AaronSmooth

A currently have a floppy drive in my rig... in case I need to bust out  Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures!
 

Does the disc still work?
If not then I think the only way for you to get the ISO is to download it off Pirate bay, which would also require you to have another PC. 
Also, you would have to reinstall Windows again which in doing that will require you to clear your HDD. 

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The user with the snake gif

I was wondering, am I the only one here who loves competitive Call of Duty? I'm sure that there are some other people here that like it.
 
My favorite team is OpTic Gaming and my favorite player is NaDeSHoT (As you can see from my profile pic :P) What are your favorite teams/players?

Hello Nerds!
 
My name is Jerry (aka. Barnacules) and I recently was a guest on the WAN show and I had an absolute blast. Linus and SlickPC are a great bunch of guy and I felt very comfortable and welcome. I love meeting new like minded nerds so I figured I would come over here and create an account on the forum. If you guys want to check out my YouTube channel just head over to (http://barnnerd.com) which will redirect you and let me know what you think. My channel is very diverse but has a common theme of technology and my Nerd Cave (the room I shoot in) is a bit over the top because I enjoy sharing my crazy idea of what I like with the rest of the world (even if it's not everyones cup of tea).
 
WAN show I was a guest on

 
If you guys want to know a little about me I am a Software Developer in the test dissapline at Microsoft and have been for the last 15 years. It's a great company to work for but I am in no way a 'fan boy'. I own and use all technology! A good eample would be console gaming. I have a XBOX One, PS4 and WiiU and I like each one of them for different reasons (The WiiU I'm still trying to figure out to be completely honest ) and for laptops I have a MacBook Pro 17 and a Lenovo X1 Carbon and for tablets I have a Google Nexus 7 (Android), Apple iPad (iOS) and a Microsoft Surface RT (Windows 8.1) and I use them all. A lot of people like to throw the fan boy tag on me once I say I work at Microsoft but the truth is I'm a much more effective employee when I have an open mind about all technology and become aware of all technology instead of just blindly saying 'ours in the best' and ignoring the competition.
 
YouTube is my hobby and I love doing producing. My YouTube channel is in no way affiliated with Microsoft and is a personal production of me during my own free time so please don't ask me questions about things that would fall under an NDA nature. I absolutely love the people I've met online producing it and I love sharing my videos with the world. If I'm completely honest I do like showing off (who doesn't). It's fun to show people the stuff you have especially when you built it, modified it or did something to make it your own. I also love seeing other peoples setups and I'm blown away by some of the stuff I found online through some of my subscribers and a lot of the inspiration for the stuff I do comes from others. It also makes me smile when I get a mail saying someone created a Nerd Cave and were inspired by me.
 
I'm pretty heavy into most things nerdy, I'm an avid software developer and program in C, C++ & C# primarily using mostly Microsoft technologies and I also do some web development and database development using ASP.NET, MVC4, AJAX, HTML5, CSS & SQL and for fun I enjoy 3D printing (I have an Ultimaker & Robo3D printer) and I love building computers and playing games. There are only a handful of games that I've played through on campaign because I derive real enjoyment from interacting with real people (even when my ass is being handed to me most of the time). It takes a pretty amazing campaign mode to really pull me in. My all time favorite game series would be Metal Gear Solid and Uncharted for PS3 and Guns of the Patriot was probably my favorite game that I played end to end (even my wife loved it). I just finished the main story line in GTA5 and I would say it was a close tie for keeping me engaged, I really loved the characters (mostly Trevor ).
 
I also love cars! I'm a huge fan of rally driving and have completed several classes at DirtFish Rally School (http://dirtfish.com) and also do some IT work for them. My daily driver is a 2005 Subaru WRX STI that is Stage 2 and I never get tired of driving it. I actually can't wait for some snow just so I can lock the diff and do some lock to lock donuts. I also enjoy mountain bike riding and have a Santa Cruz Blur but I really need to get out more (it's too cold right now). I've also taken my car to track days at the Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, WA and it's been great fun. I try to take any opertunity I can get to go out driving! I also have an amazing racing simulator in the Nerd Cave that I'm in the middle of doing a big overhaul on to add 5 large audio transducers too. You can check it out below if you're interested.
 
My racing simulator setup

 
Some of my favorite YouTube channels (besides LinusTechTips) include JayzTwoCents & TimmyTechTV. They are both produced by great guys that are insanely passionate about technology and really shows in their content. I worked with Tim (@TimmyTechTV) at Microsoft for years and he's a very genuine kind of 'what you see is what you get' kind of guy and I respect that hugely. He has also been a guest on the WAN show before. Jay (@JayzTwoCents) is a guy I met while producing my channel months ago and we hit it off. We have a lot in common and both are very passionate about technology and our families and we have helped eachother out quite a bit and one thing you really need on YouTube is friends and he's been an amazing one.
 
