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SickBoy · 26-09-2016 7:56pm

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

Hey folks, quick question I've got a full ssd, does any one know the name of the program that scans your hard drive, windows 10 did a poxy update, and now i have a full ssd

Run disk cleanup and select the option to scan for system files(bottom left).

Gehad_JoyRider · 26-09-2016 7:56pm

yeah something like space monger, but it was a bit different in how it looked any recommendations?

dunworth1 · 26-09-2016 8:02pm

Gehad_JoyRider wrote:

yeah something like space monger, but it was a bit different in how it looked any recommendations?

I use treesize

Gehad_JoyRider · 26-09-2016 8:20pm

It's got a tree as it's shortcut launch but I can click but it allows me to see the cells, and right click and go into the folder.

Venom · 26-09-2016 10:00pm

ED E wrote: »

Quality of this

And features of this

Is a very appealing combo I have to say. IF they can pull it off.

From memory I've never had a logitech device fail on me.

The Warthog is from Thrustmaster so expect something more like

Screenshot_2015-10-15_10.06.54.0.png

Will be interesting to see if Logitech invest the cash in the manufacturing process or just add different copyright text to the package and carry on as business as usual!

Shlippery · 27-09-2016 1:25pm

A quick question here - anyone know if it's possible to pickup a motherboard for 2500k anywhere these days? Or just a matter of trawling adverts for one to appear.. I don't trust the ram slots in my current mobo and it's acting the bollocks with fan speeds / not allowing me to overclock my 2500k anymore, (multiplier won't go above 37.)

I mean it's not urgent as such, and I could probably get another few months out of 2500k , before splashing out with a 2017 pay cheque..

But I'll be pulling the trigger on a NXZT S340 tomorrow, so will end up transplanting everything into new case so will get a good opportunity to adjust things and make everything look nicer.

xtal191 · 27-09-2016 1:33pm

Amazon still sell 1150 motherboards

Shlippery · 27-09-2016 1:35pm

2500k was 1155 though which seem a lot harder to track down!

Lu Tze · 27-09-2016 1:55pm

Shlippery wrote: »

2500k was 1155 though which seem a lot harder to track down!

And expensive for any that I have seen, especially if you intend to overclock, as you are limited to the z68 and z77 chipsets. If you aren't overclocking h61 motherboards pop up from time to time relatively cheaply.

Setup an alert on adverts maybe,

K.O.Kiki · 27-09-2016 2:23pm

Shlippery wrote: »

A quick question here - anyone know if it's possible to pickup a motherboard for 2500k anywhere these days? Or just a matter of trawling adverts for one to appear.. I don't trust the ram slots in my current mobo and it's acting the bollocks with fan speeds / not allowing me to overclock my 2500k anymore, (multiplier won't go above 37.)

I mean it's not urgent as such, and I could probably get another few months out of 2500k , before splashing out with a 2017 pay cheque..

But I'll be pulling the trigger on a NXZT S340 tomorrow, so will end up transplanting everything into new case so will get a good opportunity to adjust things and make everything look nicer.

eBay from USA seems to be your best bet.

Shlippery · 27-09-2016 3:33pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

eBay from USA seems to be your best bet.

Spotted that too, but will probably end up adding shipping fees and likely customs tax lumped on too,I may be best holding out another month or two and getting 4670k/mobo or else move to Skylake.

Xenoronin · 27-09-2016 3:35pm

Skylake, or even Kaby Lake would be the better options available to you.

twinsen · 27-09-2016 3:55pm

Shlippery wrote: »

A quick question here - anyone know if it's possible to pickup a motherboard for 2500k anywhere these days? Or just a matter of trawling adverts for one to appear.. I don't trust the ram slots in my current mobo and it's acting the bollocks with fan speeds / not allowing me to overclock my 2500k anymore, (multiplier won't go above 37.)

I mean it's not urgent as such, and I could probably get another few months out of 2500k , before splashing out with a 2017 pay cheque..

But I'll be pulling the trigger on a NXZT S340 tomorrow, so will end up transplanting everything into new case so will get a good opportunity to adjust things and make everything look nicer.

I had this issue on my asrock motherboard after updating bios. Multiplier wouldnt go over 37. Had to flash it again, and issue was resolved.
So my advise is maybe flash your bios first before getting new mobo?

Shlippery · 27-09-2016 4:29pm

twinsen wrote: »

I had this issue on my asrock motherboard after updating bios. Multiplier wouldnt go over 37. Had to flash it again, and issue was resolved.
So my advise is maybe flash your bios first before getting new mobo?

