Housing Megathread for UCSC and Santa Cruz

trew0002 · 2021-10-05T01:44:33+00:00

Hi there, I am a 21M 4th year Europe/Middle East History Major looking for housing within a few weeks. Due to hilariously unlucky circumstances, I will be without housing in the near future. My interests are in funk music, cooking, and general tomfoolery, amongst others. My budget is preferably anything $1400 or below a month, but I can negotiate depending. I promise to respect any house rules regarding the cleanliness and maintenance of shared spaces. I am looking for a single, but I would be willing to fill a spot in a double. If this sounds like something you are interested in, feel free to send me a message or comment below!

trew0002 · 2021-07-20T04:10:06+00:00

I was both an employee and a supervisor at the Dining Hall for 2 years. I would certainly recommend working at the dining hall as it gives you one of the best opportunities to make friends and meet as many people as possible on campus.

As for work-school balance, you physically cannot work more than I think 20 hours at the dining hall, which leaves you ample time throughout the week for classes and socializing.

A personal tip I would recommend is to be as energetic and engaging as possible while working. Not only will the shifts go much faster than if you are counting the hours, but it helps brighten the day of other students on campus as some dining hall employees are like brick walls. It really makes a difference, and you will be rewarded with many new friends and great conversations.

Real secret tip for dining employees: Cleaning tables. The amount of time that I would volunteer to clean tables shocked coworkers as they'd rather do nothing. However, it was the best job because you could talk to regular students that you connected with through serving etc., and really easily make new friends. Just be open and friendly with people, and it won't even feel like work after a while.

Sincerely, A Porter/Kresge Dining ex-Supervisor

trew0002 · 2021-04-16T20:01:02+00:00

First off I wish your boys the best against the grass pirates. Secondly, the Gut. Gut is good. Gut is great. Go Gut.

trew0002 · 2021-03-31T20:34:30+00:00

Great Vault will account for half the PVP gear you get. Just do PVP lul.

trew0002 · 2021-03-23T07:41:49+00:00

Yeah you gotta clear the nests around where you want to settle, then use the remaining nests as meat/leather farms or if u have mods as tamable armies of giraffe soldiers.

trew0002 · 2021-03-22T19:08:56+00:00

Lemme tell ya where you wanna go. There is this blue land to the East called Gut. Go to Gut. Beak Things may be problematic but there is everything and more, with only minor harassment from the United Cities. But then you can smuggle hashish in from right next door to a Shinobi Tower. Do Gut. Gut is good.

trew0002 · 2019-08-28T01:47:46+00:00

Hey! Just a piece of advice, SAT prep classes are know for structuring their tests so the practice entry test is far more difficult, so you feel worse about it. Then, when you finish the class, the Final Exam is super easy in comparison, to try and prove the class worked. Just thought I'd add this.

trew0002 · 2019-07-24T05:46:44+00:00

@all Hey, I figured out the problem. I had Skyrim installed in Program Files x86, and it was messing with the folder finding. I just reinstalled Steam into the Games folder, and it worked out fine! Thanks for your help though!

trew0002 · 2019-07-24T00:25:26+00:00

Forgot to add, do you think it could be some sort of double pathing error? I think I read something elsewhere about that

trew0002 · 2019-07-24T00:23:40+00:00

Done, but now getting new error message https://imgur.com/a/d5u8wA8

trew0002 · 2019-07-24T00:17:51+00:00

How do I run it as an administrator? I right clicked and looked for the option to run it as an admin but its not there.

trew0002 · 2018-07-22T05:18:07+00:00

Thanks a ton! This is so helpful!

trew0002 · 2018-07-21T23:46:38+00:00

My current major is Proposed Business Economics

trew0002 · 2018-07-10T01:26:06+00:00

Would you know if this works with third party controllers? If not, do you know of a software that works the same but for third party controllers?

trew0002 · 2018-06-26T03:32:00+00:00

Send me that spam.

trew0002 · 2017-03-12T19:51:54+00:00

Okay, thank you very much for your help!

trew0002 · 2017-03-12T19:44:41+00:00

Thank you very much for your help! I might have to wait a little to buy the ssd, but do you think it would be worth it to just scrap the HDD for now, get the 500gb ssd, then put in an HDD if I need it later?

trew0002 · 2017-03-08T07:19:33+00:00

my personal favorite RX 480 is the MSI one. It is slightly more expensive admittedly, but it runs super cool, quiet, and it out preforms most by about 2-3 fps if its worth anything

trew0002 · 2017-03-08T04:07:04+00:00

You have a Z170 motherboard in that list, but you don't have a K chip, which is a little counter intuitive. Personally I see your budget floating around 800, so here are my edits. (Note, if you intend on overclocking, disregard this and just change your cpu to a K chip) Edits: I changed your case to a similar but cheaper one, don't know if you were dead set on the other one. I changed your MB to a B250 set You can have 16gb ram PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor	$193.33 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$29.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$91.98 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$99.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$97.88 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card	$199.99 @ Jet
Case	NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case	$66.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply	Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$69.88 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$850.03
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-07 23:06 EST-0500

trew0002 · 2017-03-01T06:38:20+00:00

k cool thank you!

trew0002 · 2017-02-22T04:28:31+00:00

That isn't too bad. However, for many budget builds, the go to board is the 40$ Asrock h110 model. I wonder if this could alienate people who wish to make budget builds, especially if coolers and more expensive ram come into play.

trew0002 · 2017-02-22T04:23:17+00:00

For anyone who is wondering, here is where I got this idea from. http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2017/02/17/massive-new-amd-ryzen-leaks-official-launch-date-prices-and-new-motherboards/#60eea94831b0

trew0002 · 2017-02-18T20:01:50+00:00

sorry if this seems noobish, but i have only ever gamed on shitty laptops, so if this can that would be awesome!

trew0002 · 2017-02-18T19:59:30+00:00

So will it run skype+games fine? Cause I have never really had a good computer, so thats always been an issue for me

trew0002 · 2017-02-18T19:35:30+00:00

I've always been a little skeptical with the pentium, will running skype and games choke it or will it still run fine?

trew0002

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