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Moon54 · 21-09-2013 08:08PM

Rob2D wrote: »

So I just downloaded a game from Steam there and while it was downloading I was able to watch youtube. The video buffered normally. But as soon as my download was finished the problem came back.

How weird is that?

Check your AntiVirus/Internet Security software.
I've had problems with Avast & YouTube from time to time.
Something to do with their Web Shield or Network Shield.

Try disabling your AntiVirus temporarily and see if that helps.
(If it's Avast; right click on taskbar icon, go to "Avast Shield controls" and "Disable for 10 minutes".)

BloodBath · 21-09-2013 08:57PM

Gumbi wrote: »

Examples?

Almost everything is gone by at least 2%.

Gumbi · 21-09-2013 09:40PM

BloodBath wrote: »

Almost everything is gone by at least 2%.

They usen't apply the Irish tax (21 vs 19% in Gere), so perhaps they are doing so automatically if you are surfing the site from Ireland?

rd1izb7lvpuksx · 21-09-2013 10:11PM

Gumbi wrote: »

They usen't apply the Irish tax (21 vs 19% in Gere), so perhaps they are doing so automatically if you are surfing the site from Ireland?

The standard VAT rate here is 23%, not 21%. When EU companies breach a certain threshold of sales in other EU countries, they become obliged to register for local VAT. Perhaps HWVS has reached that limit.

Monotype · 21-09-2013 11:23PM

They've been charging the extra VAT for ages, so not that.

Rob2D · 22-09-2013 06:30PM

Moon54 wrote: »

Check your AntiVirus/Internet Security software.
I've had problems with Avast & YouTube from time to time.
Something to do with their Web Shield or Network Shield.

Try disabling your AntiVirus temporarily and see if that helps.
(If it's Avast; right click on taskbar icon, go to "Avast Shield controls" and "Disable for 10 minutes".)

No, I only have Windows Defender. Turned off windows firewall to check but the problem persisted.

Baked.noodle · 22-09-2013 06:33PM

I had problems with YouTube before. I couldn't get the dam thing to stream after a windows update. I did a System Restore and it worked fine, even after I download the same windows update again.

TerrorFirmer · 23-09-2013 09:46AM

Can't believe the issues I'm having trying to sell the G1610, 8Gb and 7770 machine for even 280. All I'm getting is offers by email like 'offer 110' and 'swap for a 20gb xbox with 2 games'. Same story with a 23" LG Nvidia 3D Monitor with the 3D glasses kit. Can't even get a good offer on it. Would happily take 90 at this point. Even tempted to just sell my 27" and go back to the Nvidia if it means not having 2 lying around.

Gumbi · 23-09-2013 10:00AM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Can't believe the issues I'm having trying to sell the G1610, 8Gb and 7770 machine for even 280. All I'm getting is offers by email like 'offer 110' and 'swap for a 20gb xbox with 2 games'. Same story with a 23" LG Nvidia 3D Monitor with the 3D glasses kit. Can't even get a good offer on it. Would happily take 90 at this point. Even tempted to just sell my 27" and go back to the Nvidia if it means not having 2 lying around.

Ah man

. What a joke. I still haven't got my system up on Adverts yet. I did get a buyer on my 3570k/mobo though which is good.

TerrorFirmer · 23-09-2013 10:34AM

Yeah, I recently bought even more stuff lately as well, so my room is just a mess of stuff that I really had planned on having gone by now. Not sure whether I should just get rid of it at stupid prices, or hang onto it in the hope that someone makes a decent offer in time.

Danger781 · 23-09-2013 10:36AM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Yeah, I recently bought even more stuff lately as well, so my room is just a mess of stuff that I really had planned on having gone by now. Not sure whether I should just get rid of it at stupid prices, or hang onto it in the hope that someone makes a decent offer in time.

Post them here people might be interested

Genghiz Cohen · 23-09-2013 11:06AM

Fair play to Overclockers.

I ordered a GTX 670 a month ago and I love it. I got Splinter Cell: Blacklist free with it too. I looked yesterday and they are now also offering Batman: Arkham Origins with the same card so I chanced my arm and emailed them. Got a shipping confirmation this morning for the Batman CD key.

alex1997123 · 23-09-2013 06:35PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Fair play to Overclockers.

I ordered a GTX 670 a month ago and I love it. I got Splinter Cell: Blacklist free with it too. I looked yesterday and they are now also offering Batman: Arkham Origins with the same card so I chanced my arm and emailed them. Got a shipping confirmation this morning for the Batman CD key.

You lucky son of a...

Tij da feen · 23-09-2013 07:59PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Fair play to Overclockers.

I ordered a GTX 670 a month ago and I love it. I got Splinter Cell: Blacklist free with it too. I looked yesterday and they are now also offering Batman: Arkham Origins with the same card so I chanced my arm and emailed them. Got a shipping confirmation this morning for the Batman CD key.

