The TPU UK Clubhouse

[LaytonJnr]

no internet for a while, i felt like such a caveman lol

heres my new desk

I think I see the bottom little bit of my new mousemat on the screen in the first photo

 

[d1nky]

what sub is that sitting under your desk?

some acoustic solutions p.o.s 5.1 surround thing. its not bad, never really set it up tbh.

I think I see the bottom little bit of my new mousemat on the screen in the first photo

yea lol was online for a minute then net went out before i uploaded pics that day!

 

[d1nky]

got 100mb virgin fibre coming next week! WOOP!

 

[LaytonJnr]

got 100mb virgin fibre coming next week! WOOP!

So jealous!

 

[RCoon]

got 100mb virgin fibre coming next week! WOOP!

I've been stuck on 84Mb broadband from BT Infinity for almost 2 years now, Virgin want to charge us £1200 to dig up the car park and blow through some fibre cable to our road so we can get the extra 16mb. Obviously we said no.

 

[d1nky]

I've been stuck on 84Mb broadband from BT Infinity for almost 2 years now, Virgin want to charge us £1200 to dig up the car park and blow through some fibre cable to our road so we can get the extra 16mb. Obviously we said no.

Its already installed here and the fibre cable is in my front room, wanted to do the router shite myself but they wouldnt let me?! so need an engineer to come plug it in!

 

[RCoon]

Its already installed here and the fibre cable is in my front room, wanted to do the router shite myself but they wouldnt let me?! so need an engineer to come plug it in!

Yeah fibre is tricky business. You only have a certain amount of angle you can bend it before fibre stops working, and if you so much as touch the end of the bare cable with your finger, you're likely to ruin it too. We do what is essentially a wet'n'dry sanding method to the end of the fibre before we patch ours in, as it has to be crystal smooth. The patching ports for our switches are pretty expensive for fibre too!

 

[d1nky]

i see! this is probably why BT and similar companies only run it to the box outside and then use the phone line as the last leg?

 

[RCoon]

i see! this is probably why BT and similar companies only run it to the box outside and then use the phone line as the last leg?

Pretty much, all it takes is someone to come along and bend it too much, then all of a sudden they're getting a phonecall saying their net doesn't work.

 

[d1nky]

damn im going to have to nail this sucker down or my missus will be moving it all the time or when shes pissed with me lol

 

[RCoon]

damn im going to have to nail this sucker down or my missus will be moving it all the time or when shes pissed with me lol

I don't imagine you will have fibre cable dangling about in your living room, I've not seen a house where they leave fibre just in plain site, so I reckon you'll be alright.

 

[d1nky]

I don't imagine you will have fibre cable dangling about in your living room, I've not seen a house where they leave fibre just in plain site, so I reckon you'll be alright.

umm, its clipped to the wall in a couple places then travels the skirting to behind the TV and is all over the place lol

guess itll be replaced when the engineer is here!

 

[RCoon]

Payday is Friday, I've got a wad of spare cash, and I want to buy a nice black and or red cooler of some description. Give me advice. I made a thread and decided on the CM V10, but now the Corsair H105 is out and AIO's are looking shiny. What should I get?

Note: My RAM is obscenely tall, Noctua NH D14 and the Phanteks NC14 won't fit over them. I want a Cryorig R1 Ultimate but they're not available in the UK yet.

No custom watercooling either, I'm out of that business.

 

[R00kie]

Payday is Friday, I've got a wad of spare cash, and I want to buy a nice black and or red cooler of some description. Give me advice. I made a thread and decided on the CM V10, but now the Corsair H105 is out and AIO's are looking shiny. What should I get?

Note: My RAM is obscenely tall, Noctua NH D14 and the Phanteks NC14 won't fit over them. I want a Cryorig R1 Ultimate but they're not available in the UK yet.

No custom watercooling either, I'm out of that business.

If you're thinking about getting H105, if you want to put it at the top of case make sure that there's enough clearance between the rad with fans and the motherboard. Wish Corsair made an H115 cause that would've been awesome to have.

EDIT: Ah, just seen your case, you shouldn't have a problem with that.

