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$500 PC Runs Crysis 40 FPS

April 23rd, 2009

crysis068So, you want to play Crysis as bad as I do, but your PC barely has enough power to run MSPaint, let alone the sickest, power hungry FPS out there? Well, MaximumPC has put together a sweet gaming rig for under $500 including a case this time… versus the cardboard box they used last time.

The build includes a PowerColor AX4870 512MB Videocard ($175) and a Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz Wolfdale CPU ($71), both great choices in terms of power, but I think there are a few more video cards around the same price that you could substitute.

The Parts:
Videocard: PowerColor AX4870 512MB
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz Wolfdale
Motherboard: MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775
Memory: Crucial 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 800
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVDR
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB
Case and Power Supply: Rosewill TU-155 II 500 Black

I couldn’t find every, single part, but I found most at TigerDirect. If you are willing to spend a little more, for $89 more you can get a EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Barebone Kit – Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 OEM, 4GB OCZ Fatal1ty DDR3-1333, 1TB SATA2, Clear Side ATX Case, 550 Watts at just $589. Bring on the Crysis! [via Gizmodo via MaximumPC]

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Host Your Own Blog Or Website For About $5 A Month

April 2nd, 2009

Seriously, $5 is less than burning your house down! ;)

Seriously, $5-a-month for a server costs a heck of a lot less than burning down your house! ;)

I had two people ask me the past week, “How do you pay for hosting for your website? It’s so expensive…” Seriously? Have these guys even shopped around? I looked around and found 10 great hosts for about $5 per month, pretty reasonable.

Pull your blog off Wordpress.org or Blogger and get your own server (and I don’t mean the sketchy one to the left)–it’s not as expensive as you think! Then you can tell people to go to http://www.kittenreviews.com, instead of http://www.wordpress.org/sites/longurl/snoore/kittenreviews! What you do with your own web space is your own business! ;)

IXWebhosting and FatCow have the best deals, at about $3.95 and $5.50 respectively, for pretty much unlimited everything, including MySQL which is used by Wordpress and most other blogging software.

Given the choice, I think IXWebHosting is the solid choice due to their stellar tech support record, price, and near 0% down time, but I think FatCow is just about equal and also great.

Go to www.deathcarrot.com/webhosting, or click on the tab above to see my top 10.

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New 3rd Gen iPod Shuffle Has No Buttons And Text To Speech

March 12th, 2009

The New 3rd Gen Shuffle
It’s new, it’s tiny, it’s the NEW 3rd gen iPod shuffle and it was released on March 11th on the sly!

• 4GB or 1,000 Songs
• They come in Silver or black
• Controls have been moved to the headphones
• “VoiceOver” Text to speech artist and track names and battery life in 14 languages
• 10 hours of playback

Pick either a silver or a black shuffle up at Amazon for $79 and FREE shipping!

CUPERTINO, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today introduced the all-new iPod® shuffle, the world’s smallest music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and the first music player that talks to you. The revolutionary new VoiceOver feature enables iPod shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names. The third generation iPod shuffle is significantly smaller than a AA battery, holds up to 1,000 songs and is easier to use with all of the controls conveniently located on the earphone cord. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume, switch playlists and hear the name of the song and artist. iPod shuffle features a gorgeous new aluminum design with a built-in stainless steel clip that makes it ultra-wearable.

“Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of iPod and iPhone™ Product Marketing. “The amazingly small new iPod shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod shuffle with playlists.”

iPod shuffle is based on Apple’s incredibly popular shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. And now, when you can’t remember the name of a song or an artist playing, with the press of a button iPod shuffle tells you the name of the song and artist. iPod shuffle can even tell you status information, such as battery life. With the ability to hold up to 1,000 songs and the VoiceOver feature, you can now easily switch between multiple playlists on your iPod shuffle. iPod shuffle can speak 14 languages including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

The new iPod shuffle comes in silver or black and features a sleek and ultra-wearable design with a built-in stainless steel clip. iPod shuffle is the smallest music player in the world and is incredibly easy to clip to almost anything and take with you everywhere you go. iPod shuffle features up to 10 hours of battery life.*

Pricing & Availability

The third generation 4GB iPod shuffle is now shipping and comes in silver or black for a suggested price of $79 (US) through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod shuffle comes with the Apple Earphones with Remote and the iPod shuffle USB cable. iPod shuffle requires a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes® 8.1 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista, Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 8.1.

*Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. Seewww.apple.com/batteries for more information. Song capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; in 256-Kbps AAC format, song capacity is up to 500 songs; actual capacity varies by encoding method and bit rate. [via Apple]

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DEALS: Feb. 6th – Burnout Paradise $19.99 and PATCHED

February 6th, 2009

Burnout Paradise - Xbox 360 Burnout Paradise - PlayStation3

Criterion has finally patched (today Feb 6th) the biggest hole in the Burnout Paradise tire… not being able to immediately restart a race that you fail, and now that it is on SALE, it’s a great price for a great (now that it is patched) game. Both $19.99 Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Enjoy. -Deathcarrot

  • In-Game Store (PS3/PC only)
  • Tweaked vehicle handling
  • Junkyard sorting
  • Stunt Run timer changed
  • Events rebalanced
  • Road Rage tweaked
  • Enhanced visuals
  • Restart – Yes, you can restart races now.
  • Easier barrel rolls
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    How I Got My Xbox 360 And Nearly A Plasma For Free — True Story

    January 14th, 2009

    xbox3604free

    I was dubious of the free sites you see on the internet. There are supposedly free TV’s, free iPods… even free gas cards. You sign up, complete an offer, then refer a few of your friends. Then they send the gift right to your door. Well, here at Deathcarrot.com, we wanted to do a little investigative reporting and here are the results from my earlier post in December, 2008:

    My Free Xbox 360 From Xbox 360 4 Free

    I posted a few ads on Craigslist and referred some of my friends and low and behold, I am now the proud owner of a brand new Xbox 360.

    Exact instructions after the jump.

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    Pachter predicts PS3 price drop to $299 in April — Unlikely

    January 13th, 2009

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    Here at Deathcarrot.com, we were pretty hyped when we heard the rumor that the PS3 was going to actually get a price break… cuz who doesn’t want a sweet Blu-ray player on the cheap? Pachter’s track record isn’t the best, but at least it’s nice to dream.

    Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point (we expect a cut to $299 in April), we think that sales of that device will once again begin to grow,” he states. However, don’t expect Microsoft to take that sitting down. “We expect another cut in price for the Xbox 360, with the feature-laden Pro model likely to come down in price to $249 at or before this year’s E3 show in June.” Nintendo, however, has no reason to lower its price and will unlikely drop the price of the bestselling Wii.

    The guys over at PS3Fanboy are mildly unsure whether to trust Pachter, stating that he is atleast “right once in a while.” Our guess is as good as any as to wether the rumor is actually goiung to be anything more than a rumor, but here’s hoping. [via PS3Fanboy]

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    Amazon Gold Box Video Game Deals

    January 12th, 2009

    Amazon's Gold BoxToday, Jan 12th, 7 video games will be featured in Amazon’s Gold Box along with the Deal of the Day.

    Deal of the Day:

    My Coach Series on sale

    Gold Box Deal Clues:
    Prices & titles revealed at time (EST) listed below

    9:00 AM – Romp through the garden with your pets.
    11:00 AM – A PS3 game that dreams are made of.
    2:00 PM – This should hold you over on Xbox 360 until Final Fantasy XIII releases.
    3:00 PM – A kid named Ben + Aliens + Wii = Bensational!
    5:00 PM – Slimy and award-winning – what else would a PC owner want?
    7:00 PM – An alternative to No Child Left Behind.
    9:00 PM – Get bonus goodies with this radiant crescent.

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