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..Brian.. · 11-11-2013 05:20PM

Where do ye buy cans of compressed air from? PC World here in Waterford want €20 for one can! Someone mentioned before about not being able to buy them online do due to shipping issues?

Squaredude · 11-11-2013 06:56PM

..Brian.. wrote: »

Where do ye buy cans of compressed air from? PC World here in Waterford want €20 for one can! Someone mentioned before about not being able to buy them online do due to shipping issues?

Get mine in dealz

ED E · 11-11-2013 07:33PM

..Brian.. wrote: »

Where do ye buy cans of compressed air from? PC World here in Waterford want €20 for one can! Someone mentioned before about not being able to buy them online do due to shipping issues?

I dont

Headshot · 11-11-2013 08:48PM

lads whats the standard warranty for gpu's?

justsomebloke · 11-11-2013 08:54PM

Headshot wrote: »

lads whats the standard warranty for gpu's?

Id say 2 years as with all consumer products, manufacturer may say one though so you may have to fight it,

NTMK · 11-11-2013 08:57PM

Headshot wrote: »

lads whats the standard warranty for gpu's?

3 years usually

Headshot · 11-11-2013 08:58PM

justsomebloke wrote: »

Id say 2 years as with all consumer products, manufacturer may say one though so you may have to fight it,

cheers

Im just curious to know what the problem could be. Just before the welcome screen on windows, my monitor goes black and the led light starts blinking blue, a sign of no connectivity from the gpu to the monitor. It does come back after the welcome screen is done. Maybe its a bad os install ( I did download an iso and use my memory key as a bootable device)

Baked.noodle · 11-11-2013 08:59PM

EU Statutory Warranty is 2 years from date of delivery. Apple got into trouble about this. http://www.apple.com/ie/legal/statutory-warranty/

..Brian.. · 11-11-2013 10:25PM

Squaredude wrote: »

Get mine in dealz

Awesome, I'll check in there!

ED E wrote: »

I dont

Humm, my Mrs actually has one of them but it's fairly low pressure as it's designed for airbrushing cakes. Might sneak a loan of it when she's not looking and have a go!

game4it70 · 11-11-2013 10:32PM

..Brian.. wrote: »

Humm, my Mrs actually has one of them but it's fairly low pressure as it's designed for airbrushing cakes. Might sneak a loan of it when she's not looking and have a go!

Low pressure would be good but be careful of compressors as some can spray some drops of water.

ED E · 12-11-2013 09:40AM

game4it70 wrote: »

Low pressure would be good but be careful of compressors as some can spray some drops of water.

If it has a unit on the front like the one pictured it wont, thats a water trap. But if not you need to be very careful its not spitting out droplets.

Tij da feen · 12-11-2013 04:15PM

I'm buying a few things from Amazon there and does anyone know if it's cheaper to let AIB handle the exhange from GBP to € or am I better off letting Amazon handle it?

Sarz91 · 12-11-2013 04:51PM

Tij da feen wrote: »

I'm buying a few things from Amazon there and does anyone know if it's cheaper to let AIB handle the exhange from GBP to € or am I better off letting Amazon handle it?

I always let my bank do it as amazon always seem to have over the odds exchange rates. It doesn't make a huge difference when buying but I'd rather have the money than not.

Squaredude · 12-11-2013 06:48PM

I really have no idea what to get but so far this is what I'm thinking of getting for my water cooling build. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Item|Price
XSPC D5 Vario with Front Cover (1/2” barbs)|£66.98
EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Full Nickel|£64.99
EK CoolStream Radiator XT 360 (120.3)|£48.98
EK-RES X3 150 Reservoir|£39.98
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin|£50.94
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L|£15.98
Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear|£5.99
Mayhems Fine Silver Kill Coil|£4.50
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Nickel|£29.90
Shipping|£10.00
Total|£340.24

..Brian.. · 12-11-2013 06:54PM

game4it70 wrote: »

Low pressure would be good but be careful of compressors as some can spray some drops of water.

ED E wrote: »

If it has a unit on the front like the one pictured it wont, thats a water trap. But if not you need to be very careful its not spitting out droplets.

I've been banned from using it so it's a moot point!

Will drop into Deals on Saturday and see if they have any.

alex1997123 · 12-11-2013 06:54PM

Squaredude wrote: »

I really have no idea what to get but so far this is what I'm thinking of getting for my water cooling build. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Item|Price
XSPC D5 Vario with Front Cover (1/2” barbs)|£66.98
EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Full Nickel|£64.99
EK CoolStream Radiator XT 360 (120.3)|£48.98
EK-RES X3 150 Reservoir|£39.98
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin|£50.94
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L|£15.98
Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear|£5.99
Mayhems Fine Silver Kill Coil|£4.50
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Nickel|£29.90
Shipping|£10.00
Total|£340.24

Have a watch of this, I've been looking into watercooling recently(not going to happen now

) but I found this very useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7BdBPSx92M

He has a cheap build version aswell

game4it70 · 12-11-2013 07:09PM

Squaredude wrote: »

I really have no idea what to get but so far this is what I'm thinking of getting for my water cooling build. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Item|Price
XSPC D5 Vario with Front Cover (1/2” barbs)|£66.98
EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Full Nickel|£64.99
EK CoolStream Radiator XT 360 (120.3)|£48.98
EK-RES X3 150 Reservoir|£39.98
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin|£50.94
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L|£15.98
Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear|£5.99
Mayhems Fine Silver Kill Coil|£4.50
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Nickel|£29.90
Shipping|£10.00
Total|£340.24

You dont need a silver coil when using the coolant.

