Hyperstrike

It's not that it stinks. It's still, essentially, the same movie. Whedon was basically using Snyder's Cliff's Notes to make the film. This is just the film as Snyder would have made it. It tells the same story, just in a different way. And, because this was being released as a streaming project, instead of a film project, he didn't have to worry about cutting for time constraints. Which, actually, hurt the film. A tighter cut would have removed some of the wall-banger fill and probably improved the film slightly. And Snyder WAS saying that if the film was playing in theaters, there was a plan for an intermission. Because to sit this long, you kinda need the Bladder Buster soda. But, about 2 hours in you then have to deal with the effects of having had a Bladder Buster soda. Luckily, at home, you can just hit "pause" and engineer your OWN intermission.

I've been doing liquid cooling in my case for a long, LONG time now. Though this'll be my first custom loop in over a decade.

Had some sculpting done have you?

Didn't say it wasn't. Most single components outside of things like Threadripper need approximately 1x120 mm rad to prevent overheating. If you want a margin of safety, 2x120. I use 140mm as my base measure. And I'm going to be "playing" a bit. So there's going to be 2x 420mm (3x140) in my case. Just trying to decide if I want to go high density 45mm, low density 60mm or low density 85mm. And yes, 2900mm of rad won't allow stupid overclocks. It'd just keep you as close to ambient as possible.

16 hyperthreading cores. Not to mention the IPC uplift does EXCELLENT things for the R5K series. In a consumer-grade chip. A motherboard platform I can mount three M.2 SSDs onto without coming up short on my SATA controller. Nominal all-core overclocking in the 4.5Ghz range without extreme cooling (which I'm providing anyhow). I mean, if I wanted, I could go Epyc (or dual-Epyc, or Threadripper) and drive the core count through the roof. And my mixed workload includes SQL, video, multiple forms of virtualization, etc. Is the machine I'm building completely overkill for gaming? YEP! But the machine isn't built primarily for gaming. It's a work box that'll just happens to be a sleek, sexy game system if I choose to use it that way. The thing that REALLY bites is I can't put my hands on a 3000 series RTX worth a damn, and I happened to buy the ONE RTX 2060 that nobody builds watercooling plates for, because there are multiple PCB geometries for the card used on the same SKU. And I'll still be using the same case from my last build. With some improvements (in my eyes). Thermaltake Core X9 (the original black). I managed to dig up another copy of the case, which is completely out of production after 7 years. I've lost the spare hardware and several case thumbscrews. So the second box will have that. I'm going to be getting rid of the stupid window panel and it'll run both sides with vented panels and magnetic filters. And I can use the spare case to prep the motherboard, watercooling setup and everything else. So that, when the CPU comes in, I simply have to drop it in, swap over the cards and the side panels, then hook up the tubing and bleed the system. Looking likely to be a 3 day weekend. Final assembly and bleed on the first day with an overnight leak test. Fix any leaks and begin system install on day two. Maybe with preliminary application setup, depending on how far I get. Finalize application setup and dial the system in on day three. Granted if I wanted to go "ultrastupid", I could stack the second box on top of the first, and throw God's own radiator setup in there... 2900mm of radiator anyone? And that's just the top case. But no, I'm not going to burn $1200 just on radiators. Nor am I mounting an Eheim pump anywhere NEAR my computing area (because you'd need that for that sort of volume.

If you had the default Windows NVIDIA driver, yeah. It sucks harder than than an L1 Mastermine in Incarnate content at 4+x8. And I wish I could go with an Intel rig. Unfortunately, it doesn't deliver the features I need.

My problem isn't with the software (save in a few cases I can't actually talk about). My problem is the corporate ethos. Top down.

Sorry, to me, someone talking about "hardware based security" is someone saying "I bought a gimmick!"

Pfft. I use AVG. Mostly because, while Windows Defender is an acceptable AV, my job requires a third party AV. AVG is about the simplest. Most of the others from my list of choices, like Kaspersky, can SEVERELY jack around OS function with their draconian "security" settings. Is it secure? Sure! Now is it still USABLE? *Uh... Uhh... OOH! LOOK! BIG BIRD!*

It is NOT "unplayable". It's just a stiff penalty to pay for being the absolute toughest thing in the game. And it's a bit unwarranted now that it's possible to build other tanks to practically similar levels of indestructibility. Without the crippling penalties. Note: I've been playing since 07/04/2008. Granite's ALWAYS had these penalties as far as I know.

Then just use it like most people use it. As a chat app. This way you don't need to be in-game 24x7. You can just hang in chat and participate as you feel like it.

Get the local name of the toon. Grab their global as well. Screenshot and grab a chat log. Don't discuss it with the user. Just gather your data and GTFO. Then, on the forums here, find a GM. Submit the info there. Then stand back as the GM drops a "Rod From God" and follows up with some nuclear carpet bombing. And if the person bugs you again, block them. They no longer exist to you. Unfortunately some people believe in "Do as I say, not as I do." and that rules should not be applied evenly because....hey...it's THEM. THEY are the "good ones". But the least political commentary and you're the Antichrist (which I know to be untrue...since *I* am the Antichrist)... AHEM! Now where was I? Oh yeah. Give this crap the attention it deserves. NONE. It's not worth letting yourself get angry/upset over it. Sorry you had to put up with this crap. Just remember that these people are the EXTREME minority. Welcome back hero! Now start trounncing bad guys!

Translation: Illiterate pansies.

Don't make me break out the car battery and the testicle clamps...

Going to assume you're joking here. Screwing everyone not on a Microsoft platform. Embrace Extend Extinguish

I am. I trust Microsoft about as much as an army of crack addicts with long, violent criminal histories. I basically assume that they'll simply fold it into Skype and Office and privatize it.

Agreed. On a Brute, since your attacks are your primary, it's not bad. On a Tank, you're a late bloomer.

Was gonna put the self-rez in there. This build is just a "throw together" to try and tick off "huge resist, defense, blah blah blah.

Here's a preliminary Dark/Claws.

Get your accolades. That should help spackle over some of your endurance issues.

My main annoyance is that I can't play it 24x7x52.

Hey dere! Welcome home!

Basically a permaLF PB is like a Resist-based Tank.

Because it is beneath a Tank's dignity to look at dates. I am here to Tank all problems for all times!