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Posted by AlexW on Thu Jun 23rd at 6:52pm 2005

Quote DrGlass:
My house burnt down... not all the way mind you, but alot...

From what I know, it caught fire 4pm the day we left, while we were over Alaska en-rout to China. My room was only hit by smoke damage and lots of water damage (fire fighters). My computer, along with some other stuff of mine has been evact by some friends, so the mosaic stuff and all my art work is safe.

As for the rest of my house, its bad but not SO bad. We had alot of artwork that can never be replaced but some of it made it out ok. My mom's office is gone, it is just vapor now... and we think the whole house will have to be taken down and re-built.

So, the project is still on, but I'm going to need a new computer. If some one could post this on the snarkpit web site that would be nice. I want to ask them to build the best computer for $1000 not including the graphics card. So I'm looking to build a computer for around 1500-2000$. Something that will run photoshop like a charm, game good, and I think I'd like to use an ATI card.

thanks for any support and stuff guys.

[edit] I cant visit SnarkPit, I think the Chinese government had banned it from the public. I blame Gwil.

Hope he'll get everything back in order once he gets back from China...




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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Thu Jun 23rd at 7:02pm 2005

Poor Dr. Glass...

Is it just me, or are a lot of bad things happening to snarkpit people lately?

Well, not much more I can say, just let him know that we care.

Until Later...



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Posted by ReNo on Thu Jun 23rd at 7:47pm 2005

Oh man, this is really sad to hear <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

I'll give your task a shot but I don't really know what computing shops are good in the US. I know of NewEgg, but if anybody could post up other good US computer parts suppliers so that us foreign people can also help find the best deal then that would be appreciated.

I know you aren't able to read this right now, but when you do, good luck getting it all sorted out. I can only imagine how tough this must be on you and your family, and I hope you make the most of your holiday (if thats what it is) despite the obvious distraction.




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Posted by Andrei on Thu Jun 23rd at 8:01pm 2005

I really hope this is just another one of those bad jokes some morons seem to enjoy so much. X-is-dead-like jokes.

If not then...Jeez, poor poor dr.glass...
And what's this about spit being banned in China because of Gwil (the hammer and sickle thing?)?




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Posted by satchmo on Thu Jun 23rd at 8:17pm 2005

So sorry to hear that.

I am not faring much better. The plaster ceiling in my apartment is coming undone. Huge chunks of plaster are falling down everywhere. I think it's triggered by the earthquake we had recently.

I had to tell the father of a girl that she might have brain tumor. Another patient I saw this morning had a seizure in the office, right in front of me.

Something is not quite right at the SnarkPit. Someone has done something to spread bad karma around.




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Posted by habboi on Thu Jun 23rd at 8:40pm 2005

Sorry to hear that Dr Glass... Please don't grief me for saying this but sometimes it's not all bad...

I got robbed once and we did lose valuable items that could not be replaced. Although I did get brand new and much better replacements thanks to insurance. Of course when you have the chance don't waste it and say you lost things that you didn't actually own.

Same goes for Dr Glass, he has the oppatunity to purchse a new computer with all high tech equipement etc...

You have my sympathy and I wish you luck in rebuilding what has been lost.





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Posted by BlisTer on Thu Jun 23rd at 9:26pm 2005

damn that sucks. so there was no-one home, no electric things running, ... so do they know the cause ?

if he can spend 500 to 1000$ on the graphix card maybe he can get the GF7800 <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> implying a PCI-E SLI mobo (around 100euro? dunno tbh), and then if we keep the other things cheap we can get him an AMD Athlon64 4000+ 64bit (490euro) if its possible to stay under 1000$.




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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Jun 23rd at 10:11pm 2005

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[edit] I cant visit SnarkPit, I think the Chinese government had banned it from the public. I blame Gwil.


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Posted by Agent Smith on Fri Jun 24th at 12:32am 2005

Sorry to hear that DrGlass, that really sucks . Hope the insurance comes through for you and you can replace everything, get you place back together.

I can help with the whole video card choice, been scouring the net for the last few days. I'd definately say newegg seems the best estore in the US for PC parts, I would buy my new card from them if they shipped overseas.



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Posted by Crono on Fri Jun 24th at 12:55am 2005

I can build a very nice computer for about $1500 including video.
For a current video card I'd suggest nvidia. Normally it wouldn't really matter, but right now they're more bang for your buck.

