The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Onus]

For Willful Wrongdoing, hold their heads in a bucket (to catch the mess) when someone pulls the trigger; GAME OVER.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Damn, mines a pentium dual core, although we have some at school...

 

[ImDaBaron]

Yeesh that's some bad news

Yeah it sounds like the people in charge committed some serious atrocities. Defrauding investors seems to be the most egregious charge.

I liked quite a few of their products too...I guess we'll see what happens shortly with the company

 

[nukemaster]

I have owned some zalman parts over the years. Hope they can recover.

Old A64 system had the zalman cpu vga and chipset cooler as well. That slim fan lives on to this day in my media centers power supply

Later had a fan controller from them as well

I have more things, but at this time not too much came close for performance and quieter operation(with low speed adapters).

 

[Turb0Yoda]

aagh, multi colored RAM sticks.
We got 30 target machines(for testing our skillz at getting PC info) and they have 4 slots of ram, with support of 1 gb sticks... Lame...

 

[g-unit1111]

aagh, multi colored RAM sticks.
We got 30 target machines(for testing our skillz at getting PC info) and they have 4 slots of ram, with support of 1 gb sticks... Lame...

So glad multi colored motherboards and PSUs are a thing of the past, I love the more streamlined looks of the modern two-tone color schemes much better.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Some of those made perfect sense.... not many though

 

[g-unit1111]

Some of those made perfect sense.... not many though

Yeah much easier to build around a color scheme than it used to be. Like this system I priced on PC Part Picker has a nice black / orange color scheme:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC FORCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($185.57 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H440 (Orange/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($96.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2550.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-07 14:28 EST-0500

 

[ImDaBaron]

Well i get my CPU Cooler today...it'll be interesting to see how far I can overclock the 860K

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

I drove my mom to the Acura dealership to pick up her car (2013 MDX) Walked inside the dealership, and saw the new TLX. I walked up to it, and looked around the car, this car looks really nice. Sat inside, and I'm seriously in love with it.

My mom drove off, I got back inside my brothers TL to drive home, and I really miss that car

I'm really torn between 3 cars I want, the Subaru WRX, Acura TLX V6 SH AWD, or the Honda Accord V6

 

[Lutfij]

Nah for a little more you could get the Touring? i.e if you're going with a Honda.

 

[tiny voices]

The Accord v6 is the best value for money(but FWD is not as fun as AWD). I have driven all those cars. However, the honda and acura both have issues with the V6 automatics. Plagued them since the early 2000s and they are still not fixed. If you are looking at either car with a v6, get a stick, or pass on it. The auto WILL fail as soon as it is out of warranty. This is why auto v6 accords are SO cheap used.

I would buy the wrx. You can make it significantly faster than the other options with a simple I/E/flash.

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

The Accord v6 is the best value for money(but FWD is not as fun as AWD). I have driven all those cars. However, the honda and acura both have issues with the V6 automatics. Plagued them since the early 2000s and they are still not fixed. If you are looking at either car with a v6, get a stick, or pass on it. The auto WILL fail as soon as it is out of warranty. This is why auto v6 accords are SO cheap used.

I would buy the wrx. You can make it significantly faster than the other options with a simple I/E/flash.

Really? Wow, because I would like to learn manual, but no one in my family but my brother in law (Drives a 09 wrx sti) and my dad back in the day in Russia, knows how to drive a stick lol. Sadly, I cannot find a driving school here that teaches how to drive a manual.

Sadly, Honda doesn't offer a V6 with manual here in Canada, Same goes for the TLX.

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

Nah for a little more you could get the Touring? i.e if you're going with a Honda.

Maybe, I'll think about it.

 

[tiny voices]

The Accord v6 is the best value for money(but FWD is not as fun as AWD). I have driven all those cars. However, the honda and acura both have issues with the V6 automatics. Plagued them since the early 2000s and they are still not fixed. If you are looking at either car with a v6, get a stick, or pass on it. The auto WILL fail as soon as it is out of warranty. This is why auto v6 accords are SO cheap used.

I would buy the wrx. You can make it significantly faster than the other options with a simple I/E/flash.

Really? Wow, because I would like to learn manual, but no one in my family but my brother in law (Drives a 09 wrx sti) and my dad back in the day in Russia, knows how to drive a stick lol. Sadly, I cannot find a driving school here that teaches how to drive a manual.

Sadly, Honda doesn't offer a V6 with manual here in Canada, Same goes for the TLX.

I would pass on them then. Get the WRX, which I assume is a manual? Learning stick is very easy. Watch a youtube video, and go get in the car and drive off. I learned on a 4 speed pickup when I was 12. Took 10 mins and I was driving around the neighborhood.

