Off-Topic Thread

Serephucus · 07-08-2013 09:32PM

That's me with the 1TB SSD.

Ah damn, and you can add a new monitor to that as well. The girlfriend is taking her monitor (the one I've been using) back to Canada with her in a couple of weeks, so I'll be stuck with a 22" 1680x1050 TN for a while. *shudder*

WhiskeyGoblin · 07-08-2013 09:37PM

One other question, a gfx card for sub 150..

Would this be any use? Really love how it looks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C1XK95U/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=0PZXXTX33HFHWT0RM0N6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=418449747&pf_rd_i=468294

NTMK · 07-08-2013 09:38PM

Serephucus wrote: »

That's me with the 1TB SSD.

Ah damn, and you can add a new monitor to that as well. The girlfriend is taking her monitor (the one I've been using) back to Canada with her in a couple of weeks, so I'll be stuck with a 22" 1680x1050 TN for a while. *shudder*

at least with 1TB ssd's there's 2 brands you know are decent. audio equipment is all expensive and there's a lot of crap at all price ranges and everything is subjective

Time to buy a korean monitor? :pac:

WhiskeyGoblin · 07-08-2013 09:40PM

NTMK wrote: »

at least with 1TB ssd's there's 2 brands you know are decent. audio equipment is all expensive and there's a lot of crap at all price ranges and everything is subjective

Time to buy a korean monitor? :pac:

Buying audio stuff is fine. Just keep in mind what you want and don't stray from it. Problem solved.

Serephucus · 07-08-2013 09:41PM

I would, except that I can't live without USB ports on my monitor any more. I literally don't use anything else. So I think it's safe to say we can add a €500 U2713M to that list. :P

And point taken RE audio stuff. Truth be told, I'm not at all happy with the external card I got. I knew going in it would be a downgrade, but man. I want my Auzentech back.

NTMK · 07-08-2013 09:55PM

Serephucus wrote: »

I would, except that I can't live without USB ports on my monitor any more. I literally don't use anything else. So I think it's safe to say we can add a €500 U2713M to that list. :P

And point taken RE audio stuff. Truth be told, I'm not at all happy with the external card I got. I knew going in it would be a downgrade, but man. I want my Auzentech back.

buy a usb hub and tape it to the back of the monitor :pac:

Auzentech Forte? why did you change?

for me its tough regarding audio equipment as i use everthing (headphones, iem's and speeakers) so i:

1) need to pick an external solution as theres no room in the case, ill prob just replace my essence one and go from there
2) need to find suitable quality speakers to replace my old wooden bookshelf speakers that were sooo good

Serephucus · 07-08-2013 09:57PM

NTMK wrote: »

buy a usb hub and tape it to the back of the monitor :pac:

Auzentech Forte? why did you change?

Baah, too ghetto.

As for the change: Prodigy. :P

Gbear · 08-08-2013 01:01AM

NTMK wrote: »

i5 3570K @4.3GHz

and heres the screenshot at the highest i saw it
(Starcraft 2)

My FPS seems to stay around 60. It looks like it's locked that way.
Is that a setting in SC, is it a factor of your screens refresh rate or what's the deal?

I have an 3570k (stock speeds) and a HD 7950 running at 1440p.

BloodBath · 08-08-2013 01:22AM

That would be v-sync which you want enabled anyway. It prevents screen tearing and your card needlessly rendering frames that the monitor can't display so it reduces the load and power consumption.

dwighet · 08-08-2013 09:05AM

marko93 wrote: »

Plan on picking up the Corsair Carbide 540 soon, planned on getting new RAM and a HDD 1TB or >

Any suggestions? Looking at some ADATA ram. But not sure the differences of HDDs

my 540 landed last Tuesday...Its awesome..
I also changed out my thermal paste to cool laboratory liquid ultra. with the combination of the case and paste my cpu temps are awesome.. 58c max with prime @4.5ghz with 2500k and that is with the cpu fans and case fans undervolted to 7volts...

Serephucus · 08-08-2013 09:06AM

I was under the impression CLU didn't work quite so well between IHS and cooler because of its consistency. Must get my hands on that stuff...

BloodBath · 08-08-2013 09:08AM

marko93 wrote: »

One other question, a gfx card for sub 150..

Would this be any use? Really love how it looks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C1XK95U/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=0PZXXTX33HFHWT0RM0N6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=418449747&pf_rd_i=468294

That's a decent card but you can get a significantly more powerful 7870 for €150.

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/13339890/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-7870-ghz-editio.htmlrecent

dwighet · 08-08-2013 09:11AM

Serephucus wrote: »

I was under the impression CLU didn't work quite so well between IHS and cooler because of its consistency. Must get my hands on that stuff...

Its working well for me...I ran an IBT last night for the craic and it never passed 70c...I couldn't believe it..

Serephucus · 08-08-2013 09:18AM

Are you using a new-ish version of Prime? There shouldn't be that big of a difference between them. They both use the AVX instruction set now, and I've only ever seen 5-7° difference between the two.

(You should see "... using AVX FFT length ..." if it is.)

dwighet · 08-08-2013 11:22AM

Serephucus wrote: »

Are you using a new-ish version of Prime? There shouldn't be that big of a difference between them. They both use the AVX instruction set now, and I've only ever seen 5-7° difference between the two.

