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I guess I don't know the whole story (if there's some prior reading I was supposed to do, forgive me for having failed to do so lol). Anyway, why are you making the case switch (EDIT: Just read on the data sheet that that's a micro-ATX. An 8600GT and a bigger PSU would probably be fairly cramped in there-- at any rate, just follow Gamerdude's advice, he seems to have cornered that pretty well already)? Sadly, I guess my post is rather useless... all the advice I could offer you is fairly moot since you're using (what I consider to be) borderline ancient hardware... For a single core, 3.0ghz is pretty good and you can probably squeeze some juice out of it still... but God, if I was in your position I'd just abandon my upgrade plans and stow away some cash for a better rig. I just assembled a mid-quality gaming PC for my guests that only ran me $400 after rebates, and it could easily run circles around your machine (not intended to sound like a braggart, it's just something to consider). Send me a PM if you're interested at all in assembling a new rig, I don't want to get into the nit and grit of it directly on the forums... and of course if you're not, just ignore me lol.

This sounds like it would fit perfectly in a Kevin Smith movie!

Kind of reminds me of how Jim Rome takes the time out of his show to needlessly bash on soccer every now and then.

Bump for much needed discussion at the early hours of the morning. The appeal to WoW for me initially came when Jon (SG) introduced me to it back in August '05. WoW was just under a year old at the time, and I'd been hearing nothing but good things about it. On top of that, I'd always been interested in Warcraft lore since I'd played WC2, and he had a free account lying about for me, so I picked it up. WoW was my first MMO experience following Phantasy Star Online from way back in the day, and given that PSO was mostly "instanced" into small parties and lacked that true MMO mechanic, I really had no idea what I was getting into, but I've been more or less hooked ever since. WoW is astonishingly simple in its game mechanics-- in fact, it's fairly bare bones compared to many of the RPGs that have been on the market, MMO or otherwise, but it's (I don't care what you nugz say) affordable and easy to pick up. Duckboy also hit the nail on the head: the game has more of a pseudo-fantasy atmosphere than a "ye olde medieval"-fantasy atmosphere. It's hard to explain without getting in-depth, but Blizzard effortlessly blends various types of styles that would usually be considered unique only to a specific genre (like sci-fi, for instance) into one giant fondue pot of eye candy and good gameplay. The game can wear on you once you've logged enough time into it, and I have consequentially gone on hiatus from the game a few times now, ranging anywhere from 4-8 months, but it has a lingering allure that keeps the game interesting, whether for better or worse. More recently, Blizzard's made accommodations to the casual player for endgame content at level 70, as well as making the grind from 1-60 easier, so it's a great time to pick the game up and start playing if you've ever been interested before.

Hey now Daniel, it's 50 cents a day-- that is TWO quarters, not one. That's like a 100% difference, might as well be paying a second mortgage.

Diskeeper is my favorite defrag tool out there. I believe you can download a trial from the Diskeeper Corporation website, but it is SO worth purchasing if you have the money. Fantastic product. ssbfalcon recommended Spybot, and I'm going to reinforce that recommendation by adding my own. Another great tool. Also, I know you're looking for upkeep and maintenance tools, but if you're a Firefox user, I highly recommend you download NoScript. Using this with Firefox, I have not had Spybot detect ANY spyware on my computer in the past 5 months.

They put me on that shit once for my wisdom teeth. I seriously lost track of time by almost 9 hours. It was day when I took it and I was flipping out nearly 9 hours later because, as I told my friends, "I don't remember seeing the sun go down..." Anyway, good to hear you're in one piece DB. I got in a wreck at a crosswalk outside of an elementary school once, of all places. Some punkass teenager was "looking for [his] ipod" and didn't see me stopped at the crosswalk while I was waiting for some kids to cross. He would have seriously been in some deep shit if he had pushed me hard enough into those kids, but they were alright.

Myspace, BITCH!

Toss 4chan in the mix and I will lobby for you.

Lets hope he doesn't advocate a second holocaust then. EDIT: This post sucks, the joke is horrible, it's borderline non-sequiturial... I'm... I'm sorry, this just isn't how I thought it would turn out. I don't feel good about it at all. Lets go back to discussing GTA4. My friend says he played free roam mode the other day... I was talking with 2D about this a little while ago and we both were sort of hypothesizing on how fun it would truly be. The actual goal-based game modes have much to offer, I imagine, but free roam seems a bit dry. Now you can play GTA4 at the same time instead of taking turns with your friends! Great? I don't really know. The ceaseless ramping off of objects and murder sprees grew really old in single player, and I don't imagine that having another player doing the exact same things as you would add to the fun factor, but oh well. Ralphy tells me MTA was a jolly good romp back in the day, so I guess if this free roam mode plays similarly, then the same might hold true for it.

This topic title is so damn misleading, Aerosol. I wanted to hear something neato about Half-Life 2: Episode 3, not some world changing atom smasher. MY HEART IS CRUSHED.

Best game evar? Man, Ocarina of Time or GTFO. At any rate, I'll be waiting at the nearest electronics outlet with DW for the PC release, though that will undoubtedly be a significant jump in time from now.

Everyone say happy birthday to Mark the Echidna! THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS DFD'S TURN TO MAKE A BIRTHDAY TOPIC! Oh right sorry, this is about Mark, not me. HB duder!

Pink Floyd - What Shall We Do Now?

That summed things up nicely dani-boi. How's that fishing coming along?