8GB RAM is around $60 nowadays

also you forgot your PSU and case

setsul isn't the only one that can do this you know ;_;

Technically, in some situations an i5 might be better, but the reason is a little finnicky. TF2 only uses up to three threads. An i7 is basically an i5 with hyperthreading, which means that while it still has four physical cores (for most i7s), each core shows up as two logical cores, with the second being used for smarter load distribution. Essentially, when the first thread is complete, there's a gap in time where the CPU has to fetch new instructions or resources for the next task in the first thread's queue, and during that time, the hyperthreaded thread is processed so that the CPU can get more done in the same amount of time. However, the gaps aren't perfect, and hyperthreads don't end up having the same performance as normal threads because of the fact that they have a lower priority. Because of this, if a game is set to run on hyperthreaded logical cores rather than the standard physical ones, you might actually get worse performance than if you had hyperthreading off (or had an i5).

This is evident in a couple of benchmarks with CPU-bound games that don't support many threads, like SC2.

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4083/35050.png

Something to note however is that these results are within the margin of error and that the i7 was running at a 100MHz higher clock (although you could very easily set the i5 to run at that).

However, issues like this are rare, and you can force your game to work around them, so I'd just get the i7 if you have a choice.

I'm getting bugs occasionally like Pete too.

Essentially, not all the skins download properly, and then there's an infinite pending symbol. Additionally, item labels only display after all skins have been downloaded, so essentially they never render.

of course

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140820072323/pokemon/images/6/62/079Slowpoke_OS_anime_2.png

working as intended

but the intentions are retarded

what do you fine gents listen to when fixing valve's shit?

Still works in classloadoutpanel. Broken in itemselectionpanel.

Random question.

On the inspect item panel, which you can use on the new skinned weapons and on the Gun Mettle coin, would you guys prefer the default warped perspective, something that looks isometric, or somewhere in-between?

The default FOV is 75, and it looks a little warped. I've got mine set to 40 now and it looks pretty good. Isometric would be 1.

yup

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/pokemon-blue-version/b/b2/Slowpoke.gif

Not yet, it's not finished yet. I'll post here to let you guys know.

Need to work on all the Mettle stuff. The leaderboard fix also wasn't optimal.

I want to redesign a little bit of the HUD before I release it. Not sure if I'll brand it my own, or if I'll just keep it here. Fragmentation isn't great but I want to add a few of my own spins.

The bright blue will be in the optional files.

Patch 3 apparently improved the weapon switch button responsiveness.

Weapons aren't ragdolled, and don't react to being shot.

Driving down to Philadelphia to pick up my girlfriend from the train station in a few hours

Time to introduce her to TF2

preview

http://i.imgur.com/RlKi8EU.jpg