I suspect this is what happened, I updated the BIOS to a newer version a few months back and it may have upset the multiplier. I'll see if I can contact ASRock for ideas. Thanks lads, don't want to bring this off-topic thread any more on-topic :pac:

wotzgoingon · 27-09-2016 7:20pm

Decided to download that steam VR performance test and my old PC stands up fairly well.

Specs:
X58 motherboard
Xeon X5660 @ 4.2GHz
R9 290 overclocked.

ShadowHearth · 29-09-2016 11:34pm

Guys, food for thought.

I played around a bit with Microsofts surface 3 and 4 in pc world and I have to admit. I love it.
Tablet with full win 10 os and can turn to a laptop if needed.

Now I really like surface 4 with i5 cpu, but price is a bit.. High... Pc world doing some good deals on surface 3 though.
So I was wondering, would surface 3, be enough to run some indie games? Stuff like transistor, prison architect, darkest dungoen? Nothing triple A.
Still have my pc, but would be nice to have a decent tablet, when I am in bed and misses snoring away. Plus streaming xbox one to it?
Could be a nice Xmas present for myself.

Or any of those 2 in 1 alternatives?

Serephucus · 29-09-2016 11:41pm

I actually used a Surface 3 for a while, and it's a great little tablet.

However, it really isn't that powerful. You could probably run indie games on it well enough. I tried a couple, but it was quite a while ago at this point, and unfortunately I can't remember what they were.

Asus have a Core M Surface clone. Don't know what it's called, but it gets decent reviews.

Out of interest, what sort of deals have they got? I remember I got a 4/128 model with keyboard and pen for... I want to say around €850, maybe €800?

ED E · 30-09-2016 12:23am

The aul fella has a SP4, its lovely. For work.

As an entertainment device they suck, 4:3 is no good for media consumption.

Serephucus · 30-09-2016 12:25am

ED E wrote: »

The aul fella has a SP4, its lovely. For work.

As an entertainment device they suck, 4:3 is no good for media consumption.

Depends. It's really nice for feck-about-but-not-video things. Reddit, news, Facebook, browsing, etc.

Venom · 30-09-2016 12:34am

Serephucus wrote: »

Depends. It's really nice for feck-about-but-not-video things. Reddit, news, Facebook, browsing, etc.

It's a serious amount of cash just to surf the web and post on Facebook tho. An Nvidia Shield tablet would do the same at a quarter of the price and still let you stream games from your PC if you have an Nvidia GPU.

Serephucus · 30-09-2016 12:35am

Venom wrote: »

It's a serious amount of cash just to surf the web and post on Facebook tho. An Nvidia Shield tablet would do the same at a quarter of the price and still let you stream games from your PC if you have an Nvidia GPU.

Granted, though I was never saying I'd use a Surface for just that. More that for me 3:2>16:9.

Venom · 30-09-2016 12:36am

Serephucus wrote: »

Granted, though I was never saying I'd use a Surface for just that. More that for me 3:2>16:9.

I'm in the 16:9 camp myself. Better for media consumption and works just as well as 4:3 for web browsing.

Icyseanfitz · 30-09-2016 2:28am

ive an i5 SP4 myself, surprisingly able for a nice bit of gaming if your willing to game at 720p etc. I play rocket league on it, Deus ex human revolution, some indie games and every now and then i use nvidia shield software+moonlight to stream games to it.

dreamers75 · 30-09-2016 4:20pm

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This is a nice keyboard.

dreamers75 · 30-09-2016 4:28pm

Shlippery wrote: »

A quick question here - anyone know if it's possible to pickup a motherboard for 2500k anywhere these days? Or just a matter of trawling adverts for one to appear.. I don't trust the ram slots in my current mobo and it's acting the bollocks with fan speeds / not allowing me to overclock my 2500k anymore, (multiplier won't go above 37.)

I mean it's not urgent as such, and I could probably get another few months out of 2500k , before splashing out with a 2017 pay cheque..

But I'll be pulling the trigger on a NXZT S340 tomorrow, so will end up transplanting everything into new case so will get a good opportunity to adjust things and make everything look nicer.

I have a 2500k mobo and CPU and possibly ram bundle sitting in a box.

Asus P8P67 rev 3.1 is the mobo.

Yours if you want it, i offer no support or anything with it

I dont recall it not working and its in a box as my kid upgraded to I5.

