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Mod Note: In all of my benevolence (and the fact I'm tired of cleaning gag posts out of the BA thread) I have created a new (did we ever have one??) Off Topic thread for all your randomness and IT-related humour! The rules are: there are no rules. Although posting on-topic stuff here or stuff that belongs in Hardware Discussion etc. better may be moved randomly with extreme prejudice!! It will also make you look silly

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ShadowHearth

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

So... moving from a GTX570.... Good idea?

its a freaking stupendes price for it, why preorder?

Genghiz Cohen

Xenoronin wrote: »

Preorder, I think it is today only, 670 GTX for only inc VAT from Overclockers. I don't even with this price.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-299-AS

So... moving from a GTX570.... Good idea?

glynf

speaking of cases, I like the look of this-Phanteks Enthoo Primo-bit of a mouth full but looks interesting.

Gumbi

Reports of cracked dies on Haswell chips following delids. Both occurred at random times, and weeks after the delidding. Two different compounds used (CLU and CLP), one occurred during power down, the other during stress testing. This could potentially halt all delidding in the overclocking community!

Lu Tze

Serephucus wrote: »

I might take it from you if you don't end up wanting it, I just don't have the money to throw at it right now.

Did you get the black or silver version?

Black - everything goes with black!

Serephucus

I might take it from you if you don't end up wanting it, I just don't have the money to throw at it right now.

Did you get the black or silver version?

Lu Tze

game4it70 wrote: »

You know you want to

Great looking case.

right, done!

If i dont get a chance to use it, hoping not to take too much of a hit selling it on. If they do a 20,000 production run immediately afterwards i would imagine the resale value will dip somewhat!

glynf

VenomIreland wrote: »

My chair is just after breaking, where can I get a decent new one? Looking to spend around €100 so I don't expect something amazing

Keep an eye on adverts, the odd decent one shows up.

VenomIreland

BloodBath wrote: »

Ikea would probably be your best bet.

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/categories/departments/workspaces/20652/

I'm currently using the Markus one from them, have had it for a long time now, this morning I heard a hissing sound as I sat on it and now I can't adjust it up or down.

BloodBath

Ikea would probably be your best bet.

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/categories/departments/workspaces/20652/

VenomIreland

My chair is just after breaking, where can I get a decent new one? Looking to spend around €100 so I don't expect something amazing

Lu Tze

Serephucus wrote: »

At present, they have plans to only offer the Indiegogo campaign. That's not to say they won't do another one, or something in the future (no clue at all how likely anything like that is), but the only time you'll be able to get this case as it stands, is within the next 21 days.

€240ish landed with duty and taxes. Well 20 odd days to think over it.

Serephucus

Lu Tze wrote: »

Must say i am damned tempted - though i dont plan on doing any new build until the next generation of sockets for AMD/Intel launch. Will this be limited production? Or will there be continued production after its launched? Im just wondering if i dont order it now will i have missed the boat.

At present, they have plans to only offer the Indiegogo campaign. That's not to say they won't do another one, or something in the future (no clue at all how likely anything like that is), but the only time you'll be able to get this case as it stands, is within the next 21 days.

game4it70

Lu Tze wrote: »

Must say i am damned tempted - though i dont plan on doing any new build until the next generation of sockets for AMD/Intel launch. Will this be limited production? Or will there be continued production after its launched? Im just wondering if i dont order it now will i have missed the boat.

You know you want to

Great looking case.

Lu Tze

Serephucus wrote: »

Should have mentioned. The link is the picture.

Must say i am damned tempted - though i dont plan on doing any new build until the next generation of sockets for AMD/Intel launch. Will this be limited production? Or will there be continued production after its launched? Im just wondering if i dont order it now will i have missed the boat.

Serephucus

Should have mentioned. The link is the picture.

glynf

That is a very nicely designed case, love the way they have a solid conduit carrying the 240 power from the rear of the case to the PSU.

Loads more pic's here.

Lu Tze

Serephucus wrote: »

It's just so wonderfully thought out. Any possible option in every possible space, and you can do it.

Also: Three freaking slots. Corsair, Fractal, Silverstone? Take notes!

Where can you order then from?

Serephucus

It's just so wonderfully thought out. Any possible option in every possible space, and you can do it.

Also: Three freaking slots. Corsair, Fractal, Silverstone? Take notes!

Bazzo

Serephucus wrote: »

The NCase M1 production campaign has just gone live.

€180 ($240) shipped to Ireland. Get 'em while they're hot.

Even though having a tower has never really bothered me and I don't see it bothering me in the foreseeable future; I still have to say that that is a tidy looking little case.

Serephucus

The NCase M1 production campaign has just gone live.

20130810125430-M1-production-01-header.jpg?1376164471

€180 ($240) shipped to Ireland. Get 'em while they're hot.

Monotype

For gaming, the FX6300 is such good value alright in comparison Intel's lineup. I can only imagine this will improve too in the next generation of games.

