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FlyingIrishMan · 10-04-2012 03:22AM

Pangea wrote: »

Seeing as I am not a gamer, flawless sensor probably isn't very important for me.
Although I do want to get a good mouse.
Come to think of it, this mouse is very cheap on amazon, had tons of good reviews and would probably do the job for me.
Its probably blasphemy around here though
:pac:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-B110-Optical-USB-Mouse/dp/B0029QPJJK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Very very similar to the mouse I have, I have one exactly like that (looks the same and has the same buttons) but its laser instead of optical. Picked it up in argos as I needed something cheap.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-LS1-Laser-Mouse-Coconut/dp/B001ASFO3E/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=340831031&s=computers

Pangea · 10-04-2012 03:25AM

Just having a closer look at those gaming mouse mats, they are absolutely huge.
I seen in one review a person mentioned he has the keyboard sitting on top of the matt too, is that why its so big, so that it goes under the keyboard too?

nesf · 10-04-2012 06:35AM

Pangea wrote: »

Just having a closer look at those gaming mouse mats, they are absolutely huge.
I seen in one review a person mentioned he has the keyboard sitting on top of the matt too, is that why its so big, so that it goes under the keyboard too?

It's so big because some FPS players like using low sensitivity to help with accurate aiming and thus need a large mousemat. There's absolutely no need for a large mat if you're not a gamer though.

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 10:23AM

I love shoping online, but I fecking hate to wait for deliveries!!!!! I am like that spoiled child, who has problems with patients!!!

Genghiz Cohen · 10-04-2012 01:16PM

Tracking number are the bane of my life.
I'm supposed to be working!

Serephucus · 10-04-2012 01:18PM

Sounds like me when I was waiting for my Alienware.

Opens Excel
Checks package
Move page in Excel
Checks package
Stares at package tracking page
Refreshes
Clicks random cell in Excel
Checks package

Repeat for six hours.

game4it70 · 10-04-2012 01:26PM

In the same boat atm.I ordered 4 items from pixmania (shudders) as i had to use laser and they sent them in 3 different parcels.
They all got to portlaoise over weekend but only recieved one so far.Nice work an post by not bringing all my new toys together :rolleyes:

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 01:31PM

i did not even received tracking number for my monitor yet

. i am expecting delivery thursday/friday as komplett says 3-4 days.

i would kill for one of those big stores of pc Stuff you get in Austria/Germany

. go, buy, bring home, pew pew!

Serephucus · 10-04-2012 01:33PM

Indeed. I'd love a Best Buy / Fry's here. Pity the majority of the Irish are luddites.

Genghiz Cohen · 10-04-2012 03:55PM

OH JESUS THE STATUS CHANGED!

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 03:58PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

OH JESUS THE STATUS CHANGED!

good for you.

komplett.ie has it weird way though. they give you an post tracking number, but only after 2-3 days... i guess, they dont stock stuff at all in ireland.

dan_ep82 · 10-04-2012 04:01PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

good for you.

komplett.ie has it weird way though. they give you an post tracking number, but only after 2-3 days... i guess, they dont stock stuff at all in ireland.

Comes from germany doesn't it?

Think they only take deliveries from there every tuesday or thursday iirc

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 04:16PM

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Comes from germany doesn't it?

Think they only take deliveries from there every tuesday or thursday iirc

if its tuesday and thursday, then i am in deep hole...

we had bank holiday, so they filled in order only today, so it will be here on thursday. then dispatch same day and it will only start its trip to me on friday morning

. fail.

Headshot · 10-04-2012 04:28PM

Lads is there an advantage of online gaming with a static ip address?

Genghiz Cohen · 10-04-2012 04:29PM

Headshot wrote: »

Lads is there an advantage of online gaming with a static ip address?

When you get IP banned there's nothing you can do about it.

...wait.

Serephucus · 10-04-2012 04:39PM

Yeah, you don't have to re-forward ports if you get assigned a different IP. There's no real performance advantage or anything, it's just for convenience.

Monotype · 10-04-2012 04:55PM

Static IP addresses make it easier if you're hosting servers - ie., port forwarding and for other people to find.

sosmyface · 10-04-2012 04:57PM

Lads thinking of going back to play world of warcraft (yes i am stupid) and was gonna put a new computer together. Just wondering could anyone recommend a graphics card - wow will be the only game I play so its just one that can handle that well, otherwise it'd just be general pc use. Thanks alot.

