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STEAM | August 2016 - No Man's Sky will leave Mankind Divided
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Tart Toter 9k
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Do you want a PC that is pretty quite or do you want a rig that is completely silent? The latter is pretty hard without going for purely ssd's and such.
I recently built a new PC where i used a fractal design define r5 case. The case has a thick layer of isolation on the inside that keeps it quite. I also put in a 1070 from MSI where the fans only spin during load and i have never had a PC that was this quite. I can barely hear it when its idle and its still really quite during load.
That being said i usually play games with headphones on and the PC is right next to a window that is open most of the time so the sounds coming from outside might mask most of the sound coming form the PC.
So if you want a quite PC you should look at the cases that provide some sort of sound isolation. You should also try to get a GPU that stays silent during low-load situations but that might be a bit harder on a budget.
pantsattack
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Can you identify what part was making the most noise? Was it constantly the same or louder when gaming? What GPU and brand is it? A blower gpu cooler will be much more noisy than an open multi-fan design.
If you look up "PC fan shootout" you'll get dozens of fans compared all with noise level included. I use a fan controller and turn all case fans to minimum when not gaming. Fractal has cases designed for quiet too. There are some options.
I have a SSD and now it surprises me how I can clearly hear the HDD spin up when I access it.
Yay...except for the release date lol (and honestly the price). But good to know for the future.
I recently swapped out my NZXT 630 for a Corsair Carbide 330R.
The 630 is fairly versatile case designed for high performance gaming, but that resulted in having an "open" design for copious ventilation, hence the occasional sound leak when the fan speeds are increased due to demanding software.
I opted to sacrifice some of the cooling potential for a relatively soundproof case, hence the Carbide 330R; I should note that these aren't pre-built PCs.
If you're gonna buy a pre-built unit, then be sure to see if it has any soundproofing options/designs.
PS4/X1 version is coming in 10 days, they probably don't want people to buy a PC version on sale.
Then they'll get even more sales when people double dip when that texture mod comes out.
Would you say those are the highest quality pixels that anybody has ever seen?
Look into liquid cooling, nothing can be quieter. There are closed-system solutions that you can basically connect like lego pieces without having to actually ever get your hands dirty. Of course, all these are usually after market coolers so they might be more expensive.
Atraveller
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Liquid cooling is not necessarily quieter, you have to take the fan(s) and pump into account. Good CPU tower cooler trumps all.
Dio Brando
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It really depends. My H100i is infinitely quieter than my hyper 212 ever was. Even at the silent mode, it's heads and shoulders better than the 212 was at cooling, by almost 20ºc.
Atraveller
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You are comparing a high end liquid cooler with an entry level air cooler, of course you won't get a fair fight.
Here's NH-D15 vs other coolers in noise performance
Temperatures
That's your problem here, buying pre-built computers.
Only thing that's above background noise in my computer (at idle!) are the magnetic drives.
Just invest in a good CPU cooler (BeQuiet get's my vote), GPU that's semi-passive cooled and a good case with quiet fans, no need for liquid cooling here.
Crimsonclaw111
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EVGA for US customers is probably the best buy for ease of RMAs, yeah? Got an MSI one but never had issues with it.
Dio Brando
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OH. brazil pricing fucked me when it comes to understanding cooler tiers. i always thought the 212 was a mid to high "miracle" cooler. sorry
...huh, interesting idea, to use the back cooler. nice results too.If someone is very picky about noise, there's also this:
Thermalright's passive cooler, no fan required.
Atraveller
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If someone is very picky about noise, there's also this:
Thermalright's passive cooler, no fan required.
Thermalright's passive cooler, no fan required.
Thank's for all the advice, I'll check it out.
Well the PCs where the kind where could choose most of your parts and the store (Komplett) built it for you, so it was not completely prebuilt.
I tried to choose parts that was supposed to be quiet.
Won't clutter the thread with more of my PC dreams.
Thanks again for all the input.
Edit: I should mention that the current PC is from the beginning of 2009... Since then I switched some fans. new gpu (460gtx), added RAM and an SSD.
Coreda
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Liking the concept and look of this, as a kind of quasi actual tabletop RPG with straightforward branching choices and nice illustrations. The combat appearance not so much.
NingenJanai
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Finished Gomo, really nice and cute short point and click.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
bobnowhere
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Just had a guy from Pakistan add me and he's now quizzing me about cricket! Then someone else from Pakistan added me, both are really low level and have played the same free/cheap games about 2 weeks ago. I'm sure the scam is coming, but I'm interested to find out what this Cricket scam is!
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Wanted to spread the digital love a bit and checked out the Nintendo eshop.
Man, Steam and the whole PC ecosystem has fucking spoiled me. UI, selection, prices, sales, everything's just so bad and unappealing in comparison. Debated giving the NES Remix games a shot (SNES Remix, when?), but they're still launch price even though they came out years ago, so fuck that.
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Man, Steam and the whole PC ecosystem has fucking spoiled me. UI, selection, prices, sales, everything's just so bad and unappealing in comparison. Debated giving the NES Remix games a shot (SNES Remix, when?), but they're still launch price even though they came out years ago, so fuck that.
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That Star Citizen demo has put that firmly onto my radar.
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Don't own the base game either!
Got bored of the quiz so I started quizzing them and they insisted I had no idea what I was talking about. If there is any subject on the planet I know more about than 99.9% of the planet it's cricket!
