The TPU UK Clubhouse

[NdMk2o1o]

Replaying COD 4 MW1... completed the single player campaign years ago for some reason I have found it shit hard to get past the TV station part since replaying it, I mean it has literally killed me dozens of times to the point I keep bloody quitting it not knowing what I'm doing wrong... Anyway, just managed to complete it tonight, will be majorly pissed if I crash and it doesn't save, think I'll be deleting it for good if that happens

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I need a cooler for my CPU.

Has anyone got anything redundant they can part with for not much money?


Socket 1366 or something i can ghetto to fit.
(I blew up my H100 and I am pissed off with stock clocks and no GTA....)

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I need a cooler for my CPU.

Has anyone got anything redundant they can part with for not much money?


Socket 1366 or something i can ghetto to fit.
(I blew up my H100 and I am pissed off with stock clocks and no GTA....)

I might have a tranquillo lying around somewhere. I also have a corsair H80i but im not sure where i put the other mountings.

Anyone needs some DDR3 ram btw? xD

I need to sell up or i wont be able to get my 1070 :|

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I might have a tranquillo lying around somewhere. I also have a corsair H80i but im not sure where i put the other mountings.

send me a pm with some prices.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

So I managed to grab some coolermaster E1 IC essential???? today whilst I was in maplins and now my 290x that was reaching 94c and throttling bad barely gets passed 70c at 100% load and 60% fan speed, and also no more throttling not as good on my 3570k as my temps seem to have increased a bit but I think I probably didn't apply enough, it comes with a little spreader as it's a bit thicker than other stuff so I'll have another go with the CPU tomorrow and apply a bit more and see how that goes, just glad my GPU isn't baking any longer!

 

[tabascosauz]

So I managed to grab some coolermaster E1 IC essential???? today whilst I was in maplins and now my 290x that was reaching 94c and throttling bad barely gets passed 70c at 100% load and 60% fan speed, and also no more throttling not as good on my 3570k as my temps seem to have increased a bit but I think I probably didn't apply enough, it comes with a little spreader as it's a bit thicker than other stuff so I'll have another go with the CPU tomorrow and apply a bit more and see how that goes, just glad my GPU isn't baking any longer!

70 degrees is fantastic. Especially after considering that the last generation of MSI's TF IV coolers had a tough time keeping up with Tahiti and Hawaii (TPU pegged their 3GB 280X at a scorching 94 degrees under OC load and the 290X at 83 degrees).

Forgot: only need a drop for non-delidded CPUs but be generous with TIM on GPUs. Every corner of the die has to be covered. When I was putting MX-2 on Pitcairn and Tahiti I used an "X" pattern to ensure good coverage.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

So I managed to grab some coolermaster E1 IC essential???? today whilst I was in maplins and now my 290x that was reaching 94c and throttling bad barely gets passed 70c at 100% load and 60% fan speed, and also no more throttling not as good on my 3570k as my temps seem to have increased a bit but I think I probably didn't apply enough, it comes with a little spreader as it's a bit thicker than other stuff so I'll have another go with the CPU tomorrow and apply a bit more and see how that goes, just glad my GPU isn't baking any longer!

Never was a fan of coolermaster TIM.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Never was a fan of coolermaster TIM.

TBH as long as it's not really cheap crap then there's only ever a few degrees between most of them and I've had worse stuff than this, just think I should have put some more onto the CPU, the GPU has yielded great results with no curing time needed, cost me £7 for an 8g tube so will last me for a good while and was the best they had at maplins

70 degrees is fantastic. Especially after considering that the last generation of MSI's TF IV coolers had a tough time keeping up with Tahiti and Hawaii (TPU pegged their 3GB 280X at a scorching 94 degrees under OC load and the 290X at 83 degrees).

I honestly think that some contact was lost between the cooler and GPU when it ook a knock in shipping, it should never have been reaching 94c so yea 70c is great and I'm happy especially as the card cost me £160 and I had £120 refunded to me cause of the state it was delivered in, so a win-win all round.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

TBH as long as it's not really cheap crap then there's only ever a few degrees between most of them and I've had worse stuff than this, just think I should have put some more onto the CPU, the GPU has yielded great results with no curing time needed, cost me £7 for an 8g .

arctic MX-2 is £4 for 8g on amazon. but i feel ya. Years ago we used to have a hardware enthusiast store in central london called 'yoyotech' They got taken over by Anandtech (at least i think it was them) then run into the ground - went into administration and bought by a company who moved them out of london. Used to get all my parts from them until they closed their doors. Theres not many enthusiast hardware stores along the same stretch of road that i would trust.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

arctic MX-2 is £4 for 8g on amazon. but i feel ya. Years ago we used to have a hardware enthusiast store in central london called 'yoyotech' They got taken over by Anandtech (at least i think it was them) then run into the ground - went into administration and bought by a company who moved them out of london. Used to get all my parts from them until they closed their doors. Theres not many enthusiast hardware stores along the same stretch of road that i would trust.

