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ShadowHearth · 27-09-2012 02:54PM

Lads, could you use whiskey to take off thermal paste lads?

deejer · 27-09-2012 03:06PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Lads, could you use whiskey to take off thermal paste lads?

im guessing if its any kind of alcohol it should be vodka??

glynf · 27-09-2012 03:38PM

Maybe use Articlean? Does a good job, that or rubbing alcohol which is 70% proof,-think whiskey is about the 20-40% proof on average..

BTW lads, what is the best/cheapest option to buy a full copy of windows 7? Don't know any students, and want a copy I can re-install over and over.

Looking at HWVS, and they seem to sell only OEM.

Brian · 27-09-2012 04:56PM

Burgo wrote: »

How'd you get it for €300? showing as just over 400 now.

Lenovo prices are known to fluctuate quite a lot, guess I just got it in a trough.

Tea_Bag · 27-09-2012 06:57PM

gtx690 in the post on the way to me.

excited isn't the word

dwighet · 27-09-2012 07:08PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

gtx690 in the post on the way to me.

excited isn't the word

nice

Monotype · 27-09-2012 07:29PM

How much do they cost again...? --- WOW!

I have to say that I do like the physical design of the 690; it's a nice looking card.

ShadowHearth · 27-09-2012 07:30PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

gtx690 in the post on the way to me.

excited isn't the word

i always knew you got more money then sense!

Tea_Bag · 27-09-2012 07:43PM

ha. including postage, PayPal fees and a few beers, €460.

it is a beautiful card from the pics I've seen. I've spent so much on water cooling that it'd be a shame to not WC it, so it'll only run stock cooler for a while.

anyone wanna buy my 6990 now

ShadowHearth · 27-09-2012 07:46PM

460eu? second hand?

Tea_Bag · 27-09-2012 07:49PM

correct.

its a gamble, but I couldn't pass it up.

ShadowHearth · 27-09-2012 07:52PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

correct.

its a gamble, but I couldn't pass it up.

from irish seller? or you found it somewhere else? 460eu looks like a great price.

Headshot · 27-09-2012 07:55PM

so a card worth nearly a grand for 460 euro? wow

Hope you have a warranty with that just incase

Tea_Bag · 27-09-2012 08:08PM

yea. actually he only got €400 for it.

the rest went into PayPal fees and postage etc.

Deconduo just posted it to me.

likely no warranty. I'd lose it anyway when I go under water.

he bought it as a prebuilt PC.

Tea_Bag · 27-09-2012 08:10PM

just to clarify, I bought it from a guy in Dublin, and he dropped it off with Deconduo to test it.

Headshot · 27-09-2012 08:13PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

just to clarify, I bought it from a guy in Dublin, and he dropped it off with Deconduo to test it.

oh Deconduo gave the all clear?

That was handy

Serephucus · 27-09-2012 08:14PM

For only €460... that's insane.

I'd love a 690, because it's an absolutely beautiful card, I just can't help feeling that so much of it would be lost without the cooler (aka underwater) that it's somehow not worth it.

Hats off though. Great bargain. If you happen to find an M18x around for cheap, let me know, eh?

ShadowHearth · 27-09-2012 08:19PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

yea. actually he only got €400 for it.

the rest went into PayPal fees and postage etc.

Deconduo just posted it to me.

likely no warranty. I'd lose it anyway when I go under water.

he bought it as a prebuilt PC.

why is he selling it? need money for drugs?! :pac:

cherryghost · 27-09-2012 08:29PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Deconduo just posted it to me.

Enjoy your 9600GT :P

deconduo · 27-09-2012 08:41PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Enjoy your 9600GT :P

Nah I was feeling generous and gave him the 6870 I replaced :pac:

Tea_Bag · 27-09-2012 08:56PM

Serephucus wrote: »

For only €460... that's insane.

I'd love a 690, because it's an absolutely beautiful card, I just can't help feeling that so much of it would be lost without the cooler (aka underwater) that it's somehow not worth it.

