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Computers and Games / New Doom!!

« on: December 10, 2015, 10:22:17 pm »

Just noticed in steam that come sping 2016, there's a new Doom coming out !!

http://doom.com/en-gb/

Looks very good, keeping lots of the original Doom gameplay but much improved graphics...and it's got multiplayer!!!!!

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Computers and Games / Re: Dean - PC Bits

« on: November 22, 2015, 09:42:43 pm »

Ok budget does make a difference and also depends on the need and future proofing thats needed.

Lol i know but need to do something when in the hotel waiting

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Computers and Games / Re: Dean - PC Bits

« on: November 22, 2015, 12:14:18 am »

Personally i think the skylake is a bit overkill plus its only an i5, id be more tempted to go for a i7 with 40 pci-e lanes and that be better as dont think the skylake would make much difference for deans gaming, somethng like an i7 5930k

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Projects / Re: Project "Wall-O-Matic"

« on: November 03, 2015, 09:46:24 pm »

very cool

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General Banter / Re: Dragstalgia '15

« on: October 25, 2015, 09:19:20 pm »

Wow holy old pics (well ok not that old but

) good pics tho

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Projects / Re: A new and suitably stupid project . . .

« on: October 23, 2015, 08:56:30 pm »

interesting to see inside it, looks alsmost 'burnt' inside...wierd!

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Projects / Re: Roadkill's 1983 Chevy Z28 - (Work Starts on Page 5)

« on: October 23, 2015, 08:55:58 pm »

Oh wow they really being crap and the workshop then

least you got somewhere local then...

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Projects / Re: Project - Garden Patio / BBQ / Chillin' Area

« on: October 23, 2015, 08:54:22 pm »

Looking good now it (almost) complete!

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General Banter / Re: iPad

« on: October 22, 2015, 08:34:53 am »

Any tablet should be good, obviously better the front camera the better pic.

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General Banter / Re: iPad

« on: October 21, 2015, 01:16:36 pm »

If you want cheap & cheerful, the Tesco Hudl would do - it's an Android Device, 16gb onboard storage with 8" screen:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/hudl2-orange-refurbished/661-1705.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=661-1705 (only link i can find is for refurb but new ones in stores all the time)

Then slightly more is google's Nexus 9 tablet - 8.9" screen, android 5, various storeage options
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00OIHRVWQ/ref=asc_df_B00OIHRVWQ27961785?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=hawk-future-21&linkCode=df0&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B00OIHRVWQ&ascsubtag=hawk-1304287092-21

Then there's the range of sumsung devices, varying sizes and storage, something like a Tab 3 or Tab 4 would be more than sufficient :
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/tablets/

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General Banter / Re: iPad

« on: October 21, 2015, 06:16:32 am »

Personally id go for android device over iPad as prefer Android, plus iPads arent cheap, me and vicky both got samsung tablets and they are really good, reasonably priced and very well built, there are loads out there let me look on pc later and lll post some links

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General Banter / Re: I have changed my signature

« on: October 19, 2015, 08:48:50 pm »

yeah seems to have gone really quite of late....

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Computers and Games / Re: New Computer Ordered

« on: October 16, 2015, 09:19:32 pm »

Last bit of the PC arrived today, a wireless Razer Mamba Gaming mouse

(RRP is 139.99 on this - thankfully didn't pay anywhere near that!)

After a few bugs, seems to be all working OK now, just need some rubber grommets to arrive to stop the fan rattling / vibrating the case and it's all done.

Currently running average of 135 FPS in Rage with all settings on the highest

:

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General Banter / Re: So I wanted to make a cool looking Wall-clock for my Spare room...

« on: October 07, 2015, 06:21:04 am »

Sounds and looks a great idea but thats a whole lot of money for somthing to tell you time!

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Projects / Re: Ryan's IROC Thread

« on: September 28, 2015, 10:58:35 am »

Was a good days work, nice to see that the car is so pristine underneath still!!

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Computers and Games / Re: New Computer Ordered

« on: September 11, 2015, 12:20:23 pm »

all the parts have arrived

know what i'm doing tonight / tomorrow!!!