Venom · 30-09-2016 4:29pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

This is a nice keyboard.

Needs more red

dreamers75 · 30-09-2016 4:31pm

SNAP

Same flight stick

no room for it but i have it :P

Venom · 30-09-2016 4:35pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

SNAP

Same flight stick

no room for it but i have it :P

Such a great stick for so little money

ShadowHearth · 30-09-2016 4:45pm

Sorry, was a bit busy and felt a sleep after the post.

So surface kind of gets thumbs up? Though I wonder if I could get away with surface 3? I don't want any AAA games at all on it. Streaming would be pain in a hole as I would use it in bed and pc downstairs. Won't resolution be issue and keeping pc on pretty much all the time?

I just want stuff like ftl, darkest dungoen, prison architect etc. Nothing fancy. That atom cpu would poop itself from it? I kmow that Intel core m3 is kind of solid for stuff like that.

Icyseanfitz · 30-09-2016 4:52pm

k70 ftw

got an iron man red yellow and blue theme on my keyboard haha

Well the surface pro 4 would be well able for games like those so i presume the surface pro 3 would likewise be able for them

Xenoronin · 30-09-2016 4:54pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Sorry, was a bit busy and felt a sleep after the post.

So surface kind of gets thumbs up? Though I wonder if I could get away with surface 3? I don't want any AAA games at all on it. Streaming would be pain in a hole as I would use it in bed and pc downstairs. Won't resolution be issue and keeping pc on pretty much all the time?

I just want stuff like ftl, darkest dungoen, prison architect etc. Nothing fancy. That atom cpu would poop itself from it? I kmow that Intel core m3 is kind of solid for stuff like that.

Was looking at ultrabook laptops recently and the m3 came up. Apparently when it hits low battery the chip just completely chokes up. That might be battery settings so I'd advise you to look further into it than I have, but it was a concern I couldn't ignore when giving someone advice.

ED E · 30-09-2016 6:14pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/14485001_1176407069065411_7144581853538233349_n.jpg?oh=7a3ba4463270100809fd9abcfe1be966&oe=586D1DF5&__gda__=1483300300_14875cac627567b875724e026ba756b4

Venom wrote: »

Needs more red
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/redmondjpJounar/IMG_20160930_162502_zpscoaxh6az.jpg

Lads lads lads, if your keyboard doesnt have its own display is it really a keyboard at all?

dreamers75 · 30-09-2016 6:39pm

My KB screen is an Iphone and sits on top of it (i used it to take the pic

)

Its actually functional, it was a g510s that i destroyed with Cider last Friday night

https://www.linkdata.se/software/lcdsirreal/

get that for G510, its decent. There is a donate nag but it doesnt bother you, if you also get Core temp it displays excellent PC info.

Shlippery · 30-09-2016 11:10pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

I have a 2500k mobo and CPU and possibly ram bundle sitting in a box.

Asus P8P67 rev 3.1 is the mobo.

Yours if you want it, i offer no support or anything with it I dont recall it not working and its in a box as my kid upgraded to I5.

Cheers, fortunately, the root of all my problems was a funky BIOS update I had done, I managed to find a "beta" BIOS that was released for my P67 in 2014 and it surprisingly fixed my issues with fans acting wonky, RAM not being read properly and overclocking of CPU.

Happy I fixed it, but frustrated that it took so long to realise it was a BIOS issue and not hardware related! :pac:

dunworth1 · 02-10-2016 3:07pm

ive always wanted a pc case desk but its too expensive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyreJvig3KA

john the one · 02-10-2016 5:06pm

The amount of threads I click in to only to find out I am in the cycling forum because Garmin is in the title name

K.O.Kiki · 03-10-2016 10:37am

Helped my buddy ascend

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£209.72 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC SPC130 78.6 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£91.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£79.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£109.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD Purple 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£89.36 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB JetStream Video Card (£379.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case (£67.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.73 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC G2770PF 27.0" 144Hz Monitor (£252.07 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Logitech G302 Daedalus Prime Moba Wired Optical Mouse (£26.00)
Total: £1501.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-03 10:49 BST+0100

*edit* Phanteks case, not Corsair.

Xenoronin · 05-10-2016 9:40am

Don't think I've seen this discussed anywhere, but I'm kinda angry with Overclockers.co.uk atm. They've hiked there prices by up to 50-70£ in some cases for the GTX 1070, and it looks like a direct cash in on the GoW4 promo. The prices started as normal, then suddenly shot up around Thursday/Friday last week.

