Recent content by rzthrun

My ma needs a new machine. She has a habit of making not the greatest gizmo choices, so I asked her to let me help her this time. [As per sticky thread: Location: Washington DC Metro Area, USA Budget: $1000USD Peripherals: All new parts needed listed below Use: Movies, Internet, maybe some...

Need to get a VR headset for development. Really like HTC's Vive, but given the cost probably going to go with the Oculus Rift. For $800 the Oculus will get me all the peripherals I need, whereas I'm looking at closer to $1200 on Vive for equivalent functionality. I've been working on an Asus...

Looking to create a new authoring rig. Mostly for 3D and graphics heavy work. Currently have: processor: i7-3930K mobo: Asus Rampage 4 Extreme gc: Radeon FirePro v5900 RAM: Corsair Vengence x32 GB psu: Corsair AX850 cooling: Corsair h100i ssd: 1x Corsair Neutron 256GB, 2x OCZ 256GB case...

I recently heard a news story about the government of UK giving grants to Heavy Metal bands (i am a huge supporter of this :rock:). It got me thinkin' here are my thoughts: Why is british music so popular world wide: - my answer: 1) it's the queens english, so all other English speakers are...

Which of these configs is the sweet-spot of cost/performance per-month for an unmanaged VPS RAM 1 GB Storage 24 GB Transfer 2000 GB vCPUs 8 vCPUs RAM 2 GB Storage 48 GB Transfer 3000 GB vCPUs 2 vCPUs RAM 1 GB (x2) Storage 24 GB (x2) Transfer :2000 GB (x2) vCPUs 1 vCPU (x2) The last is two...

Okay - so is it worth it get a Professional GC as compared to a Gaming card of equal power for less $£€¥ ?? My story - at the tail end of 2012 I dropped about 550 +/- USD on a Radeaon FirePro v5900.* It's a 2GB and the benchmarks were acceptable. The primary purpose of the card would be for 3D...

Signed up just yesterday. But used the forum extensively when building a rig a year+ back. Anywho. glad to be here. have a gc question i'd like to post.:beer: