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ED E wrote: »

Suspension in my desk chair is dead(just drops to midget height) so I'm going to need to get a new chair. €100, no armrests(removable is fine). Any recommendations?

Try auction exchange sandyford:

http://www.auctionxchange.ie/

Was up there lately and they had a room full of office chairs, liquidated stock and 2nd hand stuff-some decent ones too.

A good quality 2nd hand chair in good condition would probably be a lot better than some of the cheaper ones from the likes if Ikea and the like.

ED E wrote: »

Suspension in my desk chair is dead(just drops to midget height) so I'm going to need to get a new chair. €100, no armrests(removable is fine). Any recommendations?

If you change your mind about armrests, this is the most comfortable chair in Ikea in my opinion. Then again chairs are just so personal that its best to go and sit on them yourself! They have a good selection of arm less ones too.

Parts on the way, everything should be here by Tuesday. Weekend is going slowly.

marco_polo wrote: »

Cheers man, Delivery is 9,99 sterling from overclockers with DPD so works out at about 197 yoyos altogether (EDIT actually probably around the same as HWVS when Irish VAT is factored in), but the 2 day delivery appeals in this case given the imminent release of Far Cry 3.

iirc the HIS is one of the best overclockers in the 7850 group. if that interests you, double check.

183eu for 2312hm... ffs so tempted . why i have to be sooo broke!!!

Internet gone until Tuesday at the earliest, have to tether my phone and the connection is just pants

Bethesda's games are usually as buggy as feck so that is the likeliest suspect.

i havent gotten the last few things yet...

Ive been a little put off by headshots rig no doubt. it was a complete nightmare.

Im also migrating to a Prodigy. The original idea was to throw my server into the prodigy, but im starting to like it so much after reviews and my storm striker is so impractical to haul around im going to play around with it for a while til i get bored.

If i like the prodigy, ill be doing the water in it, so im going to hold off on the specialtech order til i see where I end up.


problem is finding a decent z77 itx motherboard. each one has a problem. the asrock z77e-itx is by far the nicest, and well priced at €135, but the msata port underneath the board interferes with coolers backplates. I cant even find much info about how bad either. i know the raystorm block will fit with modding, but not sure what is required. I doubt my corsair A70 cooler will fit.

then there's the ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe. best OCer of the itx's, but it doesnt have any mSATA (which i'd like cause im limited to 4 SATA ports), so an mSATA SSD in the server would be a great benefit. the audio appears to be rubbish too. and its €175.

MSI Z77IA-E53, reviews are decent, fairly good OCer, €155, but again, backplate problems. except no one mentions what fits and what doesnt!! :mad: kitguru:

One negative aspect of the MSI Z77IA-E53 is the close proximity of various circuitry close to the CPU socket on the rear of the PCB. We tried a number of coolers which utilise backplates and some of them wouldn’t mount properly, either touching sensitive components or not installing level to the socket.
If you buy this motherboard be careful of which cooler you purchase.

they never mention what they tried though outside of saying the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro fits!

Gigabyte GA-Z77N-Wifi. no reviews. gigabyte. lots of DOA's. thats it.


sorry for the rant, just needed to get this on paper.

I'd move my rig to a prodigy in a second* - It supports almost as much radiator as the 600T, but is much smaller, and very nice looking, but:

* There's no room for a dedicated sound card, so it's not an option.