Recent content by takfar

Heh. I live less than 4 kilometers from the beach. The case is one of the first things to go. If I had a case from 2003 still around, it'd probably amount to a little mound of rusty dust by now.

Thanks! I based that on my own PC-building experience, but you could find some even more in-depth info on sites like maximum PC and tom's hardware, as mentioned by other posters. Here's a couple links: Maximum PC, $1100 to $3500 builds...

I tend to upgrade RAM memory once during a 4-year PC lifetime. Quick, no-fuss upgrade. Also, buy new HDDs when the ones I'm using are full to the brim. Usually by the time I upgrade to a new PC, the tower case is all rusted, so I buy a new one. Other than that, yeah, 3 to 5 years on a build...

Yup! PC is always backwards-compatible, for ever and ever, baby! Want to play a game from the around the time of the last console generation? Just boot it and it'll run. Want to boot up a 30-year old game? DOSBOX and it's done.

Really, it's basically a question of "you get what you pay for", keeping in mind diminishing benefits very clearly apply. The process of deciding how to build a computer for gaming is actually very simple. "How much do you want to spend on a computer?" should be the main question. You then find...

It could have very valuable effects when worked together with a mouse. If you're on photoshop or modeling in 3D, being able to control 3D space with your left hand while working the project with your right hand (or vice versa for lefties) could be awesome. Think editing a model's vertexes and...

Hah! That's exactly what I was describing in the Sarah Connor Chronicles link.

I mostly agree with the article, and my favorite songs are mostly the ones from 8 bit or 16 bit games (Chrono Trigger is my favorite soundtrack ever). That said, I see three reasons to explain how un-memorable most soundtracks are these days: 1) Action: There's much more stuff going on than...