Off Topic Thread V2.0

Lads quick question

I have a VPN running on my Mac (using the inbuilt VPN service) I have a Virtual box running windows on the same Mac.

Why does VPN only work on the Mac and not the windows VM too. I have the network settings on the Virtual box set to bridge adaptor

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Jesus, thats a bit of overkill. My work has a 10gig proxy link for around 35k people spread over multiple sites.

All the other colleges in the city connect via TCD, thats at least 80k users

Bazzo wrote: »

Is boards complete banjaxed for anyone else at the moment or just me?

nah in bits since it came back up. Slow, double posting, the works

Fakman87 wrote: »

Lads, another noob question, when connecting a mixamp to a sound card, does the optical cable go in the optical in or optical out port?

Are you sending sound to or from the computer?

Tried it with any studio/faux-studio cans?

glynf wrote: »

Looks like the Korean's are already knocking out 34" monitors. I assume these are B grade LG panels that don't quite make minimum quality control set for named brands like Dell.

The lg version is about 130-140 euro more on amazon. Not sure if it worth between likely getting caught for tax, and any potential warrenty issues down the line. Would love one though,but as a minimum would need a new highend graphics card and likely a power supply as well!

Lu Tze wrote: »

The lg version is about 130-140 euro more on amazon. Not sure if it worth between likely getting caught for tax, and any potential warrenty issues down the line. Would love one though,but as a minimum would need a new highend graphics card and likely a power supply
as well!

Very true, customs can be a gamble as well. The Mrs. ordered 3 pairs of shoes from the stastes latley-customs & shipping cost more than the shoes

Have my eye on the Asus PG348Q, the amount of issues people are having with the X34 makes me nervous though; that and the small matter of €1100 delivered (ex-vat) is a lot of cash for a monitor.

ED E wrote: »

Was it the X34 that Headshot had to keep sending back over and over?

I had to send back those ****ty AOC U3477PQU 34"

Serephucus wrote: »

Just my usual ones - Sennheiser HD595s and Beyerdynamic DT990 Premiums. Both sound quite a bit fuller, but the 990's really shine. The mids were a little lacking with my last card, they're a little more evened out now.

*glances over at 990-Pros sitting on desk*

Lu Tze wrote: »

The lg version is about 130-140 euro more on amazon. Not sure if it worth between likely getting caught for tax, and any potential warrenty issues down the line. Would love one though,but as a minimum would need a new highend graphics card and likely a power supply as well!

What's the sweet spot on monitors these days btw? I'm giving some thought to picking up a new one and I haven't looked seriously in 5 to 6 years.

glynf wrote: »

Looks like the Korean's are already knocking out 34" monitors. I assume these are B grade LG panels that don't quite make minimum quality control set for named brands like Dell.

Lu Tze wrote: »

The lg version is about 130-140 euro more on amazon. Not sure if it worth between likely getting caught for tax, and any potential warrenty issues down the line. Would love one though,but as a minimum would need a new highend graphics card and likely a power supply as well!

glynf wrote: »

Very true, customs can be a gamble as well. The Mrs.
ordered 3 pairs of shoes from the stastes latley-customs & shipping cost more than the shoes

Have my eye on the Asus PG348Q, the amount of issues people are having with the X34 makes me nervous though; that and the small matter of €1100 delivered (ex-vat) is a lot of cash for a monitor.

Here's a Dell U3415W - Curved, 21:9, 3440 x 1440p, for about €750 delivered from Germany. I got luck when I bought my Qnix, only had to pay about €15 to customs iirc. I wouldn't take the chance on it though compared to picking up this Dell for €50 more. I hope to order one myself in the next few weeks if I can come up with a way of hiding it from the Mrs! ;P

Case finally arrived. Still waiting on the new SSD and PSU, but no reason I couldn't build the rest of it! Thanks to the very nice case organisation it'll be really easy to slip both in with minimal mess. I'll get some proper pics once it's running

Some of the L0 cache on my intel i5 2500K is borked.
(ICACHEL0_IRD_ERR) in the Memory.DMP (memory dumps and kernal dumps are amazing)

Meaning I have to disable 3 cores to get the thing to boot. Wish I could just disable the one which is giving me errors but my asrock p67 pro3 just has a disable 1,2,3 core option , and only 3 works

First time I've had a processor flake on me, and I'd be a pretty aggressive overclocker.

What are other peoples experiences?

edit:: Just Ran intels processor Diagnostic Toolkit and the CPU passed.

Now thinking it could be a voltage regulator on the motherboard. Or the PSU.