++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[sdifox]

ni

 

[IndyColtsFan]

how many times can they delay it?

I think we'll know for sure next week if it is getting delayed any longer. Of course, they may decide not to officially delay it and do a paper launch and only release very limited quantities. That's fine by me, as all I care about at this stage is seeing benchmarks. If it is mind blowing, I can wait until Q1 if I have to but by then, Ivy Bridge will be out and I'd probably just go for that.

I think a system based on either CPU (2600K or BD) would easily last 4 or 5 years and that's my goal at this point. Once the new consoles are released, that will give an idea of where games will be sitting at for the next few years and I tend to think that any good CPU today will be good for that time period but a graphics card update might be required.

 

[sdifox]

I think we'll know for sure next week if it is getting delayed any longer. Of course, they may decide not to officially delay it and do a paper launch and only release very limited quantities. That's fine by me, as all I care about at this stage is seeing benchmarks. If it is mind blowing, I can wait until Q1 if I have to but by then, Ivy Bridge will be out and I'd probably just go for that.

I think a system based on either CPU (2600K or BD) would easily last 4 or 5 years and that's my goal at this point. Once the new consoles are released, that will give an idea of where games will be sitting at for the next few years and I tend to think that any good CPU today will be good for that time period but a graphics card update might be required.

me opteron 165 mb has been dead for a while now...

 

[alfa147x]

Just sold the Dell Streak.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

me opteron 165 mb has been dead for a while now...

In that case, I'd grab a 2500K or 2600K and be done with it.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[sdifox]

In that case, I'd grab a 2500K or 2600K and be done with it.

in the process of selling and buying a home so won't do that til I am moved.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

in the process of selling and buying a home so won't do that til I am moved.

Oh, I thought you talked your wife out of moving.

 

[alfa147x]

Class

 

[alfa147x]

One more then work

 

[MotF Bane]

Not managing to focus on the paperwork I have here. BBBLLLAAAHHHH.

 

[MotF Bane]

I finished.

Got through all the paperwork, the backlog of orders, several boxes, and it's all done. 68 minutes until I leave this place for six months.

Home to mount some different tires, remove my V1 and all other personal possessions, and have the car ready for tomorrow.

 

[MotF Bane]

I realized I will have a set of 17" wheels, two 225/50R17 A/S good condition knockoffs, two 225/50R17 A/S decent condition knockoffs... and after this winter, a set of low 215/55R17 A/S Yokohamas. Maybe I can manage to bundle up eight tires and four wheels to somehow get either money off my summer tires or the summer wheels.

 

[MotF Bane]

My income will hopefully be going from $400/month to $600/month. At that point, $200/month goes to a separate savings account for a summer expenditures fund (needs at least 3.5 months/$700, minimum). Another $200/month goes to my parents for the car and cellphone; I'll end up either paying the "car loan" off in 24 months instead of 36, or I'll end up paying them more than they've requested of me. (I feel bad about taking this much money from them for something of mine.)

Something is a little weird here. I need $200/month to the parents... that's $700 for the duration of the summer. My previous calculations have been... my previous calculations were setting maximum values and total values, not using the actual values. Ergo, $200/month stored for summer is high.

Yes, building a safety net is nice, but two things - one, I have a $3000-4000 safety net in the stock market, and if it ever reaches $4k again (HAHAHAH) I'm bailing the fuck out and putting my money someplace safe. Like under the mattress.

Two, I need winter tires, summer wheels, summer tires - caveat, I want the summer wheels/tires to be something better than normal, which increases cost perhaps 40%. Wheels are a one-time cost, tires should last two years per set (which means I buy two sets of tires every other year). Also, I really want to finally do an HID retrofit, and that's only about $400. And before another driver here yells at me, projectors.

Here's more detail to that - I drove a G37x at night. It is the only time I have ever not hated driving at night, the only time I didn't feel I was getting blinded by oncoming lights, the only time I could fully see everything around me. I also didn't come home afterwards with a massive headache radiating down my neck. If I can replicate that, and I believe I can, that's $400 well spent.

So, since I only need... well, let's round up, $800 banked for the summer, I can do that half January, February, March, April, and half May. That lets me use $400 of my $600 each month for October, November, and December. September is going almost entirely to handling a massive Discover charge, and getting the power rack set up finally, five months after initial planning stages.

That means $1200 from those three months, which is enough to cover getting snow tires and HID projectors, with one or two hundred left over.

Sounds like a small net, but still, the stocks are there, and there shouldn't be anything else.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

nef

 

[sdifox]

Oh, I thought you talked your wife out of moving.

right...lucifer I ain't

 

[fjmeat]

this day needs to end. this work day that is.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

nerf

 

[fjmeat]

<hugeboldfontfromhell> boooooored </hugeboldfontfromhell>

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I want to go home. I am sick of work.

 

[fjmeat]

I want to go home. I am sick of work.

amen brother

 

[fjmeat]

Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans
Sun, 09/11 at 12:00 PM CDT

 

[fjmeat]

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[fjmeat]

420