Alright well I'm sure this is way overkill for my first post to the forum but I really wanted to kick off my first thread with some meat on the bone so hopefully people can comment (or troll) with a little information about me not having to go at it blind I look forward to hanging out in the forums and posting much more often. It's really hard to find a good forum these days but I have a good feeling about this one!
 
Here is a video of my Nerd Cave if you're interested

 
Picture of my Nerd Cave

 
Thanks everyone!
Jerry (aka. Barnacules)
YouTube - http://barnnerd.com
Twitter - http://twitter.barnnerd.com
Facebook - http://facebook.barnnerd.com

It might not matter to you, but it does matter for the components. Cable management is not only for looks, but also for airflow and giving the hardware room to "breathe" and not run too hot.

Much Troll, Such Idiot

Please troll elsewhere..

And this is clearly a troll he posted this earlier http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/79764-should-i-upgrade-my-gpu/#entry1094652
 

Truth^^

There's a difference between being a newbie and dropping north of half a grand on a GPU alone.

No 780s are terrible, give it to me

You're kidding right?

why don't you try it?

Yes it's enough.

500W will be more than enough, you can't expect more than 300W out of your system.

I would maybe look into an after market cooling sometime in the future, i just built my first rig not too long ago and the stock CPU fans are pretty loud. Idk if it's just an Intel thing or what

A friend of mine made an almost IDENTICAL build to this one, and he records battlefield 4 to post on his youtube channel. you're on your way to a damn good build.

Go for it! Everything seems good
 
Edit: I saw everything fine

Well... thats ok-ish machine. When you said prebuilt I was already going like "Oh no, another Dell" but prebuilt customs aren't that bad. My first gaming machine was prebuilt custom (AMD also, Athlon XP something) in 2003. It might not be relly goo power-price and definetly lacks some upgradedables that self built would have. But you'll quickly learn when you do upgrade that one. Which is pretty soon since that cpu won't hold for long.

Hell no. It's nowhere near good for the price.
Buy this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113265
Put this in it http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127663

Rich usualy knows what he's talking about, but in this case, he is way of.
 
If that API on PC can potentialy get 3 times faster AA method, then, there is not so much need for high resolution (ok, AA can't help in some rare cases). Now, you can only imagine what it can do on specialized hardware (even tho consoles use x86 instructions/architecture, theya re not PC's).

A PS4 costs $400. You cannot buy a PC with competitive specifications for that price yet.
 
As for this topic... you're looking at it from the wrong way. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are static platforms. They are as powerful as they are - there is no fragmentation or differentiation between different models of each. As a result of this, game developers can push the limits of what's possible on both platforms constantly without having to sacrifice performance or quality to allow the game to run on weaker devices.
 
A high-end PC is obviously more powerful. We can run games at higher resolutions... but let's face it, most of the games that can be run at 1080p+ @60fps or higher can easily do so because they don't take advantage of our PC's capabilities.
 
Higher-poly models, higher-resolution textures, more advanced lighting effects, more sophisticated particle effects etc are all much more important for pushing the boundaries of what's important on a game than resolution and framerate. Crysis recognised this, and its focus on achieving the best in-game graphics possible at the time led to a major shift in PC technology. NVidia and AMD had until that point been resting on their laurels - after all, why waste money on research and development for cards that would sit around being underutilised by games that were primarily designed for ancient machines with dual-core 2GHz CPUs and 2GB of RAM?
 
My point is, pushing the boundaries of what's achievable on a device is excellent. It's the best thing a developer can do. If developers were doing the same thing with PC games then even the strongest of our rigs would struggle to run their games in 1080p at 60 frames per second. As developers become more accustomed to the subtleties of developing for the next-gen consoles they will begin to achieve better results out of them.
 
When the Xbox 360 launched, developers thought they were utilising it to its maximum already. Yet let's see the difference between a title launched a year after the console did and a game launched recently:
 

outdated he says...

I am really interested in getting into to PC gaming and I would like to know some games that I should get. I would also like to know some mods and tips about PC gaming.

Not sure Battlefield is the pinicle of PC gaming. More like Console gaming on the PC but any ways 
 
Firstly your rig is an important question. Do you have a PC? What are the Specs? Is it a laptop? Do you even know what your specs are and how to get them?  
 
With PC there are so many games out there is not funny. Most of the games recommended above are good and worth trying. Anything by Valve or Bethesda is good start. 
But regardless of your rig I would recommend indie games and to that end I would recommend https://www.humblebundle.com/ They run 2 sales (weekly and bi-weekly) and they are great. They are pay what ever you want and there an unlock price (pay average for the Humble Bundles and pay $6 or above for the weekly sales) and normally if you pay above that you get between 10-12 games. Some times indie sometimes, like the weekly sale now its Nordic Games and the sale is amazing. Humble Bundles are great for experimenting, trying out and all for a great price and to top it all off money goes to charity I cant recommend them enough