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indough · 14-12-2012 03:59PM

i want to keep the bottom two drive cage for some backup storage, although i have seen it done with the hdd's laying on their sides rather than horizontally, not sure how id fix them that way and whether or not it would be stable, ive never used the less conventional means of fixing hard drives. also i thought the cage might somehow lend a bit of stability to the overhang of the board.

challengemaster · 14-12-2012 05:26PM

HWVS wrote:

2012-12-14 at 15:51 The goods are ready for collection or assembling.

Love seeing that

Tea_Bag · 14-12-2012 05:49PM

it was really difficult finding a decent psu for the prodigy that was 650W+, fully modular and had some sort of fanless operation. in the end I settled on the ax750. its a tight fit but it works, €150 ain't cheap, but it's got a 7 year warranty so will probably outlive the rest of my gear. the alternative is the silverstone strider st650 @140mm (!!!) but it doesn't have a passive state and is quite a bit more expensive.

I won't have any HDDs. 2x 256gb raid0 Samsung 830’s instead. anything that doesn't fit on there will be streamed from the HTPC.

Serephucus · 14-12-2012 05:51PM

I take it you're going water as well, or?

What GPU(s) were you thinking of? 650 is a bit of an annoying wattage; it's not really powerful enough for dual GPUs, so you could go with something like the AX750, or Super-Flower's 500W passive unit (probably what I'd go for).

ShadowHearth · 14-12-2012 06:16PM

lads, you know new updated youtube interface? its ****ing really annoys me!!!

they mashed recomended videos and subscription vidoes in to the same homepage! how the feck to disable those recomended vidoes in main page?

Tea_Bag · 14-12-2012 06:35PM

Serephucus wrote: »

I take it you're going water as well, or?

What GPU(s) were you thinking of? 650 is a bit of an annoying wattage; it's not really powerful enough for dual GPUs, so you could go with something like the AX750, or Super-Flower's 500W passive unit (probably what I'd go for).

yea. if the prodigy is as good as the pics look, ill be going water. if not ill stick to the stryker. either way, im out of money for now. thats a january project.

520w (the fanless x series) will be cutting it too close with the gtx 690 for my liking. it'll be running ~100% all the time.

if i dont like the prodigy, my HTPC will be thrown into it. a pentium g2120 + 6450 passive, corsair A70 (run passive) AX750 (passive even when HTPC is at full load.) so the only fan will be a single GT typhoon (or SP120 cause i ordered 2 to compare them) which will be damn near awesome.

ShadowHearth wrote: »

lads, you know new updated youtube interface? its ****ing really annoys me!!!

they mashed recomended videos and subscription vidoes in to the same homepage! how the feck to disable those recomended vidoes in main page?

this times a million. its even worse cause the lads subscribed me to justin beiber et al when i left myself logged in. even though ive removed the subscriptions, i still get the suggestions.

Serephucus · 14-12-2012 06:42PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

yea. if the prodigy is as good as the pics look, ill be going water. if not ill stick to the stryker. either way, im out of money for now. thats a january project.

520w (the fanless x series) will be cutting it too close with the gtx 690 for my liking. it'll be running ~100% all the time.

if i dont like the prodigy, my HTPC will be thrown into it. a pentium g2120 + 6450 passive, corsair A70 (run passive) AX750 (passive even when HTPC is at full load.) so the only fan will be a single GT typhoon (or SP120 cause i ordered 2 to compare them) which will be damn near awesome.

Fair enough. Do let me know what you think of the SP120s. I've been wondering how they compare to GTs myself since I got mine.

What colour are you thinking of anyway? Bearing in mind that only the black gives you that front mesh.

Tea_Bag wrote: »

this times a million. its even worse cause the lads subscribed me to justin beiber et al when i left myself logged in. even though ive removed the subscriptions, i still get the suggestions.

What I find really stupid is that it's recommending me videos I've already watched... from subscribed videos... that it knows I've watched.

