - I'm on my 3rd can of air in a month.
If it doesn't sell...oh well, I'll live with it. If it does, I actually will probably just "beef up" my Core2 system - maybe with a sweet case (it's in a $29.99 Tiger Direct special now) and a better video card. I might even buy a Core2Quad to stick on that board (it's a good board) and pick up a cheapo MiniATX board and case and make a HTPC out of the e4600 that's in it now. OR...I might get a Mac (who knows?).
I really did a "major upgrade" way too soon (or not with high-end enough parts) - I couldn't tell much difference in performance over the old system w/ the new (except in a few Multi-threaded, CPU Bound benchmarks), and I just never got that "Wow" factor (like I did when I saw Mavericks Core i7 run 3DMark)...
Just posting here in case y'all know someone that could use a good deal on an awesome little "Budget Gamer".