Katsunaka

I own both.

I've got well over 1k hours in Arma 3. It offers ALOT of different games within it's platform. Just look at Arma 3 Mods. There's DayZ, Wasteland, Life, and more. 

Ark is just basically HD Minecraft with Dinos. I have almost 500 hours in Ark. I love both.

The biggest drawback for Arma is, regardless of what mod your playing in the game, it's still Arma. It's still the same buttons, its still the same everything, just skinned differently. 

The biggest drawback for Ark, is currently (just my opinion here) the Devs are more interested in stuffing Dino after Dino into the game. Not working on real issues with the game itself. Sometimes when you log in, in Ark, you fall through the floor. No biggie, takes a minute to get out.  But whats the Devs do every time they patch?  Here's MegaSuperDino and a hotfix for people with this issue that doesn't affect 90% of people. 

I'd say get Arma and enjoy it. It'll probably give you more playtime. Plus it's not an Early Access game. It's a full fledged release. Find your a mod within Arma you want to play, and enjoy it.

Just my opinion again, I feel Ark is going down the same road DayZ went down. DayZ kept giving players more and more guns. Without any real bug fixes, Ark is just giving more and more Dinos, without fixing stuff. 

At a minimum, 

the 24 pin, the EPS 8 pin, whatever cables for your GPU (either a 6 and 8 pin or 2 8 pins). The rest are up to you.

I bought cables from Cablemod, since my sata cable is hidden I didn't get them. 

I only bought the ones I just mentioned. Since the rest of my cables are hidden in the basement of my case anyway.

Kyle at Awesomesauce just posted a new $550 VR ready build, today.

Might wanna check that out and copy that build. Then just use the 980ti.

What have I learned?

That all peasants needed to be reminded that consoles are for the weak, PC's are for the GODS!

That there's 2 facts about my mom

- That she's the biggest object known to mankind.

- Despite fact 1, everyone has slept with her for some reason.

https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198018302618/?cc=us

I've got 430 bucks  oh well. 

1 minute ago, revsilverspine said:

Shelf life for a common CR2032 is 7 years. The CMOS power draw is next to insignificant, so it's safe to assume that a worst case scenario would be halving the CR2032's shelf life, taking it to 3.5 years. WHO THE HELL BUYS A 3.5 YEAR OLD BOARD?! WHO EVEN SELLS THOSE <____<

Stuff does happen. Just because something's new doesn't mean it's the best or will last its intended lifetime.

Just right click on the desktop and uncheck the box "align to grid" then you can manually place them.

Nope. Aside from a 2nd projector, or TV.

1 minute ago, revsilverspine said:

Actually, once the CMOS battery dies, the BIOS just resets to default, hardcoded values.

Oh, thanks!

1 minute ago, CJ5579 said:

The funny thing is that this battery is 2 months old that I pulled out of the board to swap.

No telling how long it sat in the motherboard makers factory before being used. That or it just was a bad battery that made it's way to you.

Welcome to the Master race. 

Congrats on the new build.

The CMOS battery holds just enough power to support the saving of settings between the power cycles a PC has. 

If that battery dies, which does happen. Your PC won't know what settings to use to boot with. Since it doesn't know how to boot, it wont. 

It's amazing how much power that $5 dollar watch battery holds over your PC.

2 minutes ago, Remon Salazar said:

as fast as lightning, thanks dude

There's some more info if you need it. 

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Or you could just get Windows from G2A or Kinguin or /r/microsoftsoftwareswap for like $30.

I'd rather buy a legit copy, than a version bought with stolen CC's.

8x for each.

14 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($92.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($33.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($419.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $898.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-03 19:02 EDT-0400

 

The Z170 motherboard is for potential future K series upgrade. Also, 1070 OMGWTF at this budget

You put in a 1070 but the OP wants to use a RX 480. 

The 200 dollar difference in savings could be used to buy Windows if the OP doesn't have Windows yet.

1 minute ago, Str_Mape said:

AMD isn't that difficult either, just have to be familiar with the pin out on the bottom of the CPU.

Never messed with AMD cpus or gpus. 

It's nothing against them, just been using my Intel and Nvidia stuff since the beginning. I've thought about it before, but my possible misconceptions about AMD have probably held me back. I've always seen AMD used in more budget friendly builds. Most of the PC's I've built for my use, do have a budget, but its more of a "dont spend too much passed this". I've built a few PCs for friends and family. They've been Intel.  Just a preference.

Maybe only with Intel. And it just sitting on a box or something.

I guess the OP has never played xbox or watched a video about the 10 years that think it's funny to swear constantly.

I typically try to avoid using curse words if I can. Sometimes they slip. If you don't like the words, mentally use a different work. 

Example - 

" I think this is fucking stupid" You could read it as " I think this is stupid" and just block the word.

1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

You should totally take it to the drag strip just once, it would be amazing.

Nah I wont. I don't need to know how fast it actually is. It's fast enough for me, it gets OK mpg considering it runs E85. Im fine with not ever knowing how fast it really is.

51 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Cool truck, how quick is it?

Never ran it.. 

It's mostly used as a truck. I only procharged it because it's something my grandpa would have done. He was the drag racer of the family.  My grandpa owned a lot of cool or fast cars but never ran them because "he never wanted them to disappoint him". So I'll never do the truck.

He had a 32 Chevy Hot rod that had a 572 BB Chevy, a twin turbo vette, a Terminator Cobra (but instead it was turbo instead of S/C). The truck was going to be his next toy. Buys something in good shape, does the work, then enjoys it for a while and sells it to someone else. 

I'll probably keep the truck around for a long time. It needs some dents removed. 

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

Ooooo please post pics. I wouldn't own a standard cab but I do think they look amazing. Just not enough room for me. I carry too much crap. Tools etc. 

I'll find some, it's basic on the outside. Other than the tail lights and it being lowered a little it's stock. 

I prefer a clean look, plus it blends in if the cops think I'm up to something.  They just see a lowered pick up, not a truck capable of outrunning their cruisers.

It'll last for a while. 

I used a 2500k for almost 3 years before semi retiring it to HTPC living room duty. 

2 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

You report the mustang and pistol stolen?

also props on the procharger on the truck. I love trucks

Yes on the both being stolen. The police were the first people I called. Mainly about the pistol more than the car. 

It's just a black standard cab Sierra short bed. It's now got the Sierra Denali seat, and tail lights. 

I liked the Sierra Denali tail lights way better than any aftermarket ones. I've been out cleaning the truck up some. I can't drive some dirty junk. 

44 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Wow. Do you have a picture? I'm sure my friend would want to see. 

 

But it I really do hope you find it man, and in one piece  

Other than the wheels, it looked stock for the most part. 

Guard green is a color offered on the new stangs, just not so common.  

42 minutes ago, warmmilk said:

That sucks dude, good luck!

Post pics

I will when I find them. There on one of these pc's somewhere.