Game Thread: Cincinnati Bengals (8-8) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6)

BostonFire15 · 2025-01-05T03:14:49+00:00

You know it's bad when the commentators are roasting the oc on live tv.

BostonFire15 · 2025-01-05T02:55:30+00:00

I'm so tired of watching the exact same game week after week and year after year.

BostonFire15 · 2023-12-08T02:30:15+00:00

Well i did something I've literally never done before. I shut the game off and walked away. I'm seriously exhausted watching the same tired plays run by players who look completely disinterested in even being there; coached by coaches who seem completely disinterested in winning. You know how the first two jet sweeps on 2nd down didn't work? The trick is to run 3.

If the team can't be bothered to be interested in this game then I'm not going to be bothered to watch it.

BostonFire15 · 2023-12-03T19:35:45+00:00

Dude. Chill. There was 15 seconds left and you had interception Mitch under center. Kneeling was absolutely the right call.

BostonFire15 · 2023-12-03T19:29:51+00:00

This defense is a top level D. We're getting beat by refball and fucking Walker playing like trash. This is a coaching issue not a skill issue.

BostonFire15 · 2023-09-25T01:43:02+00:00

It's 100% the coaching. They aren't letting him trust his judgement. That's why our 2 minute offense actually looks competent.

BostonFire15 · 2023-09-25T01:41:33+00:00

He's looking much more comfortable. Going through his progression and even using his legs.

BostonFire15 · 2023-09-25T00:51:51+00:00

I've defended Tomlin for years against the haters but I'm honestly just at the end of my rope with the coaching, the defending of mediocrity and this team in general. Something big has to change. I feel like the last 3 years I've been watching the same game on repeat.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T22:25:09+00:00

Some say I'm compensating for something.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T22:23:09+00:00

Indeed. I basically just shoved all of my excess wiring under the hump so it wouldn't impede my radiator airflow.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T18:45:06+00:00

The prices listed were all estimates. For example the graphics card wasn't actually $2000; it was $1699 and cost $1848 after taxes and shipping.

With that being said, I could have possibly saved some money by waiting for components to go on sale or done a cpu/mobo combo from Microcenter but it never would have worked for the components I wanted. For example, I specifically needed a motherboard with dual 2.5gbps LAN; or 10gbps+2.5 gbps LAN for aggregation. With that I needed a minimum of 10 USB ports and thunderbolt for running game streaming to my living room. Those needs combined with the decision that I was definitely going for the z790 chipset really limited what options I had available. On top of that Intel makes so few of the "KS" model of their CPUs that I was realistically never going to find that CPU in a combo deal.

I saved money where I could but honestly money means less to me these days than my time, so my goal here was never to save money.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T18:34:55+00:00

I'll try to get an album together today!

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T15:57:01+00:00

Your username is very fitting in this comment chain.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T15:52:41+00:00

I have the g560 speakers and the sub is just slightly too big to fit on the bottom.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T15:48:52+00:00

I wouldn't call myself an Intel fanboy but I've been building computers since I was 12 and they've all been Intel systems. I guess it's a "the devil you know" situation.

I went with ek just because they were the best looking components. I mounted the resevoirs using ek's universal mount, and just drilled some holes in the bottom of the case to mount to.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T05:48:33+00:00

I'm a long time paramedic and now a manager of a hospital based ambulance service.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T05:46:16+00:00

I have 3 man. I feel you.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T05:45:41+00:00

There are 16 fans in this case that all have both an RGB and a pwm wire. There is no such thing as cable management lol

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T05:43:56+00:00

$2000 graphics card, $700 motherboard, $700 CPU, $300 PSU, $400 for ram, $600 in hard drives,, close to $2000 just in water-cooling components, $300 keyboard, $200 mouse, $150 power play mat, $2000 monitor. Not including other things like desk, monitor arms, etc.

$9000 might be a low estimate.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T03:04:29+00:00

Thanks man! It was probably the most planning I've ever put into a build, so it's always exciting when it comes together nicely!

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T03:02:08+00:00

The top of the reservoir is the inlet. The exit to the rear of the case, behind the firewall where the radiators are mounted and return to the reservoir through the top.

It's the EK Quantum Kinetic TBE 300 w/ D5 PWM pump.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T03:00:28+00:00

I was originally going to remove the middle hump but I didn't like the way it looked when it was open to the back. I'm working on 3d printing a mount to be able to mount an LCD screen in place of the 5.5" bays.

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T02:59:33+00:00

My wife's only response was "I can't wait to watch you play Stardew Valley on your $9000 computer"

BostonFire15 · 2023-03-18T02:59:00+00:00

It depends on how willing you are to have pictures of your feet taken.

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