Great gaming machine for only $1,600

[KapsZ28@BS]

Took me awhile to get this thing working. Got a bad mobo, but after having it exchanged it is now up and running.


CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 - Overclocked to 3.26 GHz
Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i SLI 1333MHz - 1000 Extreme Overclocking
RAM: Corsair Dominator Series 2GB Kit DDR2-1066 - Running at 1000 MHz
Video: MSI GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB Overclocked from 513 MHz to 650 MHz
Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 500GB Serial ATA (3.0Gb/s)
CDROM: Liteon 20X Dual Layer DVD±RW w/Lightscribe
Case: XG Quantum with 5 Fans
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 650W w/Active PFC

I think the E6300 CPU would have been a better choice, but Tom's Hardware thought the E4300 would have been better for overclocking. 3.2GHz is still pretty damn nice for a $180 CPU that comes from the factory at 1.8GHz. It hasn't broke 43 degrees celsius and doesn't seem to have any issues running at 3.2. I am a little disappointed with the memory. It is supposedly tested at 1066MHz but I was having issues running it that high. Seems to run fine at 1000MHz. Video card seems fine running 140MHz over the factory settings.

Once I clean up the cabling and install the fans, I will take some pics.

Below are the 3DMark06 and PCMark05 results. I ran them on XP Pro. I originally installed Vista, but damn that OS sucks ass for gaming. The 3DMark results were about 2000 lower on Vista. I would love to try installing a second video card or physics card, but I will probably sell it as is.
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[Agi@GI]

Nice one, I still prefer my Dell XPS laptop :radar: :bump-1: .
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[Tanizaki]

Took me awhile to get this thing working. Got a bad mobo, but after having it exchanged it is now up and running.


CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 - Overclocked to 3.26 GHz
Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i SLI 1333MHz - 1000 Extreme Overclocking
RAM: Corsair Dominator Series 2GB Kit DDR2-1066 - Running at 1000 MHz
Video: MSI GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB Overclocked from 513 MHz to 650 MHz
Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 500GB Serial ATA (3.0Gb/s)
CDROM: Liteon 20X Dual Layer DVD±RW w/Lightscribe
Case: XG Quantum with 5 Fans
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 650W w/Active PFC

I think the E6300 CPU would have been a better choice, but Tom's Hardware thought the E4300 would have been better for overclocking. 3.2GHz is still pretty damn nice for a $180 CPU that comes from the factory at 1.8GHz. It hasn't broke 43 degrees celsius and doesn't seem to have any issues running at 3.2. I am a little disappointed with the memory. It is supposedly tested at 1066MHz but I was having issues running it that high. Seems to run fine at 1000MHz. Video card seems fine running 140MHz over the factory settings.

Once I clean up the cabling and install the fans, I will take some pics.

Below are the 3DMark06 and PCMark05 results. I ran them on XP Pro. I originally installed Vista, but damn that OS sucks ass for gaming. The 3DMark results were about 2000 lower on Vista. I would love to try installing a second video card or physics card, but I will probably sell it as is.
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You look a lot like this guy:

You must be another computer geek that spends time playing "reality games" instead of living in reality and needs to spend tons of money on a computer just to play these gay games. Pentium 4's still work fine for the average user. Or even a $100 Penium D overclocked to 4.10 GHz. But let me guess, you are probably an AMD fan even though Intel's current Core 2 Duo kicks the shit out of all AMD's?

And don't be a hater just because I found an easy way to make some side cash. :p
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[Joshui Mora@GI]

Awwww snap son!
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[KapsZ28@BS]

And? Difference is I still just build and sell them. How did Alienware start out? By overclocking all their shit. Your faggot ass still rather play WoW all weekend while I am out getting pussy.
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[The Hair]

:kitty:

[Mrs.Mosaic]

What kind of pussy?

This is a very important question.

[Richard Fannin]

A manly pussy.