I know man, just too damn impatient to wait for delivery and I was in the area when I thought I'd pop in to maplins, was more of an impulse purchase

 

[dorsetknob]

I was in the area when I thought I'd pop in to maplins, was more of an impulse purchase

Sad to Say that is About the total usefulness of Maplins these days but only if there is one close to you

 

[NdMk2o1o]

they wanted £30 for a bloody DVD-RW that said I did spot a 480GB SSD for £109.... just think they overcharge on everyday items (TIM, optical drives, cables etc) as they know people will walk in off the street and buy them

 

[FreedomEclipse]

they wanted £30 for a bloody DVD-RW that said I did spot a 480GB SSD for £109.... just think they overcharge on everyday items (TIM, optical drives, cables etc) as they know people will walk in off the street and buy them

who uses optical drives these days... you can pick up an small portable external off ebay for £10-15 these days. I got an old slimline DVD-RW made by lite on. and i use it to burn, or read disks once in a blue moon... Most OS installations i do are via USB now so theres not a lot of need for optical drives no more.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I haven't for about 5 years? USB flashdrive for Windows installations in that time, my Mrs wants me to burn some CD's for the car, I don't have Bluetooth/Aux on my 05 mini-bus Zafira and radio blows did get one from capslock but it's IDE and I don't have an IDE port and the Chinese adaptor I bought off amazon doesn't bloody work *see's the drive as a disk but won't load a driver or let you do anything with it....) lol

 

[FreedomEclipse]

My next phone!

 

[kurosagi01]

I haven't for about 5 years? USB flashdrive for Windows installations in that time, my Mrs wants me to burn some CD's for the car, I don't have Bluetooth/Aux on my 05 mini-bus Zafira and radio blows did get one from capslock but it's IDE and I don't have an IDE port and the Chinese adaptor I bought off amazon doesn't bloody work *see's the drive as a disk but won't load a driver or let you do anything with it....) lol

Get yourself one of those bluetooth/SD Card radio receiver for like 20-40 i can't remember the price but essentially you connect your phone to this device which is powered by cig lighter and you use FM radio frequency to transmit the frequency to your car radio.
Example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CNGT85G/?tag=tec053-21
I pulled the trigger last weekend and ended my contract with O2 and moved to 3 and got the Huawei Honor 8 on contract for £23 a month 4gb data and unlimited text and calls which isn't too bad.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Get yourself one of those bluetooth/SD Card radio receiver for like 20-40 i can't remember the price but essentially you connect your phone to this device which is powered by cig lighter and you use FM radio frequency to transmit the frequency to your car radio.
Example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CNGT85G/?tag=tec053-21
I pulled the trigger last weekend and ended my contract with O2 and moved to 3 and got the Huawei Honor 8 on contract for £23 a month 4gb data and unlimited text and calls which isn't too bad.

Got one of those off amazon for £10 --highest rated one on there and it still sounds like shit

 

[kurosagi01]

Got one of those off amazon for £10 --highest rated one on there and it still sounds like shit

Better than 17 track CD though lol unless you want pay out a new head unit.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Better than 17 track CD though lol unless you want pay out a new head unit.

Nah we bought a Bluetooth speaker which is pretty loud and sounds pretty good

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I'm looking at a build for a friend, his budget is £300 but must include a monitor, I can get a 19" 1600x900 for £60 could get a slightly cheaper one but 1366x768 is disgusting, so that leaves £240 for the actual build, I'm thinking an FM2+ A6-7470k APU, 8GB, 1TB build with a corsair vs 350w and matx case, damn budget wouldn't let me spend an extra £20 and go for an A10-7700k, would it be better looking at an intel Celeron or Pentium dual core? and I assume both of those have IGP as he doesn't require a dedicated GPU.

Edit: I done the same build with a Pentium G4400 1151 motherboard and 8GB DDR4 and it's coming out around the same kind of cost so am thinking that's probably going to be the better choice over the APU, just hope the iGPU is up to some light gaming

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Get 4gb ram for now and spend the 20 on the A10-7700k

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I got some ram for sale that would work very well with that APU

 

[NdMk2o1o]

He is going to speak to the wife as she is also looking for one..... so guess he needs the ok from her before he can ask me to build it.

Hey caps, you better start keeping a low profile mate...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gers-stop-bovine-TB-catastrophic-failure.html

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Hey caps, you better start keeping a low profile mate...

the whole situation is ridiculous.....the test they use is nearly 100 years old and has been proved by the farming community to be inaccurate.

Killing wildlife needlessly is fucking horrible but slaughtering herds of prize cattle unnecessarily is just as bad.

 

[dorsetknob]

Every cow Calf and Bull in GB is Registered, logged, Tracked and documented.
Not so with Badgers
Its so Easy to eradicate Bovine TB in Cattle>>>>> Just Fuckin Vaccinate the Bovine herds.

Then there is no need to Kill Badgers and when the Badgers are gone who are they going to Blame then ????
DEER lets Cull Bambi and his relatives just in case they infect your walking beefburger