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PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 16:56 
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PC cases are Faraday cages full of EM interference, and Bluetooth signals are weak as piss. I could believe it’s a pain to engineer an internal antenna that isn’t frustratingly unreliable.

Yeah, makes sense I guess - although I'd have figured laptop cases would be similar. Guess they're thinner, though.

Laptop cases use 'external' antennas


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They're also typically much more constrained on availability of USB ports for dongles

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Finished.

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I think that ought to do it. I should be able to see my GPU WB now ;)

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I like how the frame goes 3D when viewed from certain angles. I wasn't expecting that tbh.

Just to show how much aggro the bottom frame was to make.

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Laptop cases use 'external' antennas

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 Post subject: Re: PC gaming hardware thread.
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The Scan PC made it to my office on Wednesday after 10 days being fixed and tested. It was brought down by my reseller who was coming over to work on a system he is doing for me. I was busy so hardly had time to speak to him and he left before my run of meetings finished

At 4 pm we decided to open it, it was in 2 boxes and the outer one had tape on with “this way up” arrows. We respected the arrow direction provided and carefully cut the boxes away until we revealed the PC which we then lifted out.

Next job was to remove all the bubble wrap Scan had put inside the PC, there was a piece of A4 on the side of the PC advising us not to turn it on until we finished doing this.

20 seconds into this I felt water on some of the bubble wrap, so we carried on and then noticed the SLI Bridge was off and broken. Once all the bubble wrap was off we could see liquid on the main tank of the cooling system, nowhere near as much as last time though.

So, we get back to Scan who tell us to take pictures and that they will arrange yet another collection.

It was during the picture taking that I noticed that the PC which had been lifted out of the box had been packed 90 degrees clockwise the wrong way. (So the front was the top and the back was on the bottom. )

Not really sure if this how it should have shipped and we asked Scan if we should repack it this way or pack it in the position that you expect when in use, no reply on this point.

So hopefully 3rd time is the charm, luckily there has been some delay in getting furniture for the area this is going into so nobody cares about the delay.

I would tell Scan where to stick it, but I’m struggling to find anywhere that does systems as nice as this. Putting aside their screw-ups, it’s a really nice PC.


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All done with my build. Mostly went smoothly, some messing about with the Windows licence. Twitter thread here for people who’d like to see pictures: https://twitter.com/PenLlawen/status/951524474511413248




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If memory serves you can use a Windows 7 key to activate Windows 10. You don't need to install 7 and then update it.

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/window ... o-activate

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By now if a Windows <10 key hasn't already been used to upgrade to 10 that won't work. But maybe I misunderstand.


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By now if a Windows <10 key hasn't already been used to upgrade to 10 that won't work. But maybe I misunderstand.

I believe that is true, now (it wasn’t previously.) I’ve resolved the issue now, anyway, and have a fresh W10 install with my old Win7 retail key.


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There was still a way to do it. Something to do with being disabled or something I don't recall. I activated Win 10 on the very first release and after 90 days it stopped my Alienware serial working on 8.1. Wasn't best pleased then, as 10 was very bad but it's gotten better. I have, however, had to reinstall it from nothing three times now as the builds I used could not be upgraded (remember that calculator mystery thing?). So yeah, kind of annoying but not much you can do about it really.

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Windows 10 has been nothing but excellent for me. You can buy OEM codes off eBay for a fiver, too


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Windows 10 has been nothing but excellent for me. You can buy OEM codes off eBay for a fiver, too


Yup I have had a couple of copies of Pro from Amazon for £8. They both needed phone activation and thankfully MS said they could not be switched ever again (which I am happy with, in case the seller sells them again !) so yeah, easy enough to get now :)

Today I hooked up everything on the desk to test, running from an external PSU (not the pump obs)

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And then started the very slow and tedious task of creating my own AS page.

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Still need to learn that, but thankfully it is very similar to AIDA 64 and a emulator I used to work with (MPU34 hilariously !)

