Sticky's Blog

Welcome to Sticky's Blog!

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Wed, 30 Dec 3012 17:54:00 +0000

Welcome to Sticky's blog!

Here you will find all things relating to gaming, music, technology and anything else I decide to share with you guys.

I hope you enjoy...

Merry Christmas - New Razer Gaming Gear

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:02:00 +0000

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone. I wanted to post a couple of new gaming gadgets that I acquired over the holidays and are enjoying already.

The first is the Razer DeathAdder 2013 gaming mouse - It has a max DPI of 6400 with the new 4G sensor and this one is NOT laser, it is optical and tracks so much better than my Razer Imperator mouse did. My decision for going with this mouse over others was largely a part of the review on gaming mice that I posted previously found here.

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The 2nd is the Razer Tartarus gaming keypad. This is one of those devices you never knew you needed until you got one. The default key map with the Synapse 2.0 software for this device automatically mapped my Battlefield 4 settings to what I would have chosen if the software hadn't done it. There are 2 or 3 buttons remaining that I will tweak a bit but I have already noticed improvement in my gameplay.

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More later, Happy New Year!

The Best Gaming Mouse

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:03:00 +0000

I have a fairly decent gaming mouse with adjustable DPI settings but there are some things I don't like about it. So I decided to do some reading and came across this fantastic article about mice and what makes a good gaming mouse and what things are less important. There are reviews and comparisons done by LevelCap and others in the professional gaming industry about why they love the mice that they do. Check it out and then come back here and leave your comments about what you think.

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-gaming-mouse/

New Gaming System Performance Tests

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:30:00 +0000

I wanted to post some performance tests of the new rig here for your enjoyment :)

I thought I would start with the system OS load.

11:15 Booted to USB with Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit on it
11:16 Clicked Install Now
11:18 Reboot
11:21 Logging into Microsoft account
11:25 Desktop

Total Load Time: 10 Minutes!!!!

Woot!

More to come later...

New Gaming PC Build Day

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:12:00 +0000

Well... it is build day (Horray!!!)

Truthfully there are 2 parts I don't have but I have enough parts to build the system and power it no problem. I have to order the power supply I want and the liquid cooling, everything else I have. I bought an Ultra 600W Limited Edition power supply until I can get the one I want and I will use the factory processor fan since I am not planning on overclocking right away. This post will contain photos and maybe even video of the build progress. Stay tuned!

More to come...

New Gaming PC Build Specs

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:36:00 +0000

So it has begun....

It has been several years since I built a gaming PC and it is definitely long overdue for another one.
I will be posting the parts and overall progress of the build along with pictures. I hope you enjoy it.

Case

Cooler Master HAF XB RC-902XB-KKN1 Computer Case - ATX, 2 x 5.25" Drive Bays, 2 x 3.5"
Drive Bays, 2 x USB 3.0 Ports, 2 x Audio Ports, 7 x Exp Ports, 2 x 120mm Fan

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Power Supply
Kingwin ABT-1000MA1S Modularized 80 Plus Bronze ATX 12V V2.92 1000W Computer Power Supply
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Processor
AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 Eight-Core 4GHz AM3+ Processor - AM3+, Eight-Core, 4GHz, 16MB, 125W, Unlocked

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CPU Cooling
Corsair Hydro Series CW-9060009-WW H100i Extreme Liquid/Water CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm Fan,
Multi-socket Support, built-in Corsair Link
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Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX Chipset,
2000MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0,
CrossFireX/SLI Ready
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Memory

Corsair CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R Vengeance Red Desktop Memory Kit - 16GB (4x 4GB), PC3-15000,
DDR3-1866MHz, 240-pin DIMM, 1.5V, CL9, XMP Ready
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Video Card

XFX Radeon HD 7770 Graphic Card Black Edition - 1095 MHz Core - 1 GB GDDR5 SDRAM -
PCI-Express 3.0 x16 - 4980 MHz Memory Clock - 4096 x 2160 - CrossFireX - Fan Cooler -
DirectX 11.1, DirectCompute 11, OpenGL 4.2
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*Note - Finally received the right video card. It has been a headache and a long time coming. I could write an entire blog post of it's own about this alone.

Hard Drive
OCZ VERTEX 3 SATA III 2.5" SSD 120GB (x2)
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Cooling
Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 Blue LED Fan
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Silenx Effizio 120mm Silent Blue LED Fan
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Silenx Effizio 80mm Silent Blue LED Fan
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New Battlelog Logo for DPGX Battlefield 3 Platoon

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:26:00 +0000

So, Brent came to me and asked if I would design a logo for the Battlefield 3 Platoon on Battlelog. So here it is. What do you think?

2013 New Year's Eve Celebration

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:52:00 +0000

Hey everyone, be sure to come rock in the new year with us at 2013 New Year's Eve Celebration at Aqua Italian Restaurant. It is going to be an amazing evening with 3 DJs performing a true New York City style party. I am playing from 1:30-3:00am but make sure you show up early to check out all of the DJs. Things should be getting underway around 9:00pm.

Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse

noreply@blogger.com (Sticky Fusion) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:16:00 +0000

Horray!!! This morning when I arrived at my office there was nice little surprise on my desk from fellow gamer Jayson Pflumm. This has to be better than what I was using before, stock mice suck for gaming, let me just be clear on that. I will give this one a good once over and put it to the test and we will see. If all goes well I think I will take Jayson's offer to buy the mouse from him. Stay tuned for my report :) In the meantime here is a review of the mouse by another site. Razer Imperator 2012 Battlefield 3 Collector's Edition Full Review

Happy Gaming!