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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Teebox on May 08, 2009, 07:03:03 AM
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Have always used a system that barely met the system requirements to play the game, a Dell Inspiron 8100 running at a wopping 1ghz and 32M of Geforce2 graphics. With about everything turned off and graphics to a min, had to get down about 50ft to see a vehicle on the ground, but was still a massive warper. So about 6 months ago stopped playing altogether and started looking at building a new system.
After reading what everyone was posting about system specs and researching prices I started hearing about this one guy who would build a system for a player that well, rocked. I contacted TilDeath, we talked about what I want (and can afford) and he made his suggestions......
Well finally got the system the other day, noticed it only took DVI connection to the monitor so of course had to go out in severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings to BestBuy, pressed the on button :O :O :O :O :O :O
I had kept my login over the months and was recently wondering if I should cancel my subscription. As soon as I booted up and logged in I was glad I didn't. His build, the best system I have ever had, immediately brought back why I first got hooked onto this game.
Will post the specs later, have to move my pst files over to get to it; but if you are hesitate about getting a system from him, don't be. He kept in contact with me during the build and CALLED ME later that night after seeing that I signed for the shipment to see how things were going.
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Gratz!
System specs?
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I'm sure that computer took you for a ride. Jumping from a single core 1.0 Ghz processor to a (guessing he recommended an i7) quad core 2.0 Ghz + processor will amaze just about anyone.
Have fun with that system.
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Welcome to the TD computer club! The real question is: did YOU get your free steak dinner? Did he personally deliver it to your house? :)
I never did, but every time I boot up my TD computer, I'm still amazed at how well it runs AH and regret all those years spent playing the game on a minimum specs system. Taking this boards advice and calling Til Death was the best computer decision I ever made.
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hmmm if he can deliver to an APO address i might be talking to the guy in a year or so , i hear nothing but good about his machines .
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I went down to visit TD a couple of weeks ago (he is in Atlanta and I am about 60 miles north). Interesting guy, good guy, who actually exists (yeah, I'm a cynic). Boxes all over the place and systems in build up phase. A week or so later I decided that I'd "had the course" trying to force AH on my Dell laptop with an external 19" monitor so I got a system from him. Good decision. I tried his patience with follow-up but he hung in there (I don't want to know how to build 'em, just want to use 'em).
I'm very comfortable that I got the system that fits ME at this point in time. I'm a value guy - not looking for the absolute best at any cost - but the best at a realistic cost. He optimized that WAY better than Dell or HP could have done.
Long story short, he is real, he is a good guy, and I glad I worked with him.
NOW...what's all this about a steak dinner....you never even MENTIONED that, Rich !!
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LOL @ the Steak Dinner. Pollock is also local. As some of you know I don' currently drive because of an operation to my back. Well the wife and kids were out of town and Pollock asked about some additional tweaking to his box. He boxed his system up and came to the office and gave me a ride home, we stopped at a meat place and I got a few hand cut steaks. All in all he asked if I ate like this all the time and I had to admit to him "yea we do", the wife always buys fresh cuts and interesting sides for our meals. Did I mention I am an excellent griller.
We tweaked and fiddled, ate then tweaked some more. I gave him a tour of our home and I think he liked the Media room with the overhead projector shooting onto a 11 x 5.5 screen (thinking of running a DVI to this for AHII) along with the xBox, Wii, PS2... all the kids crap. The dogs did not attack Pollock nor steal our food. He went on his way another happy camper.
So in final thoughts... cab ride home from office $26.00~ Cost of steaks and sides, $32.00~.... in my opinion I made out by Pollock riding me home. Pleasure of dealing with a customer, AHII player and now friend... priceless.
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:aok
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Gratz!
System specs?
Speeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsssssssss! And personal experience please.
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Here are a few pics of Pollocks setup
(http://www.tdcomputersystems.com/images/uploads/systems/Pollock.jpg)
(http://www.tdcomputersystems.com/images/uploads/systems/Pollock2.jpg)
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Here are a few pics of Pollocks setup
(http://www.tdcomputersystems.com/images/uploads/systems/Pollock.jpg)
(http://www.tdcomputersystems.com/images/uploads/systems/Pollock2.jpg)
Pretty sweet!!
He must really get into the game to have a cushion to soften any jolts.
Pollock, bigger monitor is the way to go here.
