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1771
« on: July 21, 2017, 11:59:31 AM »
"hmm should i risk crippling, miserable debt when i could've gotten along just fine if i just worked"
these are the things that stump solonoid, he just can't figure it out without some sort of input, it's too hard for him
you say you've gotten every job you've ever applied for, so what the fuck is the problem you sniveling cunt
Wow, that's some real salt. Could it be that verb is anti-work not because he actually hates work, but because he isn't charismatic enough to get through an interview? And I'm not talking about borrowing the 50k a year to pay my tuition like some students have to, I'm talking a few grand to keep me focused on studies instead of putting things on shelves. Even if I never get another job as long as I live, and never actually pay any of that off, the debt isn't going to 'cripple' me. But I explained all of that in the OP. In fact, the OP was more than enough information for a simple yes or no, which is all I was looking for. The inference that you shouldn't take out a loan unless the outcome is predictable stems from the exact type of trepidation that keeps people from accomplishing anything. If you wanna say no, say no. If you think I should, say yes. Don't try to seem coy or wise by blathering about confidence or certainties.
1772
« on: July 21, 2017, 11:38:42 AM »
can you say with confidence that you can pay them back
That's a retarded question.
it's actually the only question worth asking
if you CAN'T say with confidence that you can pay them back, then the answer is (obviously) no, don't get student loans
if you CAN, then go ahead
don't ask retarded questions if you don't want a retarded answer
retard
kill yourself, dumb faggot
The only way to be certain of that would be to already have the money, in which case I wouldn't need loans. And I wouldn't be going to school if I already had a good job. Obviously. I don't live in a world where self confidence determines fiscal ability.
1773
« on: July 21, 2017, 11:28:38 AM »
can you say with confidence that you can pay them back
That's a retarded question. I have no idea what the job market is going to look like in four years, or if I'll decide to go to grad school. I'm not majoring in something worthless like English though, so I should be relatively safe. Ultimately, I can't confidently say I'll be alive tomorrow, much less predict my ability to find sage employment nearly half a decade from now.
1774
« on: July 21, 2017, 11:13:58 AM »
My tuition is like $1000/yr after scholarships and grants the way I have it worked out now, but I don't wanna work to have stuff.
Should I take out student loans?
1775
« on: July 21, 2017, 10:27:04 AM »
well I like destiny
I totally dig the lore, and it's a decent shooter.
It's the raw grind, flat characters, and lack of plot woven out of that lore that disappoints me.
I'm actually pretty optimistic for the narrative. seems like they've addressed most of those issues, just going off the playable mission in the beta.
my biggest gripe was the complete lack of content in vanilla, and is the only thing that concerns me right now for D2.
I'm a little less concerned about that. The EDZ is twice as large as any of the areas in the first game, and with NPCs out there in the wild giving you side missions there should be a bit to do for a time to come. The game is launching with just four planets, but if they manage to stay pretty large, without becoming empty wastes like many parts of mars were, we should see plenty of Vanilla content.
1776
« on: July 20, 2017, 11:18:08 PM »
I've put on a lot of muscle in the last three years as well.
I wish I hadn't, but my body does what it does and there's little I can do to change it.
No matter how much or how little I eat, or what types of good I eat, I can't seem to go back to twink status.
1777
« on: July 20, 2017, 11:13:42 PM »
enjoy getting railroaded by bungie's ridiculous content paywalls for another 3 years
Oh I will.
1778
« on: July 20, 2017, 08:13:58 PM »
well I like destiny
I totally dig the lore, and it's a decent shooter. It's the raw grind, flat characters, and lack of plot woven out of that lore that disappoints me.
1779
« on: July 20, 2017, 07:43:45 PM »
When you have been gone for a year....and everyone forgets.
Your memorable 24 post run? Oh yeah, tons of people remember.
1780
« on: July 20, 2017, 07:38:30 PM »
I'm an idiot who lives for torture and disappointment. I haven't pre-ordered a game since Skyrim. Why I decided to break my streak now I have no idea. Feel free to post your wishlist for the upcoming title.
PC Beta Launch: August 28th (Closed) - 29th (Open) - 31st (Beta Ends) System Requirements: Core i3, 6GB RAM, GTX 660 (or equivalent AMD products) Reccomended Speces: Core i5, 8GB RAM, GTX 970 (or equivalent AMD products)
Pre-Order Bonuses •Coldheart Exotic Trace Rifle (Freakin' Laser) •Kill Tracker Ghost
I'm sure you've heard by now, turning a group into a Destiny 2 Clan deletes the group, so I've started a separate clan. I'll need a couple more Xbox players to finalize turning it into a D2 clan, but by launch it should have PS4 and PC options for joining. Xbox Players: Join Now
1781
« on: July 20, 2017, 06:23:03 PM »
*tiki tiki* Slim Shady
1782
« on: July 20, 2017, 06:20:58 PM »
Obama got Bin Laden, Trump got Linkin Park.
Good couple of presidencies.