[KapsZ28@BS]

Oh yeah, big hairly asshole looking pussy.
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[Mrs.Mosaic]

ew

[Chook]

Oh yeah, big hairly asshole looking pussy.

What's hairly? Is that the new in thing?

[dead muppets]

Oh yeah, big hairly asshole looking pussy.



no wonder why you aren't getting any.. you can't tell the difference between an ass and a pussy.

u must be gay.
:haha:

[The Hair]

no wonder why you aren't getting any.. you can't tell the difference between an ass and a pussy.

u must be gay.
:haha:

Eh, they're all pink on the inside.

[Fluke_Starbucker]

[QUOTE=KapsZ28@BS;102657]Oh yeah, big hairly asshole looking pussy.
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Um.... if it doesn't have 2 holes, and has some "dangly bits", I can be pretty sure you were not fucking a pussy.

[Tanizaki]

And? Difference is I still just build and sell them. How did Alienware start out? By overclocking all their shit. Your faggot ass still rather play WoW all weekend while I am out getting pussy.
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Yes, I am sure "Hey baby, I make some sweet side cash of $40 per PC I build at my home base!" really draws in the pussy like flies to a fly whorehouse.

[KapsZ28@BS]

u must be gay.
:haha:
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I thought we established that I was gay back in 2001? Oh, only the guys on BS know about that, but ask any of them. I am a straight up faggot that loves the cock.
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[KapsZ28@BS]

Yes, I am sure "Hey baby, I make some sweet side cash of $40 per PC I build at my home base!" really draws in the pussy like flies to a fly whorehouse.
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Nah, I don't need to impress them with my side cash. I just tell them about the big ass raise I got this year. You wish you made as much as me. I came in with hardly any experience and I am already making $14.23 an hour. Pretty soon I'll be buying AMB.
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[Mrs.Mosaic]

Guys who build computers certainly do get me hot.

No I'm not being sarcastic.

Yes, I know I am no Bran'dy.

[Max Power]

Nah, I don't need to impress them with my side cash. I just tell them about the big ass raise I got this year. You wish you made as much as me. I came in with hardly any experience and I am already making $14.23 an hour. Pretty soon I'll be buying AMB.
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[Tanizaki]

I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or not.

Likewise. $14.23 an hour would be a lot to anyone who gets excited over $40.

[mrlaze]

I made 14.25 and hour digging ditches.

[KapsZ28@BS]

I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or not.
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What is wrong with $14.23? Are you telling me that is not a lot? My manager assured me that I was getting more than the average manure hauler.
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[Tanizaki]

What is wrong with $14.23? Are you telling me that is not a lot? My manager assured me that I was getting more than the average manure hauler.
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What Ozark shack do you live in that a manure hauler is a salary benchmark?

[KapsZ28@BS]

What Ozark shack do you live in that a manure hauler is a salary benchmark?
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I am a manure hauler you jerk off. Do you have a problem with that?
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[Richard Fannin]

$14.23/hr
vs
$90k/yr

[KapsZ28@BS]

$14.23/hr
vs
$90k/yr
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Isn't $14.23 like $93k a year?
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[Tanizaki]

Isn't $14.23 like $93k a year?
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No, there are 2080 hours in a work year, so it would be $29,598.40 per year. I can see why you would call $40 "sweet side cash" if that's what you made.

[Humongo@BS]

Isn't $14.23 like $93k a year?



Yes it is. What these silly people don't understand is how many hours we work. Damn, we gotta splain every damn thang to them.
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[Tanizaki]

I am a manure hauler you jerk off. Do you have a problem with that?
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No, I do not. It pleases me just fine.

[KapsZ28@BS]

No, I do not. It pleases me just fine.
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It pleases me too. You can't imagine the things you can do with a nice warm piece of manure.
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[Max Power]

I was watching this special on North Korea the other night, and they were interviewing this one dude who was a guard at a 'concentration camp'. He was talking about how there was such a lack of food, that he saw children fighting over a kernel of corn that they had found in a pile of cow shit.

