In a few days my new MSI Stealth will arrive. That means I will have a perfectly good Razer Blade up for sale.

NVIDIA GTX 765M 14" screen +HDMI
Intel I7 2.2 GHz
8GB RAM
512GB SSD
Killer NIC Wireless Card
USB 3.0
Bonus Item - USB Gigabit NIC adapter

Ebay average sale price is arround $800. I'll accept less if it goes to one of my LAN party brothers or sisters. If I don't get any replies in the next few weeks, then I'll put it up in my ebay store.

I am selling my gaming laptop due to recently upgrading to a newer machine. I purchased this new in 2013 for $1500. It is the perfect desktop replacement for LAN parties. It still plays every game I throw at it.

Ebay auction started

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Free shipping to anywhere in the USA.

Review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2bG-5IXx5s

Model: NP700G7C-S02US
Pick the OS you want (Win 7, 8.1, or 10) and I will do a fresh install with drivers
Intel Core i7 Processor 3630QM(2.40GHz)
16 GB SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM
Kingston HyperX 512GB SSD (Second 2.5" Drive bay free for whatever you want to put there)
17.3-Inch Screen
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M Graphics
Blu-Ray DVD Combo

Product Information
Screen Size17.3 inches - Screen Resolution1920 x 1080
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 2 Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2

Weight 8.4 pounds
Product Dimensions 16.1 x 11.2 x 1.3 inchesem Dimensions L x W x H16.1 x 11.2 x 1.29

Spring cleaning - oddball stuff I want to get rid of...

SOLD

I am selling a nice one...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151277216570

I liked playing Engineer....I would totally give helmsman Cheach 200% warp power and he would kill us all warping though solid objects like planets and space stations.

Less than 3 days remain for bidding!

The 750W modular PSU is at $5, there is a 120gb SSD at $14... 

http://myworld.ebay.com/cytog128

Updated!
The remaining parts are <click>now on Ebay!<click> Starting bid is $1 with options to buy now.

I have enjoyed both a Samsung LCD and LED. I also helped a friend build a gaming rig for his 51" plasma TV. Honestly all the technologies work quite well. Each has pros and cons.

I recommend researching the collection of Flat TV Myths:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Electronics-Promotions/Busting+the+Plasma+TV+Myths/pcmcat253800050011.c?id=pcmcat253800050011
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Electronics-Promotions/Busting+the+LED+TV+Myths/pcmcat253800050012.c?id=pcmcat253800050012


Here is one of my favorite Crutchfield articles that compare LCD and Plasma (LED is simply LCD tech with a different back light source)-
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-BgfGlw9Ubl9/learn/learningcenter/home/tv_flatpanel.html

I am looking to purchase a 42-51" plasma for PS3 gaming and BluRay viewing as my next item.

One of my solutions fixed the problem...not sure which one, but I am all set with 2 nice days of lag free play.

I remember thinking, when I built this desktop last year "Tog ol Boy, you are building quite the beast."

Asus ROG Gene III mATX
Intel I7 960
8GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR3 Ram
Diamond ATI 6970 2GB pciE
OCZ Agility 120GB SSD
ThermalTake Toughpower 750W

Naturally, when the latest game in my favorite series, Battlefield, hit the stores, I had it day-one. It played like crap! As an early adopter of most technologies, I accepted the risk and signed it off as bad software and would patiently wait for a patch to make the game playable. Unfortunately, I still have the video lag problems.

This video shows someone having a similar experience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPaUT8X9Uo

I have been reading a great many threads, posts, etc...here are some of the common and not so common things I have tried-

1. Set BF3.exe process priority to High or Real Time (task manager right click option)
   a. I didn't even know this existed in Win7, neato, but it didn't fix the issue

2. Define Processor Core Affinity for BF3 from 8 to 7...1 core(Task Manager right click) option)
   a. Holy crap...that is a cool setting...defining core priority and all...didn't work.

3. Turn off Hyper Threading (aka go to 4 physical cores only)
   a. God I love my Asus ROG Gene III, that was a super easy setting to find in the BIOS, but that wasn't the fix either

4. Update your Video drivers
   a. huh, probably should have done that first...Catalyst 12.3 is the latest right...nope 12.4 is...ok installed...not the fix as well

5. Lower your graphic settings.
   a. already turned off motion blur and vsync...these are usually the first to go with these games
   b. I hate doing this, but I feel like I am running out of options...1440x900...nope...1366x768...sorry...1024x768 (gettign desparate) no way jose...640x480 (AHHHHH MY EYES)...still laggin!

6. Try random Console commands...
   a. hmmmmmm tilde key...
      These are kinda neat
      render.drawfps 1
      render.perfoverlayvisible 1
      RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1 (This setting controls the number of frames prepared by the CPU before being processed by the GPU)
      RenderDevice.TrippleBufferingEnable 0
   b. interesting thread = http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-3-pc/1445046-bf3-performance-graph-pure-goodness.html


My next troubleshooting step...
buying a 680GTX....because I can...and I wanted a bad excuse to do so : )

In 15 days I won't be playing BF3 anyways. It is time for Diablo 3.

new sealed in the box

half and half
I think at last count I had about 1 blue, 1 tri-color and 2 red (new un-opened) of the Coolermaster 120mm fans in that box.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0312376

All prices are negotiable. I will be toting my goodies from LAN to LAN over the next few months. If there is something you absolutely cannot live without and want to pay shipping then I will happily package and mail it.

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Acer 22" LCD 1650x1080 DVI monitor - 75$ - GW

Cooler Master Elite 430 Black mid ATX case (perfect mod box) - 25$ Renegade

Sony 8GB Bloggie hand cam - $50 HR

Diablo Night Light (blizzcon 2011 collectors item) - 30$
[nothing soothes those fears of the dark like a glowing lord of terror on your wall]
sold to Lerser (lanoc)

Diablo Sound Track - 15th Anniversary (blizzcon 2011 collectors edition) CD - $20

Modder's toy box - $15
Includes a variety of 120mm lighted fans, Cold Cathode Light kits, fan grills, VGA cooler, UV sound activated lights, LEDs, sata hdd enclosure
(I probably have about $100 worth of stuff I randomly purchased in the last few years from microcenter) sold to Renegade (nexus)

Pile'o'Anime - $5 ea
DVDs (Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Monodoke, Tales from Earthsea, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) -wk

Pile'o'PC-games - $10
Quake 4, QuakeWars, Wolfenstein, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, FEAR - Dw


 

I had Royal Balls this weekend...it is a drink where you can taste no alcohol...my favorite.

http://www.bawls.com/drink-recipes/

Enjoy : )