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FreedomEclipse · Jul 25, 2011

MilkyWay said:
Dont you hate it when the phone goes half way through doing something! (as i was making this post)

Unless its the Queen or the wife....dont pick up for anyone. Problem solved

cheesy999 · Jul 25, 2011

FreedomEclipse said:
Unless its one of the people from Queen or The who ....dont pick up for anyone. Problem solved

fixed

FreedomEclipse · Jul 25, 2011

yeah. If Freddie Mercury was on the line, id shit a brick.

(my early guitar playing was heavily influenced by Brian May)

cheesy999 · Jul 25, 2011

FreedomEclipse said:
(my early guitar playing was heavily influenced by James May)

Fixed

MightyMission · Jul 25, 2011

^

captain slowhand!

scaminatrix · Jul 26, 2011

You're influenced by James May? He's so boring even his guitar's a square!

Doesn't he look so interesting?

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2011

This is my main guitar

the only difference is i changed the pickups on mine for a more fuller sounding tone.

cheesy999 · Jul 26, 2011

FreedomEclipse said:
This is my main guitar

the only difference is i changed the pickups on mine for a more fuller sounding tone.

Nice

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2011

otherwise i use a 1st generation PRS Santana SE for other stuff that dont require such a metal sound. that doesnt mean i cant use it for metal.

MilkyWay · Jul 26, 2011

FreedomEclipse said:
well I got w large bottles of cider. Anyway --- RMA the hard drive. Explain to Maxtor whats wrong with it and the problems you are experiencing. when they send it back to you. Flog it on ebay/TPU. buy a samsung spinpoint 1tb for £45 then a cheap external drive caddy/casing for £10-20,

Problem solved. Maxtor is terrible. trust them as far as i can toss this bottle cap

:edit:

unfortunately 2 bottles of cider aint enough to get me drunk

Here Maxtor is just rebadged Seagates, Seagate own Maxtor. They used to make good drives years ago and im talking like way back.

For an external you want one of those WD Greens they are good for storage as they are low power, i think the Sammy F4s are low power drives and the F3s are the fast ones.

Millennium · Jul 26, 2011

What's the best value? A 6870 for £130 or a 560 TI for £173?

I'm thinking the 6870 but I'm not sure. If MS choose ATI for their next gen console (as is rumoured) maybe the ATI route is the way to go?

I had some good news today so considering a little splurge on a gfx card.

cheesy999 · Jul 26, 2011

FreedomEclipse said:
otherwise i use a 1st generation PRS Santana SE for other stuff that dont require such a metal sound. that doesnt mean i cant use it for metal.

MilkyWay said:
Here Maxtor is just rebadged Seagates, Seagate own Maxtor. They used to make good drives years ago and im talking like way back.

For an external you want one of those WD Greens they are good for storage as they are low power, i think the Sammy F4s are low power drives and the F3s are the fast ones.

i'll just buy an internal and back up to that, or if i need an external i've already got a 2.5" caddy, trying to get the maxtor apart now

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2011

Millennium said:
What's the best value? A 6870 for £130 or a 560 TI for £173?

I'm thinking the 6870 but I'm not sure. If MS choose ATI for their next gen console (as is rumoured) maybe the ATI route is the way to go?

I had some good news today so considering a little splurge on a gfx card.

Be a man and get a 6950, if you manage to unlock it then thats a bonus.

If not then sit tight until 7xxx series arrives.

cheesy999 · Jul 26, 2011

not understanding sata cables, which one should i get?

Xenta SATA 2.0 to right angle SATA 7-pin Cable (R... - labeled as lifetime warranty
Xenta SATA 3 Cable 6Gbps - 46cm | Ebuyer.com sata 3, i don't have any sata 3 parts, but if i buy this i won't have to buy one in the future will i

Fourstaff · Jul 26, 2011

Get the Sata 6Gbps, in the future when you finally have that port you don't need to shell out some more money to upgrade. Plus its only like 5p difference.

cheesy999 · Jul 26, 2011

Fourstaff said:
Get the Sata 6Gbps, in the future when you finally have that port you don't need to shell out some more money to upgrade. Plus its only like 5p difference.

done, bought 2 of them

MilkyWay · Jul 26, 2011

Millennium said:
What's the best value? A 6870 for £130 or a 560 TI for £173?

I'm thinking the 6870 but I'm not sure. If MS choose ATI for their next gen console (as is rumoured) maybe the ATI route is the way to go?

I had some good news today so considering a little splurge on a gfx card.

6870 for the price then max the oc in the catalyst control centre, want to go higher and you might need voltage. A 6950 is a better choice but its a bit more expensive, a 6950 overclocked would be better value than a 6970.

My 6850 is the same as my mates gtx460 roughly gave or take.

EDIT: I dont really buy cards myself when they launch so i dunno if you should wait for the 7000 series i usually wait a bit for a price drop. Got my 6850 nicely for £120 last November.

MilkyWay · Jul 26, 2011

Dunno if you do the pencil trick Cheesy but its when you wrap a sata cable around a pencil or pen to make a coil it makes it easier to stuff away for cable managment and it coils it up so its shorter but you can stretch it back out again.

cheesy999 · Jul 26, 2011

MilkyWay said:
Dunno if you do the pencil trick Cheesy but its when you wrap a sata cable around a pencil or pen to make a coil it makes it easier to stuff away for cable managment and it coils it up so its shorter but you can stretch it back out again.

see i've just been looping it round the hard drive but that sounds like a much better idea :laugh:

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2011

MilkyWay said:
Dunno if you do the pencil trick Cheesy but its when you wrap a sata cable around a pencil or pen to make a coil it makes it easier to stuff away for cable managment and it coils it up so its shorter but you can stretch it back out again.

I thought the pencil trick was to see how much your boobs drooped?

scaminatrix · Jul 26, 2011

I just buy the right length one in the first place :laugh:

Then I sleeve it coz I got a fetish for sleeving :eek:

cheesy999 · Jul 26, 2011

scaminatrix said:
I just buy the right length one in the first place Then I sleeve it coz I got a fetish for sleeving

i don't think they do cables that short.

MilkyWay · Jul 26, 2011

FreedomEclipse said:
I thought the pencil trick was to see how much your boobs drooped?

I thought you used to make sensible posts.

Or the Joker Pencil Trick.

Bo$$ · Jul 26, 2011

they do 30 cm is almost too short for normal use!

scaminatrix · Jul 26, 2011

cheesy999 said:
i don't think they do cables that short.

How short? These 2 things I'm linking below are 15cm and that's the shortest you can get hold of (easily) and they go really well if your SATA cable has to make a sideways right angle (not up or down right angle)
Like this:

If that's how yours looks, then you should get one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190530444131
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310300878501

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FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

cheesy999

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

cheesy999

MightyMission

scaminatrix

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

cheesy999

FreedomEclipse

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MilkyWay

Millennium

cheesy999

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

cheesy999

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