Off-Topic Thread

BaconZombie

Mod Note: In all of my benevolence (and the fact I'm tired of cleaning gag posts out of the BA thread) I have created a new (did we ever have one??) Off Topic thread for all your randomness and IT-related humour! The rules are: there are no rules. Although posting on-topic stuff here or stuff that belongs in Hardware Discussion etc. better may be moved randomly with extreme prejudice!! It will also make you look silly





http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

Monotype

Brian

Was looking for a 5750 and accidentally found a 5650 for only €12 on pixmania!

Sasquatch76

Baza210 wrote: »

Was looking for a 5750 and accidentally found a 5650 for only €12 on pixmania!

Will that not make graphics look a bit blocky?






sorry

Tea_Bag

and im really bored. studying for exams is soo 2000-and-leaving cert.

so im sitting in my room, freezing my butt off, even though im wearing a "bear skin" style jumper, and a down feather you heard that right jacket on top of that, in my hand-knitted socks, playing WRC 2010 unrealistic but grand game, and i noticed that my CPU temp was only hitting 19 degrees, with fans running @ 40%

after going through the pwetty girl thread , pr0n and boards.ie, the CPU temp dropped to under 16 degrees. its a good day to overclock me thinks.

god im bored. entertain me!



TL;DR:


nevermind, nothing to see here.

Monotype

It's not cold.

Aaaaargh frostbite!

Tea_Bag

tis the hands that suffer the most. my gloves and keyboard dont like each other.

thread FTW!

Solitaire

Win thread is Win

B00MSTICK

'nix thread is Win.

Brian

I think you mean GNU/'nix thread.

Unregistered.

Baza210 wrote: »

I think you mean GNU/'nix thread.

Where would one find such thread?

Brian

On a CPU somewhere, I imagine.

Unregistered.

Not a glove nor hat?

game4it70

Bargain alert or just plain old robbery?

http://www.adverts.ie/260764/hardware/socket-775-cpu-cooler-no-fan/



It looks very alike to the stock intel but even if an aftermarket cooler with no fan its gotta be worth all off a fiver max?

Lu Tze

Tea_Bag wrote: »

tis the hands that suffer the most. my gloves and keyboard dont like each other.

thread FTW!

Fingerless gloves is what i have to thank for being able to type up my final year project in a house with no heating. Well worth investing (get the lined ones)

Unregistered.

game4it70 wrote: »

Bargain alert or just plain old robbery?

http://www.adverts.ie/260764/hardware/socket-775-cpu-cooler-no-fan/



It looks very alike to the stock intel but even if an aftermarket cooler with no fan its gotta be worth all off a fiver max?

Misplaced decimal i reckon.

Solitaire

You'd pay €3.00 for that??!? :pac:

Deano12345

I have one of those coolers, from a old P4 rig in my spare parts box. Its not too bad actually.

Unregistered.

Solitaire wrote: »

You'd pay €3.00 for that??!? :pac:

It's cheaper than what they have on amazon.

Deano12345

So who here is planning christmas updates to their computers ?

I know I am

VenomIreland

Deano12345 wrote: »

So who here is planning christmas updates to their computers ?

I know I am

I'm planning them next christmas, possibly just a new case though.
I do however plan to get a 1090T and NH-D14 next year though, probably around March or April.

Deano12345

VenomIreland wrote: »

I'm planning them next christmas, possibly just a new case though.
I do however plan to get a 1090T and NH-D14 next year though, probably around March or April.

Nice, those dual tower coolers are a PITA after a while, im thinking of sidegrading to a H70 for ease of use.

The 5850 is getting a twin, and im getting another 4GB of these XMS3's (60 quid for the set, nice one ) Cant wait

VenomIreland

Deano12345 wrote: »

Nice, those dual tower coolers are a PITA after a while, im thinking of sidegrading to a H70 for ease of use.

The 5850 is getting a twin, and im getting another 4GB of these XMS3's (60 quid for the set, nice one ) Cant wait

The H70 looks nice, but it's €15 more for a slightly louder and warmer (ok it's like 1 or 2 degrees more but still) cooler.

I'd only get it if I didn't have the obese 922.