The PA is now fitted after I made a bracket for it.

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Another 14 hour shift yesterday. It has taken me 6 days so far.

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AC is nestled in nicely down here.

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Temp drops are massive. 25c+. I can now clock the core to +225mhz (for an overall boost total of 2088-2100mhz) and max temp so far has been 41c. It usually got to mid 60s playing Fallout 4.

I am beginning to suspect that buying the cheapest rad on sale (the one I had in there before) was a mistake. I think it was very old stock tbh. Ah well, all's well that ends well. I got rid of the noise initially, and had the chance to wait until I had more cash to throw at it.

Still got to get an EL wire light for the sound card back plate (the mirror) as well as make a custom USB header cable (or you are stuck at 12v on the AC). But the main stuff is done now.

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Got this yesterday.

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Seriously amazing bit of kit. I forgot how much fun surround headsets were when my Turtle Beach (that I bought in the early pages of this thread) died. The amp went and there was no left channel :(

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£300 for some headphones seems steep.

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£300 for some headphones seems steep.

That's where decent cans start.

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£300 for some headphones seems steep.

That's where decent cans start.


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I hope they're not bluetooth.


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£300 for some headphones seems steep.


Oucho, certainly not ! not spent that much since I bought my Grado RS2E and probably never will again.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-grade- ... 1o-as.html

Came boxed as new. Even the protective stuff was still on. It turns out (hilariously) that they need a BIOS flash :D

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Or they sound like the music is being played through a piece of tinfoil. Very odd sound. Any way yeah that was a ten second fix and I've advised OCUK that it may have been the reason they got them back so they are going to flash what is left before sale :)

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£300 for some headphones seems steep.

That's where decent cans start.


Yup. The most expensive cans I ever bought were my Grado RS2E. I paid £350 sealed new, but they are £500 cans. The pads were malformed because of the way the cable has been packed, so I got £20 back. I bought a pair of the massive big pads. No change in sound at all.

And tbh? every pair of stereo headphones I have bought since those are just a waste of money. The Grados are the best headphones I've ever heard. They lack deep low down grunt but I have Beats for when I feel irresponsible. But even going away for a week and then returning home that feeling you get when you hear them again is just indescribable. The detail is frightening and the sound stage? I've seriously turned my head around thinking some one was playing a trombone behind me.

To best them I would need to spend over £500. And I am not doing that.

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The sorry tale of Scan continues..

The PC was collected for the 2nd time last Monday by DPD. So I called my reseller and asked them when it might be coming back.

They checked on line and said that the online tracker from Scan said they hadn't recived it.

So they called Scan and were told there is no dispute that it was collected from me, but DPD have lost it. So if its not at Scan within the next 24 hours, they will build another one and DPD pays for it (through insurance I guess)

Thinking maybe Scan rethink their delivery policy as DPD have damaged this twice in delivery and now lost it :)


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The sorry tale of Scan continues..

The PC was collected for the 2nd time last Monday by DPD. So I called my reseller and asked them when it might be coming back.

They checked on line and said that the online tracker from Scan said they hadn't recived it.

So they called Scan and were told there is no dispute that it was collected from me, but DPD have lost it. So if its not at Scan within the next 24 hours, they will build another one and DPD pays for it (through insurance I guess)

Thinking maybe Scan rethink their delivery policy as DPD have damaged this twice in delivery and now lost it :)


Sounds like the stuff of my worst nightmares. I truly shudder to think...

Well I decided to put some old parts to use. I dug out the X99 Alienware board I lobbed into the closet last July.

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Bought another ES CPU for cheap (this one) https://ark.intel.com/products/92981/In ... e-2_20-GHz

And bought a new water block on clearance.

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I will need to get new "arms" for it as it is a AM3 bracket. They are easily gotten though and not too much money :) then I will be upgrading Dianoga from the Phenom 2 X6 with 8gb DDR2.

