The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[tiny voices]

A 2010 is GREAT. No need to retake. That should get you into any school you can realistically get into.

As for glasses, I have a pair of Oakleys which are made to my prescription which I love. They were $180 after discounts.

I do have a $600 pair of Gucci sunglasses. I only paid $200 for them because of discounts, out of season sale, and returned item. I got them because of the lenses they have. They are polarized but have a different ratio of filtered light to polarization on different parts of the lens. I only use them when I race cars/karts as they fit under my helmet perfectly and work well with my non-polarized clear visor. I have tried a tinted and polarized visor but I just didn't like it.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Yeah, I don't plan to take the SAT again... third time was the charm...

 

[Bossyfins]

Academic Decathlon... basically testing as a sport..

Oh yeah, for the SAT, I got 2010... means I'll be taking driving lessons this summer apparently...

Nice score. I got a 1050.

out of 2400 or 1520/1600?

1520. I barely studied as well, which is surprising since I took geometry in 8th grade, so I remembered nothing. But my friend almost got a perfect, lol. 1st try too.

 

[tiny voices]

You got 1520 out out of 2400?

You really need to study and take an SAT prep class.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Looks like he got a 1050 out of a possible 1520 to me. Back in the dark ages when I was in school 1600 was perfect.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Hah...
Well, at any rate, my new bluetooth headphones finally arrived.... Sound Decent ish, but I haven't tested them out fully

 

[RazerZ]

I actually picked up a new pair of headphones today as well. Audio Technica ATH MSR7

 

[Turb0Yoda]

The MSRP listed on Amazon is 160 for mine, then they were on "sale" for 60, and I bought them for 22 bucks...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0185Z5OTS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Those...
I can't get the damn flap off so I can plug these in...

 

[Mirakledba]

Just registered for the SAT on may 7....also ordered the book straight off college board...Im determined to study and do well!

 

[Turb0Yoda]

My friend is selling his 6 core AMD rig with a 960 for 1300.... I told him to make sure the money was real... he's going to an i7 skylake now and I convinced him to get an r9 390 over a 970

 

[g-unit1111]

My friend is selling his 6 core AMD rig with a 960 for 1300.... I told him to make sure the money was real... he's going to an i7 skylake now and I convinced him to get an r9 390 over a 970

Yeah he's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to get $1300 for a FX-6300 and a 960. You'll be lucky to get $650 tops for a rig like that. Actually that's a $650 rig after putting parts into PC Part Picker. So he'd be lucky to even get ~$500 for that with depreciation.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

My friend is selling his 6 core AMD rig with a 960 for 1300.... I told him to make sure the money was real... he's going to an i7 skylake now and I convinced him to get an r9 390 over a 970

Yeah he's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to get $1300 for a FX-6300 and a 960. You'll be lucky to get $650 tops for a rig like that. Actually that's a $650 rig after putting parts into PC Part Picker. So he'd be lucky to even get ~$500 for that with depreciation.

No I mean someone offered him that... already... he's going this saturday or the next... I made a mistake its an 8 core AMD...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/knWdpg

add in his free copy of win 10 pro

 

[Darkbreeze]

He'd still be lucky to get 600 bucks for a used system with those specs, depending of course on what else comes with the rig. I smell a scam or ripoff about to happen. Or a no show.

 

[Bossyfins]

You got 1520 out out of 2400?

You really need to study and take an SAT prep class.

1050/1520

 

[g-unit1111]

No I mean someone offered him that... already... he's going this saturday or the next... I made a mistake its an 8 core AMD...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/knWdpg

add in his free copy of win 10 pro

That would still be only worth about $600 tops, the guy who is wanting to pay $1300 for it probably doesn't know anything about PCs I'm guessing.

 

[tiny voices]

What the hell is the SAT out of 1520 for? Is that just the 2 part math and english?

 

[Bossyfins]

New SAT is out of 1600, but some questions were removed entirely, so it was out of 1520.

1050 for no studying is not to bad, is it?

It was 1 part math 1 english

https://gyazo.com/2ef1a9a03bab55eacadcae8757927d87

 

[Onus]

I did not study for mine, way back in '77 I think. SAT Prep wasn't the money-grubbing business it is now. I did 750Math/630Verbal.

 

[tiny voices]

Just registered for the SAT on may 7....also ordered the book straight off college board...Im determined to study and do well!

Don't waste your time trying to learn subject matter. All you need for Math is SOH CAH TOA and the quadratic formula. For english don;t bother trying to learn all 10000000000 SAT words. None of them will be on there anyway. Just take a class that teaches you HOW to take the test. The SAT is a test to test your test-taking skills, not to determine your knowledge or anything like that.

I didn't study the material AT ALL and got a VERY good score my first try. 2160/2400 or 1460/1600 for just math and verbal.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

He'd still be lucky to get 600 bucks for a used system with those specs, depending of course on what else comes with the rig. I smell a scam or ripoff about to happen. Or a no show.

No I mean someone offered him that... already... he's going this saturday or the next... I made a mistake its an 8 core AMD...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/knWdpg

add in his free copy of win 10 pro

That would still be only worth about $600 tops, the guy who is wanting to pay $1300 for it probably doesn't know anything about PCs I'm guessing.

That's what I said... He is completely surprised. I am as well. Maybe the buyer is someone who doesn't know TOO much about AMD vs Intel performance, saw the 8 core CPU, and assumed it was worth a lot without checking lol...

 

[g-unit1111]

That's what I said... He is completely surprised. I am as well. Maybe the buyer is someone who doesn't know TOO much about AMD vs Intel performance, saw the 8 core CPU, and assumed it was worth a lot without checking lol...

Or maybe they were thinking about buying Cyberpower / IBUYPOWER and saw the cost of those systems and maybe that was what they thought a system like that would cost. Well your friend scored, but the buyer is the one who is losing. :lol:

On another note, I scored some DDR4 from Newegg Eggxpert reviews (Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2400 4 x 4GB). The question is when I upgrade do I go with X99/Broadwell E or do I go Z170? I'm very patiently waiting for Broadwell-E before I do decide to upgrade, but I'm afraid of what the prices are going to be like.

 

[Mirakledba]

Whats SOH CAH TOA? Ik the quadratic formula is -b√b^2-4ac/2a....pretty sure. I have the highest grade in my AJ 2 class lol its 2 ez,

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Whats SOH CAH TOA? Ik the quadratic formula is -b√b^2-4ac/2a....pretty sure. I have the highest grade in my AJ 2 class lol its 2 ez,

Sine Cosine and Tangent

SOH CAH TOA is a mnemonic for helping to remember how they work,

SOH = Sine; Opposite over Hypotenuse from the angle you are working at(theta)
CAH= Cosine; Adjacent over Hypotenuse from the angle you are working at(theta)
TOA= Tangent; Opposite over Adjacent from the angle you are working at(theta)

 

[Mirakledba]

d34th - Thanks!

Just got back from an award ceremony at school...my parents wanted to go. I got freaking silver...3.5-3.99 GPA and I have a 3.83. IF I HAD JUST HAD 1-2%
More in AP US History and did better on the final, I would have had an A in the class (as appose to a B+) and would have had a 4.0 AND A GOLD medal but I just get silver...so disappointing honestly.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Don't be disappointed with what you DIDN'T accomplish. Be proud of what you DID accomplish, and simply renew your efforts for the future if you feel you could have produced a better effort.