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dwighet

Portlawslim wrote: »

Just arrived ....

Gummy bears...mmmmmmmmmmmm

ShadowHearth

Got letter from Eircom yesterday. Fibre internet is due in the next 4 week's in my household. They will contact me to get engineer to sort it out.

That's actually weird. Do they really need to do some work in house it self. For fibre broadband? I though threadin. Upgrade just up to exchange and it's same old line from there to our house.

Gumbi

Haven't seen much talk of Haswell around here. Does anyone have a Haswell chip? How well does yours overclock? I'm having a tough time getting more than 4.6ghz (hyper threading on). There are lots of voltages with which to mess, a implying varying vcore will no longer do it, there are appreciable benefits to be gained from messing with uncore, vrin etc.

game4it70

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Got letter from Eircom yesterday. Fibre internet is due in the next 4 week's in my household. They will contact me to get engineer to sort it out.

That's actually weird. Do they really need to do some work in house it self. For fibre broadband? I though threadin. Upgrade just up to exchange and it's same old line from there to our house.

I presume they will need to put a new box/connection point in the house.

deceit

I added loads of watercooling fittings to my rig yesterday. I deceided to be lazy and didnt unplug the cables as I was able to fill it 3/4 of the way in one try and new it wouldnt leak. So I powered it on and off a few times and not thinking of what happened last time I did this on an asus board (powering on and off multiple times).
Now I cant get the rig started and its stuck on A2 debug code Really annoyed at myself about this as I messed up the backup bios previously doing something silly now I have to order a new bios to get the rig back up and running as the rog usb connector upgrade option is not working . Lesson of the day, dont half ass stuff :P

game4it70

deceit wrote: »

I added loads of watercooling fittings to my rig yesterday. I deceided to be lazy and didnt unplug the cables as I was able to fill it 3/4 of the way in one try and new it wouldnt leak. So I powered it on and off a few times and not thinking of what happened last time I did this on an asus board (powering on and off multiple times).
Now I cant get the rig started and its stuck on A2 debug code Really annoyed at myself about this as I messed up the backup bios previously doing something silly now I have to order a new bios to get the rig back up and running as the rog usb connector upgrade option is not working . Lesson of the day, dont half ass stuff :P

Oh dear

Take the bios battery out for a while just on the off chance it helps.

I shall refrain from going "you should know better" as that wouldn't be funny :eek: :P

deceit

game4it70 wrote: »

Oh dear

Take the bios battery out for a while just on the off chance it helps.

I shall refrain from going "you should know better" as that wouldn't be funny :eek: :P

Yea I known better and I taught about it and went feck it I will just chance it as I was really tired and wanted it finished asap as had work in a few hours . I tried all the usual stuff but I don't think I was leaving the flashback usb key in the rog usb port for log enough so when I'm home I'm going to try it again and leave it for 30 minutess to ensure it finishes. If this works I will flash the back up bios while I'm at it. If not I need to buy a new bios chip.

game4it70

deceit wrote: »

Yea I known better and I taught about it and went feck it I will just chance it as I was really tired and wanted it finished asap as had work in a few hours . I tried all the usual stuff but I don't think I was leaving the flashback usb key in the rog usb port for log enough so when I'm home I'm going to try it again and leave it for 30 minutess to ensure it finishes. If this works I will flash the back up bios while I'm at it. If not I need to buy a new bios chip.

Hopefully it will work for you and save the hassle of getting another bios chip.

Gumbi

Has anyone got any recommendations for getting an iPhone USB charger delivered? Most of Amazon's ones don't ship to Ireland, and Parcel Motel would defeat the point of such a cheap item. I tried MemoryC, who have great shipping options, but they don't stock iPhone USB chargers. I refuse to pay 8 euro in town for one

Serephucus

This?

Edit: Combined with this?

Gumbi

Serephucus wrote: »

This?

Edit: Combined with this?

