Off-Topic Thread

im thinking of lighting up the internals of my pc, any recommendations folks?

Bitfenix Alchemy LED strips Headshot.

Yeah, just looking at the back of the box and I'm pretty much getting the advertised speeds (although the read speed is a bit slower than whats advertised but not by much - hence why they put "up to" I guess)

Still really happy with the performance and the write speeds don't matter that much - especially on a OS /frequently played games drive

Ordered my second card. The wait begins

indough wrote: »

it cost me 101 i think (including postage) by going through that site, so still 14 or 15 less than scan, who have the best european price for it. it hasnt been dispatched yet though so will have to wait and see how it goes

this arrived today, seems perfect and it has actually come from scan :pac:

Just finished my first build. Nerve racking to the extreme. Tried an out of case build to begin with and for some strange reason I didn't get a feed so I just said feck it and put it all into the case anyway.

Just finished there. Everything is working great. Just have to go now and get another SATA cable for my hard drive. My motherboard only came with two. Wasn't too pleased with the Super Flower PSU. Cables were slightly too short for my liking. Both the 24 pin plug and the CPU power plug are literally stretched to the limit.

That reminds me. The computer wouldn't turn on the first time I pressed the power on button which really freaked me out. Checked the power button header plug and that was grand. Then I checked the 24 pin plug and it turned out that that had come slightly out of the socket. Put that back in and it was grand. No issues.

Here is a picture of it and the state of the place after finishing. Still to do some cable management at the back.



DAMMIT! I wait 1 week and the student software website decides to take down windows 7 and only sell 8!

I'll be picking that one up the second it goes on sale. I'd love to know exactly what the dual monitor support is like as well. Here's hoping they make good use of it.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Bought a video card off adverts for my 2nd machine via postage and when I tried it out just now, red lines and artifacts all over screen. Really pissed off right now!

Did you pay much for it? That's a pain

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Bought a video card off adverts for my 2nd machine via postage and when I tried it out just now, red lines and artifacts all over screen. Really pissed off right now!

Man that is rotten

Did the seller have good feedback?

Headshot wrote: »

God dammit. I had the pitch forks and torches ready too

secret is to never put them away :P

Anyone recommend a good fully modular PSU, preferably around 160 mm in length. currently have an xfx 650 watt and would prefer something a bit tidier.

What'd a good gaming mouse be?

Preferably under 50 quid, wired, fairly big (I have big hands).