Christchurch Treehouse of Awesome-Where everyone knows your name

[Lias]

It's pretty cool. DV is muttering about replacing the forums with it entirely.

[Kmaybz1]

das pretty gooood right there

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Also for those cool cats, that don't want to play full price for Doom. Mighty Ape has it for $68 atm.

https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/DOOM-PC-Games/22611346

ohhh, so tempted...

[AvatarFACE]

If my car was not in the panel beaters I'd buy it. Expecting to have zero moneys left after I get the bill.

[Xenolightning]

ohhh, so tempted...

Yeah, it's a REALLY good price. So much so, I don't think it'll be near that price until the December steam sale.

AND you get a t-shirt, ?which you can't pick the size of? So it might become a cum rag.

[Retardobot]

I went out.
I got free drink.
I got free pizza.
I met Soulrolll.
I played with some handcuffs.



*events may not have happened quite in this order.

Back in NZ?

[Pyromanik]

Back where life is good.

[Retardobot]

https://www.dicksmith.co.nz/dn/buy/doom-pc-pc/

Has been $59 since release day.

[Craigor]

https://www.dicksmith.co.nz/dn/buy/doom-pc-pc/

Has been $59 since release day.

Will that even arrive?
Or will they just take the $59 and be like "haha thanks, no backsies" and just not send it?

[Lias]

https://www.dicksmith.co.nz/dn/buy/doom-pc-pc/

Has been $59 since release day.

Will that even arrive?
Or will they just take the $59 and be like "haha thanks, no backsies" and just not send it?

Nah the DSE Website's and branding got sold to Kogan.com, so should be pretty legit.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

$59 is even better then $68!

I like this new rise from the ashes like a phoenix dick smith.

[Retardobot]

Heaps of GP members have gotten it from DSE. It takes about 3-5 days to arrive but if you're not in a rush then $59 is a good price.

[Pyromanik]

$59 is even better then $68!

I like this new rise from the ashes like a phoenix dick smith.

was that a dick joke referencing their recent cock up as a double entendre?

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

$59 is even better then $68!

I like this new rise from the ashes like a phoenix dick smith.

was that a dick joke referencing their recent cock up as a double entendre?

It is now.

[Pyromanik]

Well in that case I see your double and raise to a triple.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Well in that case I see your double and raise to a triple.

Butt seriously, This new dick has some good prices, much better then the old dick.

I'm looking to get a turntable, they have a Kogan brand mini one for $24 (and everything seams to be free shipping).

But I'd prefer something bigger. Any recommendations?
https://www.dicksmith.co.nz/dn/shop/audio/turntables/

[Pyromanik]

Compare perhaps:

http://www.listeningpost.co.nz/Products/Turntables-record-player-vinyl-phono/Turntables-record-player-vinyl-phono/Turntables-record-player-vinyl-phono-__I.27756__C.27341

[Pyromanik]

Computer appears to be on the nearly dead list.
Probably time I upgraded anyway, still running Jonty's old C2D, heh.

What counts as good hardware these days?

[Lias]

What counts as good hardware these days?

As always its relative to your budget

[Pyromanik]

Yeah but since like... 2012 all PC's are the same and spending anything more than 'average' is a fuck'n waste for fuck all returns except epeen right?

It's not like we're still living in 2003 where the 'next generation' like, doubled the performance figures.
(thus justifying the spend of the bazillion extra dollars you didn't have)

right?

[Lias]

Yeah but since like... 2012 all PC's are the same and spending anything more than 'average' is a fuck'n waste for fuck all returns except epeen right?

It's not like we're still living in 2003 where the 'next generation' like, doubled the performance figures.
(thus justifying the spend of the bazillion extra dollars you didn't have)

right?

For CPU, for gaming, that's about 90% accurate. Any decent i5 from the last several generations is ample for most current gaming.
For GPU, it depends on what resolution. 4k is the new frontier where you can spend stupid money but if you only want 1080p then plenty of options
RAM, 8gb is fine for most games, but the flip side is that going up to 16gb costs fuck all more really.
SSD's are cheap as shit now so no excuses not to have all or mostly SSD storage now.

[Pyromanik]

Yeah but since like... 2012 all PC's are the same and spending anything more than 'average' is a fuck'n waste for fuck all returns except epeen right?

It's not like we're still living in 2003 where the 'next generation' like, doubled the performance figures.
(thus justifying the spend of the bazillion extra dollars you didn't have)

right?

For CPU, for gaming, that's about 90% accurate. Any decent i5 from the last several generations is ample for most current gaming.
For GPU, it depends on what resolution. 4k is the new frontier where you can spend stupid money but if you only want 1080p then plenty of options
RAM, 8gb is fine for most games, but the flip side is that going up to 16gb costs fuck all more really.
SSD's are cheap as shit now so no excuses not to have all or mostly SSD storage now.

(lower) mid range best range

Thx Lias

[Pyromanik]

So what about this Zen business?
Seems interesting.

Might just tell windows to get fucked and wait it out.
(core dumps is reason for above posts)

[Who_ate_my_rice]

So what about this Zen business?
Seems interesting.

Might just tell windows to get fucked and wait it out.
(core dumps is reason for above posts)

I have no idea,  im holding out for the the new ati graphics cards this month,  and what the new zens around the end of this year..

But i dunno......  i can't seem to get any real info on whether or not they will be better than an i5 Skylake.  Apparently the only difference is that they will have an APU and apparently for the first time, their version of Hyper Threading.

hmmmm  but BF 1  will be out before then.   And i'll most likely be crying on my old core 2 quad kekekeke. 

seriously need to upgrade, but i just keep spending my money on the business instead.  bleh

lets see what happens! 

[Lias]

480 is a good cheap upgrade GPU wise.