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i dont want Net Neutrality
you whippersnappers deserve to live in the dial up age
this generation is obsessed with instant gratification

Yeah, it worked perfectly! Here are some pics I managed to take.
 
My phone camera has a serious focus problem, but there are couple good ones too. And I didn't take a before picture of my temps, but they were around 85 to 90 under full load, aroud 70 rendering a video, 29 to 31 on idle (ambient temps 23C) All the temps in celsius, don't get confused. 
 
Big thanks for everyone who helped me do this! You're awesome at making me void a warranty
 

Alright, the Liquid Ultra arrived. Now it's just a matter of doing it. I got a vice, hammer piece of wood, that needs a bit of smoothing, and some silicone and the TIM. And some AS5 left for the IHS. I'll propably set everyting up and fire up my laptop for uploading photos as I make progress during the weekend. About to possibly destroy a 300€ chip. Scared and confident at the same time. 
 
Any last minute advise is appreciated!

There are little copper connectors on the chip, don't hit on that side. Make sure you use some sort of insulating or masking tape on the vice to prevent scratching the IHS. Don't force the vice too tightly or you might cause curvature in the IHS, which you have to fix with lapping. Make sure the direction you're hitting at, and the surface around the vice, is padded with towels so it wont hit the wall or floor. 
 
Don't try to whack it off with 1 hit. Just keep tapping and the seal will eventually break without it flying through the room.
 
And for god sakes, use Liquid Pro/Ultra between the IHS and die or it's absolutely not worth it. (just make sure you put some latex over the SMD parts to prevent shorting).
Liquid Pro/Ultra only hardens when you sandwich it between metal parts, so don't use it on the heatsink/ihs connection!
 
Also, if you're really scared about doing it to your 300something usd CPU. Buy the cheapest fucking haswell celeron available (G1820) and delid that for practice

Ok so I removed two stix and the OC works now and this is my memory. Everything was set back to stock except I increased the bus to 210 and it changed accordingly. I'll now try to insert the other sticks one by one and see what happens.

did you set the RAM DIMM voltage up to 1.65v? default is 1.50v.
 
just setting default frequency to 2400 and not accompanying voltage will crash
the system. enter all RAM specs manually, frequency, timings and voltage.
 
DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Timing 10-12-12-31 Voltage 1.65V

I dont gvie a fuck.
 
I dont watch videos on products I have no interest in buying.

what? get a new HDMI, fuck it get two if you're the kind of nutter who takes his frustration out on wires.

4GB of ram could definitely be limiting his potential.!

4GB of ram could definitely be limiting his potential.!

Invest in some locks to your doors...at your expense and keep the keys to yourself,.  Put your machine in there & keep that puppy safe from those fiends!
 
Room mates I've had in the past, tell ya what... stupid people..... Had to put locks on EVERYTHING, cos I was away at work and come home to find my shit missing or moved.
Be Hard on them, it's YOUR property.

You do know the Sys/Network admin can monitor all things... right?
He can see what net traffic there is and also do doubt view and take control of your machine at his will.
Although I doubt that happens often either.
So.... just stay home and play. Or take a laptop to school.

You do know the Sys/Network admin can monitor all things... right?
He can see what net traffic there is and also do doubt view and take control of your machine at his will.
Although I doubt that happens often either.
So.... just stay home and play. Or take a laptop to school.

Souls series. It's to good to be true. try it or u r casul

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
 
Playing through it right now, fairly challenging, lots of fun, cool world to explore.

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This is by no means a comprehensive list, but rather free games I enjoy or look fun. I purposely left out most MMOs and flash games and wrote this in no particular order.

Let me know if I’ve made any mistakes in spelling, links, or information. I’d also love to update this list with any games you recommend.

Finally, some of these games require other free software, like DOSBox to play. It should be clear on each game’s website if this is necessary. If not, let me know and I’ll put it in the list.

- BlueNinja99

 

ROLE-PLAYING

 

* The Elder Scrolls (Arena/Daggerfall) - The first two Elder Scrolls games.

* Ultima 4 - A classic Fantasy RPG.

* Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire - A jungle adventure.

* Ultima World of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams - Steampunk space travel.

* Tales of Maj'Eyal - A beautiful fantasy roguelike emphasizing role-play.

