TheCroaker

unless they get rid of it, no game with a heart beat sensor will be taken seriously, in my eyes, for a competitive game

it is funny I have had good experiences in the past dealing with actual component manufacturers, usually far better then dealing with the PC builders

it is funny I have had good experiences in the past dealing with actual component manufacturers, usually far better then dealing with the PC builders

the NH-L 12 that Mape mentioned was the one I was looking at actually, but thank you
(also I wish I had read the do not buy anything razer thing a year ago)

Thanks a ton think I am gonna go with the 500x or the 900x then, always had good luck with Audio technica, and I would prefer not to wait for china shipping
Really do appreciate it

funny how I'd probably get a better experience using warranty on actual components then an actual pre-built PC, that should work better in terms of reliability. 

This is my experience with all pre-built pc's in a nutshell. I started out with an HP "gaming" desktop, and as I didn't know anything about it, I trusted the guy in the store. It said "core i7" and "Nvidia Geforce graphics" so I obviously thought it had to be good. Back home after some light games I tried The Witcher 2 I think it was, and turns out a € 1000 pc can't play it even at medium. I went back to the store and explained it, and they said they coudn't do anything about it, that a good gaming pc costs a lot more than € 1000 euro. After reading a lot of forums and news articles, I obviously got wiser and seeing back now, buying an i7 2600 and a GT 530 in that pc, is ridiculous to advertise as "gaming". More like "high end media pc"

Don't see what you're complaining about. They've dropped sponsors before because of bad customer experiences. It's worth mentioning even if OP's experience is something of a rarity and not worth taking action over.

My customer service from TD has always been (and continues to be) stellar (customer for 20 years) so I don't really know what to say about the OP's experience
 
I can only really go based on my own exp when evaluating a sponsor.

why was TD bank sponsoring a tech channel? 

yeh that was my thought to. i was like uhm. linus wtf?

Some say its the thug lyfe panels.

Are you kidding? 780ti's only have 3GB of vram

The flaws are for some games will not use more then one card, increased heat output, driver instability, and power draw.
 
the gains are POWWAHHHHHHHHH and aesthetics

I applied
"I promise to only molest other members, no murdering stealing, or extorting, just fondling"

Fable, was my first RPG

Justin Bieber ain't affecting me that's for sure.

As a very proud Canadian I feel it's my duty to say that we don't want Beiber back. You took him, you helped mold him, you get to keep the results.

Counter Strike: Source!!!
Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne!!!

What if this is actually how they are going to confirm Half Life 3
 
By making us Donate shit tons of money to charity
....smartest Idea ever

so going to get one for my mom...

Being a researcher myself, I think I can comment on this...
 
When you donate to several charitable organizations, whether it be AIDS, Cancer, CCFC, Livestrong, those funds essentially go into a pool that is then distributed to various researchers by way of grants.  How this process generally works is each investigator will write a grant and then a panel will decide what is worthy of being funded.  This is completely different from what Stanford is doing with their folding@home.
 
The grant process favours funding projects and researchers with a proven track record and that progress the field forward.  Unfortunately this system often falls short.  The greatest influence on if a grant is competitive or not comes by how many publications and the impact of said publications on the proposed area of interest.  What this means is a investigator that gets lots of pubs on say cancer can aquire a grant however that investigator my not care about "THE CURE"
 
Ultimately, there isnt a cure.  This is a public misconception.  Every type of cancer is infinitely different, ie pancreatic cancer between 2 identical twins isnt necessarily the same. 
 
The true downfall of this grant system is research that can potentially find a common treatment wont reward you with tons of publications as opposed to someone that studies how cancer manifests for example.  I can name 4 different things that can potentially treat leukemia, but they are either unethical to do in patients or there is no publication reward in them.
 
So long story short, does your $50 annually help?  I dont know anymore.  It means people like myself can afford to do experiments that broaden our understanding of medicine as a whole, and possibly that greatened understanding will lead to treatment options in the future, but i doubt it means a 'cure' anytime soon.
 
Edit: Also I should note OP, publicly raised funds do not go to the corporations you referred to, they go to academia

I thought the store wasn't even properly set up yet?
Give it a break people. It's just ideas they're floating around, which aren't even posted to the general populous yet.