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Because it's really showing its age now. Not bought any DDR4 for it yet. Dreading it tbh :(

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Yay X99 arms and new 45 degs ordered !

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So Scan have come back with more problems, they took 4 days longer to confirm they would build another PC at the expense of DPD

Then they came back with some more excuses about not having cooling parts and telling my reseller it would be 26th of February.

You can go to their website and right now and they will tell you that the same PC is on next day delivery :roll:

So I cancelled it, waiting to get the confirmation and then will probably get an Alienware as at least I know Dell will deliver it.

Dell looked to have dropped Intel CPU's in Area 51 so looking at their AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper 1950X model 16 cores in a CPU!


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16 threads. Eight cores.

Edit — nope, got my model nunbers mixed up, that one has sixteen actual cores.


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I know you're not gonna want to hear this but please, avoid the TR Alienware. The board is not good enough, the cooling is not good enough (it just throttles) and so on. It really isn't a good TR platform. It was poorly thought through, IMO.

If it weren't for GPU prices being silly I would go to OCUK. 8 Pack makes some awesome systems. But it's just crazy right now :(

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Sorry Fish was pushed for time earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=decz1N9YpOw

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I'm in need of some advice - I usually build my own PC every few years and my current one is now about 7 years old and getting pretty creaky. This time though I can't be bothered to build my own, I just want a decent, off the shelf unit.

Main critera:

- Decent CPU and video card (doesn't have to be the best, a rung or two down the ladder is fine) - 8GB RAM
- Tower case
- No LEDs (or LEDs that can easily be disconnected)
- Plain, flat top (no air vents or buttons as I need to place things on top of it due to limited space)
- Provided with (or space for) a front-loading Blu-ray drive (I have one in my current PC which I could swap over)
- SATA capability
- At least two or three PCIe slots
- Space for at least two 3.5" hard drives
- Decent motherboard - I've always liked ASUS so that would be good but am happy to go for anything that's better

I'll be using it for a bit of gaming, a bit of emulation (I'd like to try the Wii emulator Dolphin for example), a bit of general work-related stuff, etc

Looking to spend maybe £1,000 or less but may go higher if required

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http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Produ ... BU&sel=DTP

You couldn't even build it for that.

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I'm in need of some advice - I usually build my own PC every few years and my current one is now about 7 years old and getting pretty creaky. This time though I can't be bothered to build my own, I just want a decent, off the shelf unit.

Main critera:

- Decent CPU and video card (doesn't have to be the best, a rung or two down the ladder is fine) - 8GB RAM
- Tower case
- No LEDs (or LEDs that can easily be disconnected)
- Plain, flat top (no air vents or buttons as I need to place things on top of it due to limited space)
- Provided with (or space for) a front-loading Blu-ray drive (I have one in my current PC which I could swap over)
- SATA capability
- At least two or three PCIe slots
- Space for at least two 3.5" hard drives
- Decent motherboard - I've always liked ASUS so that would be good but am happy to go for anything that's better

I'll be using it for a bit of gaming, a bit of emulation (I'd like to try the Wii emulator Dolphin for example), a bit of general work-related stuff, etc

Looking to spend maybe £1,000 or less but may go higher if required

Any ideas please?


This won PC Pro's 'all round PCs for £800' labs review this month.

https://www.palicomp.co.uk/amd-gravity-ryz1

As you've got £200 left in your budget you can tweak the specs a bit as well.

Seems to tick all of your boxes.

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Thanks for the recommendations (not so sure about the Xbox 360 though .............. :) )


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This won PC Pro's 'all round PCs for £800' labs review this month.

https://www.palicomp.co.uk/amd-gravity-ryz1

As you've got £200 left in your budget you can tweak the specs a bit as well.

Seems to tick all of your boxes.