* Dink Smallwood - A humourous old PC Zelda-like game. Lots of mods available.

* UnReal World - Low-fantasy roguelike focusing on historical realism.

* System Shock - A classic rebuilt with mouselook.

* Magebane 2 - Help 3 monks find an amulet.

* The Spirit Engine (1/2) - Sidescrolling adventures.

* Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - A tribute to JRPGs & Space Jam.

* Elona - A pretty Japanese roguelite. Elona+ is an extensive mod for it.

* Ahriman's Prophecy - An epic inspired by Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger.

* Summoning Wars - A 3D action game with single and multiplayer modes.

* OFF - A surreal and complex French adventure, translated to English.

 

PLATFORMER

 

* Cave Story - The definitive indie game.

* Mari0 - Super Mario Bros. with a portal gun.

* Journey to the Center of Hawkthrone - The game from Community. Made by redditors.

* N - Arcadey ninja action.

* I Wanna be the Guy - Very difficult with free sequels.

* Spelunky - Hunt for treasure. Here is an unofficial bug fix version.

* You Have to Win This Game - A metroidvania with a neat visual style. Also on Steam.

* Zineth - Reminiscent of Jet Set Radio. Try and reach the moon.

* Cybermedic - Similar to Zineth, but with more goals.

* Iji - A 2D shooter.

* Within a Deep Forest - Atmospheric sidescroller, but short.

* Knytt/Knytt Stories - Made by the creator of Within a Deep Forest.

* Maldita Castilla - Similar to Ghosts'n'Goblins.

* Neverball - Similar to Super Monkey Ball.

* Under the Garden - A survival simulator. See the creator's other free games too.

* Street Fighter X Mega Man - Mega Man fights the street fighters.

* In Ruins - An ambient experimental game.

 

ROGUELIKE

 

* Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup - Very popular example of the genre.

* Dwarf Fortress - Complex, strategic, and not a roguelike in the usual sense.

* Rogue Survivor - Survive a zombie apocalypse.

* Angband/Zangband - Angband is based on the lore of Middle Earth. Zangband is newer and based on The Chronicles of Amber.

* NetHack: Falcon's Eye - A 3D overhaul of the classic NetHack.

* Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - Survive in an apocalyptic world.

* DoomRL - Based on the game Doom.

* Castle of the Winds - 2 part game based on Norse myths.

* Mercury - Half roguelike, half arcade game.

* Red Rogue - A gory sidescroller.

* Brogue - Controlled by mouse movements.

* Grand Rogue Auto - Based on the Grand Theft Auto franchise.

 

ADVENTURE

 

* King's Quest (1/2/3) - Classic point-and-clicks.

* Beneath a Steel Sky - Dystopian point-and-click.

* Transcendence - A top-down space epic Roguelite.

* Treasure Adventure Game - Sail and treasure hunt in 2D. Also available on gog.com.

* Broken Sword 2.5 - Uncover a Templar conspiracy in this pretty point-and-click.

* The Art of Theft - Stealth-based 2D game.

* Naev - Top-down, open world space combat and trading.

* Zelda Classic - Play the original Legend of Zelda, fan games, and make your own.

* Quest for Glory II - Classic Sierra game remade.

* Flight of the Amazon Queen - Point-and-click inspired by movies from the '40s.

* Dragonsphere - Fantasy point-and-click.

* The Wager - A treasure hunting game.

* Heroine's Quest - A newer point-and-click based on the classics.

* Gravity Bone - An artsy, noir, blocky game. Highly acclaimed.

* Deity - An isometric stealth game.

* The Silver Lining - An unofficial sequel to the King's Quest series.

 

STRATEGY

 

* 0 A.D. - An Age of Empires 2 clone.

* FreeCiv - A Civilization clone.

* FreeCol - A Colonization clone.

* FreeOrion - A Master of Orion clone.

* Battle for Wesnoth - Turn-based fantasy like in Fire Emblem, with lots of additional fan material.

* Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe - A Transport tycoon clone.

* Unknown Horizons - A city builder similar to ANNO..

* Black Market HD - A space trading game.

* Atomic Tanks - A Scorched Earth clone.

* Scorched 3D - Scorched Earth in 3D.

* Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn/Red Alert/Tiberian Sun) - The early C&C games.