Hats off though. Great bargain. If you happen to find an M18x around for cheap, let me know, eh?

totally agree. the beauty is in the cooler.
tbh if its quiet like I've seen the rest of the 600 series to be, I mightn't bother, and just do the CPU. my whole reason for going water was the 6990 being a beast.

I'd have a spare 360mm rad. its probably not very quiet though. and they OC much better on water cause of nvidias decision to throttle @75°;C on 6XX.

we'll see...

he was selling cause he was short cash and had previously used a 6870 and thought the performance was adequate.

glynf · 27-09-2012 09:35PM

Great find for that money, gl with it & ffs put up a few pics when you get it:D

BTW, are you keeping the 1200W PSU Corsair Tea_bag? If you are not, l would be interested in it.

Serephucus · 27-09-2012 11:13PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

tbh if its quiet like I've seen the rest of the 600 series to be, I mightn't bother, and just do the CPU. my whole reason for going water was the 6990 being a beast.

I. Will. Smack. You.

NTMK · 27-09-2012 11:24PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

totally agree. the beauty is in the cooler.
tbh if its quiet like I've seen the rest of the 600 series to be, I mightn't bother, and just do the CPU. my whole reason for going water was the 6990 being a beast.

And you think the single fan dual gpu nvidia card is going to be quiet enough for you to live with?

:pac:

Once the novelty of having a 690 has worn off you will proceed to bitch about how it sounds like a jet engine and you will end up watercooling it

Bazzo · 28-09-2012 01:40AM

glynf wrote: »

Maybe use Articlean? Does a good job, that or rubbing alcohol which is 70% proof,-think whiskey is about the 20-40% proof on average..

BTW lads, what is the best/cheapest option to buy a full copy of windows 7? Don't know any students, and want a copy I can re-install over and over.

Looking at HWVS, and they seem to sell only OEM.

Meant to post this yesterday, I e-mailed software4students about the lack of windows 7 stock on their Irish site and asking if it was possible to just purchase through their UK site, this is the response I got:

Hi
The licenses on the UK site are different to those on the Irish site. We don't have any Irish licenses available and won't be getting them back in I'm afraid and we are unable to sell the Uk licenses on the Irish site due to Microsoft restrictions.

Kind regards,

Aoife

Customer Support Team

glynf · 28-09-2012 08:37AM

Bazzo wrote: »

glynf wrote: »

Maybe use Articlean? Does a good job, that or rubbing alcohol which is 70% proof,-think whiskey is about the 20-40% proof on average..

BTW lads, what is the best/cheapest option to buy a full copy of windows 7? Don't know any students, and want a copy I can re-install over and over.

Looking at HWVS, and they seem to sell only OEM.

Meant to post this yesterday, I e-mailed software4students about the lack of windows 7 stock on their Irish site and asking if it was possible to just purchase through their UK site, this is the response I got:

Hi
The licenses on the UK site are different to those on the Irish site. We don't have any Irish licenses available and won't be getting them back in I'm afraid and we are unable to sell the Uk licenses on the Irish site due to Microsoft restrictions.

Kind regards,

Aoife

Customer Support Team

Thanks foot that Bazzo, I just want to stock up with a full board version before they get too scarce. Not a huge fan of 8 based on what I have seen.

Tea_Bag · 28-09-2012 12:09PM

well, it arrived this morning and...

it looks better in person than on pics. metal framed cooler. Christ.

NTMK · 28-09-2012 01:05PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

well, it arrived this morning and...

it looks better in person than on pics. metal framed cooler. Christ.

i think i speak for everyone here, youre a jammy ****

want to trade for my voodoo 3?
:-)

ShadowHearth · 28-09-2012 05:52PM

fecking eve online forum is useless....

i get more response here and in motors forums then there

so to those who play and played:

i am almost finished training for retriever. will my mining yeld increaase if i train more in to mining barges?

Bazzo · 28-09-2012 06:11PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

fecking eve online forum is useless....

i get more response here and in motors forums then there

so to those who play and played:

i am almost finished training for retriever. will my mining yeld increaase if i train more in to mining barges?

I couldn't be 100% without logging in to check but I'm fairly sure that it will just increase the size of your ore hold.

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