ShadowHearth · 14-12-2012 06:42PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

yea. if the prodigy is as good as the pics look, ill be going water. if not ill stick to the stryker. either way, im out of money for now. thats a january project.

520w (the fanless x series) will be cutting it too close with the gtx 690 for my liking. it'll be running ~100% all the time.

if i dont like the prodigy, my HTPC will be thrown into it. a pentium g2120 + 6450 passive, corsair A70 (run passive) AX750 (passive even when HTPC is at full load.) so the only fan will be a single GT typhoon (or SP120 cause i ordered 2 to compare them) which will be damn near awesome.

this times a million. its even worse cause the lads subscribed me to justin beiber et al when i left myself logged in. even though ive removed the subscriptions, i still get the suggestions.

i just checked and i misses on sooooo many videos from subs, because i did not see them under the SEA OF **** RECCOMENDED STUFF!!!

Tea_Bag · 14-12-2012 06:50PM

i know about the black mesh, but im still going for a white. by my understanding, the white will still provide inlets that will be sufficient for the rad. I havent purchased a 200mm fan yet (theyre bloody expensive for 1!) so i dont yet know how its going to work. it wont be the end of the world if i have to just cool my CPU. the 690 is incredibly quiet anyway.

ill let you know about the SP120's anyway. ive got a fan controller that goes from 0->100% so i can test them at any load. ive noticed stock fans on the storm stryker whine at anything under ~40% so theyve since been removed.

EDIT: if youve still got that spektra for sale in 2 weeks ill probably buy it off you.

Eboggles · 14-12-2012 06:57PM

RE the whole YT thing, how the hell do you disable those recommendations on the front page? It annoys me so much :mad:.

PseudoFamous · 14-12-2012 07:14PM

Eboggles wrote: »

RE the whole YT thing, how the hell do you disable those recommendations on the front page? It annoys me so much :mad:.

http://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions/u

make that your youtube frontpage rather than youtube.com.

or follow this simple guide I just made: http://i.imgur.com/2InWI.png

Shorty11857 · 14-12-2012 07:18PM

Hope it's okay to post this in here but how reliable are UPS with their delivery dates? Originally said it would arrive yesterday, then they changed it to today and now there's no estimated delivery date listed, was hoping I would have got my delivery before the weekend

shane547 · 14-12-2012 07:32PM

I've had a day or two past the estimated delivery, if it's not there tomorrow get onto the live chat they're fairly helpful. Maybe an error on the address.

ShadowHearth · 14-12-2012 07:45PM

PseudoFamous wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions/u

make that your youtube frontpage rather than youtube.com.

or follow this simple guide I just made: http://i.imgur.com/2InWI.png

a jaysus man! thanks! made it my favorite hompage for youtube. ffs its back to normal

Telchak · 14-12-2012 10:26PM

Anybody know anywhere that has a decent price for the U2312HM?

Amazon have it for about €215. I paid around €180 for my first one a year ago

marco_polo · 14-12-2012 11:12PM

Telchak wrote: »

Anybody know anywhere that has a decent price for the U2312HM?

Amazon have it for about €215. I paid around €180 for my first one a year ago

155 GBP no? Which should still work out under 200 allowing for Irish VaT. Unless there is no super saver?

I thought that was pretty cheap didn't know it was going for 180 ish in the past.

Shorty11857 · 15-12-2012 12:39AM

shane547 wrote: »

I've had a day or two past the estimated delivery, if it's not there tomorrow get onto the live chat they're fairly helpful. Maybe an error on the address.

It arrived today

Completely failing at getting the CPU fan onto the motherboard, is there something really basic you're meant to do that I'm missing?

Scythe Mugen 3, für alle Sockel geeignet is the fan and
ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP, Sockel 1155, ATX is the motherboard

Anyone know what I'm probably doing wrong, probably the most basic thing

Tea_Bag · 15-12-2012 01:00AM

how far have you got?

pics?