You know, you can give that key to me if you want.. Seriously, no hassle from me.

marco_polo · 23-09-2013 08:16PM

Anyone ever have any experiences with Be!Quiet SFX PSUs like this 350W? Not too bothered about load noise too much just want to know if they are near silent under normal operation.

Trying to plan a HTPC build at the moment, so I am toying with the idea of throwing one into a Silverstone Sugo SG05BB-Lite, although probably won't get round to it until the new year.

I was originally going to go super small like the ISK-110, but I am starting to lean towards a mITX cube now that will still fit under the TV but would give me the option of some light gaming in the future and more drive bays etc (Prodigy is lovely but too big for my taste as a HTPC). But the sugo and a decent SFX PSU should give me the option to pair a mid range card with a celeron/pentium, or perhaps even the biggest TDP Kaveri processors in the new year.

Monotype · 23-09-2013 10:32PM

I have that PSU. Ya, you'd hear it a little but not really noticeable if you're sitting 10 feet away from the HTPC. I can't remember which was noisier now, the heatsink or the PSU. Never had it under load anyway, so wouldn't be able to tell you what that's like. If you had a good case or have it tucked away under a tv, you probably wouldn't hear anything.

Revoker88 · 23-09-2013 11:05PM

Anybody know when the new AMD cards will be announced?

Have a 1440 monitor on the way and im currently holding off on getting another 7950 incase theres a price drop on the 7000 series.

Does anybody reckon AMD will have single card solutions to 1440 bar the very top end of the new range?

McSasquatch · 24-09-2013 12:10AM

Think the NDA is lifted Wednesday?

Revoker88 · 24-09-2013 01:17AM

McSasquatch wrote: »

Think the NDA is lifted Wednesday?

Thanks man, just dont wanna buy a second card and find I should have waited. Should at least get a few details if the nda is lifted wednesday

Genghiz Cohen · 24-09-2013 06:12PM

Would a USB 3.0 memory key connected to the motherboard headers (using an adapter) make a good boot device for a HTPC that streams from a NAS?
Any ideas what the read/write speeds and latencies would be like?

Wossack · 25-09-2013 12:20PM

whats the os on the htpc? my main worry would be the constant read/writes of a typical os disk tiring out the key

Nolars · 25-09-2013 01:11PM

High speed RAM - Is it worth it? DDR3 1333MHz vs 2400MHz Test

Genghiz Cohen · 25-09-2013 01:41PM

Wossack wrote: »

whats the os on the htpc? my main worry would be the constant read/writes of a typical os disk tiring out the key

Maybe Mint or Linux running XBMC.

ED E · 25-09-2013 11:31PM

Anyone else having problems with steam? Two of my three machines get "Cannot connect to steam" after entering my password. Third works instantly.

marco_polo · 25-09-2013 11:45PM

Interesting development from Dice/AMD, a new low level rendering API called Mantle for the PC, coming in an update for BF4 in December. I wpnder what it will bring to the table in terms of performance

http://www.techspot.com/news/54134-amd-launches-mantle-api-to-optimize-pc-gpu-performance.html

Sarz91 · 26-09-2013 12:04AM

ED E wrote: »

Anyone else having problems with steam? Two of my three machines get "Cannot connect to steam" after entering my password. Third works instantly.

could be something to do with the steam OS thing.

NTMK · 26-09-2013 12:12AM

ED E wrote: »

Anyone else having problems with steam? Two of my three machines get "Cannot connect to steam" after entering my password. Third works instantly.

Happens to me quite a bit when im hopping between pcs it will eventually work

ED E · 26-09-2013 12:36AM

NTMK wrote: »

Happens to me quite a bit when im hopping between pcs it will eventually work

Nope, not that. Logins working fine on the site from any machine, and the client from one. But not the other two. For hours. Tried the blob files, removing hamachi adapter etc. AP from my phone. Ended up wiping all files except steam.exe and steamapps folder. Boom, working. Corrupted itself on two machines simultaneously it seems. Havent had a bad patch from valve in a long time.

McSasquatch · 26-09-2013 02:34AM

marco_polo wrote: »

Interesting development from Dice/AMD, a new low level rendering API called Mantle for the PC, coming in an update for BF4 in December. I wpnder what it will bring to the table in terms of performance

http://www.techspot.com/news/54134-amd-launches-mantle-api-to-optimize-pc-gpu-performance.html

Yeah, looks interesting. I wonder what Microsoft make of the past few days? First Steam OS and now this.

beno619 · 26-09-2013 08:37AM

Mantle could be huge for AMD even it only gives GCN an advantage in BF4.

I was wondering how AMD would leverage the console wins if they get other devs on board and it actually works its a game changer.

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