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 Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject: OOPS - I've seem to fallen into the #1 position on F@H |
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Well, it took a few months (and some not-so-lightweight shrubbers) to reach the #1 position on the KWSN F@H team...but there you have it.
Anyone wanna catch me????
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Gemjunkie
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Nice job. 
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Killerrabbit
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Good job.
Ni
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:02 am Post subject: |
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Congrats! no easy job (or cheap either!) 
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stooper101
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:10 am Post subject: |
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 Break out the bubbly and have a party!
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Killerrabbit
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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She is not amused.
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Some few days ago, one of my shrubbers decided to blow-out its PSU.
Maybe it was a sympathetic reaction to Sandy?
So, for 5-6 days, I have been under my nominal 100K PPD at F@H.
I just got done replacing the PSU (what a pain!), and got it back doing something besides collecting dust.
And - of course - I couldn't get out of MicroCenter with just a new PSU; I couldn't resist a new "shiny-object": an AMD FX-8350 (8 core, 4.0GHz-stock).
This new CPU went into my more powerful shrubber (the one with the GTX-690).
I moved the FX-8150 (8 core, 3.6GHz-stock) to the shrubber I just reworked.
Now I have an FX-8120 (8 core, 3.1GHz-stock) laying about with nothing to do!
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Killerrabbit
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Build another computer to shrub something else.
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PM the Kings Own when he comes back from Disney Hell and between the two of you, you might be able to peice together another shrubber.
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KWSN-HoC
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Congrats! Always nice to sit on the best seat, isn't it? 
Cheers
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LanDroid
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Sir Top, I see your 8 core CPU employs "piledriver microarchitecture". Fugedabout da GPU's, no wonder that beast kicks ass! (And certainly not in a ghey whey. )  Did you build it yourself?
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Putting_things_on_top
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| LanDroid wrote: | Sir Top, I see your 8 core CPU employs "piledriver microarchitecture".
Fugedabout da GPU's, no wonder that beast kicks ass! (And certainly not in a ghey whey. )
Did you build it yourself? |
Build it myself? Sadly, no. I let the folks at AMD and Nvidia do that! 
But as far as assembling the rig...yes!
I figure that I save about 40% off the price as a DIY project.
You can get pre-built systems, but there's a hefty markup.
This was my 3rd self-constructed shrubberizer.
Every component on that build-list I can easily recommend to others.
No buyer's remorse with anything.
EDIT: I wrote a tounge-in-cheek review on Newegg for the EVGA GTX-690 Signature Edition using the wry pseudonym "Sal Monella" on 7/24/2012 5:58:55 PM
Some humorless people flame-posted back, but the Newegg mods removed those quite quickly. 
You can find it approximately here, but you may have to go a page back/fwd.
Note, however, that I am a "verified owner" of the product.
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And sometime last night on Christmas Eve, I passed the 30 million point mark. WHEW!
But this has come at recurring cost  , my electric bill has gone up about $220/month!
Although I expect my heating costs to be lower this winter since these shrubbers are quite sufficient space-heaters!
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| Putting_things_on_top wrote: |
Although I expect my heating costs to be lower this winter since these shrubbers are quite sufficient space-heaters!
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And cats love the computer room in winter. Get some cats, then your electric bill will be tax deductible. 
I think, you might want to check with a CPA first. 
Congrats on the 30M, too!!!
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| Gemjunkie wrote: | | And cats love the computer room in winter. Get some cats, then your electric bill will be tax deductible. |
I love cats, but my landlord wants to charge a $500 damage deposit & $150/mo extra rent...per fur-person!
I have evenly distributed my three shrubbers, one in each bedroom, and one in the living room.
I did this because of 1) fan-noise, and 2) power/circuit-breaker load.
The heating distribution was just a side-effect.
Besides, I have enough trouble keeping up with vacuuming dust from the shrubbers [every 4-6 weeks].
Cat hair would just add more maintenance burden:
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Besides, I have enough trouble keeping up with vacuuming dust from the shrubbers [every 4-6 weeks].
Cat hair would just add more maintenance burden: |
The hair isn't trouble, it's more the dust from the litter.
You rent from the Grinch? 
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Killerrabbit
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:38 am Post subject: |
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At least you kept falling forwards and not backwards.
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| Killerrabbit wrote: | At least you kept falling forwards and not backwards.
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Yes, but I do tend to drone on and on and on and on...and sometimes I start frothing at the mouth.
I haven't quite mastered the falling over backwards bit, yet! 
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