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On November 24 2014 23:55 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2014 23:46 PrinceXizor wrote:On November 24 2014 23:18 jcarlsoniv wrote:On November 24 2014 17:25 RagequitBM wrote:
When I upgrade next I'll probably just buy pre-built. I built this current computer, and really didn't enjoy myself. It's less about enjoying it (although I definitely do) and more about being fiscally responsible. You are capable of building your own computer, you have apparently already done so. Why would you pay someone several hundreds of dollars for labor and a brand name? Being able to go in and troubleshoot your hardware while already knowing what you've got and what you've done to it is so useful. The same reason people order food or buy pre made groceries even though they greatly over pay to do so. Even though they are capable of cooking. Which is something I do all too often. I also recognize it is incredibly financially irresponsible and I'm trying to slowly remedy that. I understand the reasoning behind buying things premade. But if you're capable of doing it yourself and saving tons of money, then you probably should. Or not. It's just my $.02.
We (and when I say 'we' I mean mostly my wife) used to cook almost exclusively but with the amount of time we spend at work these days and what little time we get to spend with our guy we do a lot more 'quick meals' /eating at in-laws/ stealing leftovers from them.
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It's either for convenience or because they do it better. When building your own computer, with all the guides and resources there, it's not like it's going to be built way better than you'd be able to (especially when you've already done it once). If it's for convenience, then I would say it's really not worth it. A delivered meal or restaurant might cost 10 dollars extra from what you would make, but the difference in computer cost is hard to look past. Though if you do have a good amount of free cash lying around, then it doesn't really matter.
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Gaming PCs are almost never worth it, even if you don't want to build an entire computer by yourself, it often makes more sense to buy a premade office computer with a higher end i5 or i7 on discount and then sticking your own GPU in it.
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Good morning friends! My office is missing a wall. They took it down while I was gone and now there's a whole new room and stuff.
I DON'T LIKE CHAAAANGE
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Viktor needs a borg skin.
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On November 24 2014 18:24 Alaric wrote:In A New Hope he gets given his father's (blue) lightsaber by Obi-wan, or at least shown, and then he's using a lightsaber of the same blue colour with no mention of him having built his own in the meantime. Show nested quote +On November 24 2014 15:06 Alzadar wrote:Price looks about right for a pre-built, and the load-out is pretty decent (slightly better than my own machine, but it's 1.5 years old). Only catch is no SSD. Honestly not putting a SSD on a gaming PC seems like a cruel joke. But you can add one yourself I guess? Runs like $70-150 extra depending on how big you go. But definitely get one. I'm disappointed I got no reactions to my Deathwing Murloc Druid story where I lost to obscure game mechanics.  Iirc attacking with your hero doesn't trigger freezing trap either so it's hard to check for that one (unsure about explosive trap). Obviously doesn't trigger vaporise.
Attacking with your hero DOES trigger Noble Sacrifice, that wasn't the problem.
On November 24 2014 21:31 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2014 15:15 Alzadar wrote:
Yeah FWIW obviously recommend building your own.
Building your PC is the Hajj of gamers. You just really should do it at least once in your life (and having done it once, you'll want to do it again). Or like a Jedi building his lightsaber, you think Luke ordered in some pre-built thing from jawa.com? Are you a muslim by any chance? Lol.
What an odd question.
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On November 24 2014 19:29 Cixah wrote:
Good morning friends! I work 48 hours this week but get paid for 62! It's going to be swell.
I work like... barely at all this week. It's going to be swell =p
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On November 24 2014 23:46 PrinceXizor wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2014 23:18 jcarlsoniv wrote:On November 24 2014 17:25 RagequitBM wrote:
When I upgrade next I'll probably just buy pre-built. I built this current computer, and really didn't enjoy myself. It's less about enjoying it (although I definitely do) and more about being fiscally responsible. You are capable of building your own computer, you have apparently already done so. Why would you pay someone several hundreds of dollars for labor and a brand name? Being able to go in and troubleshoot your hardware while already knowing what you've got and what you've done to it is so useful. The same reason people order food or buy pre made groceries even though they greatly over pay to do so. Even though they are capable of cooking.
Hardly. People don't cook because they don't have a lot of free time every day and cooking in large enough quantities to last a few days takes too long. In less than an afternoon, one could put together a gaming PC that would last them at least 3-4 years before needing a replacement part.
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I like building PCs.
When I started even someone who hadn't built before could put together a gaming PC that was twice as good as a lowend prebuilt for half the price. That disparity is long gone. These days you have to aim for the mid-high range and be really sale-savvy for it to be cost-effective versus buying prebuilt.
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Ahh the classic pre-built vs building your own discussion. I guess it's been a few months since we last had it here.
I just buy pre-built. I usually just upgrade the graphics card at some point.
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On November 25 2014 00:53 Gahlo wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2014 23:46 PrinceXizor wrote:On November 24 2014 23:18 jcarlsoniv wrote:On November 24 2014 17:25 RagequitBM wrote:
When I upgrade next I'll probably just buy pre-built. I built this current computer, and really didn't enjoy myself. It's less about enjoying it (although I definitely do) and more about being fiscally responsible. You are capable of building your own computer, you have apparently already done so. Why would you pay someone several hundreds of dollars for labor and a brand name? Being able to go in and troubleshoot your hardware while already knowing what you've got and what you've done to it is so useful. The same reason people order food or buy pre made groceries even though they greatly over pay to do so. Even though they are capable of cooking. Hardly. People don't cook because they don't have a lot of free time every day and cooking in large enough quantities to last a few days takes too long. In less than an afternoon, one could put together a gaming PC that would last them at least 3-4 years before needing a replacement part.