I was going to pull the trigger on this at around 380/390£:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-geforce-gtx-1070-armor-oc-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-32c-ms.html
But now it's 450£. I don't mind retailers upping prices due to demand, but this is just blatant cash grabbing on an already overexpensive product

mossym · 05-10-2016 9:42am

Xenoronin wrote: »

Don't think I've seen this discussed anywhere, but I'm kinda angry with Overclockers.co.uk atm. They've hiked there prices by up to 50-70£ in some cases for the GTX 1070, and it looks like a direct cash in on the GoW4 promo. The prices started as normal, then suddenly shot up around Thursday/Friday last week.

I was going to pull the trigger on this at around 380/390£:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-geforce-gtx-1070-armor-oc-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-32c-ms.html
But now it's 450£. I don't mind retailers upping prices due to demand, but this is just blatant cash grabbing on an already overexpensive product

you sure it is that or the big drop sterling took in the last week?

Xenoronin · 05-10-2016 9:47am

Considering the price has stayed the same on aria, scan, amazon and ebuyer. I'm going with a money grab. Even with a dip in the sterling, it wasn't severe enough to warrant a hike like this.

K.O.Kiki · 05-10-2016 10:09am

Xenoronin wrote: »

Considering the price has stayed the same on aria, scan, amazon and ebuyer. I'm going with a money grab. Even with a dip in the sterling, it wasn't severe enough to warrant a hike like this.

Wouldn't make any sense though, since the codes are provided by Nvidia.

Serephucus · 05-10-2016 9:38pm

With Google's event over, I'm looking at a new phone, current choices:

Anyone any thoughts?

Also, any places (other than the usual) for buying phones? Amazon doesn't have much stock of these.

VenomIreland · 05-10-2016 9:40pm

Serephucus wrote: »

With Google's event over, I'm looking at a new phone, current choices:
OnePlus 3

ZTE Axon 7

Moto Z Play

Anyone any thoughts?

Also, any places (other than the usual) for buying phones? Amazon doesn't have much stock of these.

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Chink_****_general/Phones

Decent, relatively regularly updated list of good chinese phones, if they interest you.

Bazzo · 05-10-2016 9:41pm

A few friends have picked up the one plus3 and swear by it now, haven't heard anything but good things.

dreamers75 · 05-10-2016 11:34pm

Serephucus wrote: »

With Google's event over, I'm looking at a new phone, current choices:
OnePlus 3

ZTE Axon 7

Moto Z Play

Anyone any thoughts?

Also, any places (other than the usual) for buying phones? Amazon doesn't have much stock of these.

Oneplus2 is alleged better than 3, tbh decent phones either way.

Bazzo · 06-10-2016 12:50am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Oneplus2 is alleged better than 3, tbh decent phones either way.

Better for the time or? The newer phone is superior in every spec except battery where it takes a minor step back in a trade-off for size/weight.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/oneplus-3-vs-oneplus-2-1323544

Icyseanfitz · 06-10-2016 12:52am

ive had a oneplus one for the last two years, next phone will almost 100% be a oneplus, fantastic phone for the money

Serephucus · 06-10-2016 11:01am

The Moto Z Play has most of what the OP3 has (that matters to me):

"Good enough" AMOLED display
"Good enough" CPU, RAM, etc.
Decent camera
Stock-ish Android

But it also has a huge leg up in the battery department, and Mods.

ShadowHearth · 06-10-2016 4:28pm

Lads, I just need some advice.

I am running 60Gb and 256Gb ssds with 1tb and 500Gb hdds.

My next upgrade is 500Gb SSD replacing my 60Gb one and windows 10.

Plan is to take out 60Gb and replace it with 500Gb and put os on 256Gb one. ( got only 2 sata 3)

Now stupidly enough i did not set Ahci at the start and I plan to do it properly this time.
So here is my question. I will put in new SSD change to Ahci and pop windows fresh install on 256GB. I know essentially whole storage will reset, right? I don't care about info on ssds, but I got photos and stuff on hdds. It will reset those too and I will lose all data on it too?
So my option is to back up all stuff on portable hdd and then change to Ahci and have completely fresh pc?

Monotype · 06-10-2016 5:54pm

I would just remove all the ones except the one that you want the OS on.
Switch to AHCI and install.
Reconnect the old drives and all your stuff should be on the HDDs (programs tied to your old windows may be broken).

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