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

The Accord v6 is the best value for money(but FWD is not as fun as AWD). I have driven all those cars. However, the honda and acura both have issues with the V6 automatics. Plagued them since the early 2000s and they are still not fixed. If you are looking at either car with a v6, get a stick, or pass on it. The auto WILL fail as soon as it is out of warranty. This is why auto v6 accords are SO cheap used.

I would buy the wrx. You can make it significantly faster than the other options with a simple I/E/flash.

Really? Wow, because I would like to learn manual, but no one in my family but my brother in law (Drives a 09 wrx sti) and my dad back in the day in Russia, knows how to drive a stick lol. Sadly, I cannot find a driving school here that teaches how to drive a manual.

Sadly, Honda doesn't offer a V6 with manual here in Canada, Same goes for the TLX.

I would pass on them then. Get the WRX, which I assume is a manual? Learning stick is very easy. Watch a youtube video, and go get in the car and drive off. I learned on a 4 speed pickup when I was 12. Took 10 mins and I was driving around the neighborhood.

Don't have a car with manual either haha, I would ask my brother in law to teach me one day, but he's usually busy, like me with work.

 

[Lutfij]

With the way the world is working now, I don't think Youtube would mislead you on learning to drive a manual shifter :lol:

Btw, its not that tough to drive a manual transmission automobile. I've found more fun driving a 5 speed ATV

 

[tiny voices]

I agree. It is MUCH more fun and engaging to drive standard. Not to mention if you buy a reasonably sporty car you will certianly wish you got a manual as soon as you learn to drive one. It really is that much better.

My whole family drives sticks. My mom with a volvo S60R, my Dad with his bikes/s2000/4cyl accord, every car I have owned was a standard. The only car we have with an auto is the minivan and no one dives it except for trips to and from dropping me and my sister off at college.

 

[Daniel Sudakov]

I agree. It is MUCH more fun and engaging to drive standard. Not to mention if you buy a reasonably sporty car you will certianly wish you got a manual as soon as you learn to drive one. It really is that much better.

My whole family drives sticks. My mom with a volvo S60R, my Dad with his bikes/s2000/4cyl accord, every car I have owned was a standard. The only car we have with an auto is the minivan and no one dives it except for trips to and from dropping me and my sister off at college.

Ah, lucky lol. I just texted him about how he learned, he told me to just buy the WRX or anything else, and spend the day with it. I think that's a bit to risky, because what happens if I don't like it? My dad might be able to help me.

 

[tiny voices]

Yep, that is 100% the right answer.

You won't like it at first. You will regret buying it, and be upset. After a week, you will feel dumb for even thinking that and love the car so much. That is just how it works. You will 100% be much happier/ better off owning the standard.

 

[Lutfij]

Are you talking about the new WRX or the one prior?

 

[g-unit1111]

I drove my mom to the Acura dealership to pick up her car (2013 MDX) Walked inside the dealership, and saw the new TLX. I walked up to it, and looked around the car, this car looks really nice. Sat inside, and I'm seriously in love with it.

My mom drove off, I got back inside my brothers TL to drive home, and I really miss that car

I'm really torn between 3 cars I want, the Subaru WRX, Acura TLX V6 SH AWD, or the Honda Accord V6

That TLX is a sweet car. If I could afford it I'd get one, I'd also consider the Kia Cadenza and Chevrolet Impala in that class.

 

[tiny voices]

The KIA is nice, but I am not a Chevy fan at all. With all GMs recalls and BS going on I would stay FAR away from them.

ALSO, what gen WRX are we talking about? I owned a "blob eye" wrx myself.

 

[g-unit1111]

The KIA is nice, but I am not a Chevy fan at all. With all GMs recalls and BS going on I would stay FAR away from them.

ALSO, what gen WRX are we talking about? I owned a "blob eye" wrx myself.

Yeah true Stephen Colbert has been poking a lot of jokes at GM's expense. :lol:

 

[tiny voices]

They made a public statement which included something along the lines of this: "Yes we knew about the issue (cobalt ignition problem) but we have to look at this from a business perspective. If the calculated court payouts for injuries/accidents from the issue total to be LESS than the cost of fixing all the cars via a recall, no recall gets done. This is how the auto industry works. Sad but true."

Same EXACT thing with Toyota and the sticking accelerators, and Honda in the mid 2000s with the V6 automatics. Both went the "pay the lawsuits" route instead of actually doing a proper recall. Both publicly said this.

GM is making some nice cars with some miserably piss-poor build quality right now. I would not buy any GM for a while. They really have ALOT of things to work out.