CurlyCucumber

Why did people expect an 8 core/16 thread to be as good as a 7700k for gaming in the first place?
 

You most definitely are not; and even those who do don't need to use a tempered glass screen protector. I use a normal one on my S7 Edge, and it's worked great. Can't even tell it's there.

I don't really see the craze for tempered glass protectors tbh.

Far right conservative: "WE NEED TO BAN THESE TOXIC LIBERALS BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY SAY. THEY ARE PAID BY THE CROOKED MEDIA. ANYTHING THEY SAY I DON'T LIKE IS FAKE NEWS"
 
Normal Human: "but i was just stating my opinion on (discussion topic), anyway extremists on the right should be blocked as well as all it does is spread false information and cause chaos. Both sides have extremists that cause problems and it is an serious issue that needs to be dealt with in some manner"
 
Far right conservative: " ILLEGAL. YOU ARE INFRINGING ON MY FREE SPEECH. YOU NEED BE ARRESTED THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. UNACCEPTABLE I TELL YOU."
 
Normal Human: "..."

PRICES:
 
 
Images:
 
 
These look sick, especially the GPU blocks are sexy AF.... ME WANT, but me no want 1070 or 1080 Q_Q
 
Sources:  https://www.techpowerup.com/230715/phanteks-announces-the-glacier-series-water-cooling-fittings https://www.techpowerup.com/230717/phanteks-also-announces-the-glacier-g1080-series-vga-water-blocks https://www.techpowerup.com/230716/phanteks-also-announces-the-glacier-c350i-cpu-water-block  

2 factor doesn't completely prevent hacks, especially with PayPal's idiot phone support. I managed to hack into over a dozen of people's accounts on PayPal that had 2FA just to show them that PayPal doesn't protect your account at all.
You're fucking lazy, it takes less time to type the 6-digit code than it does to type in your password.
 

If he has that for a password he deserves to be hacked.

russia hacked the pen used to write on the ballots where once you folded up your ballot, the ink would start moving towards the desired candidate putin wants. Also the ink was remote controlled by the chinese. And who paid for all this? iran! with the money they received from obama meaning that the real hacker in the US election was the US all along!

Cause apparently people buy them

OH EZPZ

You had plenty of opportunity to get it for $0.......................

Thank you guys. <3
 

Thank you guys. <3
 

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Well, there isn't really any source or site for this, so I'll link some forum posts instead:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/4h1xfv/lmaobox_vac_detected_30th_april_2016/
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3302787
http://www.ugcleague.net/forum/showthread.php?48559-Lmaobox-Premium-Detected
 
So to summarize, LMAOBox was an aimbot/aim assist/chat spammer that went unnoticed from VAC for years and years. Now it seams Valve has caught up with the whole thing and has started banning LMAOBox users who've used it after January 2015. About 6000 people were banned, including about 500 UGC Gold/Platinum players (see here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dfcMHrF3dGByk-UV8CEDhhhDVBhb3Uo2QC7kWU6ciEs/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0). These are people that paid (yes, there was a premium version), and it remains to be seen how many F2Ps with free versions will get their ass banned. Not that it matters to them, they'll make a new account and continue on as usual. VAC needs to be banning people based on IP address or hardware ID. Furthermore, the developer of the hack has called quits on it and has made the code open source. Nope, apparently the development is still continuing. The account that claimed to be the dev was hacked.
 
Recently Valve has started showing more and more interest in TF2 again, and this is good news. This is a great day for all of us who play this game legitimately.

Okay guys I have seen a lot of people on here is starting to wanting to buy amps and dacs and let me just explain to you guys why you need one and why you don't need one. This is going to be very basic and generalised.
 
Reasons to get a DAC.
 
1. Noise in your sound
2. Your onboard makes the sound warm or cold sounding
3. Over all low quality sound coming from your onboard
4. Can look nice
5. You want more detail and higher audio quality
 
Reasons to NOT get a DAC.
 
1. No noise.
2. No coloring in your onboard.
3. You already have "transparent" sound. ( kinda the same as Nr. 2)
4. Takes up space.
5. You will need to buy an amp.
 
Reasons to get a amp.
 
1. You can't power your headphones. (your headphones don't get loud enough)
2. Your headphones sound muddy only at that pc (kinda the same as Nr. 1)
3. Can look nice.
4. You want to try tube sound. (they get really hot, so do NOT touch them.)
5. You want better audio quality (though keep in mind that if your source is bad then it won't suddenly sound good with a better amp)
6. Less noise
 
Reasons to NOT get a amp.
 
