I have the R9 270x and it's been great. Runs most games a high / max settings. If you get the 290, you would be very happy, IMO. *Edit* After looking at your config, I would recommend going with 16Gb of RAM if you can swing it. Win 8 has used much more RAM than Win 7 in my experience, and more is al...

Our average temps this time of year is supposed to be around 23. Hasn't been an average winter for a few years. Woke up this morning to -20 air temp. Thankfully, the winds were light. Supposed to get to 12 today and some snow tonight. We're a little behind on our average snow totals for the year rig...

-11 Pah! That's nothing! lol (We had -35 - -40 WC the other day..)

The title says it all.. At work today, then we're closed until Jan 5. Working for a German company isn't all bad. I hope you get all the gadgets and neat toys your hearts desire!

I played 10 minutes of Mario Kart on the GameCube last week... Been working on Woodworking projects as Christmas gifts.. So very little play time for me.

Lots of MS Flight Simulator... Working in manufacturing presents lots of different challenges. It's been mostly enjoyable so far. >) MUCH better than freight brokerage..

No, back for my B.S. in Supply Chain and Operations Management. I started down this path before I started working at Zeiss, but now that I am working in a manufacturing environment, It's just more incentive for me to finish my degree. My A.A.S. in Air Traffic Control, no matter how difficult it was,...

We've had snow on the ground for almost 3 weeks.. This cold has been brutual. This has been more like February than December... My Heating bills are gonna be bad this winter, I can feel it. Turkey Day was good. Pretty mellow. Didn't eat too much, had a nice time. Almost made it to Christmas Break fr...

I don't know if composite is really the way to go yet when it's 3x the price of pressure treated or cedar decking. Eventually, we will put a deck on our place.. But after the bathroom, we're going to have windows installed this fall. The cheap contractor grade windows have got to go.. Last winter wi...

I'm glad our house is a little newer and has Natural Gas heat. We have a lot of houses no too far from me that burn LP, and it was really scare up here last winter, and it was brutally cold. I wouldn't want to go through that hassle. I'm thinking that I might switch my water heater to gas once it's ...

Well, since my oldest is 14, I've only had to do it myself once, and that was this fall, after he broke his bursa sac around his knee in football. While the hill is a PITA, it is pretty cool having the neighborhood sledding hill in my backyard. I have some nice windows that overlook that spot, so it...

23 minutes to cut the lawn? I'm a little jealous.. Granted, I only have a walk behind, and our 1/3 acre is mostly hills..

Congrats! Now instead of weekends filled with sleeping in and watching someone else cut the grass, you get to do it. :) If you're not handy, get the Home Depot 123 book. It has lots and lots of photos and great instructions. We have a few of those for different things, and they've been incredibly he...

I had to re-format my Win 8 install a couple weeks ago.. I'll re-install and login to grab that request.

What's sad, is I had the same WinXP install on my old PC for 8 years until the machine died.. I had Win8 installed for 8 months...

Nice! This is one of the few games that I have.. I have the Origins Ultimate edition.. lots and lots of content. I was able to pick up BF3 for free not too long ago through the Games for Free program.