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Looks very much like the same case as my pc.

i can confirm it's not heavy on the LEDs, and should have a flat top. (It came with a plastc top which can nbe removed and replaced with a mesh top to allow cooling. obviously,if it's top cooled out of the build, this will cause issues utting stuff on it)


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Sorry Fish was pushed for time earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=decz1N9YpOw


See what you mean heavy and hot, still getting overall good reviews, most people say its overkill for gaming though.

Also noticed that Alienware have pulled all the Intel Options for the Area 51 now, so you can only order AMD


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It's a nice machine. The case is a bit messy inside and I spent way too long changing that but it is lovely and solid. I guess if you are not super heavy on it (IE loading up all 32 threads all of the time) it should be OK, and you can always upgrade the cooler at another time (for a fatter rad of the same size).

I'm not surprised they are not using high end Intels after the couple of weeks I've had. Intel have now basically come out and said "Don't use the patch". I'm running a 14 core Broadwell E and I have had nothing but troubles since that bloody patch installed. Ranging from random reboots, BSODs (on a 95w CPU you can't overclock) to programs I had outright refusing to run.

Last week I got up in the morning and started the PC. It sat there at the MSI logo with the spinning thing (UEFI) for about 30 minutes. I restarted it again and it took ages to even show the logo, and failed again. Eventually it did boot and it's been OK since then but yeah, not good. I've heard similar stories from people using Haswell E and Broadwell E rigs.

I think when I install my 10 core at some point over the next two weeks I am going to get a pro key and just disable updates. It won't have any critical info on it and tbh I've never been hacked before. I also noticed Trillian was down for about 40 hours about two days after this all came to light too.

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I seem to be having a pig of a job finding a case that:

a) Has a solid, plain, unadorned metal top

and:

b) Has an easily accessible space at the upper front for a Blu-ray drive (I don't want to faff around openning a door each time i use the drive).

This is going from here:

https://www.palicomp.co.uk/index.php?op ... d=291&md=1

I can find a case with one or the other (but not both) on their site. I guess I'll have to phone them tomorrow but I would also assume that Palicomp can order a case if I can find one that's suitable? I usually go for Coolermaster cases.


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Most manus are doing away with the optical drive bay now. Even for people who use it for water cooling.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/382336531584?c ... 043&crdt=0

Could well do the trick. A few things do worry me about that Palicomp, though, so I figured it would be best to say something so you don't discover it later. Some of the caveats may not matter to you, though.

Firstly the GTX 1060 in there is a 3gb model. It's slightly slower than the 6gb for a few reasons but most importantly 3gb is beginning to struggle at 1080p now. You really want at least a 4gb card but it would depend on whether gaming is going to be the main thing you do on it.

The PSU is also cack. 450w is just about enough but if you ever wanted to upgrade the GPU in the future you will find that it's not enough to run a higher end faster GPU. It is literally on the borderline, and 80+ Bronze means it is a very low end unit, as most of the good ones are pushing gold at the very least now and titanium at the higher end. I would want a 550w personally speaking. That would cover you much better going into the future.

See if you can upgrade the PSU at least. The 3gb 1060 will be fine for 1080p but you may find yourself reducing detail over the coming months. As I said though, that may or may not matter to you. The sticking point for me is it's closing in on a grand for a very much mid range PC, and at the lower end of that. That is why I have not bought a single retail CPU in about three years and now only buy very cut price Xeons that are engineering samples that Intel gave away free.

But RAM prices and GPU prices are crazy atm, meaning you get a lot less than you used to. I was looking at a Custom PC magazine from 2009 yesterday and a PC of that sort of stature used to cost about £450-£500. And that included either an I3 Clarkdale or Pentium (both overclocked like stink and were more than enough for the time) with 4gb ram (again more than enough then) and a GTX 460 768mb (right around the same sort of stature as the 1060 3gb).

Which would make me not want to buy anything, and buy a bloody console instead. If GPU prices continue to soar that's exactly what I will be doing in a couple of years.

