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Hey guys Never used the general discussion, always just posted weird work-logs. Now I need help. We're moving to Gauteng, and the offices are in Midrand. Is Kosmosdal a decent area to live in Centurion? It's close to some of those hellish onramps on to the N1, but apart from that? The house we want ...

THE_STIG wrote:Really R750 for a 5770. what world do you live in The average price of one of those it around R1400, unless it is second hand.

Blame all the bitcoin miners...try find a cheap 5830...impossible!!

Every time I come home from the pc store I fear my wife is going to divorce me, or worse. To avert any such danger, I took her and the kid for all you can eat sushi on Monday night. One night set aside for talking about this and that, looking deep in to her eyes, and whispering about the early days ...

I can vouch for the Corsair TX series...I have the TX850, and love it. Unless you want a show-off-the-insides, the extra price for the modular PSU's aren't worth it. For cooling, the H80 would be a good buy, or even a H70. I use a H70 on a i7-950 running 4Ghz 24/7 and under full load hits 72'c. Norm...

I own a H70 and love it BUT I changed the two fans to two after market 70cfm fans. The stock fans whined like a turbojet. Apparently the H80 is slightly better by one or two degrees, and I suspect the H100 would be a bigger improvement though its a thin 240mm radiator, vs the thick 120mm radiator on...

CM690 looks like what you want, though I can recommend a HAF922.

So, I finally built my new home storage server: All this (and more) went in to one case. The blue modded case I did a few months ago could not accommodate all the drives, so I had to change it (but the case has a new loving home). http://www.i-eve.co.za/wp-content/uploads/lap5.jpg With no real plans...

Well, after much searching, this arrived :



When the rest of the components arrive I will do a full build log for the forum.

Prophecy lists the 955 Black Edition at just over R1200, cheapest I've seen so far, BUT no stock. http://www.prophecy.co.za/phenom-quadcore-32ghz-black-edition-boxed-processor-p-37208.html The 646 I spoke about is a proper 4 core cpu, running at 3.1Ghz (but locked multiplier). http://www.prophecy.co...

Yup, I agree with you StarBound.. That said, if I can find a Black Edition X4 955, I can overclock it, which will then come to the same price as the i3...no-one has stock though it seems...it's a proper 4 core CPU, vs i3 2 core...

It was easier picking my R16k rig in December than picking this toy

I'm kind of keen to dip in to the AMD bin for a change, seeing as this won't be my main rig, although the i3 does pose a interesting dilemma (but gets a tad more expensive). Future proofing? I bought a socket 1366 board for my main rig...*snigger*.. Biggest problem is that I can't find a flippen Bla...

Ok, see my sig for my main rig, but I need a secondary rig for "stuff".. Minimal budget... So far, the old Take 2 website (now Takealot) seems the best pricing.. Budget deluxe! Motherboard - Asus AM3 socket, has decent features: http://www.takealot.com/electronics/asus-m4a78lt-m-socket-am3...

XSPC Rasa 750 RX240 WaterCooling Kit http://www.watercoolingshop.co.uk/XSPC-Rasa-750-RX240-WaterCooling-Kit_ASLZF.aspx Any idea if its good...? Friends of ours is returning from the UK in August (works for Maersk shipping), he's willing to bring it through customs if I will just pay the extra costs....

Like Jolly said, first flash the BIOS, then possibly reinstall Windows..

only if they're still living in 1995... it's primarily a signature algorithm used to verify integrity... it should never be used in placed of encryption. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ..and yet, the amount of times you see it used is frightening! :shock: :shock: The nice thing about oclhashcat is that it can...

Ok, first thing, I'm typing this from memory, I might make mistakes in my explanation! Now, it's not brute-forcing the password in the traditional way. Bruteforcing means you're running a complicated amount of possibilities against whatever application and hoping you strike gold. I'm more intereste...

I'd say load your grafix-needing app(s) up onto your existing rig(s) and test performance to get a gauge on how those do - based on that you might not need to get the big cards. The only problem I might have with this (and hence the theorycrafting) is that if my thesis proposal gets approved, and i...

GDI_Lord wrote:If this is what you want, grab two 6990s.

There's several problems with this idea :

1 - C/card doesn't have that much limit
2 - Family is used to three meals a day

Ok, maybe a bit more explanation needed. The GTX 460's I have are the decent one's...1gb EVGA EE Superclocked babies. They rock for gaming, but for a MD5 bruteforcing application called 'oclhashcat' they're not that great. With two (they don't need SLI) you get about 2009m/s (yes thats a lot of math...

Ok, so I'm a Nvidia fanboy with a older 8800GT in one machine, and 2 x 460's in SLI in my current rig. For another (not gaming application) I might need to purchase two 5770's or 5750's.. I see a fairly small price difference, so can someone give me the quick and nasty on if the 5770 is worth the ex...

No, it's for a separate research machine for my Msc studies... "old blue" still soldiers on

Just bought a VS-9 from Esquire... (you need a dealership with them though)..R299 x Vat http://specials.esquire.co.za/2011_05_03Chassis.html http://www.pro-clockers.com/cases/1452-aerocool-pgs-vs-9-value-mid-tower.html Case has options for side fans and top fans, plus its black inside. Then, spend t...

Currently using 2 x 1Tb Samsungs and 2 x 1Tb Seagates. Lost one of the Samsung Spinpoints a few weeks ago, was about 4 months old.. Had a new drive through the warranty claim within 48hrs though.

Just run your setup through one of those power calculators. When I was doing the specs for my pc, running 2 x EVGA 460's I had to get somewhere around a 700w'ish PSU. Bought a 850W just to be safe.

The Homefront cover picture pretty much covers my thoughts on the game, ie. anyone that bought it needs to be taken in to the back yard, blindfolded and shot. Ok, stuff I liked about the game. The weapons. Almost from the start you have access to pretty decent hardware and while a lot of the weapons...