The TPU UK Clubhouse

[FreedomEclipse]

bought RO last night, since it was going for £4 on steam. it got better reviews then RO2, might grab RO2 when that drops to around the same price

[the54thvoid]

Apologies for hijacking the thread but I've just ordered myself a shiny new PC (well I'll build it up) and it's replacing my x58 set up. I'll be looking at flogging off the old build which will include a very heavy Silverstone Fortress FT02 case.
I'm not posting in the FS forum yet as I'd like to know if anyone in the UK clubhouse needs a nearly complete set up and if people can travel or meet for pick up etc.

If anyone is interested you can PM me and then I'll put it into the proper FS forum. Not asking for price ideas or fishing for value, just seeking out interest in the parts (preferably to sell as a whole -minus the gfx and HDD):

Silverstone Fortress FT02 (windowed & watercooled)
Biostar T Power X58 mobo
6 GB OCZ Reaper
Core i7 920
Seasonic 850D PSU
XSPC RASA cpu block
Hardware Labs GT Stealth 360 (3 Akasa Viper fans)
D5 Vario Pump and EK X-Top
Bitspower single bay reservoir
(no gfx or HDD included - they're going into my new build)

The BIOS has stored OC profiles and currently runs at Memory 1440 and core at 3.6 HT on.
Pics here: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...=52032&page=60 post 1496

Again apologies for hijacking but need to source interest from normal forum members before the jackals in the FS forum get a sniff

Kieran, you're local, you know anyone?

[KieranD]

Thats a nice setup. Ah crap i dont really know anyone in the market right now, well im going Sandy myself but i digress.
I dunno what the score is, i know you cant do feeler threads but this thread seems to be different to the other parts of the forum.

EDIT: Heavy = PITA, thats why i never bothered selling my NZXT Tempest, its just in a box under the stairs.

[the54thvoid]

Yeah, heavy is a bitch for postage, funny thing is, I'm very partial to my x58 build, if it doesn't sell, it'll go on my mantlepiece so i can look at at everyday! I still stand by my conviction that the Fortress is one of the nicest cases around. I'd be keeping it if it wasn't for the fact the 580 lightning is so long i had to put a slim form rad in the bottom (and will be putting a 120.4 in my new TJ07 )

[FreedomEclipse]

well If you dont mind parting the system out (meaning id take everything but the case & the SSD) for a good price, I have a friend who might be interested in taking it off you.

I was gonna give him an old back up rig of mine but the deal fell through when the damn clunker wouldnt boot.

think about it, and pm me with a price if youre interested and i'll go talk to him.

[cheesy999]

What do you think is the best sound in the world?

my vote would go to the THX Deep note

[NdMk2o1o]

Originally Posted by cheesy999

What do you think is the best sound in the world?

my vote would go to the THX Deep note

My lil boys laugh beats that hands down

[cheesy999]

Originally Posted by NdMk2o1o

My lil boys laugh beats that hands down

If this is true you should contact a movie studio, that would probably be an amazing start to a movie

:A THX certified film (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA) (or whatever the closest sound to laughter is that you can type)

[FreedomEclipse]

[cheesy999]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

that would be the image that would go with it

edit:as it turns out my phone wasn't displaying that as a video for some reason,all I saw was some old guy with a beard

[FreedomEclipse]

My Hyperglide mouse skates finally arrived after almost a month of waiting (stuff sent from singapore take lightyears to arrive it would seem )

My G500 feels like a new mouse with these on!! the original mouse feet were so worn down you could almost say that logitech skimped out on the quality of them to give you the G500 at £30-35.

[tigger]

I just got a email today, i got a xmas job at the royal mail, £6/hr-£8hr ot which it says should be available, my shift is 10pm till 6am. i am so chuffed my hands are shaking.

[InnocentCriminal]

Originally Posted by tigger

I just got a email today, i got a xmas job at the royal mail, £6/hr-£8hr ot which it says should be available, my shift is 10pm till 6am. i am so chuffed my hands are shaking.

Well done!

[NdMk2o1o]

Originally Posted by tigger

I just got a email today, i got a xmas job at the royal mail, £6/hr-£8hr ot which it says should be available, my shift is 10pm till 6am. i am so chuffed my hands are shaking.

Congrats man , is that through an agency by any chance?

[tigger]

A bit of extra dosh for crimbo wont go amiss. might be able to treat my baby (my pc of course)this xmas then

Its through somewhere called angard staffing, i think they recruit for the royal mail.