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If it were any larger, he might become a zombie. :P
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Ok here are the specs:
Case: NZXT Tempest TEM-001BK
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3P
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400
Heat sink/Fan OCZ Vendetta Multiple Award Winning CPU cooler
Memory: OCZ DDR3 1600 Platinum Intel Extreme XMP Edition 1600 /4GB
Video Card: EVGA GTX260
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 750Watt PC Power Silencer 750W Quad Blue PSU
Hard Disk: Western Digital 640GB Hard Drive
DVD Drive: Samsung 22x DVD +- RW Combo Drive
Operating System: Microsoft Vista Home Premium
The the experience so far? Got the system Wed night and had to export my mail pst file to here today to get the specs to post. Everything has worked perfectly and can't believe I have kept at budget level systems the whole time. AHII with the hires pack is just awesome and the flow of the game is outstanding with a machine that can handle it. Outside of AHII I mainly touch in Access databases and a little VB so I don't task it a whole lot.
Since the video card also has a HDTV out I was able to connect it to my plasma TV and watch my Netflix on demand without a pause. My previous computer I used would causes pauses and some graphic imperfections, this handles it with no problem. When TilDeath discussed building the system he made sure I understood what my future needs would be and not just get by today. Thus I have a system where I may need to change out a video card or add memory and not worry about changing the system as a whole. The pictures TilDeath posted of Pollocks case match mine but can't say the insides are the same. Now my 19" monitor must be replaced; could hook up the 42" plasma and get the new Samsung LED TV???
Now just to get used to the Vista OS.
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Pretty sweet!!
He must really get into the game to have a cushion to soften any jolts.
Pollock, bigger monitor is the way to go here.
The angle of the shot makes it look smaller its a 24" viewsonic. Funny you mention that costco has a 50 dollar off coupon for a hanns G 27 " thinking a return may be in order here too.
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The angle of the shot makes it look smaller its a 24" viewsonic. Funny you mention that costco has a 50 dollar off coupon for a hanns G 27 " thinking a return may be in order here too.
After I posted, I looked at my 24 inch at slightly to the side and thought hmmmm, I could be wrong here, that me be bigger than I thought.
Glad you are enjoying the machine. That is awesome. I have an e8400 and an e8500. The e8500 is for gaming. I may bump up the video card at some point.
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If ya get anything but a Tildeath system you have made a big mistake.I am so in love with mine.By the wayTildeath.I love your soundpack.This is mine-reconize the case
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z85/ferrel-album/computer010.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z85/ferrel-album/computer014.jpg)
I do wonder about the sticker he put on it LOL
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z85/ferrel-album/Intel.jpg)
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If ya get anything but a Tildeath system you have made a big mistake.I am so in love with mine.By the wayTildeath.I love your soundpack.This is mine-reconize the case
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z85/ferrel-album/computer010.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z85/ferrel-album/computer014.jpg)
I do wonder about the sticker he put on it LOL
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z85/ferrel-album/Intel.jpg)
:rofl :rofl :rofl
Looks nice, will post mine when I get the comp room cleaned again. Sure don't know when that will be.
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...By the wayTildeath.I love your soundpack...
A soundpack? For Aces High or the Operating System?
...Now my 19" monitor must be replaced; could hook up the 42" plasma and get the new Samsung LED TV???...
If you want to buy it, go ahead. Just a word of advice, though. You might want to wait on it for a few more months when more reviews start coming out. That television could be one of the worst piles of junk ever created with its size being the only thing getting it off the shelves.
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AHII was loaded an tweaked and he loaded his soundpack for the game
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Oh, okay.
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dang I only live 60 miles down the road from this dude I know where to go when I got the money
sweet stuff
i was originally planning on building it myself never done it before. most I’ve ever done was putting in a new MB vid card and sound cards
i don’t know anything about tweaking bios to make it run better or changing mem bus speeds
Was planning on spending about 1000-1500$ the less the better but I do know I want a quad core intel chip. And if I can get by with it I really don’t want to deal with vista.
probably be ready to do it next summer lol
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See Rule #2
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See Rule #5
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you definitely wanna go see the man.If ya want quality Tildeath is "the man"
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TD, every get that lost comp back or damages for the other computer? Just curious.
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yeah I wanna know too
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FedEx has not found the system nor have they allowed me to submit a claim. I do have a claim number, but they have not allowed me to actually file a claim.