I kind of need it by Friday :P Not in 6 weeks And I have the adapter. I'm using a friend's at the moment, which is somewhat inconvenient(sharing it), and he'll be headed home for the weekend. That's why I was hoping Memory C would have it.

Deal extreme is a great site by the way. I am going to buy another case battery for my iPhone, those are very handy. ****ty quality, and don't have anywhere near the stated capacity, but you get what you pay for I suppose. Supposed 2200mah was about 1400, which is still another battery for the iPhone.

deceit

Gumbi wrote: »

I kind of need it by Friday :P Not in 6 weeks And I have the adapter. I'm using a friend's at the moment, which is somewhat inconvenient(sharing it), and he'll be headed home for the weekend. That's why I was hoping Memory C would have it.

euro two stores usually stock iphone chargers along with chargers for alot of other phones.

deceit

game4it70 wrote: »

Hopefully it will work for you and save the hassle of getting another bios chip.

Yea will be a pain being without the computer for that amount of time while i'm waiting on the chip as last one I ordered came from holland

Serephucus

Here's the real question, Gumbi: Why in the hell are you using an iPhone and not an Android something using a standard USB connector?! :P (That I'm sure everyone here has half a billion of lying around. I sure do)

Danger781

Serephucus wrote: »

Here's the real question, Gumbi: Why in the hell are you using an iPhone and not an Android something using a standard USB connector?! :P (That I'm sure everyone here has half a billion of lying around. I sure do)

This! Would have thought most people on this forum would have an android

Gumbi

Serephucus wrote: »

Here's the real question, Gumbi: Why in the hell are you using an iPhone and not an Android something using a standard USB connector?! :P

I'm never buying an iPhone again if that helps 400 euro on a phone that's sub-par, that has been water damaged now for ~ 8 months (always on dim flash, busted speakers etc). Can't sync it either. And Apple don't make it easy to get media onto the iPhone any other way

BloodBath

I don't understand how people buy apple products. Proprietary connections for everything. Even different connections between different models so if you upgrade you have to replace all your accessories. Biggest rip off I've ever seen.

Gumbi

BloodBath wrote: »

I don't understand how people buy apple products. Proprietary connections for everything. Even different connections between different models so if you upgrade you have to replace all your accessories. Biggest rip off I've ever seen.

You are correct, to my eternal shame. Click and drag Android is next for me

If I can get a cheap s3 (maybe cash + swap of this banjaxed phone) I might go for it.

BloodBath

Gumbi wrote: »

Haven't seen much talk of Haswell around here. Does anyone have a Haswell chip? How well does yours overclock? I'm having a tough time getting more than 4.6ghz (hyper threading on). There are lots of voltages with which to mess, a implying varying vcore will no longer do it, there are appreciable benefits to be gained from messing with uncore, vrin etc.

Nothing wrong with 4.6. Do you have a be-quiet dark rock pro 2 with it? I'd be happy with 4.6. It's still equivalent to over 5ghz on ivy.

ShadowHearth

Gumbi wrote: »

I'm never buying an iPhone again if that helps 400 euro on a phone that's sub-par, that has been water damaged now for ~ 8 months (always on dim flash, busted speakers etc). Can't sync it either. And Apple don't make it easy to get media onto the iPhone any other way

Went from 3gs to experia Z. Best thing I ever did. Never ever I am going to touch any of the Apple products.

NTMK

BloodBath wrote: »

I don't understand how people buy apple products. Proprietary connections for everything. Even different connections between different models so if you upgrade you have to replace all your accessories. Biggest rip off I've ever seen.

Same thing as beats tbh. they advertise heavily to the market that want style over substance and that believe that paying though the nose is paying for quality.

Gumbi

BloodBath wrote: »

Nothing wrong with 4.6. Do you have a be-quiet dark rock pro 2 with it is it? I'd be happy with 4.6. It's still equivalent to over 5ghz on ivy.

I do. Over 5 is perhaps a tad generous - maybe 4.9. I am happy with it, but I hope to get 4.7 once I figure out more of these BIOS options.