1. You can power your headphones.
2. Takes up space.
 
Most motherboards on the market to day can power 90%-95% of all the headphones on the market. A DAC and amp will not make your headphones a lot better if you already have "transparent" sound and they are powered properly, they can bring out more detail and overall better audio quality, but I wouldn't recommend getting a DAC and amp if you don't have good headphones, I would rather recommend that you save the money and get better headphones, expecially if you are unhappy by the sound you have in your headphones, because no DAC and amp is suddenly going to do any major change the signature of your headphones.
 
Ohm does not say if your headphones are hard to drive or not.
 
You can have 600 Ohm headphones that are easier to drive than 32 Ohm headphones. It is the sensitivity and efficiency that matters the most.
A very quick exsample of this would be the K612 and the HE 560. The K612 has a ohm rating of 120 Ohm and a sensitivity rating of 101 SPL/V, while the HE 560 has a Ohm rating of 45 Ohm and a efficiency rating of 90 SPL/mW. Using a online calculator we get these results, which shows that the HE 560 will need more power than the K612, despite the K612 having a Ohm rating that is almost three times higher than the HE 560's.
I used this website to calculate the power needed http://www.digizoid.com/headphones-power.html
 
Wnat to know how much power your headphones need and the math behind it? Look here
 
Different explanations (keeping it simple)
 
Before you go buy an amp for some headphones you just orded wait get the headphones and test them with your onboard before you go spend money on a amp.
Before you go buy an DAC amp combo, if you already has transparent sound and you have nothing wrong with your onboard DAC then you will not notice a difference between your onboard and a DAC and if you buy an DAC you will need an amp.
 
Remember sound is not black and white like some people say it is, there are more to sound than just specs.
 
Only look down here if you really need an DAC and amp or just an amp
 
Why get anything else than the cheap products?
What is a DAP? (Digital Audio Player)
 
I have used amazon.de and amazon.com for every product that is not from Schiit where I used their own webshop
 
Before looking at tube amps
A tube amp is best with headphones that have a high impedance because it is there they have their power, while a normal solid state amp normally has the most power in the lower ohms. I highly recommend not getting a tube amp for let's say 35 Ohm headphones, but rather a tube hybrid amp which is a mix of a tube and solid state amp, you get the sound of tubes while still having the power in the lower Ohms and having a lower output impedance.
 
My recommendations for desktop amps:
 
My recommendations for desktop DACs:
 
My recommendations for desktop Combos:
 
My recommendations for small Combos that run on usb only:
 
My recommendations for DAPs (Digital audio players)
 
Where do I buy schiit in EU?
http://www.schiit-europe.com/
http://schiit.eu.com/   (UK)

Where do I buy Soekris?
https://www.modhouseaudio.com/ (USA)
http://www.soekris.eu/shop/index.php (EU)
 
 
Lastly if you have interference look at this guide SSL has made.
 
If you have suggestions about gear and explanations.
If you have some gear that you would like to see added then there are 4 options.
 
Comment the gear you would like to see added and why or send me a PM, I will then look into it very thoroughly when I have time and if I find it worthy, then it will be added. Often I will get a loaner unit and test it.
 
If you want a explanation to something, then comment what you would like explained or send me a PM and then I will look into it.
 
FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANYTHING ABOUT THIS POST
Remember there are no stupid questions, I am here to help.
I hope that this post helped you and cleared some things up for you 

True, but they are generally close give or take 100 watts. That is a lot normally but with this build even if PCPP was of by 200 watts the OP would still be good. 

All of you complaining about your internet.. In Wisconsin, I've got 4.5 down and .8 up on GOOD DAYS. We pay nearly 90 dollars a month.
 
FOR THAT.

I've got my MSI 970! I love it. Best purchase I've ever made. For 1080p, this thing is my new wife.

+1
 
WiiU's are actually really neat.

+1
 
WiiU's are actually really neat.

That website sounds delicious.

That's what I thought.
Around 550-600 USD.
 
I don't trust apple with running my server, lmao. I'm glad you had some experience with it. Blegh.
 
Thank you. That's right around our budget.

Just wondering, you say you are expecting 50-100 players. Do you actually know you will get that many players? I had a server hosted by MCPH once and even tho I wanted a number aroun 40+ players that never happened. You don't just all the sudden get plenty of players like that, unless you already established a community of some sort
 
EDIT: My point is if you are starting your server journey from scratch then you prob don't the most expensive equipment right away since it will take time for a community to grow

You are right because (I am assuming the Apple server comes from 2009) any modern piece of hardware will be superior for hosting due to technological advances over 6 years.  (obviously, there are exceptions.)  I'd suggest going for a Xeon E3 1231 V3 or Something Skylake/Haswell-E depending on your budget.
 
I have no clue about your budget but here is a possible server, obviously get more than 8GB of RAM and consider VMware if you'd like multiple servers.