Show us your PC and/or Gaming setup

[bloodycrashboy]

8 hours ago, Rab said:

at least til his out of my wallet 

 

I thought that never happens with kids

[Rab]

Silly question (sort of) but does anyone actually use the "voice assistants" on their computers etc?

 

As in Cortana, Siri, Alexa etc?

 

Just got a webcam/mic and was wondering if they're useful or as pointless as they seem to be?

 

(I haven't even gotten into using the one on my phone - feel like a dork talking to it, but just wondering if anyone does use them)

[bloodycrashboy]

the only thing I use my webcam for is Skype 

Have used google translate in my last trip to Japan

but that's it

[Puffwagon]

I use it with google search on my android phone. It's very accurate and quicker than frigging around typing sh*t.

[Rab]

Raised a glass with the son (18yo) tonight to the passing of Totalbiscuit.

 

The guy was a mainstay from when we started getting into gaming and youtube as a dad/son thing a decade or so ago.

 

We started reminiscing about the "early days" when we found stuff online to share (he was 10 or so)

 

Homestarr runner, strongbad, trogdor

Joe Cartoon, Frog in a Blender, Lump the Dog

Doraleous and Associates

World of Warcraft

Magical Trevor

Badger, badger, badger, mushroom, snake

Llama song

Pokemon emulator

Adventure Quest

 

RIP Cynical Brit - you left an impression on a couple of "Rab's"

[masda74]

On 24/05/2018 at 6:49 PM, Rab said:

Just bought the little fella a 15" Alienware lappy

 

Was a cheap(er) refurb from the Dell outlet store - about $1k off, as per new, warranty etc, but maybe a couple of scratches

 

i7 7700hq, GTX1070, 16gb ram, 128gb M2, 1TB 7200rpm SSD, G-sync screen, larger battery, lots of RGB etc

 

Basically the smaller brother of my 17" lappy.

 

Replaces his 7yo lappy which was due for an update (school/uni/ etc) and should last him for a long time (at least til his out of my wallet and paying for my retirement )

Any links?

[Rab]

This is the same unit - was >$1k off RRP through the outlet store

 

http://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-15-in-stock-ready-to-ship/spd/alienware-15-laptop/smaw157r1au

 

This is the Dell outlet store (no lappies in stock at the moment)

 

http://www.dell.com/learn/au/en/audhs1/campaigns/dell-outlet-au

[El Andrew]

Was meant to spend the weekend doing trans service, installing transcooler and intercooler in the car, plus plugs, hectic GTR locking tab washers for the turbo manifold and P clamps for my turbo oil and water lines.

Instead I've been sick on the couch, so decided to chuck a new hard drive in my laptop after the main storage drive died during the week. Was just going to whack it in and re-sync to my OneDrive account, but thought stuff it, time for a Windows refresh.

Dell laptop is almost 6 years old and still runs like the day I bought it. 17" i7 with 8GB and a SSD for the OS. Can't argue with that value.

[Rab]

They definitely keep up better than things used to.

 

My 2012 system with a 3770k is in no way slow

 

SSD's bring life back to the older beasts.

[El Andrew]

Yeah I agree that's the key. Boots in a few seconds.

Buying at least a mid spec machine and good quality makes a difference to longevity too.