MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 10/07 - Active Members

Active team members report
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                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     124,122,393         249,768
GeraldRube                        2          0      81,079,436         144,553
Coingames                         3          0      57,998,319          88,443
judson Somerville MD              4          0      57,289,652         193,418
parmesian                         5          0      33,048,983          21,358
NiceMedTexMD                      6          0      30,096,022          39,610
brown chris                       7          0      22,125,457          20,049
xroule                            8          0      20,054,679          62,607
keithhenry                        9          0      18,758,475          11,271
David Autumns                    10          0      15,192,127          43,783
Vuj                              11          0      14,124,385          18,886
finman                           12          0      13,897,119          33,249
Esteban69                        13          0      13,553,835           3,480
Blueprint                        14          0      11,268,172          12,754
Fanie                            15          0      10,307,123          11,653
darth_vader                      16          0       8,878,780          13,479
dkt                              17          0       8,337,956          21,739
PohSoon                          18          0       8,048,148           7,205
frans6nl                         19          0       7,310,506           2,140
lawrencehardin                   20          0       5,937,578           9,490
Daeloan                          21          0       4,864,056          35,406
Tomwp                            22          0       3,705,235           1,089
smcclarigan                      23          0       3,488,005           3,884
Mike OSullivan                   24          0       3,118,138               0
Sunny L. Kae                     25          0       2,921,166           1,324
jpenning                         26          0       2,827,735          22,227
johng                            27          0       2,673,535           2,229
Wunderwuzzi                      28          0       2,274,039           1,422
Jockin                           29          0       2,251,651           2,610
harry_i_c                        30          0       2,132,891           1,220
Bon Kuhlman                      31          0       1,988,864           3,581
imin                             32          0       1,889,022               0
elpe                             33          0       1,443,887               0
pramodp                          34          0       1,403,493           4,637
YellowAV                         35          0       1,286,310          10,162
newtod                           36          0       1,056,234               0
Mechanical                       37          0         917,633             233
barney15c                        38          0         694,371               0
hne12359                         39          0         667,657           1,578
Hintsala                         40          0         578,926           1,778
Lanscader                        41          0         559,335           3,573
Natalino                         42          0         529,519               0
mapplebeck                       43          0         339,086               0
cknotty                          44          0         298,563               0
Harry de Swart                   45          0         207,266           1,141
CCH                              46          0         203,757           3,327
imdioxin                         47          0         115,774               0
sm217144                         48          0          31,866               0
stonechild                       49          0          25,356               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 249,768 points
02: judson Somerville MD - 193,418 points
03: GeraldRube - 144,553 points
04: Coingames - 88,443 points
05: xroule - 62,607 points
06: David Autumns - 43,783 points
07: NiceMedTexMD - 39,610 points
08: Daeloan - 35,406 points
09: finman - 33,249 points
10: jpenning - 22,227 points
11: dkt - 21,739 points
12: parmesian - 21,358 points
13: brown chris - 20,049 points
14: Vuj - 18,886 points
15: darth_vader - 13,479 points
16: Blueprint - 12,754 points
17: Fanie - 11,653 points
18: keithhenry - 11,271 points
19: YellowAV - 10,162 points
20: lawrencehardin - 9,490 points

Total points returned today: 1,110,356
Active members returning points today: 38
Average points per member active today: 29,219.8947

Well that is a real good cpu--I paid 998.00 for XPS15 with I7 at Frys in Austin also a 7200 rpm hard drive--

To be honest, that was an explanation I was given several years ago when I got extra memory (with a faster speed) to add to a machine at work. Crucial really wants to sell you memory to replace what you have rather than add to it and that's not a bad thing necessarily. You have the same type of memory with the same speed that way. I just made sure that I ordered memory to add that had the same speed of my current memory. Cut the cost in half that way plus I'd have no use for the old memory if I had bought the whole 4GB. I was a bit impressed with Crucial's order confirmation email. It has quite a few things they recommend doing to get your machine ready for the new memory. It's sensible maintenance stuff like defragging, running an antivirus/malware, removing unnecessary programs, cleaning up the registry and such. Rather generic instructions but still something you don't see very often.

When I ordered online, it was through IBM and Lenovo. So I don't have any experience with Dell or others. I got two of my machines at Costco but that doesn't allow for modifications. Before that I had gone to Fry's Electronics and I think I may head back there to get the parts I will need to build a machine (thinking of 12 GB and high end i7) and I won't want to use a separate display for it.

I have ordered dozens of machines from Dell online and hundreds of bits from NewEgg.com. When I say bits I mean CPUS, Motherboards, Cases, Power Supplies, memory, video cards, card readers, keyboards, mice...on and on. I really like to deal with NewEgg.

Dell ... nosomuch but I do like their laptops and if you are not going to crunch, their Desktops. Their desktops tend to not have enough cooling to crunch a lot and that is what caused me to go to building machines myself. I have bought stuff at Sam's and Bestbuy but it tends to be a little out of date, not customizable, and not quite as cheap. For example, when you get a machine for crunching, you do not need a big disk nor a big video card..just fast MB/CPU/Memory and a reasonably fast disk. Nor do you need a lot of expansion slots or a giant Power supply. Most of my I7s have a 380W Power Supply.

Good Saturday Morning (I am cheating it is after noon here) MOT

Cool about the email from Crucial Keith. Good for customer and for them(self defense)

Congratulations xroule and Gerald

EVERYONE have a GREAT day.