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Happy birthday mate!

You're still a kiddo. <3

Typical.

That's why I kinda hate smartphones. I also prefer actual buttons too (I usually type without looking; which is not possible with smartphones afaik).

Seems not, SugarMan.

Welp.

Is it only me that misses a smartphone already? Dayum.

I want Whatsapp!

Ah, then no. They just compile fine, though I don't know why the compile log points that thing out lol.

Silly CS:GO SDK...

@CapT: You mean the "Microbrush" warning?

Urbabybula!

Archie's comment tho... lol

Hmm... Risotto. :Q__

Awwwwwwwwwww <3

Congratulations, Urbeh!

There's one actually... One big one.

Here's the full set without HDD and PSU (fan on the left):

http://i.imgur.com/ilZbYP2.jpg

Does a stock CPU fan consumes a lot more than a custom Zalman one of that kind (other than the other sole fan)?

Nah Tet, just that, no more additional stuff.
At least 2 HDDs and a PCI Card with OCed CPU, that's all.

Alright, thanks guys.

And, what if I would like to add 1 or even 2 more HDDs and a wireless PCI card with 3 antennas? Does this exceeds or am I still covered with 500w?

Of course not, SugarMan. That's why I've chosen that.
The main problem is the overclocking process. I do know the exact power consumption, but just with the default CPU's clock. That's my dilemma.

Happy for you mate!

I wish I'd have discovered this site earlier since I'm a HL fan and player since its release date.
I'm on this site since 13th August 2013 (581 days ago exactly), so it's almost 2 years. And this is one of the best sites I've ever found on the web with the most quality and clever persons ever.

Thank you all!

It could be the motherboard RAM slots or the RAM sticks itself too. Try to swap the RAM sticks or remove any additional one and leave it just one alone (trying to swap that one to different slots).
If this doesn't help, then I think it's the motherboard (like rufee says).

Your computer is pretty old, SugarMan; I won't be surprised if that'd happen to me.

Haha yeah!

I've discovered that glitch 12/13 years ago in the WON version lol.

Ugh... That's not good Tet.

I clean my computer every 3 months everytime, so this won't happen.

Welp. At least it has a good image quality. Too bad that it's 5ms response time.
Happy for you Archie. :3

I think that Archie should change basing his decision on what he really want to do with his computer, since he don't just play videogames.
Archie, tell us why you want such a big monitor and what do you want to do with that one, then we will probably be able to help you pick a better decision. That's my two cents though.

I'd focus on frequency and response time, Archie.
Other than gaming, you also do video and 3D rendering, so the choice is up to you.

The PB278Q has 5ms response time like a standard monitor (though I can't seem to find the frequency, could be 75 Hz max?), and the PG278Q has 1ms response time and 144 Hz frequency, which is much better, especially if you want to do serious or competitive gaming (indeed the PG278Q is a gaming monitor).
If you are a V-Sync user, you can limit your FPSs to 144 to avoid tearing, then you're ok to go.

So, for the frequency and response time, I'd purchase the PG278Q. That's all that matters (IMHO!).

I personally hate laptops. So this is not gonna happen at all.

The main problem is that everyone of you here is actually right.

So I feel like I have to clarify some more things, just to let you know why I prefer this instead of that and so on.

• I prefer Nvidia rather than AMD because I've always had problems with AMD video cards; such as drivers, Catalyst random crashes, artifacts in 3D games, fucked up shadows, fog and other particle effects decreasing FPS by a big amount (30-40 approx), specularity on surfaces/textures not loading or being neutral/white, etc...).

I also prefer Nvidia because it has Nvidia 3D Vision and some other things that AMD doesn't have.
I've had 4 different AMD video cards, and all of them gave me problems. And I've had 3 different Nvidia video cards. I've never had any problem with them in any possible way. That's probably why they costs more than AMD ones (same thing with AMD CPUs.)
My last AMD video card was an ATI Radeon HD 3650 512 MB (could be compared with an half-way of Nvidia 8600-8800 I guess, in terms of performance) and I remember having many problems, most of them with drivers and Catalyst.

I prefer to purchase new things because of the warranty. Used stuff, most of the times, doesn't have warranty.

I don't like how AMD CPUs are built; they look more fragile than Intel ones (like the pins story I've told you in my previous post), and their coolers are utter shit as I keep messing up when I have to unmount and mount them to reapply the thermal paste, or just for a common full PC cleanup every 2-3 months or so. It's a pain in the ass for me to be honest.

So yeah, since we all arrived at a point where the current build I've made isn't bad, I want to thank you all for your comments and valuable suggestions. They will sure help me out in my future build as this is just a test. I'll probably change some things with better ones in the course of the time as the prices keeps decreasing.