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Thanks very much, appreciate all of the advice and I'll mod the specs accordingly. :)

BTW, on that site is there a way to save your PC build? A while ago I changed a few things and added everything to the cart but now the cart is empty and the spec has reverted back to what it was, therefore I'll have to start again.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 23:43 
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BTW, on that site is there a way to save your PC build? A while ago I changed a few things and added everything to the cart but now the cart is empty and the spec has reverted back to what it was, therefore I'll have to start again.


Record your screen and then upload the video to youtube

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:11 
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Sir Taxalot wrote:
Four_Candles wrote:
BTW, on that site is there a way to save your PC build? A while ago I changed a few things and added everything to the cart but now the cart is empty and the spec has reverted back to what it was, therefore I'll have to start again.


Record your screen and then write a 2000 word blog post describing the video.


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 Post subject: Re: PC gaming hardware thread.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:47 
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https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainbo ... re_fixes/1

A patch for the patch. Still, after the week I had last week I will take it. It's better than Intel telling me not to use the patch at all.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 15:21 
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After a lot of trial and tribulation I got Dianoga finished yesterday.

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It was an absolute bugger tbh. The new water block I bought has a specific inlet and outlet. And of course, as is the norm it was the wrong way around. I flipped it upside down but it looked odd because then the writing on it was upside down so I had to take it apart, flip the top cover and polish it. Then of course the socket was miles from where it used to be and I only had one option of running the tubes because the block's G 1/4s were so bloody close together. So I had this idea of running straight rotaries in series from the 90 deg to the block. Only the rotaries did this.

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It was pretty soul destroying having to drain the loop three times just to find that they were all rubbish. As soon as you put any lateral pressure on them at all they just peed like a bloody racehorse :( Eventually I ran the series the other way around so that the lateral pressure was on the straight pass through and bingo ! no leaks in 30 hours.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 19:12 
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Great follow-up video from AdoredTV, locking in that Intel were sending out cherry-picked CPUs for Coffee Lake reviews. (The Coffee Lake Con Job.)

Also covers how motherboard manufacturers have been quietly turning off MCE (multi-core enhancement) on their mobos as it auto-boosted the chips to 5.0GHz, and a lot of retail chips can't hit that (whereas all the review samples hit that and more).



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 14:00 
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TBH I think he is making a bit of a storm in a teacup out of this. He needs to accept that life is crap and people do things like this. I am still, to this day, ever to buy a burger at a fast food place and get what it looks like in the pic. Instead I get something some poor kid has lobbed together whilst running around on an oily floor. Everything is sampled up like that..

Any way, on the subject of PCs I transported Dianoga to my mother's house today (Dianoga is the bogey rig). If any one was ever wondering what that means (I bet you weren't) then it's the alien thing that lives in the trash compactor in Star Wars. "There's something alive in here !".

I made one stupid mistake, though. Mum's friend picks me up in his very trendy hybrid people transporter (some Japanese only thing, Toyota IIRC) and I lug it all in there and bring it all over. Get it upstairs and realise I have made THE number one noob mistake. When I switched out the GTX 950 to Fury X I tested it on my day to day monitor (32" HP thing) blissfully unaware that the monitor was DVI and the Fury X had no DVI. Even more annoyingly I have a genuine (and very expensive) Apple DVI - DP adapter (active), and left it at home :(

This sucks, because I am here for five days now and Ryan (my pal in USA) and I still game every weekend. Been playing Wildlands, what a game for co op that is !

So I've had to order a cheapy one hoping it actually works. Otherwise my only choice is £30 in a taxi to go back and get it, and being Good Friday they'd probably spit roast me :(

Bloody computers, lol.

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Piccy. That is with the Fury X and a modified EVGA Powerlink (that connects to your GPU power sockets and takes them around the back). Looks awesome.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Headset-Beexce ... eexcellent

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:DD LEDs and something to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. It's a BEEX injoke special. Quick - someone feature this on our website, it'd surely attract more visitors and help new folk settle in.

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Covered in Bits & Bobs already.

I made an excellent joke about it, obv.

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