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Refurbished components are fine to buy as long as you do your research. It's more about getting information about it rather than doing it or not. Ask these questions when buying a refurbished product.
 
1) Who refurbished it? If OEM, probably okay. If Jon's Electronic store down the street, probably not.
2) Does it come with any type of warranty? Most refurbs, especially OEM ones will have some kind of warranty, but not many have the 1 year manufacturer warranty like a new device.
3) Is it significantly less expensive than buying it new? This all depends on your budget and what you're willing to spend. For me, I paid $80 US for my 16GB of RAM that was $130 at the time. If it was only $120 I probably would have just bought it new, but the deal was right and it was refurbished by Kingston themselves.
 
I think all in all, buying refurbished things is your choice. Is it a risk? Yes. Is it a bad decision? No, not particularly. Just make sure you do your research before making that decision.

Best AWPer right now: Guardian
Best AWPer in CS GO history: KennyS
Highest peak of any AWPer (honestly any player) we've ever saw: KennyS
Defining style that people could not play against easily: JW
One of the best rising talents right now: Fallen
 
*edit* KennyS is probably the second best AWPer right now, possibly because he got hit by the AWP nerf way harder than Guardian did.

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That is not a scam. Even in your scenario because of this quote "and you automatically assume that the cable will be like $30-$60 like a good audio cable does". If you assume something and it's not the case that's your problem. You can be mad that you paid to much and aren't getting what you were expecting. That's your problem. Razer didn't scam you, Razer promised a device that would make their laptop better. The released that product, they never even hinted at a price for it. They could have charged 10,000,000 for it and it wouldn't be a scam. You don't have to buy the core, if you think it's too expensive than don't. 

That is not a scam. Even in your scenario because of this quote "and you automatically assume that the cable will be like $30-$60 like a good audio cable does". If you assume something and it's not the case that's your problem. You can be mad that you paid to much and aren't getting what you were expecting. That's your problem. Razer didn't scam you, Razer promised a device that would make their laptop better. The released that product, they never even hinted at a price for it. They could have charged 10,000,000 for it and it wouldn't be a scam. You don't have to buy the core, if you think it's too expensive than don't. 

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That is not a scam. Even in your scenario because of this quote "and you automatically assume that the cable will be like $30-$60 like a good audio cable does". If you assume something and it's not the case that's your problem. You can be mad that you paid to much and aren't getting what you were expecting. That's your problem. Razer didn't scam you, Razer promised a device that would make their laptop better. The released that product, they never even hinted at a price for it. They could have charged 10,000,000 for it and it wouldn't be a scam. You don't have to buy the core, if you think it's too expensive than don't. 

i just put my on my passanger seat and seatbelt it in

I am going to lock this thread, since it is not going to go anywhere. If you have an actual specific question, please make another post with more details. Also keep in mind that general "Intel vs. AMD" war threads are not allowed, if you don't have a specific question then the thread will be closed.

I want there to be an Oculus Pokemon Game.

Have you considered a life of crime?

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so instead of cold, dried up pizza, you get a LukewarmTM pizza. 

News flash. Some people want an interchangeable battery, upgradable ram, an OS that actually lets you edit it to how you want it, upgradable storage, and not have to pay $29 to call apple support when you need to do a warranty.

This is outrageous and if LMG doesn't release this content to everyone I'm going to... going to... UNSUBSKRIBE.
 
Yeah, not really. This whole fiasco doesn't really bother me, I totally get that since Vessel is hiring LMG that they should put it on their paid service. However I will say all parties involved could have handled this in a better way, that being LMG, Vessel, and the community. As long as the rest of LMG content is still widely available, I'll keep watching

This is outrageous and if LMG doesn't release this content to everyone I'm going to... going to... UNSUBSKRIBE.
 