Here's a general price range with the parts (No case or video card, prices are from enuinc.com, which is a local hardware store. Pretty much all prices are cheaper online. Not sure how warranties hold up though. Also, this store, ENU, has a 1 year warranty on everything they sell regardless of the manufactuer):

(USD, No Sales tax)

MSI K8N NEO4/SLI Platinum - $189 ($149 without SLI)
Athlon64 3200 939pin Retail - $205 (3 Year Warranty)
Kreton 1GB PC3200 X 2 - $190 (Lifetime Warranty)
Maxtor 250G 16M SATA - $149 (16M Cache, 3 Year Warranty)
Pioneer 109 +-RW 16X OEM - $59 (Beige, No Warranty, but I'll vouch for it)

Total - $792

The machine will do everything you want it to. You can get a faster CPU or more ram as well. Video cards are well priced currently, so wait a little longer and you'd be able to get a great deal.

I'd suggest:

MSI NX6800 Ultra PCI-E - $469 (That's too much for video, but the price will go down more soon, sadly, this is the cheapest I've found, even compared to newegg)

That'd bring the total to: $1,261. Although, I personally thing anything over $800 is too much for a computer. But it's up to you of course.

If you actually planned on spending 2 grand, I'd suggest an FX-53 chip and a 7800 card. However, they're not worth the extra price in the long run. Rather you saved the left over money for upgrading down the line. The board I listed is pretty nice, upgradeable processor (up to 4000 FX-53) but the ram is as fast as it goes (400). Hell if you REALLY wanted you could buy two of the same card and use SLI (which is an nvidia only thing) which I've heard gives insane increases, near doubling performance of video intensive applications. An FX-53 chip would give you higher FPS in games (more pipelines) and less to no stalling in most programs.

None of this includes a new case or anything like that. Depending on what you want, it could cost nothing or a couple hundred (in which case, you're insane).

But this machine will run PS like a dream. Especially with that HDD access time and space.

Hope this helps. Sorry about your home.


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Jun 24th at 1:00am 2005

That's terrible news Doc, but at least everyone in your family is safe.

I'd like to echo everything that ReNo mentioned, and I hope you can bounce back from this accident.

As for the computer set up, I'm no computer whiz so I can't help you much there, unfortunately.




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Posted by mrod on Fri Jun 24th at 1:13am 2005

s**t. This really makes it seem like a small world. You never think this will happen to anyone you know.

I really feel bad for you. Good thing you and your family is ok. And your computer.

I hope this clears quickly and your new house is remade and everything starts going smoothly again.




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Posted by fraggard on Fri Jun 24th at 3:00am 2005

Doc, I hope you get things sorted out man. Really sorry to hear about it <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">




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Posted by G4MER on Fri Jun 24th at 5:40am 2005

I feel real bad this has happened to him.. the man has been though a lot in the last year or so.. But I know one good thing will come from this.. his art. Tragedy seems to give him great inpriration, and his art soars.. I can hardly wait to see what his soul and his heart put out after this.

I have some local whole sellers I can get stuff from, I can whip a nice 64 bit machine together for a 1000 bucks.. let me know.






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Posted by nooba on Fri Jun 24th at 5:44am 2005

Sorry to hear that Doc <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">




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Posted by Forceflow on Fri Jun 24th at 7:01am 2005

Terrible stuff. Good luck in getting things straight again.



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Posted by Mephs on Fri Jun 24th at 6:32pm 2005

That's rough man. But I told you that jumbo vibrators are a fire risk. :P

Nah, seriously, I'd help if I could, but im too poor and too far away.

Lets hope no other snarkpitters share our similar misforturnate positions, bad things happen in threes as they say. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">




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Posted by Spartan on Fri Jun 24th at 7:00pm 2005

That sucks. Luckily not everything went up in flames. I've seen people who have lost everything in fires. It's a bad thing to happen to anyone. Just how did the fire start?




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Posted by OtZman on Fri Jun 24th at 7:21pm 2005

Sad news indeed. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

Must be horrible to have your belongings destroyed like that. Good luck with everything.



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Posted by Dred_furst on Fri Jun 24th at 8:09pm 2005

Very sad news, i would reccommend everyone has a whip-around for dr.Glass's new GFX card, but i cant donate <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">



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