Twinkie 13

Yeah it was close to 32 grand

No kids involved. I tore my knee up at work and ended up having 4 operations trying to fix it. I can barely walk now. I have no acl and pcl. The doctors used cadaver ligaments in the first operation and it got infected and rotted in my knee. My left knee stays swollen about twice the size of my right one and is always in pain. It is still very unstable but workers comp refuses to do any more operations. A knee replacement has been suggested could possible fix my problem but workers comp will not pay for it because they say I'm too young to get one. I'm 35 and if it worked for 15 years and I lived a normal life span workers comp might have to pay for 2 or 3 knee replacements and they won't do that. So long story short I got depressed because all of the operations and problems with the medications bringing my mood down. I know she deserved better than that from me but I thought we made a bond for better or worse. She refused to even try and work things out and even go to a marriage counselor. I guess she just didn't want to be married to a cripple. It runs in the family though. Her mom divorced her husband 6 months after he was diagnosed with severe diabetes. I had never even so much as raised my voice to her. Lots of people have had way worse problems than we did and were able to work them out. Even worse the settlement I got from workers comp she cleaned out of our account. Just feel so numb now. No direction. Confusion, anger, hatred. Lost in Black Sea of torment and despair.

Thanks guys

Well its official. I signed the divorce papers today. Friday the 13th, raining like hell on me, and getting divorced. God hates me!

There are so many angles you can go with a new rig these days. It all depends on what you want to do on it mostly. Games, video/photo editing, (pron) etc. With most mid level cpus will handle just about any game out there and with a decent video card will get you playable frame rates with mid levels of graphics. If eye candy is what you want then in my opinion spend the bulk of your money on the best video card you can afford. With that being said also. AMD will give you the most bang for your buck in my opinion again. Yes most Intes chips will blow even the most expensive AMD chips out of the water. But if twice the cpu speed doesn't give you but 5 to 10 fps then its is not worth the cost. Also make sure you get a power supply that is quality. There are some really cheap power supplies that come on the build it yourself kits that are junk even if it says 1400w on the sticker. I myself bought a amd fx-8120 16 gig ram and a 6950 videocard and a gigabyte 970 mobo. All but the video card were a steal in my opinion. I don't have any problem running anything. Here are a few sites to get you started. I sure many people will have better info than me. Best of luck. I'll be glad to help any way I can. http://www.tomshardware.com/system-configuration-recommendation-51.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-budget-amd-pc,3807.html http://lifehacker.com/5840963/the-best-pcs-you-can-build-for-600-and-1200 http://www.maximumpc.com/build_pc_recommended_builds_april_2014

go back to basics. unplug everything not need to just get it to boot. use onboard sound and video if it has it. Only use one stick of ram. only use one hard drive. add one item at a time and perform stability test until the failing component is located. On my new build I had 4 sticks of ram at 4gb each and one would randomly crap out and BSOD or lockup. Best of luck

what card did you get I just replaced my 6950 with a gigabyte r9 280x 3gb

This is the one I ended up getting. GIGABYTE GV-R928XOC-3GD REV2 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card

Ok so I went with the r9 280x 3gb

Well right now Im running a xfx radeon 6950. I am torn between the R9 280x or the Geforce 770. Anybody have either of these? Recommendations?

In my opinion the cards for both companies are on the same level. Usually price and performance are very close. Then I look at which company has the best bundles. AMD has some good game bundles right now. Also you have to take into consideration each companies driver update issues. Lately nvidia has released drivers that were unstable and crashed some peoples computers. AMD on the other hand is slower about releasing updates. I run a Radeon hd 6950 2gig and that works fine for me. I'm waiting to see the next generation hardware from both companies before I get a new video card. Check this site out. http://www.videocardbenchmark.net

Blaze if you decide to get new video cards and you want to sell the old ones I would be interested in them. Just let me know if you need any help on your build.

I am so devastated right now. I can't believe I have to start back at zero again. I feel worthless.

Something told me to login to her skype account and I found out she has bee sex skypeing guys. So there is no telling what else she has done. That is cheating as far as I'm concerned. I wouldn't take her back knowing this now. I would spend an eternity in hell as long as I knew she would be there also. There is no excuse for a spouse to cheat. If they dont want to be married anymore fine but divorce then whore around all you want. She said my attitude was sour. Well on 4-11-11 I blew out 3 ligaments in my left knee and over the next 2 and a half years I was operated on 5 times. And my knee is still screwed up and I can barely walk and can't find a job. I think having one failed operation after another on my knee and all the medications causing me to be depressed that she might be a little more understanding. I think someone that has been through that would have a good excuse to be depressed and upset.

Packed my whole life in garbage bags and moved in with my brother. Nowhere else to go. No job, no money and no life. 35 and having to start at zero. So depressing.

I agree. Hold off on the upgrades at least until the next gen parts come out. That way if the next gen stuff is too much for your wallet to handle you can get the older hardware for cheaper when the put them on sale to make room for the new stuff. And you can get more bang for your buck by building yourself. If there is any part of the build you are unsure of I'm sure there are plenty people here that will help you out as well as many YouTube videos to help.

For sale...one heart.... broken, beaten, used, abused, stabbed in the back and drug through the mud. Free to a good home. this is how i feel. twinkie

happy birthday

Hack the planet!

Update the USB drivers as well. There should also be an option to turn the speakers off when the headset is plugged in.

Well I will not be on the COD5 servers for a while. My wife and I are going through some problems and I am staying with my brother for a bit. I hope things will work out for the best. Alone in the darkness. Twinkie

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125496 for only 250.00 us dollars. That might be possible to budget. Looks like a good card to me. It does require a 500 watt power supply though. here is a good power supply for 50.00 us http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028

yes ive been in some servers also that make your weapon lower if you jump too often. I have no idea how this is done. It may be special coding or it could be an option in the game itself. Someone smarter than me would have to look in to that. Best way I've found to deal with the hoppers is to drink lots of caffeine so I am twitchy and spray and pray.

anyone have a spare video card that VIper can have?

I looked at the cpu compatibility chart on the MSI site and it does list the AMD FX-8350 and 8320. You are a good person to offer him your spare motherboard. The world needs more people like you. That is a top notch motherboard as well. If Unit 108 does not want the motherboard, I would be interested in acquiring it for a new build for my brother. PM me if Unit 108 declines the offer please.