Monotype · 10-04-2012 05:04PM

I think world of warcraft pretty much runs on integrated graphics at this stage. Demands aren't high given its age - apart from on your time and wallet - I think you'd want to be mad to be forking out subscriptions like that (even if you're playing it all day!) or even to consider something that's consumed the lives of so many people.

What's the screen resolution?

sosmyface · 10-04-2012 05:18PM

Yeah havent commited to going back yet, gonna have some free time in a few weeks and was thinking about playing for a month or so (wishful thinking:rolleyes:).
Would be getting a new monitor too, looking at other threads here maybe something along the lines of a benq 22"-24" (so would that be 1920x1080?).

In alot of the threads i've read here they are build for the latest games at high fps etc so its hard for me to guage (esp since i know little or nothing about them). But I dont wanna spend €300 on a graphics card I may never use:)
Cheers

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 05:42PM

Buying pc just to play wow is a bit silly bud. I am constantly trying to command to it, for the last 3 years...
I finish one dungeon and then I realise: wtf am I doing?! Then I am good to go for another 3 months.
Makes sure you really want to play it, as it changed so much. It would be a shame to spend money on pc for wow amd then not play it.

sosmyface · 10-04-2012 05:51PM

Thanks shadowhearth, although I will be building a pc regardless of whether I play wow. I have a laptop thats getting a bit old and I was planning on getting a new pc to replace it.

Yeah the game can be a total timesink and I wasted plenty of time on it. Haven't played for a year and that time I only subbed for a few months, I think im just gonna use the free time and do a month on top -if its like last time i wont have too much trouble leaving it

oops my first post is misleading alright.

Skylinehead · 10-04-2012 06:47PM

Pangea wrote: »

Thats gone down to £25.98 now :eek:
That matt is XL. Are we talking very big here?

Product unavailable

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 06:49PM

sosmyface wrote: »

Thanks shadowhearth, although I will be building a pc regardless of whether I play wow. I have a laptop thats getting a bit old and I was planning on getting a new pc to replace it.

Yeah the game can be a total timesink and I wasted plenty of time on it. Haven't played for a year and that time I only subbed for a few months, I think im just gonna use the free time and do a month on top -if its like last time i wont have too much trouble leaving it

oops my first post is misleading alright.

well depending what is your budget for a PC. HD3000 will let you play wow, but experience wont be very pleasent. yes, its old game, but it had quite a few graphical updates, so its not as simple as it used to be back in 2006ish.
now i am not saying to get some sort of gtx 680 for it

. something like 6670 should be more then enough and it wont break your piggy bank. damn, you could even snatch some older GPU of adverts.ie.

sosmyface · 10-04-2012 07:07PM

Thanks shadowhearth, thats a good idea about adverts.ie actually, never would of thought of it!
How about a passively cooled gpu either? Since it mightnt be strained too much and I dont have to worry bout the fan/dust etc.
No budget really, just wanna build a good and reliable pc -guess would pay anything up to €150ish.

Serephucus · 10-04-2012 07:14PM

How about this then?

http://www.dabs.ie/products/asus-ati-radeon-6670-hd-800mhz-1gb-pci-e-hdmi-directcu-silent-7MMD.html?src=3

Edit: Actually, forget that. Only gets about 30FPS. Try this one instead:

http://www.dabs.ie/products/asus-geforce-gts-450-594mhz-1gb-pci-express-2-0-hdmi-directcu-7PF3.html?src=3

Review here:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Axle/GeForce_GTS_450_OC/21.html

sosmyface · 10-04-2012 07:28PM

Oh deadly, thanks Serephucus that looks pretty much exactly what I was looking for! I love the fact its passively cooled and can put it into a htpc or something if I dont get much use for it. Sweet, cheers:D

ShadowHearth · 10-04-2012 07:40PM

another happy customer lol

Serephucus · 10-04-2012 08:01PM

Be careful with those though. A lot of people think you can just shove one in a case and be done with it. You'll have to watch your temperatures, and you'll need at least some airflow. Remember that not everything in the card has a temperature sensor on it, so while HWMonitor or GPU-Z or something might report your card at 50°C, you might have voltage regulators or something else spiking at 90.

sosmyface · 10-04-2012 08:38PM

Me again!
What about the Sapphire HD7750 1GB GDDR5 Ultimate Graphics Card?
Its just a couple of weeks old and only about €10-€15 more expensive.
Sapphire claim "first totally silent card to embody all of the features of this new generation of products based on the revolutionary new GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture from AMD" - probably marketing spiel but what do ya reckon?

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