:thumbsup:

[Luaren]

It pleases me too. You can't imagine the things you can do with a nice warm piece of manure.
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[Fluke_Starbucker]

I double-dare someone to Pay me $14.23 an hour.

[dead muppets]

I double-dare someone to Pay me $14.23 an hour.

Would you put out?

[Fluke_Starbucker]

Would you put out?

Twice.
As in Twice as much as another guy who is paid $14.23 an hour.

[dead muppets]

Twice.
As in Twice as much as another guy who is paid $14.23 an hour.

ew! he spews a lot of manure!

[mrlaze]

Isn't $14.23 like $93k a year?
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No we see why you make $14.23 and hour.

[Richard Fannin]

No we see why you make $14.23 and hour.

:lol:

[mrlaze]

The +rep button is right over here------------------------------------------------------------^:lol:

[KapsZ28@BS]

No we see why you make $14.23 and hour.
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My bad. I reversed the numbers by accident. I meant $41.23 an hour before OT and bonuses.
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[mrlaze]

My bad. I reversed the numbers by accident. I meant $41.23 an hour before OT and bonuses.
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Thats pretty good for a shit shoveler.

[Tanizaki]

My bad. I reversed the numbers by accident. I meant $41.23 an hour before OT and bonuses.
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Of course you did. I feel sorry for blue collar slobs who get paid by the hour and have overtime pay.

[KapsZ28@BS]

Of course you did. I feel sorry for blue collar slobs who get paid by the hour and have overtime pay.
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Yeah, me too because we are the ones that make more than any of you stupid managers will ever getting. Messaging pay goes up over $100 an hour and the OT is double pay when you are on call. Such a horrible job I tell you.
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[Humongo@BS]

Yeah, me too because we are the ones that make more than any of you stupid managers will ever getting. Messaging pay goes up over $100 an hour and the OT is double pay when you are on call. Such a horrible job I tell you.

Sorry but you're just a little delusional here. Once you climb to the level where you get paid for what you know and not what you do, there are not enough hours in the week to clock that kind of cheese.
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[Tanizaki]

Yeah, me too because we are the ones that make more than any of you stupid managers will ever getting. Messaging pay goes up over $100 an hour and the OT is double pay when you are on call. Such a horrible job I tell you.
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That must be why you think $40 is "sweet side cash".

If you think $100/hour is big time, I hate to shock you, but I was billing at $170/hour the day I got my license. You should hope that you never need a lawyer.

[KapsZ28@BS]

Sorry but you're just a little delusional here. Once you climb to the level where you get paid for what you know and not what you do, there are not enough hours in the week to clock that kind of cheese.

Well, you would be incorrect considering that is how our messaging team is setup. Everyone gets their hourly rate for 40 hours a week, and if they are on call they will get double pay. It's not like we are the world's largest Pharmaceutical company. Oh wait, yes we are. Most technicians in messaging will not even take a management position because they know they will end up getting less money at the end of the year to be the person getting shit on when something goes wrong.
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[KapsZ28@BS]

That must be why you think $40 is "sweet side cash".

If you think $100/hour is big time, I hate to shock you, but I was billing at $170/hour the day I got my license. You should hope that you never need a lawyer.
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Wow, a whole $170 an hour. Must be prestigious lawyer. I guess you aren't too familiar with my story on BS. My lawyer was billing about $750 an hour.
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[Tanizaki]

Well, you would be incorrect considering that is how our messaging team is setup. Everyone gets their hourly rate for 40 hours a week, and if they are on call they will get double pay. It's not like we are the world's largest Pharmaceutical company. Oh wait, yes we are. Most technicians in messaging will not even take a management position because they know they will end up getting less money at the end of the year to be the person getting shit on when something goes wrong.
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So you literally haul infected feces for Pfizer? Wow.