* A Nation of Wind - A pixelated game similar to Populous.

* Reprisal - Another homage to Populous, expanding tribes in a small world.

* UFO Alien Invasion - A game similar to X-Com.

* 1821: The Struggle for Freedom - Play through the Greek Revolution.

 

VEHICLE-BASED

 

* Nitronic Rush - A bright and flashy racer.

* Rigs of Rods - Driving simulator with soft body physics.

* Rule the Rail! - Build railroads and then ride them.

* MTBFreeride - A dirt bike simulator.

* Flightgear - High quality flight simulator.

* Armagetron Advanced - A Tron lightcycle game.

* Trackmania Nations Forever - Drive on walls and on other crazy tracks. More content is available by purchase.

* VDrift - Concentrates on drifting racing cars.

* Racer - A car simulator.

* Torcs - A regular racing game.

* Death Rally - Blow up opponents in this classic remade.

* X-Moto - A 2D motocross game.

* Rise of Flight - A WWI flight simulator. More content is available by purchase.

 

ACTION

 

* Black Mesa - A remake of the first Half-Life.

* Noitu Love - A quick-paced sidescroller.

* Hidden and Dangerous - A WWII tactical shooter.

* The Marathon Trilogy - The precursors to Halo.

* Tyrian 2000 - A classic arcade shoot-em-up.

* Hyper Princess Pitch - Similar to Smash TV.

* Super Smash Land - A Super Smash Bros. demake.

* Black Shades - Play as a quick-thinking bodyguard. 3D.

* Little Fighter 2 - A beat-em-up that allows four players on one computer.

* Super Crate Box - A simple, but fun shoot-em-up.

* Diaspora: Shattered Armistice - A Battlestar Galatica dogfighter game.

* Wing Commander Saga - A fan-made Wing Commander game.

* Full Spectrum Warrior - A modern military tactical shooter.

* A Fistful of Cows - A western hack-and-slash.

 

HORROR

 

* Slender: The Eight Pages - The original slenderman game.

* SCP - Containment Breach - Survival game based on the SCP mythos.

* Ao Oni - A Japanese puzzle/adventure game.

* Yume Nikki - Japanese horror. It spawned lots of fan games like .flow.

* Ib - Explore a museum as a little girl.

* Which - The ending changes depending on your choices.

* Hide - An atmospheric pixelated game.

* 1916 - Der Unbekannte Krieg - Survive the trenches of WWI with a twist.

* Ascension - A psychological horror sidescroller. Check out the creator’s other games too.

 

SINGLEPLAYER ONLINE

 

* ATTACK_ON_TITAN - Hack and slash at giants in 3D.

* Super Mario Bros. Crossover - Super Mario Bros. with different classic characters.

* The Republica Times - The precursor to Papers Please.

* SuperHOT - A FPS where time only moves when you do.

* Fallen London - A text-based RPG with Lovecraftian elements.

* World Golf Tour - A golf simulator.

* Card Hunter - A less complex tabletop RPG.

 

MULTIPLAYER ONLINE

 

* Team Fortress 2 - A hat collecting FPS.

* DotA 2/League of Legends - The most popular MOBA games.

* Spiral Knights - Similar to The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords.

* Vindictus - A hack-and-slash dungeon crawler.

* Savage XR - A mix between FPS and RTS. Savage 2 is the equivalent MMO.

* Heroes of Newerth - A MOBA in the same universe as the Savage games.

* Path of Exile - A spiritual successor to Diablo II.

* Warframe - A futuristic third person shooter.

* Quake Live - The everlasting online FPS.

* Tecmo Bowl - The old Tecmo Super Bowl with updated rosters.

* Neptune's Pride - A space 4x game you can take your time with.

* Tagpro - Capture the flag in 2D.

* Moonbase Alpha - Explore the moon with John Madden.

* Hearthstone - A World of Warcraft card game similar to Magic: The Gathering.

* SMITE - The godly alternative to DotA and LoL. Great small community.

* Space Station 13 - Become a member of a space station and keep it running.

* Myst Online: Uru Live - Explore the worlds of the Myst mythos.

* Planeshift - A truly free fantasy MMORPG.

* Planetside 2 - A sci-fi FPS similar to Battlefield.

