Commented 8 years ago2015-12-17 20:10:06 UTC
in journal: #8640Comment #51544
"Welcome to the 970 Club. Please make yourself at home, just...stay off the carpet. I know it takes up an eighth of the room, but...there's no floor under it."
I went with the i5 because I didn't see a need to spend another $150, just for Hyper Threading and 0.5GHz. As for the drives, worst case scenario, I have to re-download my games. It would suck, but we've had serveral different levels of WD drives and a Seagate, and only the latter's failed.
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-17 10:13:49 UTC
in journal: #8640Comment #51550
"Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM HDD" Id be careful with those, i had 2 new Red's fall out of a RAID that we bought this year. Only ~4-6 months of service. Granted they did not have any bad blocks or anything so we popped them back in and all is good, but if a drive drops out of RAID0 you're done.
On an unrelated note why not an i7 ? Or is it just me that i hate the number 5 ?
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-17 02:11:54 UTC
in journal: #8640Comment #51543
Two if you're lucky.
He hasn't told us if it's a hard drive or SSD though. It could be like mine, with a smaller SSD for Windows and clients (Steam/Origin/etc.), and high capacity storage for the games.
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-16 01:29:47 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46175
When you have trouble reading text, increase the display scaling level. On Windows 7 you can find it under "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display"
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-15 23:51:41 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46172
It's noticeably easier to read my small desktop text labels now(on my 23" I almost had to squint), but yeah not a huge difference. The color depth or whatever seems to be a lot better on this one though. Did you have to calibrate or you using stock presets?
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-14 20:14:51 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46165
I'd had no experience with AOC before, but I can happily report that there is no backlight bleeding and the blacks are black. You can't really compare LCD to anything modern, though.
You're right that you can edit on small displays, but consider how much effort it was for a five minute video project and multiply it by thirteen half-hour shows as per a standard British series run. When you're working day in, day out for months, you need efficiency in your workspace and having everything to hand is hugely important.
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-14 19:24:53 UTC
in journal: #8637Comment #39674
That high quality SHODAN voice clip though... still one of the eeriest voices in the history of videogames. Still sends shivers down my spine when I hear it.
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-14 18:23:52 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46173
I always thought AOC is kind of a budget brand(our university recently upgraded some labs to some cheap 19" AOC lcds, the resolution and colors are great, the backlight bleeding and black level is horrifying). Seems like there are good choices among them.
Video editing on big displays is always nice. It's not impossible on little displays either. I made a 5 minute video project for uni recently in Premiere and After Effects on my 17" laptop. It's cringy, but hey it works :)).
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-14 12:17:59 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46174
@DoctorAmazing: Whether 4K is useful or not depends on how much the picture fills your view - not just the size of the display but also how close you are to it. If you're close to an object, you can make out more of its details
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-14 04:35:48 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46176
Those monitors look stunning even on my stock laptop display. I have to say, from that testimony, if I had the budget and (physical) desktop size, I'd probably spring for a couple of those to replace my somewhat-aged Gateway. (It's been faithful as both a primary and secondary display for a good 7, but it has a couple dead pixels, has been starting to lose connection signal for a couple seconds periodically, and the power button is stickier than super glue)
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-13 23:36:45 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46167
Jesus TJB, how do you even deal with that? That's horrible
I currently run 3 1080p monitors at work (like this), and I always think that it'd be nice to have more desktop space. I would go insane if I had to deal with 1024x768
Has anybody ever seen those 1920p 1:1 monitors? They look a bit disturbing when you're used to 16:9 screens, but I reckon it'd be great for programming and probably mapping as well. So much screen space!
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-13 22:29:49 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46177
I had a 19" Samsung monitor on my old computer (4:3) and it could pull off 85Hz. I did notice the difference when I switched to this laptop that is fixed at 60Hz. I much prefer 85Hz, it seems so much steadier. Even if I can't tell the individual frames apart (thankfully) 60Hz feels kind of flickery.
Commented 8 years ago2015-12-13 19:53:54 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46170
Cheers Archie, those girls look absolutely beautiful
I'm coincidentally on my way to Beast Buy as I speak, to upgrayedd my cheapo 23" Acer LCD. I was thinking 27"(s) as well, although I've done absolutely zero research. Are these what are referred to as IPS panels?
I will also spring for a nice standing desk as well--which I've wanted for a long time--, so long as the prices aren't too rapey.
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Also that keyboard is hawt(and not cheap). Was looking at those and the Razer Chromas... very nice!
I went with the i5 because I didn't see a need to spend another $150, just for Hyper Threading and 0.5GHz. As for the drives, worst case scenario, I have to re-download my games. It would suck, but we've had serveral different levels of WD drives and a Seagate, and only the latter's failed.
Id be careful with those, i had 2 new Red's fall out of a RAID that we bought this year. Only ~4-6 months of service. Granted they did not have any bad blocks or anything so we popped them back in and all is good, but if a drive drops out of RAID0 you're done.
On an unrelated note why not an i7 ? Or is it just me that i hate the number 5 ?
He hasn't told us if it's a hard drive or SSD though. It could be like mine, with a smaller SSD for Windows and clients (Steam/Origin/etc.), and high capacity storage for the games.
80GB?! That's like, two games by modern standards
Wish i was joking.
I got one of these last night but not sure how I feel about it yet.. I'll probably buy a second one if this one passes muster.
You're right that you can edit on small displays, but consider how much effort it was for a five minute video project and multiply it by thirteen half-hour shows as per a standard British series run.
When you're working day in, day out for months, you need efficiency in your workspace and having everything to hand is hugely important.
Seems like there are good choices among them.
Video editing on big displays is always nice. It's not impossible on little displays either. I made a 5 minute video project for uni recently in Premiere and After Effects on my 17" laptop. It's cringy, but hey it works :)).
Cheers on those monitors though, look sweet.
I have to say, from that testimony, if I had the budget and (physical) desktop size, I'd probably spring for a couple of those to replace my somewhat-aged Gateway. (It's been faithful as both a primary and secondary display for a good 7, but it has a couple dead pixels, has been starting to lose connection signal for a couple seconds periodically, and the power button is stickier than super glue)
I currently run 3 1080p monitors at work (like this), and I always think that it'd be nice to have more desktop space. I would go insane if I had to deal with 1024x768
Has anybody ever seen those 1920p 1:1 monitors? They look a bit disturbing when you're used to 16:9 screens, but I reckon it'd be great for programming and probably mapping as well. So much screen space!
I can't even fathom having that much resolution.
I'm coincidentally on my way to Beast Buy as I speak, to upgrayedd my cheapo 23" Acer LCD. I was thinking 27"(s) as well, although I've done absolutely zero research. Are these what are referred to as IPS panels?
I will also spring for a nice standing desk as well--which I've wanted for a long time--, so long as the prices aren't too rapey.