[Tanizaki]

Wow, a whole $170 an hour. Must be prestigious lawyer. I guess you aren't too familiar with my story on BS. My lawyer was billing about $750 an hour.
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Note the qualifier "the day I got my license". I assume you didn't hire a lawyer the day he passed the bar.

[KapsZ28@BS]

Note the qualifier "the day I got my license". I assume you didn't hire a lawyer the day he passed the bar.
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No, I believe it was 2 days later.
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[KapsZ28@BS]

So you literally haul infected feces for Pfizer? Wow.
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Someone needs to do the shitty job.
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[Fluke_Starbucker]

Of course you did. I feel sorry for blue collar slobs who get paid by the hour and have overtime pay.

I feel sorry for the salaried people who sometimes work their asses off and don't get any extra pay for it.
Suckers.

[Humongo@BS]

That must be why you think $40 is "sweet side cash".

If you think $100/hour is big time, I hate to shock you, but I was billing at $170/hour the day I got my license. You should hope that you never need a lawyer.
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Oh to be a young padawan again. You know there is a huge difference between what the firm bills for you, what they internally charge for you, and what you actually make, unless your name is on the sign.

Don't make me pull out the genetalia! :suckit: :minesbigger: :hahayousuck: :D
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[Humongo@BS]

Well, you would be incorrect considering that is how our messaging team is setup. Everyone gets their hourly rate for 40 hours a week, and if they are on call they will get double pay. It's not like we are the world's largest Pharmaceutical company. Oh wait, yes we are. Most technicians in messaging will not even take a management position because they know they will end up getting less money at the end of the year to be the person getting shit on when something goes wrong.



Kaps I know you are smart and I know that you think you know what you know, but you don't know shit.



People that take responsiblity and aren't afraid to get shit on every once in awhile get weekends off as well as un-interrupted nights and vacations. They also get a big salary which is not dependent on being constantly connected to dumbasses who couldn't find their asshole if they had a map, a flashlight, and a head start.
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[Humongo@BS]

I feel sorry for the salaried people who sometimes work their asses off and don't get any extra pay for it.

Suckers.

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Me too!
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[KapsZ28@BS]

Don't make me pull out the genetalia! :suckit: :minesbigger: :hahayousuck: :D

Please do!!! I want to... Damn, I am gay, aren't I?
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[Oreet]

Isn't $14.23 like $93k a year?
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it is if you work 125 hour weeks.

[Tanizaki]

Oh to be a young padawan again. You know there is a huge difference between what the firm bills for you, what they internally charge for you, and what you actually make, unless your name is on the sign.
Yes, I do know that. I was counting on the shit-shoveler not knowing it. Even if your name is on the sign, though, your billing rate does not equal your pay rate by a sight.

Don't make me pull out the genetalia! :suckit: :minesbigger: :hahayousuck: :D
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Why would I make you do that?

[mrlaze]

it is if you work 125 hour weeks.

$14.23 was a 'mistake', hes says its supposed to be $41.23.

[KapsZ28@BS]

Kaps I know you are smart and I know that you think you know what you know, but you don't know shit.

People that take responsiblity and aren't afraid to get shit on every once in awhile get weekends off as well as un-interrupted nights and vacations. They also get a big salary which is not dependent on being constantly connected to dumbasses who couldn't find their asshole if they had a map, a flashlight, and a head start.

Yeah, because a team of 20 messaging engineers always works on weekends. Senior techs get the big money without the big responsibility and get work 3 day weeks if they would like.

I never said being in management was bad, but it also depends on where you work and what you do. You relate everything to what you do or have seen, but could never comprehend reality. Everywhere is different. I am simply talking about this company and how it is run. Does that make it right or mean it is run well? Not at all, but it is fun listening to you preach how the world MUST work.

There was an opening to be the manager of messaging for about 1.5 years. Reason it was open so long was because none of the 20 engineers that make between 100-300k a year would take the position because it sucked. Does that make all of them dumbasses for being afraid of taking on responsibility?

