Off-Topic Thread

have you got 2.5" mount for your ssd? If you only got a 3.5" bay you might need to get a little bracket so the ssd can fit properly

Eboggles wrote: »

It's small

http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/mechanical-keyboard-noppoo/noppoo-mini-mechanical-gaming-/lid=18974485

oh look at this its like lego - microsoft sindewinder x6

Headshot wrote: »

I havent even gotten the ssd yet but I want to do the homework on it before I buy. I was watching a video of youtube there and NCIXcom use doubled sided tape on the ssd to mount it

Yeah, no moving parts means you could just leave it hanging off all the wires in there :rolleyes:

Tea_Bag wrote: »

my SSD is stuck in my case with velcro. ill give you a hand anyway if you need it, but its pretty easy.

Might take you up on that tea

Headshot - don't bother with any of those guides as they always go overboard in tweaking. If your adding a new SSD for windows it's best to 1) Enable AHCI in BIOS setup before windows install and 2) Do a clean windows install. You're pretty much finished then; Windows 7 handles SSDs very well. If you find that you need extra space, you can looking into disabling hibernation and/or reducing the page file size.
Aside from that, it's a straightforward windows install. In my opinion, chasing after any extra performance is not worthwhile.

What have you got now?

-i.e., hard drive(s) and partition layout (C drive, d drive...) ? Have you got a lot of steam games or a lot of other games? What about other programs?

Edit: Also have you got windows 7?

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

It was despatched from main land Europe (Denmark I think) so, it will take about two days to get to Dublin then one day from there. They sent you an Anpost tracker number just check when you see on route to customer. I always order on the Thursday, get the despatch notice on Friday. So, Dublin gets it on the Monday (Anpost tracker, on route) I get it on the Tuesday.
Edit,
Dublin meaning the Komplett office in Dublin.

just got this:ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER KILBARRACK D.S.U. DUBLIN 5 12-Apr-12

so i guess it should be here on friday? i wont be at home till 14:00 , have flipping NCT!!!

Headshot wrote: »

1 hard drive Samsung SpinPoint F3 1000GB, SATA II, just C drive. Only 1 steam game and the others I have the cd (alot of the other games)

regarding programs

Not alot at all, not any important ones anyway

yes windows 7 64bit

Alright, that's going to be a bit messy. You'll probably need to reinstall nearly all of those games again to get them working.

Here's how I would do it, although you could probably also do it with migration software.

Step 1a is to back up your windows activation. Unless you've got a lot of windows keys to spare. This saves you from ringing up Microsoft after a reinstall. You can do this with the ABR tool.
http://directedge.us/content/abr-activation-backup-and-restore

Step 1b - Move any essentials to a folder in the root directory of the C-Drive for easy access, e.g., we'll call the folder "to keep files". Back up your browser bookmarks and all kinds of stuff at this stage. Get the stuff from your desktop too.

Step 2 - Disconnect your HDD and attach your SSD

Step 3 - Enable AHCI in BIOS

Step 4 - Install Windows 7

Step 5 - Rettach your HDD and make sure that the boot priority is for the SSD first

Step 6 - Install drivers, essential software and restore your windows activation

At this point you'll have to think about what programs you need on the HDD and which you'll need on the SSD. Your old C-Drive which is now the D or E drive (you can re-assign the letters if you want) has all your old files but a whole lot of useless windows junk now.

If you are sure that you won't be booting to the old OS any more, I suggest you move everything on the d-drive (except your 'to keep files' folder) into a folder called "old c-drive" until you are sure that you have gotten everything you need from it - doing this will make it clear which files are new and which are old. You might find that you have a lot of files scattered around that you need later on. For example, games have a tendency to install saves in my documents even if you don't want them there.

You'll have to reinstall most of your programs as I said before. Any big programs should go on the hard drive. You can set this with custom install and setting d:\program files instead of c:\program files.

The SSD is probably too small for all the games so it's only really worthwhile moving a game to the SSD if you're going to be playing it regularly. Since you only have the one steam game, you don't need the steam mover tool. If you want the steam game on the SSD, you can move the entire steam folder wherever you want and it will fix itself when you run it.

Anyone seen the new youtube 3D stuff? One of the options seems to be compliant with nvidia's active 3D - does this mean that the video is being output at 120FPS?

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i am so happy with my connection! i am in a small town and small bit in the outskirts. 10mb and very steady! couldnt be happier .

oh bless

sosmyface wrote: »

think I found the perfect keyboard to suit my desk.
CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Gaming Keyboard


only problem is it seems hard to find, not sure if its officially out yet in europe

That's a great keyboard, apparently it has the same internals as the Filco 87 ... but it's not available in ISO layout! I think CM might have released some of their other keyboards in ISO so there is still hope.

Good to see TKL Reds are becoming popular, even if the Choc Mini was the first :cool:

Build complete! I hope. God damn that CPU fan, I was an absolute nightmare to install/install wires around.

Now I'm terrified I didn't install it properlly/moved it too much/did the thermal paste wrong... CPU temp is idling at around 39*C at BIOS, not sure if that's normal or not. BAH!

On the plus side, quite proud of my cable management, pics incoming :P

25C here .

D4RK ONION wrote: »

;_;

That's what my family's build was at with the stock fan... I'm just gonna hope that this is all normal >_<

My build is at 40 with a stock fan. edit: down to 32 now.
Although it doesn't go an awful lot higher, even under load.
60 is the highest I've ever seen it go, that was after a BF3 session.

Also, whoever it was who asked about the GTA for 3.99 earlier, its actually 4.99$, and the deal is still going on now. Although you'll need to create an american account, with an american address, although an Irish CC works fine.

GTA IV

Some other great deals:
LA Noire 4.99$
Metro 2033 4.99$
Crysis 2 7.49$

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Also, whoever it was who asked about the GTA for 3.99 earlier, its actually 4.99$, and the deal is still going on now. Although you'll need to create an american account, with an american address, although an Irish CC works fine.

GTA IV

Some other great deals:
LA Noire 4.99$
Metro 2033 4.99$
Crysis 2 7.49$

Cheers, downloading GTA IV now. If you don't want to pay sales tax on your purchase make sure you enter a state that does not have any:P e.g Delaware