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Computers and Games / Re: New Computer Ordered

« on: September 11, 2015, 11:43:07 am »

Quote from: FUBAR on September 11, 2015, 11:39:44 am

Ian / Dean, you both need to buy the Mad Max game on Steam, Its so much fun and has fully customisable Post-apocalyptic Muscle Cars!!

noted

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Computers and Games / Re: New Computer Ordered

« on: September 11, 2015, 11:01:10 am »

Quote from: Roadkill on September 11, 2015, 07:56:24 am

Yeah, I really need to upgrade mine if I ever want to play GTAV or Fall Out 4

Yeah must admit i'm looking forward to getting GTA V downloaded and running!!

Quote from: Incursus on September 11, 2015, 09:32:17 am

Really must dispose of my old pc, I've not even switched it on for almost a year..

wow that's bad...is it 'sellable' or not, if not happy to stick it in our E-Waste pile at work.

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Computers and Games / New Computer Ordered

« on: September 10, 2015, 01:25:27 pm »

Finally got around to ordering my new PC last night, sending some of the injury comp money...should last me for a few years i hope, seeing as the last 'new' pc i built was over 8-9 years ago i think it's well overdue (all my other PC's have been updates to existing or second user systems from Ryan!)

Spec:
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Chassis Black Edition with Side Window w/o PSU
Boot Drive: 512GB Samsung SM951, M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) AHCI SSD, MLC NAND, Read 2150MB/s, Write 1500MB/s, 90k/70k IOPS
Storage Drives: 2 x 2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms OEM
CPU: Intel Core i7 5930K Unlocked, S 2011-3, Haswell-E, 6 Core, 3.5GHz Clock, 3.7GHz Turbo, 15MB, 40 Lane
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Multi CPU Liquid Cooler, with Corsair Link, for Intel/AMD CPU's
Motherboard: Asus ROG RAMPAGE V EXTREME/USB3.1 GAMING MB, Intel X99, S 2011-3, DDR4, SATA III 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0, 2x SATA Express, E-ATX
RAM: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black PC4-24000 (3000), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 15-15-15-36, XMP 2.0, 1.2V
DVD/BlueRay: LG UH12NS30 Internal Blu-ray ROM DVD Writer SATA, 12x BD-R, 16x DVD±R Write OEM
Monitor: 27" AOC G2770PQU Monitor, TN Panel, 1920x1080, 1ms, 144mhz refresh, 300cd/m², D-Sub/DP/DVI/HDMI, Black
Graphics card: 2 of 6GB EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC+ ACX 2.0+, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 7010MHz GDDR5, GPU 1102MHz, Boost 1190MHz, Cores 2816, 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-I
SLI Bridge: EVGA Pro SLI Bridge V2, 2-Way Long Version, High Pixel Clock Optimised, EVGA Logo Illuminates on select EVGA GPUs
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair RM1000i Series Fully Modular PSU, 80PLUS Gold Certified, 135mm Fan, ATX

All arriving tomorrow (Fri) so i can start building it

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Projects / Re: MKB BBQ Tank Repaint

« on: August 18, 2015, 10:11:30 pm »

Forgot to update this - ended up putting a few more coats on than expected but looks lots better for it:

also, now sporting a new set of nice think brake shoes:

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General Banter / Re: New Tow Vehicle

« on: August 18, 2015, 01:26:46 pm »

Yeah its a good ol beast

Nope no caravans for a while (no money / storage for one!!) but needed something nice and powerfull / big to ensure it can tow the BBQ without issue and also if needed trailers etc etc

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General Banter / New Tow Vehicle

« on: August 17, 2015, 08:18:06 pm »

Been looking for a replacement tow vehicle / second car for a while since we got shot of the Land Rover, and been looking at Jeeps mainly - went to see a couple and wern't impressed as they were definately not as descrived in the adverts (lacquer peel, tracking issues, air con problems, exhaust & coil spring issues etc etc), then came across the one we bought on Autotrader.

We have picked up last night, a '06 Mitsubishi Shogun Sport Warrior 3.0L V6 Auto.

It's got 129k on the clock so fairly high, but does have full service history and various receipts for some work, is due a service now but came with 12 months MOT on it.
Got a few scratches around the body, most of them look like with a good T-Cut & Polish should come out, driver's seat a bit worn but reckon with some leather food & a good clean it be OK.