Yeah, not really. This whole fiasco doesn't really bother me, I totally get that since Vessel is hiring LMG that they should put it on their paid service. However I will say all parties involved could have handled this in a better way, that being LMG, Vessel, and the community. As long as the rest of LMG content is still widely available, I'll keep watching

We will DEFINITELY do a VR build log or three

With all the crazy hype about the HTC Vive and VR in general, you could do a VR op build log. I know they're expensive, but they're some of my favorite videos you've ever done

Yes, to put it mildly we were pretty pissed when we saw that eblast.. 
 
But people make mistakes, and we haven't been perfect throughout the process of getting this deal in place with Vessel either, so I'm not gonna let the asshurt get in the way of my excitement about releasing this series. 
 
It's the most ambitious project we've worked on yet!

IT's late and I'm both hungry and tired from shooting Scrapyard Wars (which by the way is an LTT series and will be airing ad-supported on YouTube very soon for your viewing pleasure).
 
But there are a few points to address and you've already been patient enough.
 
I said LMG content would always be free. This was poor wording on my part. There has always been content produced by me and my team that was not necessarily available on a free platform like YouTube.
 
These "The Boost" videos that we make on contract as a sales training resource for Intel, for example:
 
 
 
In much the same way, Vessel has contracted LMG the production company to create an original series for their platform. They bankrolled the whole thing, giving us an opportunity to make something that otherwise would have been too costly, and per the licensing agreement they own the right to exploit this content. It's their show until such time as they decide it's not anymore.
 
We played more of a "production company" role in this than we're accustomed to.
 
This could, and SHOULD have been communicated better, and for that I'm sorry. The community should have heard about this from us FIRST, and not from a random email newsletter, but I've been (and so has the whole team) absolutely busting ass to not only get Nerd Sports produced, but also make sure that we're keeping up with everything else that we've got going on including not having missed a single day of LTT uploads for something like 5 years..
 
With that said, quantity isn't everything, and I've noticed that not everyone has appreciated the LTT content as much as usual lately, but it's hard for me to tell if that's because they don't like our new direction (fewer reviews, and more exploratory or experimental videos) or if they just saw a video or two they didn't like and raised hell in the comment section - it wouldn't be the first time.. And I will say, too, that honestly if a couple of the videos felt rushed then it's probably because they were.. HOWEVER, the primary reason for the rushed videos was  the entire week we're taking off this week to film Scrapyard Wars Season 4, which will be premiering on Vessel sometime in the next few weeks or so, followed by a release on YouTube 1 week later, which is the standard agreement for OUR content that is paid for by LMG or our sponsors.
 
Nerd Sports was shot 40% during evenings and weekends with employees taking time in lieu later on when we hire some more staff or when things slow down a little. We were careful to avoid disrupting any of our other commitments because imo you guys deserve the best we can deliver.
 
Which is another point that was brought up in this thread - "How will LMG keep its commitment to maintain the pace and quality of the other content if they're making Nerd Sports or other contractual content?"
 
We couldn't. We're hiring.
 
I've never shied away from investing in more staff or better equipment or a better facility to make sure that we're doing our best for ourselves, each other, our sponsors and our viewers. If we play our cards right, absolutely everyone wins.
 
Nerd Sports has been a fantastic learning experience for us, and whether we continue the series with Vessel, create other completely different web series in the future, or just say "fudge it" and flip burgers from now on, we'll be able to do those things better than we could have without having done this.
 
So bottom line is this. I screwed up the way I communicated "LMG content", which was meant to be content funded BY Linus Media Group rather than content funded entirely by and licensed to a 3rd party, and I screwed up in a MUCH bigger way the LACK of communication about this project. Sorry guys.

I second this, I really need to know if entering the world of socks and sandals is worth it in price to performance ratio and if I should use this setup as my daily driver.

That's good. Means you've found a card that suits your needs. Good for you man

Oh yea but i would go with the link that I posted for the K7XX nothing can compair to those for the price they are at. One thing is with massdrop you dont get your stuff right away there is a small wait but it is worth it.

I think you're being pretty hostile man, everyone has been telling you that you're incorrect in your assumption. An SSD is necessary in 2016 for anything $300 and above. Any high end pc that doesn't have one is honestly a joke.