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D4RK ONION · 12-04-2012 11:14PM

moolers2000 wrote: »

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

sosmyface · 13-04-2012 01:20AM

Brian wrote: »

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:

I really want one of these now:D
Is it even possible to buy one in europe if I wanted? There are some on ebay from US that cost almost $100 delivery before the keyboard and customs:(

Is it much of a pain using a non iso layout? It doesnt really sound like much of a difference

D4RK ONION · 13-04-2012 01:24AM

Windows seems to be buzzing along nicely, temps are down a bit too. So far so good! I shall upload the photos tomorrow...

Anywhere in Dublin I could pick up a SATA3 cable? Need to connect up my HDD and I'll be done.

FlyingIrishMan · 13-04-2012 01:27AM

sosmyface wrote: »

I really want one of these now:D
Is it even possible to buy one in europe if I wanted? There are some on ebay from US that cost almost $100 delivery before the keyboard and customs:(

Is it much of a pain using a non iso layout? It doesnt really sound like much of a difference

Looking at Scan it looks like they were meant to get a shipment of them in on the 3rd, so perhaps they'll have them in someday next week and you can get one of them then.

sosmyface · 13-04-2012 01:50AM

oh that would be sweet! I might make my first ever order with scan.co.uk so and preorder one:)
They seem surprisingly cheap though for a mechanical keyboard the ones on amazon i was looking at were about £115 with £20 delivery on top of that

sosmyface · 13-04-2012 01:55AM

Eboggles wrote: »

25C here .

wow that is cold. When i turned on my htpc it was 41c and that was just in bios and then idle in xbmc while i tried to figure how to turn off the chassis fan with an asrock mobo - i dont think you can ha.
Would it be worth to buy a cpu cooler for a non-overclocked chip as opposed to the stock? i mean for a general computer not a htpc.

FlyingIrishMan · 13-04-2012 03:08AM

sosmyface wrote: »

wow that is cold. When i turned on my htpc it was 41c and that was just in bios and then idle in xbmc while i tried to figure how to turn off the chassis fan with an asrock mobo - i dont think you can ha.
Would it be worth to buy a cpu cooler for a non-overclocked chip as opposed to the stock? i mean for a general computer not a htpc.

The stock fan is pretty loud, so you could go with a cheap one like the arctic pro,. Its only 15euro, and its quieter than the stock.

dan_ep82 · 13-04-2012 11:17AM

Ugh, 1-200 and dont know what to buy

Eboggles · 13-04-2012 12:06PM

Report: AMD Radeon HD 7900, HD 7700 Series Price drops En Route.

sosmyface · 13-04-2012 12:09PM

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

The stock fan is pretty loud, so you could go with a cheap one like the arctic pro,. Its only 15euro, and its quieter than the stock.

is it possible to buy an intel chip without the stock fan? I'd feel bad for the environment buying one and then just dumping the stock fan:D

Serephucus · 13-04-2012 12:12PM

You can buy what are called "tray" CPUs. You'd just literally get the CPU itself bubble-wrapped or something. AFAIK though, they're actually a Euro or two dearer than the boxed versions on HWVS at the moment. :P

dan_ep82 · 13-04-2012 12:14PM

Serephucus wrote: »

You can buy what are called "tray" CPUs. You'd just literally get the CPU itself bubble-wrapped or something. AFAIK though, they're actually a Euro or two dearer than the boxed versions on HWVS at the moment. :P

OEM models,warranty isnt as long right?

ShadowHearth · 13-04-2012 12:15PM

Eboggles wrote: »

Report: AMD Radeon HD 7900, HD 7700 Series Price drops En Route.

Good news, but already got myself 680. If it will make a price war and make 680 to drop in price, then I might get second one

sosmyface · 13-04-2012 12:15PM

haha that makes sense:D
oh well intel stock fan it is for now so:pac:

oh and anyone interested in that cm storm keyboard I linked earlier it seems scan is the only place to get it

Thanks for interest.
You can purchase from the following on line retailer. Stock will arrive anytime now.

Many thanks

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-cm-storm-quickfire-rapid-mechanical-cherry-mx-gaming-keyboard

M00lers · 13-04-2012 12:34PM

My Silver Power 460W Fanless PSU just arrived from Scan.

Ordered Wednesday at 12.30 lunchtime and arrives Friday at noon, nice fast shipping all for £2.50ish sterling (after avforums reduced shipping perk).

