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12. April 2008 @ 10:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
600W PSU =/= your PC using 600 watts, it probably doesn't even use 200.



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12. April 2008 @ 11:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wel i dont know if its using or not.got a 965ry board,3 fans,hyper 212 cooler master heat sink fan and xfx8800ultra dog extreme edition.are you saying that these specification dont require 600watt.well as far as i know my grpahic cards recommended power supply is 500watt
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12. April 2008 @ 11:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i know that my comp might not even take that much of power but when it comes to parents ,just the numbers of watt makes em go like that is very heavey.wat have u put inside the comp.are you crazy.so to convince them that the computer doesnt eat that much electricity wanted a solid point to convince them
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12. April 2008 @ 11:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@reader34

You might point out to your Mom that the price of electricity has gone up just as everything else has here in the states. I assume it's the same in the UK. Why not reason with her that you will turn off the pc and all peripherals when you are not using it. She might go for that especially if you get a lower bill for the effort. If she saves her bills maybe you could compare the usage hasn't gone up so much, as the cost has.
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12. April 2008 @ 12:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Or even better.

Start by saying you've thought about what they said and have decided that instead of using the PC so much and running up the electricity bill, your going to spend more time with your new mates from down the road.

One of them is teaching you how to shoot straight whilst wearing a ski mask, another how to jimmy locks and hot wire cars and another where to score A class drugs in the local area and where the best dogging areas are.

Chances are she'll switch the PC on for you and lock you in the room.

Everything has a price, even if its not financial.


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12. April 2008 @ 15:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Haha, well put BigDK.
jsafi: You're a bit cagey about which CPU you have (as you haven't told us in your other thread either) but if it's a typical dual core, that config isn't going to use over 250W when gaming.



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12. April 2008 @ 19:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah that is a point i might bring up with her.. i really didnt think about that. Oh i thought that the u.s had it better then us.. like e.g oil prices. Petorl over here is over £1 a litre! dunno if its gone up over there?
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12. April 2008 @ 19:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Indeed, I've seen it up to £1.10 in some places...



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12. April 2008 @ 19:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and its true what dk said its better then me ( doin drugs/ dogging) and not being safe my mum actually laughed at that post lol and she knows its true, she is actually feeling really guitly hehe
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12. April 2008 @ 20:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Lol, well no hard feelings intended I'm sure, but my parents took the same view. Gaming is by far the lesser of the world's many evils...



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13. April 2008 @ 05:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Whilst I put it in a way that was intented to raise a smile, the serious point was supposed to be there about what it was keeping you from doing.





 
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