Someone I know get about 8 degree better temps than me on a Silver Arrow (not the extreme AFAIK) which irks me a bit. I am remounting the cooler with mx4 this weekend which might get me a degree or two. My friend is a bit mental though and has lower ambients (leaving windows wide open at night for the specific purpose of cooler ambients for CPU). Still, I'm not sure this fully accounts for 8 degrees cooler under load, but we'll see.

The DPR2 is definitely the winner in quietness though. Veeerry tolerable at max speed.

BloodBath

How's your case airflow? Comparing temps to others doesn't make sense unless you have identical cooling and ambient temps.

beno619

NTMK wrote: »

Same thing as beats tbh. they advertise heavily to the market that want style over substance and that believe that paying though the nose is paying for quality.

I wouldn't go that far.

Apple products are expensive but they haven't put out a product in recent memory that has not been quality in terms of build at least.Support is fairly good as well.


Regardless of price the Macbook Pro and Air are still untouchable and you can always install Windows

glynf

My name is Glyn, and its been 2 years since my last apple product.:D

The S3 is a great phone, get a proper cover though as they scratch like a bastard. I miss mine-sold it when I got a HTC one as an upgrade. The HTC has been away for repair twice, their customer care leaves a lot to be desired.

Danger781

Get a Nexus 4 - The ultimate android experience

Gumbi

BloodBath wrote: »

How's your case airflow? Comparing temps to others doesn't make sense unless you have identical cooling and ambient temps.

Pretty good, actually. Nanoxia DS1. 140mm PWM side fan (which I'm looking to replace given Gigabyte's horrible PWM control - I haven't seen the fan go above 700 RPM at the most aggressive setting, it can go up to 1300), 2 800RPM 140mm top exhausts (both of which are on the fan controller) and the stock Nanoxia fan setup on the controller (2 120 front intakes and 1 140mm exhaust. And actually my case is open at the moment anyways. So pretty optimal airflow.

I am thinking of getting 1100/1300 Scythes (140mm), with the fan controller I'll have no problem with them sound-wise. I'm not sure what to do wait the PWM. I may replace it and add the new one to the fan controller (one last free slot). I may add a fan (the PWM one maybe?) to the bottom intake, which is currenty unused, but I'd have to tidy up my PAU cabling A LOT, which is in a bundle at the bottom near enough the floor fan mount.

NTMK

beno619 wrote: »

I wouldn't go that far.

Apple products are expensive but they haven't put out a product in recent memory that has not been quality in terms of build at least.Support is fairly good as well.


Regardless of price the Macbook Pro and Air are still untouchable and you can always install Windows

Service is great cant deny that

Build quality wise:
Ipods/Iphones are no better or worse than any other companies
Laptops build wise fantastic but are terribly underpowered for the money they cost. Ive seen Lenovo Ultrabooks with the same specs as a MBP (non-retina) for half the money and lenovo's are built like tanks

Serephucus

I was actually using a 3GS for a while (my brother upgraded, and I figured I've give iOS a go, as I wasn't likely to ever pay for one).

Long story short: Android all the way, for all of the obvious reasons. That said, I quite like the look and feel of the iPhone 4/5 (more-so 4), but I'd still take my Razr i over it any day.

game4it70

Gumbi wrote: »

Haven't seen much talk of Haswell around here. Does anyone have a Haswell chip? How well does yours overclock? I'm having a tough time getting more than 4.6ghz (hyper threading on). There are lots of voltages with which to mess, a implying varying vcore will no longer do it, there are appreciable benefits to be gained from messing with uncore, vrin etc.

4.6ghz is a decent clock for haswell and is slightly above average imo.
What Vcore are you at?

I have 4.7 just about nailed but needs 1.41v so i dropped back down to 4.6 which needs 1.36v.

On the plus side the IMC on mine must be good as i've had my 1866mhz ram running @ 2800mhz
I'm in process of testing 4.6Ghz/2600Mhz now for day to day use.