Telchak · 15-12-2012 02:57AM

marco_polo wrote: »

155 GBP no? Which should still work out under 200 allowing for Irish VaT. Unless there is no super saver?

I thought that was pretty cheap didn't know it was going for 180 ish in the past.

Forgot to check Supersaver :') Comes to €203,62. Not awful, I guess I'm just annoyed that the price has gone up compared to what I paid on Komplett a year ago :L Unfortunately they don't stock it anymore ):

tuxy · 15-12-2012 05:04AM

Shorty11857 wrote: »

It arrived today

Completely failing at getting the CPU fan onto the motherboard, is there something really basic you're meant to do that I'm missing?

Scythe Mugen 3, für alle Sockel geeignet is the fan and
ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP, Sockel 1155, ATX is the motherboard

Anyone know what I'm probably doing wrong, probably the most basic thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlyFWybK8Mw

Serephucus · 15-12-2012 01:30PM

NCIX.com now ships internationally.

Fluffy!

Tea_Bag · 15-12-2012 01:31PM

how much is shipping!!!!11!

Serephucus · 15-12-2012 01:33PM

$30.

Just tested with a 512GB M4 there. €379 inc. shipping from HWVS, €324 from NCIX inc. shipping, but ex. customs.

Expanded it a bit:

3570K
512GB M4
GTX 670
AX750
600T

$1,510 inc. shipping = €1,165
And, inc. shipping from HWVS = €1,285.

Tea_Bag · 15-12-2012 02:19PM

not bad, but probably not worth the risk of customs.

Eboggles · 15-12-2012 02:26PM

How long would it take to get here from Canada?

Shorty11857 · 15-12-2012 02:48PM

tuxy wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlyFWybK8Mw

Should have looked for that before I went through with it, took hours to get it in properly but everything else was fine.

Have it all running now and everything seems to be good so I'm happy. CPU seems to sit at 35C idle and I played a bit of Sleeping Dogs and the GPU went up to 65C, so nothing too crazy. Not sure if I'll try overclocking it today or leave it for now just happy it all turned on first try to be honest!

ED E · 15-12-2012 05:20PM

Shorty11857 wrote: »

Should have looked for that before I went through with it, took hours to get it in properly but everything else was fine.

Have it all running now and everything seems to be good so I'm happy. CPU seems to sit at 35C idle and I played a bit of Sleeping Dogs and the GPU went up to 65C, so nothing too crazy. Not sure if I'll try overclocking it today or leave it for now just happy it all turned on first try to be honest!

Hmm, would have to look it up but that seems a tad warm unless the room is quite warm. With a beasty cooler like that i'd want to be below 30 idle.

Serephucus · 15-12-2012 09:42PM

So... snag.

Long story short, I'm in need of a D5 o-ring. Has anyone got one they're not using? I can get one from Specialtech, but cost of delivery vs. cost of part, long waiting times, etc. Don't suppose someone is in a good mood? (I'm not)

Edit: And of course I find the damn thing after searching for almost an hour, but only a minute after posting this...

dwighet · 15-12-2012 10:08PM

Serephucus wrote: »

So... snag.

Long story short, I'm in need of a D5 o-ring. Has anyone got one they're not using? I can get one from Specialtech, but cost of delivery vs. cost of part, long waiting times, etc. Don't suppose someone is in a good mood? (I'm not)

Edit: And of course I find the damn thing after searching for almost an hour, but only a minute after posting this...

Mate if you could give me the size you need I should be able to get one from work on monday

Missed your edit...no worries

tuxy · 15-12-2012 10:27PM

ED E wrote: »

Hmm, would have to look it up but that seems a tad warm unless the room is quite warm. With a beasty cooler like that i'd want to be below 30 idle.

Depends, some people think the temp in bios is the idle temp. The cpu is not at idle in bios so temps will be higher.

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