Oh, and if you think management is a nice little salary paid job that doesn't entail working on weekends, you are dumber than I thought. Once again, this must be your job. Most managers I see have to work there asses off. Put in longer hours than me, end up constantly working from home, and HAHA, people don't call them when they are on vacation? That is too funny. Why not try working in at IT department that is bigger than your dick and then tell me what you think. I won't even bother getting into the economy, area the company is based, and the fact that more and more companies outsource to other countries which also affects the way an IT department is run and the amount of money spent to pay 1 manger doing 5 different jobs.

You stay in your cushy little world while the rest of aren't afraid to put in some OT to do a job we love rather than giving up our technical positions just to take a vacation from reality.


By the way, can I suck on your nuts?


I LOVE THE COCK!
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[mrlaze]

:blahblah:


:blahblah:


:blahblah:


I LOVE THE COCK!
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.

[Fluke_Starbucker]

Stuff...


By the way, can I suck on your nuts?


I LOVE THE COCK!
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http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9349/hobbestmi2ar8.jpg

[KapsZ28@BS]

How do you know I am not a chick? This is the internet. I could be a hot chick that loves the cock.
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[mrlaze]

How do you know I am not a chick? This is the internet. I could be a hot chick that loves the cock.
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The only women on the internet are the pr0n stars.

[Humongo@BS]

Yeah, because a team of 20 messaging engineers always works on weekends. Senior techs get the big money without the big responsibility and get work 3 day weeks if they would like.



I never said being in management was bad, but it also depends on where you work and what you do. You relate everything to what you do or have seen, but could never comprehend reality. Everywhere is different. I am simply talking about this company and how it is run. Does that make it right or mean it is run well? Not at all, but it is fun listening to you preach how the world MUST work.



There was an opening to be the manager of messaging for about 1.5 years. Reason it was open so long was because none of the 20 engineers that make between 100-300k a year would take the position because it sucked. Does that make all of them dumbasses for being afraid of taking on responsibility?



Oh, and if you think management is a nice little salary paid job that doesn't entail working on weekends, you are dumber than I thought. Once again, this must be your job. Most managers I see have to work there asses off. Put in longer hours than me, end up constantly working from home, and HAHA, people don't call them when they are on vacation? That is too funny. Why not try working in at IT department that is bigger than your dick and then tell me what you think. I won't even bother getting into the economy, area the company is based, and the fact that more and more companies outsource to other countries which also affects the way an IT department is run and the amount of money spent to pay 1 manger doing 5 different jobs.



You stay in your cushy little world while the rest of aren't afraid to put in some OT to do a job we love rather than giving up our technical positions just to take a vacation from reality.





By the way, can I suck on your nuts?





I LOVE THE COCK!



Dude, seriously, I could buy and sell your ass into white slavery for what I make in a month. As far as what I know and what I base my experience on, you couldn't earn a PhD in business and touch my knowledge with the tip of your tiny penis.



I've been in the executive ranks now for about 10 years in several different industires. In my former life working down in the trenches and up into the ranks of manager as a financial and IT auditor I'm sure I've seen just about every business form, size, and type in existence from a local, national, and international level. In my current position and previous executive roles such as CFO, Controller, and VP of F&A people like you, your boss, and their boss worked for me.



I've paid my dues and done my time and now people only call me when they have situation they cannot handle. When they can't handle it, I'm the one taking a shit on their head. And yes, I now only put in 45-50 hours per week because you can live if you find the right organization.



BTW you cannot suck my nuts but you can dress up like a nurse and dance for me.
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[KapsZ28@BS]

BTW you cannot suck my nuts but you can dress up like a nurse and dance for me.


Only if you promise to put some bills in my thong. :boobs:
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[Humongo@BS]

Only if you promise to put some bills in my thong. :boobs:

DEAL!
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[Chook]

Hmmm...I charge $50 an hour for a two hour minimum. For people I don't like, I charge $75 an hour w/2 hr min. Me love you long time GEEEYIIIIII!