1783
« on: July 20, 2017, 01:45:47 PM »
Is this how verb gets away with requesting anime to watch?
Pretending he doesn't like it?
seems counter-intuitive
Not really. People will recommend the absolute best or their personal favorite trying to impress you, and you will watch a lot of good anime without wading though anything meh tier. Plus, then you get to turn around and be an asshole to strangers on the internet. Your favorite!
1784
« on: July 20, 2017, 01:39:14 PM »
Is this how verb gets away with requesting anime to watch?
Pretending he doesn't like it?
1785
« on: July 20, 2017, 01:36:32 PM »
A general PSA:
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If you want to stock up on some cheap Crucial RAM, which has been a mainstay of this thread, I highly recommend doing so NOW.
1786
« on: July 20, 2017, 01:24:05 PM »
I guess I'll hijack this thread.
What kind of specs am I looking at for about £500-£600? I have a monitor and peripherals sorted so it's purely for the tower.
I'm looking to do light 3D work (anything really really intense I can use uni PCs but I would like to do stuff at home) and misc photoshop/ video stuff for general messing around. Not too interested in playing BF1 on ultra or anything, just wanting to play stuff like Stellaris or Civ or modded Fallout in regards to games.
Google tells me that's around 650-780 you ess dollarydoos.
It's a little more complicated than just changing the money. Hardware is way more expensive outside of the US. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Solonoid/saved/bj7f7PThis build actually costs about £435 GBP if purchased in the US, but will run you £592.42 It costs $956 CAD, which is around £6 cheaper there. It's one of the hardest parts building for other countries - how much the hardware costs. I have a friend in Denmark who recently paid $1000 USD for a GTX 1080 Ti.
1787
« on: July 20, 2017, 12:48:56 PM »
What content do you produce, Sol?
When I had better camera equipment, I edited a lot of very hi res stills, but now that I mostly work with materials provided by other artists, that has kind of fallen by the wayside. I edit video in Final Cut Pro (not really a fan of Premier Pro) for a few friends who make shorts. This is another thing I did a lot more of when I was shooting raw footage. These days I mostly do modelling and texturing, either for mods or rendered images. I do a lot of shop still, but the ceiling is usually 4k on most of the requests I fill, so no more xxxtra hi res raw image work. Lately, I have started doing some audio work for a [super-secret] project on youtube, but that leans more heavily on my sound card (my 15yo Audigy 2 that somehow finds its way into every build I do because I'm too stubborn to buy a new one). Of course, if I was using onboard audio, I would definitely want a beefier CPU.
1788
« on: July 20, 2017, 12:39:22 AM »
Smash in general is shit.
1789
« on: July 19, 2017, 11:28:39 PM »
Fake. If that was a real melee played they'd refuse to play after a few bricks get replaced, complaining that this wasn't real Jenga and that the original tower was so much better.
That was really lame
It's true though.
1790
« on: July 19, 2017, 10:17:46 PM »
Definitely my thread 'Nobody is Born Gay' in b.net.
1791
« on: July 19, 2017, 10:11:58 PM »
We /mobile/ now. 
1792
« on: July 19, 2017, 09:51:00 PM »
i thought u died lol
it's like you didn't even read the op smh
1793
« on: July 19, 2017, 09:49:08 PM »
I'm totally Slytherin. I was even sorted into Slytherin. I am a pureblood of lies and deceit.
My sister is Slytherin. She's mean.
1794
« on: July 19, 2017, 09:46:17 PM »
I totally wanted to be Ravenclaw, but got sorted into Gryffindor :/
1795
« on: July 19, 2017, 08:11:57 PM »
Only one more week online left for you? Why?
No, 7 more days of activity and I'll reach Marty status.
Oh. This status is probably something important, huh?
no
1796
« on: July 19, 2017, 08:08:47 PM »
god bless you, flee
Just giving my 2c. Solonoid probably knows more about hardware in general than I do, but it seems that his PC has a different purpose than what you had in mind and doesn't offer twice the performance for the same price (especially for gaming it'll probably perform even worse). He's right in saying that there could've been some skimming here and there (mainly by going all AMD instead of Intel + Nvidia, which are usually seen as more reliable and high quality but more expensive), but I think you have a solid build picked out for what you want it do. It's a reasonable price and nothing is stopping you from investing in an i5 and another 8gb of DDR4 down the line for a build that I would consider downright good.
Looking at it as machine only for playing games and browsing the internet, it will probably get the job done for the next three years, and with what prehistoric wants to use it for in mind, I retract my statement.
Spoiler Just don't expect to be doing a lot of content creation centric stuff, which is a large portion of what I do.
youre kind of a fucking asshole btw
no shit
1797
« on: July 19, 2017, 07:52:25 PM »
god bless you, flee
Just giving my 2c. Solonoid probably knows more about hardware in general than I do, but it seems that his PC has a different purpose than what you had in mind and doesn't offer twice the performance for the same price (especially for gaming it'll probably perform even worse). He's right in saying that there could've been some skimming here and there (mainly by going all AMD instead of Intel + Nvidia, which are usually seen as more reliable and high quality but more expensive), but I think you have a solid build picked out for what you want it do. It's a reasonable price and nothing is stopping you from investing in an i5 and another 8gb of DDR4 down the line for a build that I would consider downright good.
