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Oh my. I have spent so much money on the Steam summer sale. I think it's currently around like $80. To be fair, I've saved way more than even that. So many games that were 75% off, how could I resist? Savings always amuses me though, since it's partly a lie and a way to placate ourselves. I mean, how many things would we really buy if they never went on sale? I'm fairly certain I would never have spent the money for even half the games I got had they never dropped in price. Maybe if I had endless funds, but that's a meaningless thought. Saying that one saved X amount of money by spending on way more than you would have ever gotten is just silly.
Also, my laptop has started to worry me a bit. Mainly, the fan in it has been going out randomly of late, and anyone who has had a laptop knows how hot these suckers can get. Not only has the fan just not come on at times, but when it starts to heat up, windows flashes a scary warning on the screen about needing to take it in immediately to get fixed. Having had a motherboard fry once because it overheated, I am absolutely aware of the severity of such a thing happening. Thankfully, computers do have emergency measures to auto-shutdown when it gets too hot, but sometimes it can be too late.
I popped open the back of the laptop to see if there was anything gumming up the fan, but I couldn't find anything. All I could do was blow out all the dust that I could, and that not a ton, since I don't have any canned air. It's weird now, because I can't easily tell if the fan is on at all anymore, since it's not been making the grinding noise it has been for a while now. Thus far no warnings though, so hopefully it means it's just working well for once. I do still like this laptop, but it does have some issues. The battery stopped working entirely a while back, and is not easily replaced, since it's built into the motherboard. You have to pop it all open and remove something that I was unable to when I tried.
And, since a large portion of it is used for gaming, the middling graphics card I have on it is starting to hit a wall. I've actually been quite pleased with the results of this geforce card it has, since so many laptops just have an integrated card which tends to be crap, but this card is not meant to be a gaming card. Close, but not. So there are a number of older games that it still plays well with decent graphical settings, but games from the last year or so can either only play with low graphics, or not at all. At least it can handle Skyrim at max settings with over a 100 mods beautifully.
Still, I'm starting to surf over to the alienware website on occasion, and wonder if I could finance one. I don't make a ton of money, but I also don't use much, so I could handle more than the minimum monthly payments (because I'd end up paying waaay more if I only pay a minimum).
Also, my laptop has started to worry me a bit. Mainly, the fan in it has been going out randomly of late, and anyone who has had a laptop knows how hot these suckers can get. Not only has the fan just not come on at times, but when it starts to heat up, windows flashes a scary warning on the screen about needing to take it in immediately to get fixed. Having had a motherboard fry once because it overheated, I am absolutely aware of the severity of such a thing happening. Thankfully, computers do have emergency measures to auto-shutdown when it gets too hot, but sometimes it can be too late.
I popped open the back of the laptop to see if there was anything gumming up the fan, but I couldn't find anything. All I could do was blow out all the dust that I could, and that not a ton, since I don't have any canned air. It's weird now, because I can't easily tell if the fan is on at all anymore, since it's not been making the grinding noise it has been for a while now. Thus far no warnings though, so hopefully it means it's just working well for once. I do still like this laptop, but it does have some issues. The battery stopped working entirely a while back, and is not easily replaced, since it's built into the motherboard. You have to pop it all open and remove something that I was unable to when I tried.
And, since a large portion of it is used for gaming, the middling graphics card I have on it is starting to hit a wall. I've actually been quite pleased with the results of this geforce card it has, since so many laptops just have an integrated card which tends to be crap, but this card is not meant to be a gaming card. Close, but not. So there are a number of older games that it still plays well with decent graphical settings, but games from the last year or so can either only play with low graphics, or not at all. At least it can handle Skyrim at max settings with over a 100 mods beautifully.
Still, I'm starting to surf over to the alienware website on occasion, and wonder if I could finance one. I don't make a ton of money, but I also don't use much, so I could handle more than the minimum monthly payments (because I'd end up paying waaay more if I only pay a minimum).