Blocked both.
They're just looking for someone to play silly point.
It looks like that another Platinum Developed game is coming to PC.
Platinum Games working on a Granblue game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-K5n1sbdrQ
Platinum Games working on a Granblue game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-K5n1sbdrQ
Should say Tendulkar is the greatest Cricket player of all time. You'll know if they are from Pakistan then.
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I keep missing the bundles with this or it's the only game I'm missing from a bundle.
This is the best idea. Just know that Bradman is the greatest cricket player of all time, and that you're lying to expose a scam.
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That was the first question they asked! Thought about saying Tendulkar or possibly Merv Hughes just to see what would happen.
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I don't see anything wrong with that, like every story heavy game should have waltz through the game difficulty mode, and challenge mode for those who want it. People understand games and fun in very different ways, difficulty modes can accommodate all views, or almost all anyway.
You say like it is some kind of wrong way to play games, it isn't. Cheating otoh is wrong.
spoken like a true timers hater, right?
I got 4 of those today (all lvl 1 not 0), added none
but yeah, something isn't right
AHA-Lambda
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The way they use nicely rendered tabletop figurines and text reminds me of Crimson Shroud on 3DS. I'm definitely interested.
So which answer did you give?
True enough, the era's are very different. 99.94 still wins that debate for me.
Anyway, I wonder who's going to wake up with a nice copy of Mankind Divided. I hope the game actually works for them!
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I don't want to sound like I'm defending season passes but there are some issues with this approach. Firstly, season passes and DLC in general do not go on sale 'in big ways' for the most part. Season passes typically don't get discounted at all until all their content is out (which is months after the game released), and when they do get discounted it never quite matches the discount that the base game gets. In fact, in the recent past we've all seen several cases where buying the GOTY edition of a game in a sale is cheaper than buying the DLC alone. Secondly, interest in a game wanes over time. For example, I played The Missing Link DLC for DXHR over a year after finishing the game, and while the DLC was okay, I did not get any references to the events of the main story because I had completely forgotten what was supposed to be happening in the story at that point. As another example, I still haven't played the DLCs for Dishonored or Witcher 3 yet despite loving both those games to bits. There's just so much other stuff on my plate that going back to older games seems harder than it needs to be.
Again, none of this is to argue that season passes are good. I agree with your assertion that 9/10 times the content is not worth the price. Just pointing out that there are specific cases where having access to the DLC on time is desirable.
I found out about this yesterday and I have to admit, it bothers me more than I thought it would. Globetrotting seems to be such a big part of the Deus Ex experience. Who can forget the first time they saw Heng Sha or Panchaea in DXHR? Or going from New York to Hong Kong to Paris in the first one. This game being set entirely in Prague is a step back for sure.
I'm not sure if this is common knowledge already or not but a friend Google translated some Japanese article and did some regional price conversion and figured out that Stein's Gate will cost $35 with a launch week discount of 15%, bringing it down to about $30. I wonder how many people will say that it's too expensive for an X year old game which already has a PC version.
Also, this really bugs me.
That one DLC is not included in the complete bundle, released at the same time as all the others and never gets discounted. Capcpom!
colour me interested
that engine looks mighty familiar tho, and not in a good way
tried it and it redeemed, it was Winter's Gasp Pack, whatever that is, no clue
edited: it's Forge of Gods dlc. Thanks, mystery person
Just read on the NMS thread that even the most basic tech, the procedurally generated continous universe, is totally fake. I mean, even the original Elite could do that back in the 80ies, but NMS is basically just giving you a solar box with a few planets in it (you can't even reach the sun in it, it doesn't exist) and every time you "jump" in hyperspace you just get a new box.
Wow, this totally kills any interest I had in the game. I mean, there is this nice indie game, Limit Theory, developed by exactly one guy, which has a continous solar space, maybe even beyond that. Man, I feel like the comparisons with Molyneux are unfair at this point, Molyneux only lied about details not about things this magnitude.
Wow, this totally kills any interest I had in the game. I mean, there is this nice indie game, Limit Theory, developed by exactly one guy, which has a continous solar space, maybe even beyond that. Man, I feel like the comparisons with Molyneux are unfair at this point, Molyneux only lied about details not about things this magnitude.
UcchedavÄda
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Looks pretty interesting.
I don't think I'll ever stop loving that Bastion-style level construction, and it fits perfectly with something based on a board-game.
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Hello Games is a scummy company. I'm going to be vilified for saying it but if it were EA or whatever pulling this nonsense, there would be less defenders. I am quite upset NMS seems to be a commercial success. It doesn't deserve it and only encourages poor industry practices.
Then you have unique, fun, and pioneering games like Limit Theory being overshadowed. Shame. Those guys deserve some love.
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Coreda
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Been keeping an eye off and on Limit Theory's dev vlogs for a few years. Hope it comes to fruition. Last one I watched he had been on a break due to a motivational difficulties (?), can't remember exactly.
Well for one the finished game isn't out yet, but yeah certainly one received far more attention earlier in its development though to be fair it seemed NMS was further along at the time.
bobnowhere
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Mehhh, it's a bit underwhelming, but if they're a decent quality, then the price was perfect for me, so I'm sure I'll get my money's worth.
(I ended-up paying £47 for the digital deluxe edition, after cancelling my standard edition Steam preorder of £40, so the Season Pass effectively cost me £7).- Status