One last question for you guys: is still good/better to do triple channel with RAM? I've heard it's faster. Though it's hard to find motherboards that makes you do triple channel nowadays, as far as I know.

P.S.: Don't worry Urbeh, my next GFX configuration will be a Quad SLI of GTX TITAN Z all overclocked! So I will be the "King of PC"! Muahahaha! <3

Yeah I know rufee, the problem is if can actually spend that much... I'm confused. :/

And, holy shit, Archie's old rig? That would be awesome in anyway!

@Elliot: I've had something like this a while ago, but most of the hardware got broken in 2008.
I've had an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.1 Ghz Dual Core), 2 GB Ram OCZ Reaper 1066 Mhz, Asus EN 8800 GTS 512 MB, and a Seagate Barracuda 500 GB Sata 2.
The CPU got broken fast because 3 or more pins got stuck inside the socket (don't ask me why or how.) PSU and HDD went in overheat. The only things I could've save was the VGA and RAM (I still have them.)

I've been unlucky with PCs in my whole life. :/

@Stojke: I don't know mate, I've always had problems with AMD video cards. I'm not sure if I want to purchase another one once again. :/

Damn guys...

You're confusing me quite a lot now lol. A lot of different opinions has been said here, but what I really should do?

To be honest though, I prefer it to be a quality rig, and I would like to play games more than modding, actually.
I've missed so much titles since 2008 because I couldn't afford a sufficiently good PC to be able to run them properly; so I would just like to sit there and play as long as my playing experience is full before coming back again to the modding world.
Let's just say that I fucking miss PLAYING first.
I'm stuck with a crappy netbook that can barely run DirectX 9 games. For instance: CS:S runs at 15 fps with the lowest possible settings with additional performance boost configurations, so I don't want to play it for obvious reasons.
I have a list of 112 games on Steam, and I still have to play at least half of them because I've never had the chance to do it.
So, being sick of this situation, that hybrid system should satisfy me more in the gaming aspect rather than the modding aspect. Of course I don't need a 3000 € pc to be able to make any kind of mod for Goldsource or any version of Source engines, being the only engines that I know the most (I can do something with Unreal Engines 1, 2, and 3 but I'm not sufficiently acknowledged.)

I've personally tried the Roccat Kova + gaming mouse of a friend of mine, and I must say (regarding of some of your comments about it) that it actually fits my preferences than any other mouse out there (the ones I've tried, of course). I also tend to use low sensivity with every mouse. Roccat Kova + have 3600 maximum DPI, so I just simply lower the OS's mouse sensivity, and the in-game one to be able to have a beast precision (according to my standards [600-800 DPI mice]). I also don't like ergonomic mice of any kind, just for your info.
I come (like many of you) from an era where I was used to use those mice with the ball... So I just look at those new mice with a dazed face somehow.

I also like to listen to music, so, having a clean and good quality sound would do the trick. I prefer headsets instead of headphones with a separate microphone because I want to be comfortable without having stuff on my desk other than a keyboard, a mouse (plus mousepad) and a monitor. Nothing else.

I want to thank everyone that helped me (and confused me haha). :3
Now that you know a bit more about my preferences, please leave your thoughts. It would help me out quite a lot.

I would like to deepen the Stojke's economic method though. Shouldn't be that bad imho.

P.S.: Sorry for my english.

Yeah rufee, I know that an i5 would be a better choice than an i7 if it's just for gaming, but I've already stated that I would like it to be good for both gaming and 3D rendering (and compiling, if that matters.) Otherwise I'd have changed the RAM to 8 GB instead of 16, and an i5 instead of an i7.

Then, for the monitor, I thought that the one I've chosen looks pretty decent, being a gaming monitor. These are the specs: Linky

I'm not very acknowledged on monitors, but 158€ is a pretty good price for such a monitor. If you think that this monitor isn't that good, would you be able to recommend me a better one with a similar price? Also because I've always used cheap and crap monitors for, approximately, 15 years; so I think that this one would be a lot better anyway, according to my personal experience with monitors. But I'd be glad if you could suggest me a better one in any case.

Thanks for your thoughts, rufee.

@Bruce: Laptop? No way.

@Stojke: I'm trying to save as much as I can. Actually, that RAM is one of the cheapest; 16 GB Corsair Vengeance Red (the one with high profile) was like over 200/220€. And I don't need more than this for an SSD to be honest, and that one is one of the cheapest too. 4000 series for i7 is probably too much for me. I don't even know if I can afford that one; that build is just "experimental".
I'm trying to save as much as I can without compromising the overall quality of the build (I want it to last at least 5 years.)