(You should see "... using AVX FFT length ..." if it is.)

I will check when I get home...If its not the new version I will download it and forward the results..

dwighet · 08-08-2013 06:55PM

Serephucus wrote: »

Are you using a new-ish version of Prime? There shouldn't be that big of a difference between them. They both use the AVX instruction set now, and I've only ever seen 5-7° difference between the two.

(You should see "... using AVX FFT length ..." if it is.)

Here is the results with the newer prime and 10 runs of IBT

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee279/dwighet/Capture2_zps7fd22627.png

Serephucus · 08-08-2013 07:02PM

Impressive!

Genghiz Cohen · 09-08-2013 11:38AM

Deathadder and Plantroncs arrived. First impressions were varied.

Deathadder got an, "Oh sweet, it's properly sized! Mmmm comfy." The last Razer mouse I used was small and angledy.

Plantronics got an, "USB?! ****.... These won't be coming to work with me..."

deceit · 09-08-2013 11:51AM

Received another order from specialtech and as usual something fecked up

. I ordered some fittings, dye and some other bits.
Received it and 3 litres of dye where missing, the 4th litre was half full and the one important fitting out of all the fittings I ordered was wrong

.
This puts me now at over 50% of orders I made to specialtech that fecked up in one way or another. (My sister ordered from them 4 times also with 100% of ordered fecked up from sending a pc case instead of watercooling gear to sending out an intel block instead of amd one etc)
I had also ordered another few things in the meantime. They said they would put 2 of the replacement litres of dye in this and would send the package out as a matter of urgency. Now with this order they decided in there infinite wisdom to send it with 5-10 day postage so they could save on the cost of resending the dye out even though they always sent stuff previously with 3 day fedex (lesson learned don't say your in a hurry for stuff when buying from them).
I've finally decided enough is enough with them and I will just get my last bits from them that where ordered or they owe me after feck ups and then go somewhere else with my cash

.
Sorry rant is over now :P

Serephucus · 09-08-2013 11:55AM

WatercoolingUK was good when I ordered a couple of bits from them. Only ordered the once though.

I've ordered from Specialtech... six times? Nothing has ever been wrong, and two times I had to RMA products, it all went very quick and smooth. You have some horribly bad luck with them.

deceit · 09-08-2013 12:04PM

Serephucus wrote: »

WatercoolingUK was good when I ordered a couple of bits from them. Only ordered the once though.

I've ordered from Specialtech... six times? Nothing has ever been wrong, and two times I had to RMA products, it all went very quick and smooth. You have some horribly bad luck with them.

I will look into them. I was trying to use caseking.de but they dont show how many parts they hold in stock. They only show whether they have at least one.
Yea I really have had a really horrible time over all and I usually just say feck it and ignore it but this is the final straw and I think I will definitely use other services instead in the future.

Gbear · 09-08-2013 04:40PM

Does anyone have any experience of playing GTA 4 on PC?

It's looking pretty pants at the moment. I was wondering if ye could recommend some of these mods I keep hearing about that make everything shiny and pretty.

NTMK · 09-08-2013 04:47PM

Gbear wrote: »

Does anyone have any experience of playing GTA 4 on PC?

It's looking pretty pants at the moment. I was wondering if ye could recommend some of these mods I keep hearing about that make everything shiny and pretty.

icenhancer is the main one

Genghiz Cohen · 09-08-2013 05:25PM

Gbear wrote: »

Does anyone have any experience of playing GTA 4 on PC?

It's looking pretty pants at the moment. I was wondering if ye could recommend some of these mods I keep hearing about that make everything shiny and pretty.

Steam Sales?
I'm in the same boat.

glynf · 09-08-2013 09:06PM

Same here, picked it up in the sale. Its next on the list after Hitman absolution & Blood Dragon

Few decent ones here.

Also saw this today:

Has to be done.

Edit:

I used XLiveLess to disable Games For Windows Live as GTA4 does not play nice with Win8.

Serephucus · 09-08-2013 09:08PM

So I'm looking into building a server for my girlfriend's family. I've been wanting to upgrade my own server's processor for a while, so I'll be putting my current one in their build. Does anyone have a Sandy/Ivy i3/i5 for around €100-150 that they don't want? Won't need it for a couple of weeks at least.

Revoker88 · 10-08-2013 12:15AM

BloodBath wrote: »

You will get newer versions of the program direct from the Lucid Virtu Mvp site. Asrock don't update it.

Got the latest version cheers, gpu temps dropped by 4C using it aswell.
Vapor x 7950 with 1100 on the core and 1500 on the memory and max temp im now getting is 57C down from 61/62C so delighted with that:)

marco_polo · 10-08-2013 06:54PM

Whats the story with that €45 windows, is it € 30 + 15 shipping to here? Tempted its a serious price.

BloodBath · 10-08-2013 07:24PM

Yep. It's a great deal alright. It is an OEM copy though.

The Golden Teapot · 10-08-2013 08:35PM

Is there much difference between the new Samsung EVO ssd's and the 840 series? Looking for a new 500gb one and the 840 is £45 cheaper than the EVO on amazon!

Off-Topic Thread

Comments