Off Topic Thread V2.0

WhiskeyGoblin

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I kiiiind of disagree.

100fps+ is great

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Tbh it is pointless upgrading to a 480 from a 290. Both are the same performance wise.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The only really worthwhile upgrade to a 290 is really a GTX1070 really, everything else is just an incremental improvement. Only worth it though if you're aiming at a 144hz 1080p monitor, at standard 1080p 60hz, it would be a total waste. R9 290's are only fetching around 150-200 now second hand, so you'd be slapping down a fair bit of cash to upgrade.

I'd probably prefer to go with a 144hz 1080p monitor, or 1440p 144hz if you prefer, and make do with the R9 290 for another while while enjoying a new monitor, then think about a new card.

Thanks for the replies guys, I'll look into the monitors now!

Monotype

john the one wrote: »

I need help.

I watched a viral video a few days ago, i think it was made by Corsair.

Basically its a parody of Saw where some guy is made play a game and the fps drops below 22 or something. I need to find this or i will die.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101510558&postcount=3744

Icyseanfitz

Ha forgot about that

Gehad_JoyRider

Whens black friday?

mossym

day after thanksgiving

Blitz17

Went a different route to monitor my water temp and pump speed. Temp is working away but didn't get a video, warnings set which sound an alarm too. Just waiting on more sleeving to before I can start on new case.

http://sendvid.com/i89emijg

iLikeWaffles

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

Whens black friday?

mossym wrote: »

day after thanksgiving

25th Novemeber

raymix

Probably a silly question, but where do you mostly shop during black Friday in Ireland? Isn't that sort of a US thing?

Serephucus

It's UK as well, nowadays, so most UK retailers will have sales - Amazon, Scan, Overclockers.

Headshot

I have windows 7 laptop and a windows 10 key.

I want to upgrade to windows 10 but dont want to use an ISO. Is there an upgrade program that microsoft have?

Headshot

I have windows 7 laptop and a windows 10 key.

I want to upgrade to windows 10 but dont want to use an ISO. Is there an upgrade program that microsoft have?

ED E

You can use the media creation tool, but thats just making up an ISO itself.

Why dont you want to use an image?

SickBoy

ED E wrote: »

You can use the media creation tool, but thats just making up an ISO itself.

Why dont you want to use an image?

The media creation tool allows you to do an upgrade without having to make installation media, at least that's what I was led to believe.

ED E

SickBoy wrote: »

The media creation tool allows you to do an upgrade without having to make installation media, at least that's what I was led to believe.

Ahh it does! Never spotted that.

select Upgrade this PC now and then select Next.
The tool will start downloading and then installing Windows 10. This table shows which edition of Windows 10 will be installed on your PC.

justsomebloke

Headshot wrote: »

I have windows 7 laptop and a windows 10 key.

I want to upgrade to windows 10 but dont want to use an ISO. Is there an upgrade program that microsoft have?

you can still 'upgrade' to windows 10 for free, if you want to keep the key for something else.

ShadowHearth

Guys, what websites you use for your general tech news, articles etc?

Robert ninja

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Guys, what websites you use for your general tech news, articles etc?

https://news.ycombinator.com/news

https://joindiaspora.com/u/schestowitz

https://8ch.net/tech/index.html

https://level1techs.com/

https://www.pcper.com/

dunworth1

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Guys, what websites you use for your general tech news, articles etc?

i use https://slashdot.org/
and boards

ED E

Slashdot bot posts to facebook, grand sprinkling of tech in with the "you ok hun xx"s.

ED E

My lazy ass is now a very happy lazy ass.

glynf

ED E wrote: »

My lazy ass is now a very happy lazy ass.

Nice... Excellent chair, got a decent one off adverts for <500, only reason I changed it was the lack of a head rest. Have a humanscale freedom headrest now, but I miss the comfort of the aeron.

wotzgoingon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Guys, what websites you use for your general tech news, articles etc?

I read whatever comes up on my google now feed.

ShadowHearth

Razor black widow 2014 mechanical keyboard on amazon for 69£. Is it a good deal?
I think I heard they use their own keys and not cherry mx?

MiskyBoyy

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Razor black widow 2014 mechanical keyboard on amazon for 69£. Is it a good deal?
I think I heard they use their own keys and not cherry mx?

They use their own keys.

I've mine for the past 2 years, still flying!

Would probably go for something a little smaller in future tho, it gets in the way of the mouse sometimes when playing CSGO.

Robert ninja

Yeah I have that KB. Mine's still performing just fine. The drivers for it are terrible though. First keyboard I've had that wants my email to make the macros work. No linux drivers, either.

Xenoronin

As annoying as Razer Synapse is (constantly demanding updates almost every day it seems), I do actually love the software. It's well presented and pretty easy to use. Especially when you compare it to Corsair's horror of an offering. There is a whole editor dedicated to lighting, but it doesn't affect all products. I have the wireless void RGB Headset, and it has it's own lighting editor off in some other part of the tool, making 90% of the tool irrelevant, but it does nothing to help inform you of this.

Blitz17

Delliding tool arrived today, I didn't fancy using the vice only method on Skylake due to the thinner PCB. Bring on cool temps and high overclocks

Cuddlesworth

brave man

Blitz17

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

brave man

Its fairly straight forward, I done my 4670k and 4770k with vice only method, 30 seconds and done

papu

Any marked improvements with de-lidding?