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• 11Dec 06

  To anyone who cares, I've got a new profile

  After being relatively in-active for the past several months I've decided to start fresh. I've created a new profile called m3ds. Feel free to add me.
  
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  • Posted Dec 11, 2006 8:13 pm GMT
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• 21Nov 06

  G15 Keyboard Review

  Well it's been a while since I've
  posted anything, and since I was bored I figured I'd post a review of
  my new keyboard. (Oh ya, and for some reason it isn't properly formatting, but I did my best to fix it. It was a mess before.)
  

  
  
  The beast that is the G15
  

  I've wanted a Logitech G15 for quite
  some time. Ever since I first saw them, but the price always kinda
  threw me off, but I finally decided to buy one. Well I'm gonna get
  some of the basic things out of the way first. The thing is freaking
  huge. Another 4-6 inches have been added on to the keyboard to fit on
  the “G” keys. It really isn't a problem, but it's a lot bigger in
  person than in pictures.
  

  If you didn't already know (or hadn't
  seen from the pictures), the keyboard is backlit. This really doesn't
  add anything to the keyboard, but rather just adds to it's
  “1337ness.” You can choose to turn them off, or pick between two
  different levels of brightness. I think it looks cool, but as I said
  they don't really improve anything.
  

  Now on to the good stuff. First the G
  keys. There are 18 programmable keys and for each key there are 3
  modes. With these keys you can do quite a few things. If the software
  detects a game it can have custom settings for that game. For
  example, you could have the key set to automatically build a
  structure in Starcraft. At first I thought they were useless. I knew
  all of the hotkeys in my games, and I often find I have to look over
  to see which one I am pressing, but the best use I have found for
  them is shortcuts. So I have it to automatically open up iTunes when
  I press G1, or open Firefox on G2, or open Steam on G3, etc. This
  proves incredibly useful, as it is much quicker to press a key then
  to select these applications through the start menu. Overall, I've
  been finding them rather useful.

  
  
  

  
  "G" keys
  

  Now on to the LCD. Out of the box the
  LCD is actually quite useless. All it can really do is display a
  clock, show what song is playing, display the cpu usage and memory
  usage, and that's about it. But thanks to a wonderful mod community
  there are plenty of useful things it can do. Such as a stat tracker
  for Counter-Strike: Source, a simple bandwidth monitor, or use in
  combination with FRAPS to display the frame rate on the screen. I
  have yet to test any games that natively support the LCD, so I have
  I'm not exactly sure how they function.
  

  Just a few little things that I'd
  like to point out. First great media keys, that seem to function with
  all the major media players. Next a little switch that disables the
  Windows key, so you don't accidentally bump it while in an intense
  game. The keyboard also feels incredibly nice, and is a joy to type
  and game on. And lastly two USB ports that don't exactly work, they
  work, but they don't give off enough power so they are kinda useless.

  
  Media Keys
  

  Over all the G15 is an amazing
  keyboard. The only reason I would suggest not buying it is the price.
  I got mine for around $75 (cad). I realize this is incredibly
  expensive for a keyboard, but if you do spend enough time gaming on
  your PC I definitely suggest buying it. And besides, the blue led's
  match my PC.
  

  Overall: 9/10
  

  Pros:
  -G keys work great as shortcut keys
  -LCD can display some useful
  information, like fps
  -Great feel
  -Mmmm....backlit
  

  Cons:
  -Expensive
  -Sorta big
  -USB ports aren't all that functional
  

  

  • Posted Nov 21, 2006 8:57 pm GMT
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• 21Jun 06

  Lights and Sounds...well mainly just lights

  
  Over the past few months I've been switching things up in my computer, and the final components came today! So I figured I'd show you guys some pics of what my computer looks like.
  
  
  
  
  I'm not really happy with how all the wires are in a mess, but I may probably gonna be upgrading my power supply within the next month, so I'll fix it all then.
  
  
  
  You can see the full effect of the lights in this pic.
  
  
  
  Unfortunaetly this picture didn't turn out quite like I wanted it too. Ya see the fan grill on it is actually a Half-Life 2 fan grill, so maybe if you try really hard you can make out the lambda.
  
  
  • Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:39 pm GMT
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