I've being downsizing my cases over the years as well. When you're starting off, huge cases for upgrades and loads of fans seem like a great idea. Components have gotten cooler as well, so that's part of it. I don't know what the T2 is like, but I've found that there's a balance of saving some money and poor quality. Top cases are overpriced, but some of the rock bottom ones cut corners by having sharp corners, very thin metal which skews easily, screw-holes not fully cut (with sharp edges) as well pieces which don't quite fit together and poorer airflow. Budget cases are really coming forward with screwless designs coming into even the lowest end ones. I'd be interested to hear of your opinion on the T2, (which I'm not entirely sure how they can make money on for €20) as to be fair, it actually does look half-decent.

Speaking of which... has anybody noticed the number of AMD CPUs being recommended recently? The FX6300 in particular. Good news for AMD. There's a lot of people coming by looking for systems with €600 budgets... far more than in the past few years. Is this an influx of people considering the new consoles but think they'll get more value from a PC or is it the recession where previous budgets were €800-1K?

I think it's time to resurrect the Budget gaming thread. Or make a new one - maybe every month, since we don't have to rely on moderators. In the past there's been cycles of demand for particular budget, but at the moment, there's a lot of threads in this price region. Bloodbath has already put up two sample builds which demonstrates impressive capabilities on a tight budget for a near-complete system.

TerrorFirmer

Just ordered an Fx6300 and 7950 build on a whim. See what I can do with it. Got a Zalman T2, if I like how it looks, might just keep the build and sell my other one! My HAF is too big for my liking...

NTMK

Gumbi wrote: »

It's a bit more complicated than that. Blizzard's business model for SC is very different to Riot's. For example, MLG pay Blizzard so that they can run an SC2 event. On the other hand, Riot actually pay MLG to run a LoL event. And apparently MLG were denied a license for this event, but more on that story front is still to come I think.

Didnt Blizzard deny that and said only red bull looked for the licence and its not an exclusive license. either way Blizzard are killing the game with how badly they messed up the tournament scene. and they've always been like that when you consider that the lack of LAN is down to they're fight with Kespa when kespa were the ones advertising a ten year old game

its especially bad when sc2 is the last of the BB RTS' and C&C Generals 2/f2p is garbage imo (mind it was an early beta and will likely stay in beta until next year)

Gumbi

NTMK wrote: »

Ya shes class the problem is for her is that she has to play Jaedong in the semis is she wins her match which i cant see her winning. Jaedongs ZvZ winrate is like 90% isnt it

Naniwa either goes into god mode or essentially throws games, very inconsistent player

I find it so strange that MLG would drop sc2 when it should be fairly obvious that LOL or Dota dont need MLG and could easily tell MLG to go **** themselves and do it events on their own especially now that Tencent (Riots Owners) have a 25% stake in ActiBlizzard

It's a bit more complicated than that. Blizzard's business model for SC is very different to Riot's. For example, MLG pay Blizzard so that they can run an SC2 event. On the other hand, Riot actually pay MLG to run a LoL event. And apparently MLG were denied a license for this event, but more on that story front is still to come I think.

NTMK

Gumbi wrote: »

Hahaha. Scarlett is good. That's about it. NA scene is a joke. Goswer is European now. So sad Naniwa didn't perform as well as he can in WCS EU. Deok Deok played so risky in all three games, and Naniwa made to many mistakes.

I'm looking forward to Scarlett's games, she's legitimately good.

Ya shes class the problem is for her is that she has to play Jaedong in the semis is she wins her match which i cant see her winning. Jaedongs ZvZ winrate is like 90% isnt it

Naniwa either goes into god mode or essentially throws games, very inconsistent player

I find it so strange that MLG would drop sc2 when it should be fairly obvious that LOL or Dota dont need MLG and could easily tell MLG to go **** themselves and do it events on their own especially now that Tencent (Riots Owners) have a 25% stake in ActiBlizzard

Gumbi

NTMK wrote: »

you mean WCS KR2/China :pac:

jesus the NA scene is ****ed

Hahaha. Scarlett is good. That's about it. NA scene is a joke. Goswer is European now. So sad Naniwa didn't perform as well as he can in WCS EU. Deok Deok played so risky in all three games, and Naniwa made to many mistakes.

I'm looking forward to Scarlett's games, she's legitimately good.

NTMK

Gumbi wrote: »

Of course not. Watching WCS NA

you mean WCS KR2/China :pac:

jesus the NA scene is ****ed

Gumbi

NTMK wrote: »

Anyone watching The International. I'd like to poke holes in valves production but i really cant. its insane.

my only complaint would be that the in game client commentary isnt great but they allow you to watch in-game which no one else does

Of course not. Watching WCS NA

NTMK

Anyone watching The International. I'd like to poke holes in valves production but i really cant. its insane.

my only complaint would be that the in game client commentary isnt great but they allow you to watch in-game which no one else does