Von Paulus

Exactly. You nailed it. Congrats HPW. Enjoy your new machine.

This new hardware likes to run in more recent Windows versions than XP. However it should run with XP. Sometimes, small things like installing XP from a SATA DVD drive would be a pain in the ass. Did this begin only after you've installed Windows? Or after installing the Windows drivers?

They tried to do the same with ME3, and it seem they weren't very successful.

Please, please, pretty devs. Release it before 21th of December.

Thanks for correcting me.

Good show, HPW.

Yes Miyazaki, is the leading figure in Anime. But apart from Akira I've never seen much of his works. I tend more to SF and Cyberpunk themes. I also suggest Ergo Proxy:

It's an anime. I usually don't like mangas or anime. But from time to time I see a pearl, like for example the great, great, great, "Ghost in the Shell". They have good plot, stories. This one seems interesting, and I do want to thanks BH for the heads up. At least it seems there isn't too many big round eyes. Distinguish gentleman, if you like the cyberpunk theme, don't you dare to loose the "Ghost in the Shell" series and movies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_rus2O3u5Q Forget the round eyes.

Nothing like a review with a bit of a gameplay: Sorry for the OT, but we're remembering nice things that are connected with which Jack become known. To Jack and thanks for all.

I'm positive that there were more Amiga than ST in Europe. And in Germany Commodore has always been strong. In my country I don't have any doubt that ST was only for people who wanted to play with sound, thanks to the midi port. Don't know about France and England, but I'm almost sure that since the 1989 the Amiga was clearly the winner everywhere. Those were very exciting times for computer the gaming. New game concepts born every month. For a lot of reasons, I missed those times. And while we're speaking about it, let us remember Dungeon Master, which was a complete success in both machines. ST and Amiga. Next Wednesday, Legend of Grimrock will be released, a true dungeon crawler like DM, but with today visuals. Don't loose it people.

:( Jack founded Commodore but not Atari like that newsclip mention. He bought it after the great video game collapse in 1984. The founder of Atari are Nolan Bushnell and Ted Tabney. Although, he still is a key figure in the history of micro omputers and someone who helped to bring computers to every home. May he rest in peace.

As long the open box bring all the accessories, usually there's no problem. You've the LX version (without being open box) in newegg at $125? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131781&Tpk=ASUS%20P8Z68-V%20LX%20LGA%201155 The differences between LX and Pro versions, is usually related with the later bring more type of Sata controllers, then possibility of being able of using Crossfire and SLI, more external ports and usually the board is better prepared for overclocking. Saying that, if you can afford choose the pro, otherwise LX is Ok, and at least is Asus, which theoretically is more reliable than AsRock. The AsRock that you've chose is a P67 chipset board. Which is a good chipset but older than Z68. I'm not yet familiarized with Z68, but according to Tamper there are some advantages. Still I bought an Asus P8P67 Pro (Rev 3.1) board two weeeks ago for a client. It costed below $200 Bottom line: That Pro open box you mentioned, Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3, seems to be at good price. I would go for that one, if it's Ok and with all accessories and in case of failure I could return as a normal product. Specially look for bent pins on the CPU slot. Take a magnifying glass with you. That is a type of board that I could choose for myself. Good decision about the graphic card. Although I would probably go again for ATI or for 560. I suspect that I've to exchange my ATI4890, in the end of the year, because of ArmA3. But wih a 550GTX in your new system, you'll certainly will notice differences. And with one of the best processors for overclocking (in case you need), I think you're buying a nice system. Of course we can't compare with Tamper's one. But that's a little more expansive.

Tamper, I'm usually more concerned with quality than features. I still think that are worst brands than AsRock. The motherboard that I've bought more times, and still do, it's an AsRock. Well, I don't have much choice, it's the only 478 board that it's still getting commercialized. About helper advice, I try always to bring my personal experience. But OFF forum was always a good place for obtaining tech advice. Thanks to you, Parky, almjcor (I know I haven't write the name correctly ), etc. It has been a privilege to be in company of such enlighten gentleman. I've learn a lot with all of you.

HPW, it's hard sometimes to give suggestions, specially this way, through a virtual world, where people don't know each other psychically. All my suggestions, are based on my personal experience. What's good for me, might not be for others. Thus my suggestions are only what I would do if I was in your position. Like any other person, I too commit mistakes.

It's your call about Asrock. People who usually target Asrock don't give a damn about quality. I've a Gigabyte. No problem. Until a couple of years ago, it had less RMAs than Asus, according to my local dealers. Maybe now things are different. But I would never go for Asrock. I'm sure you can find an affordable Asus. And why SSD? With a couple of old Nvideas, it's almost you didn't exchange your system. I would keep my old HDs instead my old graphic card. The SSDs won't make the same night and day difference as the graphic card. And if you still don't want to buy a graphic card, than use the money for a better board. When you recover, financially speaking, than go for SSD.

Go to 2500K CPU and not 2500. The 2500 has limited overclock ability. You might not want to overclock now, but tomorrow you might want. And I haven't see which graphic card you chose. Are ypou planning going with the Intel HD graphics? Don't do it. Scrap instead the SSD disks and buy a a graphic card with that value. Believe me that would be a serious mistake for gaming. I wouldn't go either for Asrock, but for Asus or Gigabyte. Never compromise the motherboard quality. When buying computer hardware, I always like to think a little ahead from the present day.

Actually, goldsmiths are able to solder back CPU pins... when they don't mind to do the job. I remember that you could even replace the broken pin with gold wire... or was it copper?

Can't your straight them? It happened once with me, and I not only bent it but broke it. I was lucky because it was one of those that wasn't important.

If there's such a thing as a haunted place, Verdun must be it.

I'm no AMD expert, but I believe that's an old socket. So it will be more hard to find. Maybe in ebay. If you find one check if that motherboard will work with your memories. You might have issues with the graphic card, because when you replace with an old graphic card it seems everything worked Ok. So you might have to buy a new card. If that's the case, and you can't afford one, I'll give you my old extra graphic card a 8600GTS if you want. It's not a recent model but at least it is as good (I think it's a little better even) as your old card.

+1 Recheck the heat sink and the CPU. Recheck memory slots and video card. Again clean BIOS. Have you remove the CPU from the socket? If that was the case look if you have bend a CPU pin when inserting it again.

That might have different meaning, depending on the BIOS maker (not motherboard). I disconnect every drive (including HDs) from the board. Then removed all the memory modules and the graphical card. Would look in the motherboard for a jumper that reset the BIOS. In case I didn't find such a jumper (If you have the manual you can use to easy locate it), I would then remove the cell batteryand wait wait 10/15 minutes (no need if you use the jumper). Then would insert the video card again and only a memory module. Switch the computer and pray. If still I heard the same number of beeps, I would try the other memory modules (one at a time). Still no sign, than probably it's a motherboard problem or even a graphic card. But you're only going to be sure once you begun to replace the components. Sorry. Edit: Tamper was quicker than I. Basically we follow the same procedures.

If our lads here, aren't able to give you a full explanation, try the Great War Forum. These guys are expert.

Actually I too thought about this. To watch projects like Wasteland 2, Banner Saga, etc being backed by thousands of people, was a great joy to me. And in a way this will open a few doors to some indie developers and to some projects, otherwise wouldn't never be released.

Funny, I have one of those Thrustmasters, and never felt that with OFF or even with the others simulators. But this ends up being subjective. Thanks for sharing with us your memories with your grandpa.