rants and raves

[ooeric]

goT damn!

 

so im doing my somewhat daily rounds reading and poking around forums

learning new thingys to play and toy with

 

i then come upon posts with friggin (real) dfi OCing noobs

with full blow systems costing in the 3g+ range

and "trying" to OC them with a cookiecutter OC database build

 

man.. how can some of you people afford all that crap?

like a 1g cpu

1g cooling accessories

1g vid cards.

 

i blow 1400 on a system. and im already hurting like crap.

 

what the hell do people do with like x2 48z or like fx57

 

what on earth do you need that damn power for? lol

 

it just boggles my mind

 

anyone else feel this way?

[PC1X1]

I see where you coming from, but your implementation is a tad invalid. Alot of people here, are either new to ocing in general, and come aboard the NF4 wave, or adults, that do not have the time or experience to learn how to oc, and do it as a casual hobby. I beleive more in the latter, its mostly adults, whom can afford such a system, however do not have the time, experience or perhaps the desire before hand. And thus start off as newbs, and then gradually become experienced. And I hear you 1400$ is alot of money to blow on the system.

I have no problems with them, but I see where you get your frustration. This is life, and it may seem unfair, but you'll make that 1400 stretch out much farther, and once you can afford a 3G then your rolling. Think of it as an investment, and for you newbs with 3 grand machines, keepon learning then you will be set, or at least learn enough to research and be self sufficient.

[VectorTensor]

@ooeric

You got your self a nice little system goin on there..... Trade you :nod:

[ooeric]

but bejesus!

 

they (no names) blow 3g just to learn.. im not gonna criticize

but i just find that so damn retarded

 

when like i see alot of users with such success with like 3200z and pay less then 2/3 price.

[Guest Blooz1]

Hey, you have to look at it this way too; You're lucky you can afford a $1400 system!

 

I'm on a fixed income, and I have to "rake and scrape" for any computer parts! I'm always robbin' from here to put it there (usually in NewEgg's pocket!)

 

But hey, I have a ball with what I've got, I'm always learnin', and I've got a STABLE 50% O/C to show for it!

 

Where I live, I see people every day drivin' 700-series Beemers who don't know where the bleedin' turn signals are! They should be ridin' a bus! But no, they've got a $50K+ car!

 

Same deal with the $3K systems - just shake your head and get on with it....that's life!

[DeepSheet]

I'm on a fixed income

Praise yourself. I'm sure many here have even less than that.

[PC1X1]

I have no income

[Smoken Joe]

Man you guys have some nice systems I will admit though that the main reason I dont have a better system is because it is more of a challenge to try and stretch your money than to get the very best from the start.

 

You ought to see what a real expensive hobby looks like. Some of my friends have spent 30-60,000 USD this year on racing motorcycles. I am the poor guy and only spent 10-20K this year. Talk about living on Ramon noodles! Just think about 4,000USD on one weekend. Yea I am envious.

[southmine]

man.. how can some of you people afford all that crap?

 

umm...I have a job?

Seriously though, I work underground in a hardrock mine, and the money is pretty good. The downside is that it's earned at the expense of my body, and I likely won't live past the age of 60. So you'll have to excuse me for wanting the finer things in life.

As far as overclocking goes, think back to when you were starting out, and cut them a little slack. Everyone was a beginner once.

 

By the way, according to my wife, I've spent over $5000 on my first build, and upwards of $4000 (and counting) on this one.

Of course those are Canadian simoleons so knock off about 20% .

[PC1X1]

umm...I have a job?

Seriously though, I work underground in a hardrock mine, and the money is pretty good. The downside is that it's earned at the expense of my body, and I likely won't live past the age of 60. So you'll have to excuse me for wanting the finer things in life.

As far as overclocking goes, think back to when you were starting out, and cut them a little slack. Everyone was a beginner once.

 

By the way, according to my wife, I've spent over $5000 on my first build, and upwards of $4000 (and counting) on this one.

Of course those are Canadian simoleons so knock off about 20% .

Well I think you fit in my post, nice build

[smolt]

lol man you guys got it made im stuck in NL cant work here no green card and cant get one im 50 and you cant work here at 50 i came here with my A12 Mb and my HD in my sutecase i got a case monter key board out of the dump and they worked my girlfriend brought me home a pc from a guy at work to fix bad MB i sold him my A12 950 cpu for 75 bught this 250gb MB got $135 in my pc and having a ball :nod:everyone see,s my sig and :shake:

[Angry_Games]

i spend about $1300-ish and get a system that pretty much owns any $3,000 system

 

but most of the time people have more money than sense

 

or

 

they just have money to burn and that's cool (it drives the economy and gives me a job)