deepak

Yup

Round trip airfare to Paris, then tickets from Paris to Frankfurt.

Looks good to me. That will be a heck of a nice system.

IMO by the time any game is able to take advantage of 6 cores the processor speed will be well out of date. Gaming benchmark comparing it with the 750: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed/9 750 looks faster all around by quite a bit in some benches.

I don't know too much about the Phenom II X6. I would avoid computer forums and just look at raw benchmarks for games you're interested in.

You should be able to build an i5 system for under $1000 (as linked in the article), but you're right with AMD you can go a lot cheaper. The Athlon II X3 440 is a terrific performer for how cheap they are. But around the Core i5-750 price range there is nothing from AMD in that price bracket that can beat it. I'm going by US prices though.

This is a good guide TR's Summer 2010 system guide - The Tech Report - Page 1 The bang for the buck "utility player" systems perform really well. I would go the Core i5 route.

Naked City - Absinthe

The only fun Stax model that comes to mind is the Lambda Pro, and that's for its boomy, dynamic-esque bass. I do not recommend Stax.

Icarium organized one a while ago, it worked out in the end, but it was a lot of hassle IIRC.

Animal Collective - Feels

Add Diana Krall to the mix. I didn't say similar, just boring (unimaginative, not interesting) all in a genre that is quite innovative. Reks we have our differences on this subject, but I know you have introduced me to some kick ass stuff so I'll just leave it at that.

IMO her music is on par with Kenny G as far as interesting and innovative go. Your last.fm does have Horace Parlan's best album in there so all is forgiven

x3 don't forget the ipad!

Patricia Barber is boring

JH-13

I believe they are going the board mounted heatsink route so there should be no need for a chassis group buy. Though I could probably never build one, I'm still interested in seeing the solid state version of the T2 come to fruition

This thread made me reinstall Fallout 2 a few days ago. I love these two games so much

I've become quite the Headamp fanboy [ATTACH=CONFIG]3550[/ATTACH]

Dinny I trust you're watching Hard Knocks? Rex is funny

Just IMO, those cases aren't particularly attractive. I'd much rather have the wood integrated into the chassis side panel (think TTVJ 307A), rather than two big blocks sticking out and acting as the feet as well.

Happy birthday Matt

This thread has run its course...

Steve the Head-Case attachment limit is quite large so in the future you can attach high res images to your posts and not have to worry about your bandwidth.

I think that's one of the reasons I like The Wire so much. Very plot driven, virtually zero filler episodes and it does play out like one grand Wagner opera. Probably why I can't get into shows like Deadwood no matter how hard I tried.