Also: crappy headset and cheap mouse? D: Do you really want to know how much costs my current headset and mouse? They both can't reach 30 € toghether lol. Roccat don't make shit stuff, that's for sure.

Haha. Yeah CapT, but I was just looking at how much I would have to spend. I don't know if I can actually purchase such a build. Not now at least, that's for sure. So, before considering it an "upgrade" from my current system or "being happy" for me, it's still very early to say.

I can probably just purchase a temporary 100€ pre-built used PC I've seen on a site some days ago, and I'm still not sure if I can find 100€ for it lol. Which would still be better than my current one (like, a lot, actually...)
Just because I need a new PC so bad.

Haha. Well, that is what I would like to get, but I can't afford it at all right now. So the price could even decrease in the course of time (which is exactly what I'm hoping.)

Thanks for your feedback, Urbeh. Maybe Archie or someone else could tell me something about 3D rendering.

What card do you have now, Urbeh?

wat

You lucky bastard...

Is it a fish with odd legaments?

Holy shietZ!

Dafuq? lol

Steam...

I remember about Euclideon, I was really impressed back in the day, honestly.
But I'm still a bit skeptic about some of the engine's aspects:

• First of all, the lighting and ambience in general are simply not breathtaking at all. I could achieve a better lighting atmosphere with the Source Engine if I really would to;
• A good amount of detail without using millions of vertices/polygons can be achieved with Tesselation, mixed with normal and specular maps, and with a good level of polygon smoothing;

We're still waiting for a some-sort-of improved Parallax Mapping, used in just few games out there;

• I know that some of the things I've said above, like Parallax Mapping, Tesselation, and such things, are kinda heavy effects for a cheap rig/pc (depending on the engine of course), but this is what I prefer. This engine is not ready at all for the moment. Some 3D models' textures doesn't have to have "baked" shadows in the texture if the engine can cast them in the model, and this could broke the normal maps effect. Also, how can we scan a real object without the powerful tool they're using? We need to buy it, and I don't think that it will cost few money.

My personal opinion is that THIS engine could be used to create realistic 3D animated movies or videos. And for who've taken the "Unlimited" word too seriously, I think that the word basically means "Much more detail than the other engines, which feels like unlimited".
For now, this is just geometric "unlimited" detail, which is not what people need nowadays imho. Look at Minecraft. Graphics? Enough said. The game quality goes a lot further than graphics nowadays.

Sorry for my embarassing english.

Human race deserves it somehow, Urbeh.

Sometimes I hate humans and what they do to Earth and its population. I wouldn't be surprised if a man-made apocalypse comes (SKYNET! YEAH!)

Not bad for a start!

Some suggestions though:

• The light_environment color should be changed to a darker one (a blueish-black one.) And change the brightness (the last set of numbers in the entity) to 2/3, so it'll look more like night time; then to make people see where they're going, just play a bit with light entities.
• I would recommend to change the default Half-Life textures to custom ones (HL textures are too old and small). You can search for textures on www.cgtextures.com.
• Small particles should be made as models instead of brushes (candles, ropes, etc...) If you don't know how to make models, I would recommend "17's Buddies" website, they have a list of 4389 models with categories for every type of model. Here's the direct link: http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Models.html
• If you encounter problems in your mapping experience, try to draw a sketch on the good old piece of paper and a pencil. It helps a lot.

Good luck!

You said Modo, Strider? Damn, I love that modelling program. Too bad that's for DotA 2 only.

I agree with Urbeh.

Lol Tet xD

Shit... Oh well. No turning back now lol.

Hory cow! Why my message hasn't been sent? D:

I'm sure I've wrote something in there! Pengy, fix TWHL! xD

Kachito,

map rh_quarters

in console.

If you create a server, every "monster_" type entity disappears as they are not available in multiplayer. This map is singleplayer only.

Anyway, forgot to rate. 5, of course. Love it! <3

Damn... I would like to be able to run those games too! D:

Fuck meh...

I think Moaby is right.

Urbeh is Daddeh.

Hey, thanks a lot Archie!

I like things clean. Every single vertex must be on the grid for me. No exceptions.

And, yeah, I totally forgot about bowls or empty pools, unfortunately.
Oh, well... I will make them on the second version I'm currently working on. Thanks for the suggestion!

Vluzacn's tools are basic for me, and his tools should be used by everyone, regardless of what GoldSource based game people are mapping for.
That +1 star you gave me should be given to him.

Thanks a lot again, Archie. Your feedback means a lot to me.