Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone. I wanted to post a couple of new gaming gadgets that I acquired over the holidays and are enjoying already.
The first is the Razer DeathAdder 2013 gaming mouse - It has a max DPI of 6400 with the new 4G sensor and this one is NOT laser, it is optical and tracks so much better than my Razer Imperator mouse did. My decision for going with this mouse over others was largely a part of the review on gaming mice that I posted previously found here.
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The 2nd is the Razer Tartarus gaming keypad. This is one of those devices you never knew you needed until you got one. The default key map with the Synapse 2.0 software for this device automatically mapped my Battlefield 4 settings to what I would have chosen if the software hadn't done it. There are 2 or 3 buttons remaining that I will tweak a bit but I have already noticed improvement in my gameplay.
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More later, Happy New Year!
I have a fairly decent gaming mouse with adjustable DPI settings but there are some things I don't like about it. So I decided to do some reading and came across this fantastic article about mice and what makes a good gaming mouse and what things are less important. There are reviews and comparisons done by LevelCap and others in the professional gaming industry about why they love the mice that they do. Check it out and then come back here and leave your comments about what you think.
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-gaming-mouse/
I wanted to post some performance tests of the new rig here for your enjoyment :)
I thought I would start with the system OS load.
11:15 Booted to USB with Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit on it
11:16 Clicked Install Now
11:18 Reboot
11:21 Logging into Microsoft account
11:25 Desktop
Total Load Time: 10 Minutes!!!!
Woot!
More to come later...
Well... it is build day (Horray!!!)
So it has begun....
It has been several years since I built a gaming PC and it is definitely long overdue for another one.
I will be posting the parts and overall progress of the build along with pictures. I hope you enjoy it.
Case
| Cooler Master HAF XB RC-902XB-KKN1 Computer Case - ATX, 2 x 5.25" Drive Bays, 2 x 3.5" Drive Bays, 2 x USB 3.0 Ports, 2 x Audio Ports, 7 x Exp Ports, 2 x 120mm Fan |
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Power Supply
Kingwin ABT-1000MA1S Modularized 80 Plus Bronze ATX 12V V2.92 1000W Computer Power Supply
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Processor
AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 Eight-Core 4GHz AM3+ Processor - AM3+, Eight-Core, 4GHz, 16MB, 125W, Unlocked
Link CPU Cooling Corsair Hydro Series CW-9060009-WW H100i Extreme Liquid/Water CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm Fan, Multi-socket Support, built-in Corsair Link Link  Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX Chipset, 2000MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX/SLI Ready Link  Memory |
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CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R Vengeance Red Desktop Memory Kit - 16GB (4x 4GB),
PC3-15000, DDR3-1866MHz, 240-pin DIMM, 1.5V, CL9, XMP Ready Link  Video Card
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Hard Drive
OCZ VERTEX 3 SATA III 2.5" SSD 120GB (x2)
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Cooling
Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 Blue LED Fan
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Silenx Effizio 120mm Silent Blue LED Fan
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Silenx Effizio 80mm Silent Blue LED Fan
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So, Brent came to me and asked if I would design a logo for the Battlefield 3 Platoon on Battlelog. So here it is. What do you think?