[FreedomEclipse]

£6-8p/h?? LOL i used to get paid more then that while working for them. boy they really dropped the ball.

Working for R.M is nothing special. they used to give you decent pay but since all the budget cuts all they give you is minimum wage as a casual/temp. good luck getting anywhere close to £8. If they were to offer you over time they wont pay you extra for it. you'd be stuck at the same rate.

[NdMk2o1o]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

£6-8p/h?? LOL i used to get paid more then that while working for them. boy they really dropped the ball.

Working for R.M is nothing special. they used to give you decent pay but since all the budget cuts all they give you is minimum wage as a casual/temp. good luck getting anywhere close to £8. If they were to offer you over time they wont pay you extra for it. you'd be stuck at the same rate.

That's why I asked if iut was an agency, RM pay more than £6ph and you should be on a lot more than that considering it's a night shift, but your happy and that's all that matters, £6ph is better than the rock n roll anyway

[FreedomEclipse]

the Agency recuit for RM but RM still pays the casuals directly

The only agency RM pay the agency before the agency pays you is called MANPOWER. RM used to hire a lot of staff from manpower but that was because RMs Directors wife was the Director of that agency. and hell... they got paid better then us!! - RM own casual staff!!

we used to get paid £7.60p/h. and Manpower got paid around £8p/h because manpower gave them extra for 'lateshift allowance'

fuck knows anyway. theres so much Politics and stuff wrong with RM internally that i dont even want to work there anymore.

For instance...They wouldnt give RM casuals over time. - Because they were giving it all to agency staff and if agency staff didnt want it, they gave it to permie staff.

I rallied together a group of casuals to complain about this to the shift manager. Agency and Permie staff cost more. We get paid less, We are RM's own staff even though we are casuals - we are recruited directly through RM and not agency - we should be offered overtime first.

thats not even half of the problems that are wrong with RM.

Obviously it differs depending which sorting office you go to, but Ive been working for them for something like 4years lol, so I know what goes on inside.

[tigger]

Overtime is £8/hr, it said what the pay rates are when i first got the info off angard.

Whatever, its still a nice little bonus for xmas, my rent is only £140/month too.

It might be more than £6/hr for nights, i cant remember.

[cheesy999]

Originally Posted by tigger

I just got a email today, i got a xmas job at the royal mail, £6/hr-£8hr ot which it says should be available, my shift is 10pm till 6am. i am so chuffed my hands are shaking.

Nice job, one question though, is it a night shift? or did you just type the times wrong?

[NdMk2o1o]

Originally Posted by tigger

Overtime is £8/hr, it said what the pay rates are when i first got the info off angard.

Whatever, its still a nice little bonus for xmas, my rent is only £140/month too.

It might be more than £6/hr for nights, i cant remember.

How the hells your rent £140 a month, you live with your folks?

[tigger]

It is night shift yes, I prefer night shifts personally, as it means I can still do stuff during the day if I need to. EDIT Also pay is weekly in arrears which is ok.

On behalf of Angard Staffing I am pleased to confirm your offer of the role of Christmas Casual - Hull Mail Centre. Please read this email and the attached documents carefully as they contain important information.

The first day of your assignment is Start Date is 28 Nov 2011, your shift time will be 22:00 - 06:00, There may be an opportunity to work overtime, this will be offered on site locally.

Originally Posted by NdMk2o1o

How the hells your rent £140 a month, you live with your folks?

I live in a shared house with 4 other friends, so our rent is cheap

[Fourstaff]

I am paying almost that amount a week. Dammit, central London!

[cheesy999]

you know whats better then youtube

Youtube XL --> YouTube XL

just found out it actually works on PC's as well as the devices i normally used it on (like PS3)

EDIT:I've just found out something interesting, the i3-2367 has the same performance as an Athlon x2 260, despite the Athlon X2 being at 3.2GHZ, and the i3 being at 1.4GHZ, really shows how GHZ's are no longer a reliable measurement of processor speed at all

[FreedomEclipse]

Originally Posted by cheesy999

I've just found out something interesting, the i3-2367 has the same performance as an Athlon x2 260, despite the Athlon X2 being at 3.2GHZ, and the i3 being at 1.4GHZ, really shows how GHZ's are no longer a reliable measurement of processor speed at all

everything is based on arcitechture and performance per clock ratio. I picked up an old athlon firebird rig that had a 1.8Ghz processor.

that 1.8 was terribly slow compared to some of the 1Ghz Intel Pentium M's i've used in the past.