Looking at it as machine only for playing games and browsing the internet, it will probably get the job done for the next three years, and with what prehistoric wants to use it for in mind, I retract my statement. Spoiler Just don't expect to be doing a lot of content creation centric stuff, which is a large portion of what I do.
1798
« on: July 19, 2017, 07:48:59 PM »
just so i have some peace of mind, build me a rig that will cost the same with double the power please
Very similar build sporting DDR3, a slight downstep with monetary advantages (especially in this performance range) one more full sized PCIe slot, and an 8-core CPU that I recently installed in a friend's PC (he likes it a lot, it's better than the Core i5 Black I swear by), and a Radeon RX 460 4GB I found priced at 120 CAD (no price population on pcpartpicker since Radeon is flying off the shelves)
CPU comes with a cooler which I have had hands on experience with and can verify it works very well so long as you don't overclock, the case includes a 200mm fan at the front, which creates ample airflow in the cuboid form. Paired with the dual onboard GPU fans you should have no trouble keeping air moving through the case.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Solonoid/saved/ZyyvK8
The final price of this miniature monster is ~603 CAD, and allows four slots to upgrade your RAM if you decide to buy more later.
I see what you're saying, but the AMD is a much older and more outdated CPU with barely better (and often worse) performance for gaming due to much faster single cores and hyperthreading in the Pentium. And while it may come with a cooler of its own, I'd still recommend a proven brand name especially since he's in a hot environment. The motherboard may offer an extra PCIe slot and more RAM space, but it only works with older RAM and doesn't support anything other than DDR3. As far as GPU's go (which will be the most important part for him by far), the 1050ti comes in at up to 35% faster than the 460.
I agree with what you said in your later post about getting more out of a PC, but I think that for what he had in mind, his build is probably going to perform better for gaming. You can debate about things like the motherboard and importance of the added cores in the CPU, but this is definitely not twice the performance at the same price. For things like video games, it's probably going to perform even worse.
Also, where did you find that GPU for $120 CAD? I haven't found a single store that has it in stock under $200+.
Ryzen 5 1500X comes in at the same price point as the 8350, with decidedly better performance, but I don't know a lot about AM4 motherboards, and wasn't comfortable recommending one. Obviously, I'm not claiming to have created the end all be all of budget builds, but something with more versatile usability than what I see there. And yeah, I rarely approach builds with a gaming-centric mindset, but it's also worth noting that gaming is a rewarding experience at 1080p on the hardware I recommended, though 4k is a bit of a lofty aspiration for it.
1799
« on: July 19, 2017, 07:21:41 PM »
just so i have some peace of mind, build me a rig that will cost the same with double the power please
Very similar build sporting DDR3, a slight downstep with monetary advantages (especially in this performance range) one more full sized PCIe slot, and an 8-core CPU that I recently installed in a friend's PC (he likes it a lot, it's better than the Core i5 Black I swear by), and a Radeon RX 460 4GB I found priced at 120 CAD (no price population on pcpartpicker since Radeon is flying off the shelves)
CPU comes with a cooler which I have had hands on experience with and can verify it works very well so long as you don't overclock, the case includes a 200mm fan at the front, which creates ample airflow in the cuboid form. Paired with the dual onboard GPU fans you should have no trouble keeping air moving through the case.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Solonoid/saved/ZyyvK8
The final price of this miniature monster is ~603 CAD, and allows four slots to upgrade your RAM if you decide to buy more later.
okay, well i can't cancel the GPU and case
so can you make do with using both of those things and change the rest to be cheaper
The case I recommended is actually twice as expensive as the case you bought, so it evens out the price difference with your GPU. I don't know anything about the case you've chosen though, and wouldn't really know how many fans to recommend. So before fans it's about $10 more, but I feel like that's definitely a good range to work in monetarily.
1800
« on: July 19, 2017, 07:11:16 PM »
i can tell you right now those 8 cores in that 8350 won't make much of a difference at all in games
that pentium will have better performance in most cases
and with that motherboard you can upgrade to i5/i7 should you choose to in the future as well adding another stick of ram, a better gpu, and a m.2 ssd
That's true, I neglected to notice I was posting in the gaming forum and didn't really consider that not everybody gets as much use out their machines as I do. But I also can't condone ever building a PC just for playing games, even though most people do it. As for the GPU, it isn't as shiny or powerful as the gtx 1050, but they're in the same weight class. In fact I opted onto the Radeon because I thought I wouldn't have as much wiggle room as I ended up having, and at just 670 CAD net cost, including it in this build falls just outside of the rang I would be comfortable endorsing as the same price range.
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