Man.... I thought we were computer geeks.... I guess I was wrong...

Time to explain I guess.... You all have systems that have more power that you ever need... more useless sh*t than you'd ever need "LCD Lights", Water Cooling, PS in excess of 350W.. useless useless stuff... It's a shame to see people thinking they require more power and more speed and then never using the stuff....

It's kinda like gearheads... you have two types... The kind that drive the old muscle cars.. They can tell you everything under the hood and build that car from the ground up... They love the vehicles and put in the wrench time to make them the way they are... Powerful beasts, but a power that is harnessed and used... you need that power to move the vehicle.. to push that big hunk of steel.. Then you the imports.... "ricers" to use a common term in this area... They take (for the most part) japanese cars... or other foreign cars (occasionally u'll see a domestic.. but we just feel sorry for those people).. and they may put in some of the wrench time, but for the most part they pay someone else to put in the work, so they can have something for show... more power than they'd ever need... more power than they'll ever use...just something to show off.....

anyways... back to my original comments.. That's what your computers sound like... Something flashy to impress people and so that you can play your games and say wow I get 150fps even tho my eyes can only see 30 of those..

Hardware nuts p*ss me off... they want the best of the best, but they never put it to use.....

Anyways. my system...

P3 840Mhz
320MB Ram
32MB GF 2
8x DVD Rom
yada yada yada...

I do software dev., play every game out there, run two or three vmware operating systems at a time.. and at the same time keep up a server.. I see no need for anything with rediculous power. unless you are going to put it to real use.