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Can't.. Breathe

I've been getting a lot of looks since i cut my hair. i guess short hair works for me 
 
I tend to keep my flirting with guys online. Since asking a guy if he is into dudes in real life might end like this

A lotta people down here are going to say "DONT GO ITS STUPID GAME DEGREES ARE SHITTTTTT", but really i'm sure it's a great college with some great programs.
 
While game design degree may not really honestly help you get a job with a company in maybe regular IT, you could have a chance working for indie companies or bigger well known companies, but understand the jobs will be EXTREMELY competitive. I'd honestly recommend looking into their software development program, as mastering programming will let you understand game design so much more and will give you wide options in careers from game companies to regular IT jobs. I also recommend checking out certifications. CompTIA offers some good ones and just that certification alone without any college degree nailed me in a job in the IT department at my local police department. 
 
Good luck!

I wouldn't.  I wrote a comment above with lots of info.  Both DeVry and UoP give the same kind of degree that doesn't carry much weight, but Full Sail actually teaches you real industry skills.  Full Sail and just about any technical college is not about the degree you get, but the skills and contacts you make.  If you're going to any college for a piece of paper, you're doing it wrong. I've never failed to get a job due to not having a degree, yet I have numerous certifications that are worth a lot more to an employer than a degree. 

I just saw the sponsorship spot on a handy tech episode and knew there would be a ton of misinformation flying around the forums, so I decided to pop over here.  Disclosure: I have never attended or worked for Full Sail.  I live 3 miles away from it, and have been in Orlando 12 years. I've known ~30 people who have attended Full Sail in that time.  My girlfriend is a Full Sail grad along with a couple of my best friends. 

I posted this on another post: 
 
 
I think before you go to ANY college, you need to take a good hard look at yourself.  Most jobs today, especially in highly skilled industries care more about certifications that prove you know what you're doing, or your body of work (ie portfolio).  You can learn what Full Sail, or ANY college teaches you through online sources for free/cheap, and if you're one of the people who can do that AND you don't qualify for full scholarships, you should think long and hard about doing that.  Just having a degree in hand for anything in the tech or creative sectors doesn't mean very much at all.  Full Sail is great for people that NEED a scheduled curriculum and cannot push themselves to learn something on their own.  They offer tons of scholarships, especially for women.  They're also very very well known in the movie and game dev industry.  If you go for an interview, there's about a 30-50% chance one of the people looking at your resume is a Full Sail grad.  Now, with that said, no college will get you a guaranteed job. Full Sail has a TON of grads who fall on their face and fail and end up on a phone trying to explain to a customer why their Cell Phone bill is so high.  These grads are very vocal about their hatred for Full Sail, because there's no way it could be their fault.  
 
My girlfriend graduated with 7 awards and was the Valedictorian.  Here we are 2 years later, and her only industry related job was on a project she doesn't get paid for unless it makes a profit.  But we're moving out of state with a 1 year contract for a game related job... FINALLY.  How did she manage that?  She kept her networking contacts from Full Sail.  She went to every damn Game Dev conference she could.  When she didn't get a job, she asked why and worked on those areas of her Portfolio.  She was working two part time jobs plus working on her portfolio constantly.  It takes hard work, luck of knowing the right person, or a little of both to get into a competitive industry like game dev, movies, etc.  She regularly tells people the pros and cons of Full Sail, and insists she could not have learned what she learned there by herself and her $60k student loan debt was totally worth it.  That's for her and ymmv.  They do teach every student basic math and English classes if they are going for an accredited degree (this was not always the case since they used to not be accredited).  Most if not all credits you earn at full sail will not be transferable to another college because Full Sail has a different type of accreditation than most colleges. If you're thinking the Full Sail degree will carry any weight outside of the industry, it will not.  Many people will make fun of you for going to Full Sail because they think you wasted money.  Ignore what other people say, and speak to grads IN THE INDUSTRY.  Get their opinion.  Oh, and if you're not a competitive as hell person, choose an easier industry.  Most game dev positions get 200+ applications within the first few days of posting.  If you're not ready for rejection, get a business degree.
 
I am willing to answer questions if anyone has any.  My personal recommendation to anyone about Full Sail is always based on a checklist.  If none of these are checked, look at a different school.  All of these apply to attending the actual campus. I would not recommend the online degrees as they're overpriced for what you get.
 
__ Are you or your family rich and you don't mind throwing large sums of money at what might end up a useless degree?
__ Are you terrible at motivating yourself and need a hectic schedule and looming debt over your head as a motivator?
__ Are you a super competitive person who is going to take rejection from HUNDREDS of job apps ok and keep going?
__ Are you good at networking and have enough money/will power to be unemployed in your industry for multiple years?
__ Are you ok with ~$100k in student loan debt?

There's probably some I missed, but if you checked any of those boxes then you should THINK about going to Full Sail and start by talking to some grads who are working in the industry currently.

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You don't need it considering you would get about a <~10% performance increase. It is the build everyone want's but doesn't need, skylake would help if you are wanting to upgrade in the relatively close future.

you can do a BCLK overclock, haven't done that myself and i'm not that familiar with it.

1) The Core i3 will run cooler and be faster in single threaded operations.

2) The Core i3 is also more efficient and uses a newer manufacturing process.

3) Intel's upgrade path is much better than AMD's. For example, if you buy a i3 now, you can upgrade to a i5 or i7 at a later time.

Ideally, a i5 is perfect for gaming. But I would recommend the i3 for this build.
 
*you will need an Intel motherboard too if you go with an Intel chip*

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116995&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-N82E16819116995&gclid=CNf676aQvssCFQYuaQodm5sOvw&gclsrc=aw.ds
 
Edit: I'd still save up to get at least an i5-4400

Really, really, off topic, but I am doing a Turkey Trot tomorrow and we wear head mounted turkey paper cutouts, and stuff like that. Naturally, like any good Vault Dweller, I had to do Fallout 4.
 

Was it a Florida man by any chance?

Hyperthreading does not replace full cores. It will work like a real one, and it's better than nothing, but it will never be same as a real one. 
 
Kinda like a strapon 

i7 4790k all the way