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why wont they let you file a claim.The 14 days are up an them idiots lost it
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they say they Have "20" business days to find a lost shipment
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they say they Have "20" business days to find a lost shipment
I worked at a place that 20,000 lb. steel coils and believe it or not they would lose them.
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3P
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400
Heat sink/Fan OCZ Vendetta Multiple Award Winning CPU cooler
Memory: OCZ DDR3 1600 Platinum Intel Extreme XMP Edition 1600 /4GB
GTX260 Vid card
Very cool. :) This is almost identical to the system I am building myself. :) Started putting it together this weekend, but could not get it recognize the SATA drive in XP. What a pain that has turned out to be. The new drive did not come with a floppy with drivers had to make one off the CD and it still would not recognize it.
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You do not need drivers for the SATA drive as long as you are running them in IDE mode. If you are trying to run them in RAID mode, then you will need drivers on the floppy.
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Thanks Skuzzy. Wish it was that simple. Was not trying to run it in RAID mode. I trying to install it in the IDE, then 'native' mode. Would not work. Checked and double checked all the various BIOS settings. Kept crashing.
Long story and I don't want to take this thread off topic. I will play with it some more tonight and then post in this forum if I can't figure it out.
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If your XP disk is older than SP2 it lacks native SATA support and you're out of luck - the only way to install pre-SP2 XP is by installing SATA-drivers through floppy.
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Hmmm. I have installed on SATA using pre-SP2 XP, but pre-SP2 also lacks the 48 bit IDE drivers, restricting the maximum drive size to less than 128GB.
I know that NVidia's SATA hardware did not have a native IDE interface for some time, but I am not aware of any Intel chipsets which lacked the IDE interface to SATA hardware. I cannot speak for VIA.
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TD, every get that lost comp back or damages for the other computer? Just curious.
Found it!!!
(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/AHMerciful/cargo.jpg)
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That's gonna leave a mark.
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FedEx comes thru. FedEx has accepted and paid on the lost of the Skullman system. I got FedUp with FedEx and called corporate and was placed with a Suzette Noel. She assisted me without incident. The claims dept even stated that they did not get my invoices showing proof of loss. Called Suzette she had me fax it to her, two hours later tracking number for a check.
Now if UPS would only be as simple to deal with. For those of you that have followed this... UPS totally destroyed a few systems shipped back in Dec. As of today I am STILL jumpin thru hoops to try and get monies back for my loses. No one at corporate will evn talk to me let alone look into this situation. I have marched to Corp (since it is local) with attorney and new crew in tow to be told "there is no one here to assist you" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO UPS
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FedEx comes thru. FedEx has accepted and paid on the lost of the Skullman system. I got FedUp with FedEx and called corporate and was placed with a Suzette Noel. She assisted me without incident. The claims dept even stated that they did not get my invoices showing proof of loss. Called Suzette she had me fax it to her, two hours later tracking number for a check.
Now if UPS would only be as simple to deal with. For those of you that have followed this... UPS totally destroyed a few systems shipped back in Dec. As of today I am STILL jumpin thru hoops to try and get monies back for my loses. No one at corporate will evn talk to me let alone look into this situation. I have marched to Corp (since it is local) with attorney and new crew in tow to be told "there is no one here to assist you" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO UPS
I think by now I would go to small claims. Good to hear on the Skullman's system.
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glad that issue is settled
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Got the FedEx claim check today for Skullmans system. FedEx states the system (BRAND NEW SYSTEM) parts was only worth $119.67. That's the cost of the case alone. Another claim off to the attorney.
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what the hell were they thinking.Where ya gonna get a system for 119 bucks.Man I sure hate seeing you get screwed like that.
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Got the FedEx claim check today for Skullmans system. FedEx states the system (BRAND NEW SYSTEM) parts was only worth $119.67. That's the cost of the case alone. Another claim off to the attorney.
My Gawd! How'd they figure that?! Can you cash that check without damaging your claim?
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My Gawd! How'd they figure that?! Can you cash that check without damaging your claim?
Not doing a thing with the check. If I cash it I accept the claim as is
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Not doing a thing with the check. If I cash it I accept the claim as is
What I thought.
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I'm guessing they thought it was made of cardboard? An extra $100 for creativity. :P
Man, this sure does stink. I hope everything works out for you (with interest).