The Computer Megathread

[KoopaScooper]

Every time I fiddle with the insides, I flip the switch on the back of the PSU.
When I'm done and go to turn it on, I forget I flipped the switch and think that I broke something
forget you, brain :(

[Ad Bot]

[fawkes..]

Im also incredibly paranoid about any static on my hands, if im cleaning the insides or whatever i constantly touch the metal bit of the case to get rid of the stuff :C

[Sheath]

At least its positive paranoia. Safe than sorry. c:

Also, my gaming mini-itx project is a go as parts start arriving. The ever popular BitFenix Prodigy case that I ordered arrived today. You can't get a more quality case that offers the same flexibility for a mini-ITX system the Prodigy does.

Decided to film the unboxing for BL player Aludane and now I've uploaded it for all. Probably gonna document the stages of building it.

If you are interested in what a superb mini-ITX case can be, take a looksy at me unboxing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgOy2vJcnWk

I don't talk about the case, its just a close look and a size comparison.

Currently waiting on my Asus P8Z77-I DELUXE mobo to arrive. Yey.

[Treynolds416]

Ahahaha, when I was putting my rig together I would scream just a little every time the mobo flexed
Good times man...

[fawkes..]

That accent, is the best i have ever heard.

[Sheath]

That accent, is the best i have ever heard.

[End]

So I somehow opened the terminal on Ubuntu 12.10 and can't get it to close. "exit" and Ctrl-D just seem to log me out, but the terminal is still up. I have some things I don't want to lose running, so I don't want to restart, but I can't find anything on my problem. Any ideas?

I ended up restarting, but it would still be nice to know for future reference. Ctrl-Alt-Enter doesn't work either. :/

[Funnelcakes]

Can I run AC:B with this graphics card?


Requirements
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list*)
Supported Video Cards: ATI® RADEON® HD 2000/3000/4000/5000/6000 series, NVIDIA GeForce® 8/9/100/200/300/400/500 series

[SpreadsPlague]

probably not, considering that's not a graphics card, it's integrated. the requirements don't mention anything about integrated graphics as far as I can tell.

however that's just me quickly looking at what you've given us to look at, upon googling it, it seems some integrated chips can run it.

[Man 2]

How does an NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT compare with other graphics cards?

[SpreadsPlague]

How does an NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT compare with other graphics cards?

poorly.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=GeForce+9400+GT



note that the very top of that list continues at the very bottom of this list
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

[Man 2]

poorly.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=GeForce+9400+GT



note that the very top of that list continues at the very bottom of this list
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

Well, what's the most you estimate it could run?

[SpreadsPlague]

Well, what's the most you estimate it could run?

after some youtube searching, it can run games like BF3 on lowest settings and lowest resolution, it can run GTAIV without any mods on high settings with the lowest resolution

if you don't mind a very small 4:3 resolution then you could run some games on high, but don't expect anything great

[Man 2]

At least it's certainly not a step down from an Intel i3, lol

[¥ola]

At least it's certainly not a step down from an Intel i3, lol

What?

An i3 is a CPU, you're picking a GPU.
This makes no sense to me at all