Deano12345

Meh, Ill take the temp difference for the ease of use I think, the H70 might even be a bit of an improvement over my current setup too

Unregistered.

"Ahhh, but can it install Oracle's SQL Database software?"

FML.

Deano12345

Dean dislikes VIA. That is all

Solitaire

Deano12345 wrote: »

Everyone dislikes VIA. That is all

FYP :pac:

Deano12345

Im actually to the point of throwing this laptop I'm working on out the window. Every driver works fine, except sound (which is supplied by a chip made by guess who) and I cannot find a driver for it. My solution, go out for drinks tonight and work on it tomorrow

Solitaire

What chip? One of the new ones or is it an old cheapy laptop?

Deano12345

Solitaire wrote: »

What chip? One of the new ones or is it an old cheapy laptop?

Old cheapy. Pentium Mobile 1.7 GHz, circa 2005

Solitaire

Ugh! Could be anything. Those ones drove me mad back when I worked for a living, can't even remember where I found some lappies' sound drivers!

Trevor451

You could try using a program called slimdrivers. It found a driver for my ancient wifi dongle http://www.driverupdate.net/

http://lifehacker.com/5633722/slimdrivers-offers-easy-windows-driver-updating-scheduling-and-restoration

Deano12345

I got er done ! Thank god ! It actually needed the audio driver to be installed after the modem driver to work. How odd, and I dont think Ive ever been as glad to hear the Windows XP boot noise as I am just now

giggsy664

Bargian of the century right here.

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=7435&agid=221

Card reader, only €433.91 :pac:

Edit: Back to €12.99

Deano12345

giggsy664 wrote: »

Bargian of the century right here.

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=7435&agid=221

Card reader, only €433.91 :pac:

Edit: Back to €12.99

Damn...didnt jump on it quick enough

Ive gone from not knowing about monitors at all to having pretty decent knowledge of them in the last week. Oh I cannot wait for christmas

Deano12345

Not sure where to ask this question so I'll just ask here, I want to sort out the cables behind my desk so i need some velcro cable ties, anyone know of any brick and mortar stores in Dublin that sell them ?

Solitaire

Euro City or whatever its called sells nice coloured ones in packs of a dozen for €2

Deano12345

Solitaire wrote: »

Euro City or whatever its called sells nice coloured ones in packs of a dozen for €2

Cheers Sol !

Solitaire

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to any of you folks who somehow navigate to this forum during the festive season!

Deano12345

Just ordered my new screen

Komplett-Tech: Ryan

I think i remember a certain someone fitting the cpu cooler for you at midlans CM

challengemaster

Komplett-Tech: Ryan wrote: »

I think i remember a certain someone fitting the cpu cooler for you at midlans CM

ARE YOU STALKING ME?!!?! WHO ARE YOU!!!! :pac:

Komplett-Tech: Ryan

You know well who this is Callum

challengemaster

Komplett-Tech: Ryan wrote: »

You know well who this is Callum

*digs out picture of Ryan holding a flower* :pac:

Komplett-Tech: Ryan

challengemaster wrote: »

*digs out picture of Ryan holding a flower* :pac:

Good memory

seraphimvc

2 men and there is a flower involved?

cool story bro

challengemaster

Komplett-Tech: Ryan wrote: »

Good memory

Oh that's not all I remember! Like being thrown into the back of a van to go get some food :pac:

btw, I actually do have that pic

Komplett-Tech: Ryan

Atleast you didn't get molested!

Solitaire

Komplett-Tech: Ryan wrote: »

I think i remember a certain someone fitting the cpu cooler for you at midlans CM

I wonder what that could be a euphemism for? :pac:

batman2000

Komplett-Tech: Ryan wrote: »

Good memory

DDR3???

batman2000

VenomIreland wrote: »

The H70 looks nice, but it's €15 more for a slightly louder and warmer (ok it's like 1 or 2 degrees more but still) cooler.

I'd only get it if I didn't have the obese 922.

Deano12345 wrote: »

Nice, those dual tower coolers are a PITA after a while, im thinking of sidegrading to a H70 for ease of use.

The 5850 is getting a twin, and im getting another 4GB of these XMS3's (60 quid for the set, nice one ) Cant wait

BTW....and Hmmm ...Does this seem like on-topic hardware discussion:D