Looks like a quality unit, might need to pick up some extention cables though, the cables that come with it look to be shorter than the Corsair HX850 it's replacing.

I'll update when its installed.

ShadowHearth · 13-04-2012 01:03PM

Lads, I need a bit of help. My friend needs pc and he asked if I want to sell
My old one.

It's xps 420 q6600, 3gb ram, 6870. 640gb hdd. Plus he wants my old monitor too which is Samsung t220.

I wanted to sell monitor for 70eu on adverts, as I need to pick up my new one from post today. If I ask 400eu for pc and monitor, I won't be an asshole? Gpu alone is 150eu and monitor is well worth 70eu. That pc runs any game on high settings even now...

Serephucus · 13-04-2012 01:08PM

Given the hard drive that's in it, and that it's using DDR2, which is expensive, €400 isn't a bad price. He could of course get something newer that would do about the same in terms of performance, but that's the same dilemma I'm at as well. :P

Headshot · 13-04-2012 01:18PM

So im about to order an ssd. Do we still think the 64Gb Crucial M4 is the best option for me?

ShadowHearth · 13-04-2012 01:22PM

Serephucus wrote: »

Given the hard drive that's in it, and that it's using DDR2, which is expensive, €400 isn't a bad price. He could of course get something newer that would do about the same in terms of performance, but that's the same dilemma I'm at as well. :P

Would you get an i3 with 6870 and monitor for 400eu? I can't remember how much we quoted for those budget ones.

.
Btw he is not a gamer, but likes to play some Xbox now and then. This would give him a chance to play some pc stuff too.

Btw amy way to clean up pc, witout pure format? Or I better of reinstalling windows amd deleting old windows catalog?

Pangea · 13-04-2012 01:36PM

Whats a healthy CPU temperature?
Just looking at mine, it's 33C atm.

ShadowHearth · 13-04-2012 01:54PM

Pangea wrote: »

Whats a healthy CPU temperature?
Just looking at mine, it's 33C atm.

idle? sounds normal m8.

Serephucus · 13-04-2012 02:03PM

Play a game and then see what your temps are like.

@ shadow: Easiest thing is a clean Win7 install, TBH. You can run a hard drive eraser or something if you want to as well.

PseudoFamous · 13-04-2012 02:05PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

idle? sounds normal m8.

Would be phenomenal under load..

Genghiz Cohen · 13-04-2012 02:11PM

Never seen Patriot SSDs before, but PassMark seem to think they are the dogs bollix.
The top rated SSD on there.
And Dabs sell them.

Anyone have any comments?

Headshot · 13-04-2012 02:11PM

im bit puzzled what is the right ssd ?

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50240&agid=1145

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=46113&agid=1145

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=53775&agid=1145

poggy · 13-04-2012 02:14PM

PseudoFamous wrote: »

Would be phenomenal under load..

pretty sure phenom's run hotter that that under load

Genghiz Cohen · 13-04-2012 02:15PM

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=46113&agid=1145
Probably.

sosmyface · 13-04-2012 02:24PM

moolers2000 wrote: »

My Silver Power 460W Fanless PSU just arrived from Scan.

Ordered Wednesday at 12.30 lunchtime and arrives Friday at noon, nice fast shipping all for £2.50ish sterling (after avforums reduced shipping perk).

Looks like a quality unit, might need to pick up some extention cables though, the cables that come with it look to be shorter than the Corsair HX850 it's replacing.

I'll update when its installed.

That PSU looks deadly, do you need a case fan to pull out all the hot air rising from it though?
Oh I was gonna put an order in with scan, nice tip Im gonna sign up now

uncle_sam_ie · 13-04-2012 02:35PM

Pangea wrote: »

Whats a healthy CPU temperature?
Just looking at mine, it's 33C atm.

I idle at about 27C, full load at about 49-50C. That's at 4.4GHz overclock with a NH-D14

xtal191 · 13-04-2012 02:38PM

moolers2000 wrote: »

My Silver Power 460W Fanless PSU just arrived from Scan.

Ordered Wednesday at 12.30 lunchtime and arrives Friday at noon, nice fast shipping all for £2.50ish sterling (after avforums reduced shipping perk).

Looks like a quality unit, might need to pick up some extention cables though, the cables that come with it look to be shorter than the Corsair HX850 it's replacing.

I'll update when its installed.

Did you have to order over the phone to get the cheap delivery?

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