 

[LaytonJnr]

Spotted an OEM GTX 660 for a low price that I could see if I can get working.

How would its 1.5GB of memory compare to the base 2GB/3GB model of most AIB partner versions? What difference does the extra 0.5GB make in gaming?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Spotted an OEM GTX 660 for a low price that I could see if I can get working.

How would its 1.5GB of memory compare to the base 2GB/3GB model of most AIB partner versions? What difference does the extra 0.5GB make in gaming?

depends on the res you play. you should be able to manage 1080p so long as you turn AA off

a 660 is hard to recommend these days even if its a Ti model, there are better options available. That being said, i think there are 1 or 2 people on these forums still running 660Ti's in SLi

 

[RCoon]

Spotted an OEM GTX 660 for a low price that I could see if I can get working.

How would its 1.5GB of memory compare to the base 2GB/3GB model of most AIB partner versions? What difference does the extra 0.5GB make in gaming?

Not sure I'd buy a GPU with less than 2GB VRAM these days. What machine is it for? Yours?

 

[LaytonJnr]

depends on the res you play. you should be able to manage 1080p so long as you turn AA off

a 660 is hard to recommend these days even if its a Ti model, there are better options available. That being said, i think there are 1 or 2 people on these forums still running 660Ti's in SLi

Not sure I'd buy a GPU with less than 2GB VRAM these days. What machine is it for? Yours?

Okay. I was thinking of sticking it in the mini-ITX rig I'm in the process of deciding the parts for, and the client has an older 1440x900 monitor, so its probably fine for that. But yes, I agree that the GTX 660 is a bit pointless - my R9 270x outperforms it by quite a bit, but is at the same price point. The problems I have is that the client has quite a low budget, is very picky, and due to the constraints of the OS, I am limited to the older Nvidia architecture.

 

[RCoon]

and due to the constraints of the OS, I am limited to the older Nvidia architecture.

What? What the hell does your client need, and why so picky? When you're on a budget, you take what you can get, or you end up with a pile of crap.

 

[LaytonJnr]

What? What the hell does your client need, and why so picky? When you're on a budget, you take what you can get, or you end up with a pile of crap.

I have mentioned it before, but think beginning with "H" and rhymes with Macintosh. Thankfully the client isn't a hardcore gamer, so doesn't require loads of graphical horsepower.

EDIT: people these days want the moon on a stick!

 

[RCoon]

I have mentioned it before, but think beginning with "H" and rhymes with Macintosh. Thankfully the client isn't a hardcore gamer, so doesn't require loads of graphical horsepower.

Oh joy, a client that doesn't know what they really need, and just has one stupid idea stuck in their head. When it comes to computer hardware and web development, the customer is always wrong. If they want to be a Mac Zealot, buy a goddamn second hand mac from KRCS or something. If they want decent hardware, put Windows on it.

EDIT: One thing I must ask, is this user:
A) 14 years old
B) Completely hopeless at technology and saw some rich guy doing shiny shit on a mac this one time and now wants to try it out on a budget even though they have NO IDEA how to use OSX

???

This is why OCUK stopped selling tablets. Retards would buy a £80 tablet and then ring in and complain on the internet saying "why int my ipad(it's actually an Acer or an Archos or something) working like my m8's £500 ipad?"
Because you're a cheapass and you pay for what you get.

 

[d1nky]

Lol I had a 660 the other day to bench and shit, well it was shit. Think it was a pny or zotac. Didn't do anything special and struggled with all games.

Had a 560ti, modded the vrms and it was far better lol

But this 6970 oc's like a champ, games like my 7950/fx8350 and even better with lucid virtu.

Waiting till I got some spare cash for a 290

 

[LaytonJnr]

I feel like I need a surge protector at the intensity of the storms we're having in the midlands....!

 

[RCoon]

I feel like I need a surge protector at the intensity of the storms we're having in the midlands....!

No storms in the East Midlands, just rain everywhere, which is problematic when you own a Giant French Lop who thinks he's a dog and charges around the living room after a day out in the rain.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

which is problematic when you own a Giant French Lop who thinks he's a dog and charges around the living room after a day out in the rain.

can i hug him, squeeze him and call him George?