The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Deleted member 217926]

Nvidia released a new WHQL driver yesterday just for Windows 10. AMD and Intel also released new graphics drivers yesterday. I haven't done my desktop yet as I always do a clean install and I'm finishing a few games but I have updated 2 laptops and they are fine. My new laptop has HD 5500 graphics and the new Intel driver works fine. In fact the pre release Insider Windows 10 builds have all been rock solid for the past few months.

I have Sennheiser HD 598s.

 

[Bossyfins]

840m vs 755m vs 275m mobile GPU showdown

 

[Mirakledba]

Hey tiny!

Ya'll college kids making me jealous lol razez...

Im going to get my AP US history book soon. Tiny, any tips?! Im doing the summer work now. Any tips on the finals and the studying and the hw and all that?

 

[Bossyfins]

^ today was my last day for world history summer school. Passed it without even trying. Summer teachers are really lenient

 

[tiny voices]

Hey tiny!

Ya'll college kids making me jealous lol razez...

Im going to get my AP US history book soon. Tiny, any tips?! Im doing the summer work now. Any tips on the finals and the studying and the hw and all that?

For AP classes? No, those were easy. Just do the HW and study for like 3 hours for each test. Easy.

 

[Mirakledba]

That sounds about right. Thanks tiny! Im applying for more jobs now 😛

 

[tiny voices]

Awesome! good luck!

 

[RazerZ]

They all use the same driver though and sound similar to each other. I have the 518s, pcbuilder has the 558s, you have the 598

About to send you the list tiny.

 

[Onus]

I'm taking off tomorrow, so I will FINALLY get to slog through some of my backlog on PC stuff while waiting for the plumber. Omega will likely be retired, Scrooge WILL finally get built.

 

[Mirakledba]

What are the specs of scrooge going to be?

 

[Onus]

Scrooge will use an Athlon X4 5350, and a GTX750Ti. I'll be happy if it runs Office-type programs fairly well, and handles older and casual games. The goal here is extremely low power use, because my goal is to test it for use in "off-grid" environments (e.g. solar power, where every watt counts). If it turns out to be insufferable as a daily driver (hopefully not), I'll build another system around a G3258 or an i3 "T" CPU on H97.

 

[Mirakledba]

Sounds like a plan. Keep us posted and good luck with that.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Oh, has anyone upgraded to Windows 10 yet? I haven't. Going to wait for the early bugs, and issues to get patched first, but that's not what I'm worried about. All the posts on reddit everyone have been linking on news about Windows 10 have been pretty awful to read about.

The previews were pretty bug free from what I used. The last RTM preview was near flawless.

Really? I have been seeing others say that there are some driver issues, like Nvidia drivers.

No issues with Nvidia drivers are school. But we used gt 210s so...

My bro took his permit test...he failed it first, and then took it again 5 minutes later and passed. Lol he failed cause he thought the skip button meant u can go back to the question.

That is funny

DO NOT buy textbooks ahead of time. TERRIBLE waste of money. You will need 1/3 the books that are on your "required list" and 80% of the books you NEED can be found for free as PDFs online. (PM me if you need help. I'm a master at this.)

There is a reddit post where there are TONs of AP review books. Really nice.


Oh yeah, Mira, will you get the American Pageant one with the lady and the American flag?

 

[Mirakledba]

D34th - Well....Is that the new one? Because they will hand out the new book in class. Did you take AP USH? IF so, how was it?

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Taking it this year with our new textbooks.

 

[Pcbuilder123]

Yep, the hd 5xx series from sennheiser is pretty kickass, the sound signature on all of them is pretty similar, just a little more neutral on the 598's and little more lows on the ~558. I love these things, all of them are so comfy.

One thing I would NOT go without doing, is purchasing a 3rd party cable, the stock one needs a 2 inch adapter, and is like 6 feet long and thick rubber! It's insane, good for desks maybe, but on the go I bought one of these,and the quality of the cable is great, and now I can use these on the go! The fact the cable is detachable is great, opens so many more options, and uses the same twist and lock mechanism as the m50x's for half the price and similar sound quality (if not better, subjective though)
http://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Audio-upgrade-Sennheiser-Headphones/dp/B00KAKBHKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438302070&sr=8-1&keywords=hd+558+cable

 

[Pcbuilder123]

I just did textbook shopping today, alot of times, the books I end up buying don't get used, but alot of the book I need for english and what not, I am able to find free pdf's for online, it's pretty great lol. Amazon is also often way cheaper.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

School gives us the text books. We only pay if damaged 😀

 

[RazerZ]

Yep the 518s are the most bassy, that's for sure. I actually need the long cable so I think I'll leave it as is for now. For on the go use I have my iems.

Our minivan just broke down at our mailbox. My geology textbook came in the mail today, I was surprised because the material seems very similar to my AP Environmental Science class. Just flipping through the pages and I'm already excited... reminds me of a rock and mineral guide book my Dad got for me when I was around 7 years old. Rocks, Crystals, Minerals complete identifier edited by Rosie Hankins.

 

[g-unit1111]

Rocky - Haha I was kidding about the nice cars now. I will get something like you mentioned. Thanks for the info. And I havent upgraded to windows 10 yet...gonna wait a bit.

Gunit - Hahahaha. Nope. Stopped playing that game ages ago. its crap now.

Yeah I played for about like 5 minutes before I was like "this blows". :lol:

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I'd go to windows 10 but I realize that my GPU isn't supported for windows 10. So a new GPU is a necessity for windows 10 unless I want my computer to be even slower >.>

 

[Bossyfins]

Very annoyed with google wallet. Very. You can't use a credit card to add money into your wallet. WTF?

 

[Mirakledba]

eh...why would you want to give your credit car info to google...also think of it....you leave your card at home cause you want to use google wallet....but either your batter dies, or the app wont work, or you phone breaks.....screwed. Besides, the feeling of swiping a car feels good

 

[Bossyfins]

^ Not when the person only accept wallet on hardware swap. Also, I can remotely turn the APP off.

 

[Mirakledba]

Whatever...I still like using the card haha. Ok, well, gotta head to the mosque.

I think my dad said im going to get to drive his car for a few seconds lol. We'll see.