I would suggest getting a pump top for the D5.That will allow you to use compression fittings.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-209-EK&groupid=962&catid=2141&subcat=2143

1Lt. of the coolant should be more than enough.

You only need 8 fittings (2 for res/pump/rad/block).
You may need 45 or 90 degree fittings if you need to make tight turns.Work out your loop layout before ordering.

I use (7/16 - 5/8) 16/11mm Tubing so not 100% sure about the sizes you need for compression/tubing.

Also how are you mounting the rad?

Something like this is great for filling and draining loops.
http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/500ml-Squeezy-Bottle-for-filling-Watercooling-Systems-pid-10035.html

You should make your own thread as this may get lost in here :P

Squaredude · 12-11-2013 07:23PM

game4it70 wrote: »

You dont need a silver coil when using the coolant.

I would suggest getting a pump top for the D5.That will allow you to use compression fittings.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-209-EK&groupid=962&catid=2141&subcat=2143

1Lt. of the coolant should be more than enough.

You only need 8 fittings (2 for res/pump/rad/block).
You may need 45 or 90 degree fittings if you need to make tight turns.Work out your loop layout before ordering.

I use (7/16 - 5/8) 16/11mm Tubing so not 100% sure about the sizes you need for compression/tubing.

Also how are you mounting the rad?

Something like this is great for filling and draining loops.
http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/500ml-Squeezy-Bottle-for-filling-Watercooling-Systems-pid-10035.html

You should make your own thread as this may get lost in here :P

Plan on mounting the rad in the roof of the case.Just started a separate thread as I will definitely be needing a lot of advice a long the way.Me and plumbing do not get a long very well together.

deceit · 12-11-2013 07:57PM

alex1997123 wrote: »

Have a watch of this, I've been looking into watercooling recently(not going to happen now ) but I found this very useful.

He has a cheap build version aswell

I was confused, I taught the 800 version was the cheap version :P. My watercooling alone has set me back 1600 so far and i'm not finished :P. I only wish I could have finished my loop for 800

alex1997123 · 12-11-2013 10:06PM

deceit wrote: »

I was confused, I taught the 800 version was the cheap version :P. My watercooling alone has set me back 1600 so far and i'm not finished :P. I only wish I could have finished my loop for 800

1600 :eek: I wish I had that sort of money to spend in general not just on watercooling loops

Serephucus · 12-11-2013 10:08PM

Swap out the Coolstream rad for an Alphacool NexXxoS (as well as Game4it's suggestions) and you're good to go.

Luck100 · 13-11-2013 02:08PM

Grrrr.....just realized that I got sent lower-spec RAM than I ordered :mad:

Paid for 1600 MHz xmp and got 1333 MHz instead. I bought it late last year so I can't even lodge a complaint at Amazon. Not that I'd expect to return or exchange after this long, I just want to vent.

How much of a difference does faster RAM make in real life? My impression is that it's very slight except in special benchmarks.

raymix · 13-11-2013 02:20PM

Luck100 wrote: »

How much of a difference does faster RAM make in real life? My impression is that it's very slight except in special benchmarks.

For every day use or gaming it's irrelevant unless you are using APU.
For professional use it's whole different story.

Gumbi · 13-11-2013 02:33PM

Not the best video as it benchmarked games in GPU bound environments, a place where you're not likely to see any benefit at all from RAM (that's why we saw NO benefit across the board within the margin of error).

raymix · 13-11-2013 02:40PM

Gumbi wrote: »

Not the best video as it benchmarked games in GPU bound environments, a place where you're not likely to see any benefit at all from RAM (that's why we saw NO benefit across the board within the margin of error).

name me few games that are RAM speed dependent, please. Something that would make a difference between 1333 and 1600 would be more preferable.

NTMK · 13-11-2013 02:49PM

raymix wrote: »

name me few games that are RAM speed dependent, please. Something that would make a difference between 1333 and 1600 would be more preferable.

sc2 is one where there is a difference and i believe BF4 shown a bit of a difference between ram

Luck100 · 13-11-2013 02:50PM

raymix wrote: »

For every day use or gaming it's irrelevant unless you are using APU.
For professional use it's whole different story.

Okay, that's pretty much what I thought. On the plus side, I was lucky to buy that RAM when prices were 50% lower. How can it be double what it was last year?!

Gumbi · 13-11-2013 03:13PM

raymix wrote: »

name me few games that are RAM speed dependent, please. Something that would make a difference between 1333 and 1600 would be more preferable.

Your terminology is kind of loaded. Me and a friend have benched up to 15% differences in minimum frame rates in sc2 (which is largely CPU bound in the mid to late game). I think BF4 RAM speeds affect it too. I'm not saying hugely or anything, just that there are benefits to be seen.

Wossack · 13-11-2013 05:16PM

its definitely that the ram is the lower speed, not that its just running at lower speed (motherboard limit/setting etc)? remember nearly getting stung by something similar with motherboard limitation

Luck100 · 13-11-2013 05:21PM

The ram is definitely lower speed. I pulled the sticks and checked the part numbers. That also explains why I wasn't seeing any XMP options in the bios. The sticks I got aren't XMP, while the ones I ordered are.

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