Well my laptop finally bit the dust after running faithfully for four years. What I thought could be a minor fix (replace thr ittybitty battery on da motherboard) revealed something sad. It seems despite the cooling pads, regular dusting of the insides, etc. The heat finally got to my baby. (I refuse to blame the lightning storm because it makes me feel silly.) So! I am no longer capable of getting IG. I am now a creature of the forums. Until my newborn arrives. Tired of laptop heat issues Ive settled on the below computer with a little bit of customization. Feel free to give me your thoughts. I llan to upgrade her as time goes by.
______________________________________________________________________ *BASE_PRICE:[+549] BLUETOOTH:None CABLE:None CAS:Thermaltake Urban S21 w/ USB 3.0 & Side-Panel Window [-16] CASUPGRADE:None CD:24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR) CD2:None COOLANT:Standard Coolant CPU:AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core AM3+ CPU 4MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology CS_FANefault case fans DOCKINGSTATION:None ENGRAVING:None ENGRAVING_MSG: FA_HDD:None FAN:Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Enhance Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan) FLASHMEDIA:None FREEBIE_VC1:FREE! AMD Never Settle Space GOLD (3 Games) [+0] GLASSES:None HDD:1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive) HDD2:None HEADSET:SYBA GAMESTERGEAR CRUISER PC200-B Headset IUSB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports KEYBOARD:AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard MEMORY:8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance) MIR_VCSSD:NONE MONITOR:22" Widescreen 1920x1080 LG 22M34D-B 5ms LED Backlight, D-Sub, DVI-D & Analog RGB [+139] MONITOR2:None MONITOR3:None MOPAD:None MOTHERBOARD:[CrossFireX] MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/UEFI Bios, OC Genie II, Winki 3, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI MOUSE:AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network NFC:None OS:Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition) + Office 365 FREE 30 Days Trial [+104] OVERCLOCK:No Overclocking POWERSUPPLY:600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+8] RAMDISK:None RUSH:Standard processing time: ship within 5 to 10 Business Days SERVICE:STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO SPEAKERS:None TEMP:None TVRC:None USBFLASH:None USBHD:None USBX:None VIDEO:HIS IceQ X2 AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card [+61] (Single Card) WNCCI Wireless 802.11n 150Mbps Network Interface Card [+19] _PRICE+864) _view_:{E3F44A63-B9C7-4F17-A03E-69C113E4C0ED} _load_:9/16/2014 6:15:41 PM ______________________________________________________________________ Note:
desktop this time :/ tiiiired of overheating. And being used to laptops my graphics standards havent been spoiled yet... Skyrim on High with no choppiness made my day. But the laptop would overheat after 4 hours :/ This desktop should be a step up, better processor, hell of a better video card, more RAM. And im contemplating playing with ramdisk software but i hear its a pain in the ass to get steam games to play nucely with jnstalling on ramdisk. <_< ik just happy to upgrade.
if it doesnt run starbound then i made a grave error in judgement. one that cost 864 dollars -_- thats a terrible error.
Looks like some solid specs! Sorry about your old companion though You know, I don't think I've seen a Gaming Setup picture thread around here...
Does starbound info like chars and stuff save over the steam cloud cause if not you need to make a new Tarl
oh no.... ill lose so many nostalgic items friggin carrot gun from Petal :/ the old USCM rifle and USN uniform he kept from when he resigned. Sigh. I never sorted through the boxes of random items on his ship. Das makes me sadface.
Assuming that your harddrive didn't melt or otherwise fry, you can salvage your data. You can probably bring it to geeksquad or some other IT service place and see if they can get it working and transfer your old files.
Even better, you can buy a hard drive sleeve and make it an external hard drive. I have like four from my frankenstein'd laptops.
He can't. Laptop getting fried = unable to retrieve files. He'd need to get/borrow another laptop to put the hard-drive into and extract the files manually to the USB from there. I've had to do it before, it's a long arduous process, having to sift through 1.2m files/prons