In less than an afternoon i can cook meals for a month and store them in my freezer. suggesting that it takes so much more than than researching, ordering, waiting, building, testing, waiting. a PC is a bit of a joke. cooking doesn't take more time out of your day on average than taking a shit, and i'm a god damned baker, our stuff takes the longest.
assuming you know what you are doing and have what you are looking for its easy. same as building a computer.
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LOL using religious terminology is fun
Sin, Hajj, Haram, Halal, Kosher, Goy are all fun words
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On November 25 2014 00:59 PrinceXizor wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2014 00:53 Gahlo wrote:On November 24 2014 23:46 PrinceXizor wrote:On November 24 2014 23:18 jcarlsoniv wrote:On November 24 2014 17:25 RagequitBM wrote:
When I upgrade next I'll probably just buy pre-built. I built this current computer, and really didn't enjoy myself. It's less about enjoying it (although I definitely do) and more about being fiscally responsible. You are capable of building your own computer, you have apparently already done so. Why would you pay someone several hundreds of dollars for labor and a brand name? Being able to go in and troubleshoot your hardware while already knowing what you've got and what you've done to it is so useful. The same reason people order food or buy pre made groceries even though they greatly over pay to do so. Even though they are capable of cooking. Hardly. People don't cook because they don't have a lot of free time every day and cooking in large enough quantities to last a few days takes too long. In less than an afternoon, one could put together a gaming PC that would last them at least 3-4 years before needing a replacement part. In less than an afternoon i can cook meals for a month and store them in my freezer. suggesting that it takes so much more than than researching, ordering, waiting, building, testing, waiting. a PC is a bit of a joke. cooking doesn't take more time out of your day on average than taking a shit, and i'm a god damned baker, our stuff takes the longest. assuming you know what you are doing and have what you are looking for its easy. same as building a computer.
I'm sorry, but I have trouble listening to a baker who can't remember to buy yeast. Multiple times.
edit - it depends on how versatile the meals you're making are. If you want to make a full month's worth of one or two meals, sure it won't take too long, you just need to deal with bulk. But for sheer cost/time/versatility/quality comparison, I don't think you can shake a breadstick at a computer.
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On November 25 2014 01:03 jcarlsoniv wrote:
I'm sorry, but I have trouble listening to a baker who can't remember to buy yeast. Multiple times.
just because i'm easily distracted....
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On November 25 2014 00:59 PrinceXizor wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2014 00:53 Gahlo wrote:On November 24 2014 23:46 PrinceXizor wrote:On November 24 2014 23:18 jcarlsoniv wrote:On November 24 2014 17:25 RagequitBM wrote:
When I upgrade next I'll probably just buy pre-built. I built this current computer, and really didn't enjoy myself. It's less about enjoying it (although I definitely do) and more about being fiscally responsible. You are capable of building your own computer, you have apparently already done so. Why would you pay someone several hundreds of dollars for labor and a brand name? Being able to go in and troubleshoot your hardware while already knowing what you've got and what you've done to it is so useful. The same reason people order food or buy pre made groceries even though they greatly over pay to do so. Even though they are capable of cooking. Hardly. People don't cook because they don't have a lot of free time every day and cooking in large enough quantities to last a few days takes too long. In less than an afternoon, one could put together a gaming PC that would last them at least 3-4 years before needing a replacement part. In less than an afternoon i can cook meals for a month and store them in my freezer. suggesting that it takes so much more than than researching, ordering, waiting, building, testing, waiting. a PC is a bit of a joke. cooking doesn't take more time out of your day on average than taking a shit, and i'm a god damned baker, our stuff takes the longest. assuming you know what you are doing and have what you are looking for its easy. same as building a computer.
I very much disagree with much of this post. Maybe it's just easier food prepping as a vegetarian I dunno.
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Got into the office expecting to have to deal with all the support things that I was emailed about all last week, turns out the dev team is on top of it and I have no pressing responsibilities to that project. Nice.
Now, do I want to spend my evening leveling in WoW or painting models? Hmmm....
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On November 25 2014 01:01 Scip wrote:
LOL using religious terminology is fun
Sin, Hajj, Haram, Halal, Kosher, Goy are all fun words
LOL
thats a lotta chutzpah, scip
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Speaking of which, Alaric do France frenchies use Quebec swears at all? Quebec swears are all the important Catholic things, like chalice, osti (host), Christ and tabernacle.
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On November 25 2014 01:05 red_ wrote:
I very much disagree with much of this post. Maybe it's just easier food prepping as a vegetarian I dunno.
Easiest things to do and store for a long time:
Soups (especially good because they are mostly passive, easy to cook with something else), Reheating(optional): microwave.
Meat pies (chicken pot pie and shepherds pie included), just take them out halfway through baking wrap them up and freeze them. Reheating: throw them in the oven for 20 minutes when you get home from work and by the time you change and shower and get the table set, your food is done.
Weekly: rice dishes, black beans and rice whether dirty(chicken broth) or normal with a cooked side (tofu, meat ect). store in fridge in tupperware for up to 7 days. Reheat: microwave.
Breakfasts: no one has trouble making breakfasts right?, but you can bake some muffins or scones to eat on the go, there are even bacon and egg breakfast muffins you can make where all you need is a cup of coffee and you can microwave the muffin for 15 seconds with a wet paper towel and take your breakfast to work with you.
Casseroles are great for storage as well.
I can cook on my sub par stove/oven, a gallon+ of soup, 4 meat pies, and 2 rice dishes and a batch of a dozen scones and 6 jumbo sized muffins in 4.5 hours.
EDIT: if anyone wants recipes or instructions on these things i got you.  Cooking and baking i've spent so much of my time doing.
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