* Defiance - A MMO that’s also a tv show.

* Unturned - A 3D zombie survival game.

* Happy Wars - A tower defense-like game.

* War Thunder - A WWII vehicle combat game.

* Loadout - An over-the-top shooter.

* Heroes and Generals - A WWI FPS/RTS.

* The Lord of the Rings Online - The Tolkien version of Dungeons & Dragons Online.

* Neverwinter - Another Dungeons & Dragons RPG.

 

UNCATEGORIZED

 

* Octodad - A 3D QWOP, in which you control a normal, inconspicuous father.

* Space Engine - Fly through space in incredible detail.

* The Powder Toy - A 2D science sandbox.

* Passage - A short 2D game about life.

* Starmade - Like Minecraft, but in space.

* Katawa Shuojo - A visual novel made by 4chan. NSFW content can be disabled.

* Hedgewars - A Worms clone.

* Frets on Fire - A Guitar Hero clone.

* Perspective - A platformer and FPS, where you control the perspective of the level.

* Toribash - A 3D fighting game in which you create your moves. Also on Steam and has online multiplayer.

* Fish Fillets - A puzzle game.

* Broken Dimensions - Walk on walls as a boy in a chicken suit following a ghost.

* Digital A Love Story - A computer mystery romance, similar to a visual novel.

* Don't Take it Personally Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story - A visual novel and spiritual successor to Digital A Love Story.

* Masq - A NSFW visual novel with huge variation of choice.

* Realistic Summer Sports - Play summer sports with QWOP-like reflexes.

* Slave of God - Hang out in a seizure-inducing club.

* Peggle Extreme - A mix of pinball and pachinko.

* Egoboo - A 3D dungeon crawler/hack-and-slash/RPG.

* Façade - An interactive drama.

* OSU - A rhythm game, with lots of Japanese pop.

 

 

OTHER USEFUL SITES

 

* TheFreeBundle.com currently has 12 collections of free indie games. Some overlap with this list exists.

* The Spring Engine has led to the creation of some nice RTS games.

* Kongregate.com has great flash games.

* MMOHuts.com has a list of virtually every free MMO you could ever want, along with reviews.

* PCGamer regularly finds free games to play online or on your desktop. Some overlap with this list may exist.

* FreePCGamers.com has pages upon pages of free games and their download links. Some overlap with this list probably exists.

 

Don't like any of the games in this list? Why not make your own? You can get started with GameMaker: Studio, Construct 2, and Unity!

 

Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N3quaWs1S1awgYQBbBJz5DfVMvzTceXWpnu9JB9BUs4/pub

 

I think this is one very good list

I didn't even know some of them existed as F2P. After some research, I did. 

 

Well, you can find more here 

 

Hope it helps!

 

Well, you can find more here 

 

Hope it helps!

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Invest in some locks to your doors...at your expense and keep the keys to yourself,.  Put your machine in there & keep that puppy safe from those fiends!
 
Room mates I've had in the past, tell ya what... stupid people..... Had to put locks on EVERYTHING, cos I was away at work and come home to find my shit missing or moved.
Be Hard on them, it's YOUR property.

Full System specs of your PC?
NVM - Read your profile.
 
280x is no slouch, but the 290 will still provide the extra FPS you may be looking for.
Games you likely play the most?
 
Prefer one over another? Like.. do you prefer couch gaming compared to chair gaming?

Oh so 2x 280x is the plan or Single 280x + Console of choice.
 
Comes down to Exclusives + What friends are playing...... wouldn't it.?
 
If your mates are all on console, and your not, I'd prob go with that myself (knowing the 280x is still beast with 2xAA or less set in games past present and future)
 
If their all MustardRace PC users then yeah, another 280x will have you BLEED fps, meaning 100fps or more is great, but wasted potential if not using higher resolutions like 1440p+ or 120Hz.

Right, and that is what I want to see.  Crysis3 can also be played online.
 
Both BF4 and C3 are incredibly CPU intensive, so until he runs those tests in an online setting it means nothing to me.  Also, he needed to incorporate more action into that video, there was barely any action, and hardly any stress being applied to the CPU, as far as I'm concerned, the guy wasted his time doing an inherently flawed test.  His head is in the right place and I'm sure he means well, but it doesn't prove anything.