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Why would you chose an i5 if you want a serious gaming machine? Surely i7 is a must? generally not much difference in real world gaming benchmarks between the two - most games dont really take advantage of the hyperthreading - and the two cpu's are at similar clock frequencies - only real differenc...

okay guys - so this is what my kingston hyperX ram looked like (kind of ..... but the exact ram i had is pictured elsewhere in this thread) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/naughty001/new%20pc/new%20case%20mod/HX_DDR3_3pack_hires.jpg and i had a buddy who wanted this ram so he bought me some i...

small progress here - a buddy of mine wanted the intel board i had on sale on various forums and he wanted my i3-2120 as well - so thats now been moved on and in return i put in around 700 bucks or so and got myself an i5-3570k (the k version which can overclock) so it isnt the i7-3770k that i so wa...

i did it all a while back - this project was to use up stuff that was lying around i cut that out of perspex with my ryobi pencil grinder (similar to a dremel) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/naughty001/new%20pc/skull.jpg then it was sandpapered http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/naughty0...

thank you

wish you good luck in your own project

plans for later upgrades are only to do the following things 1) upgrade the CPU to a higher end "IVY BRIDGE" 3770k when i have the cash 2) install a solid state drive as an O/S drive and use a large 2TB drive for storage 3) make the internals much neater by adding some shrouds to hide the ...

started of with a Gigabyte sumo 5115 case http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/naughty001/new%20pc/new%20case%20mod/CASEINTERIOR.jpg front panel of the case - i like the neat look when the front panel is closed .... it looks elegant but obviously you can swing it open to access all the optical dev...

if you say that microsoft keyboards are pathetic i have no choice but to agree - the last one i bought lasted all of one week before it stopped working ..... i was so disgusted i threw it a wall and ruined any chance of returning it though mine would have been considerably cheaper but i definitely f...

An i3 is duel core but 4 threads and should be the better option. all i3 cpu's do not have hyperthreading - so the i3 2100 and 2100T will only have two threads - so they only differ from the G850 in terms of clockspeeds and amount of cache if you want the i3 that does 4 threads then you need the i3...

An i3 is duel core but 4 threads and should be the better option. all i3 cpu's do not have hyperthreading - so the i3 2100 and 2100T will only have two threads - so they only differ from the G850 in terms of clockspeeds and amount of cache if you want the i3 that does 4 threads then you need the i3...

the only problem with second hand cars is that service and maintenance becomes a killer - warranties are usually over and you have absolutely no idea how the previous owner looked after it ie if he drove like a idiot and kept on banging it hard all day then you have a car with parts just waiting to ...

cmon people BOSE = B uy O ther S ound E quipment for the price - BOSE is actually overpriced junk - if it was priced at 1/5th of what it goes for then it may be okay cos thats what it is worth actually Not sure if troll. It sounds good, but maybe bose were better in the 90's :dontknow: im not troll...

cmon people

BOSE = Buy Other Sound Equipment

for the price - BOSE is actually overpriced junk - if it was priced at 1/5th of what it goes for then it may be okay cos thats what it is worth actually

I heard that his son failed gr12 :lol: i wonder if old robert even passed primary school from what i know the guy is actually very intelligent and actually has university degrees .... real ones not the honorary ones granted to useless politicians .... and he was a teacher as well once upon a time i...

Why must the evil always live longest?? there is a saying that "only the good die young" ...... probably means that i will also live to around 150 as well :lol: Send someone in to take him out - that has always been my suggestion. that cant really happen - cos it will then cause "ope...

:lol: @ naughty. I say the same thing about Whitney its just a cacophony of noise... :lol: She did release a few great songs and her vocal talent was great and will be missed by some. R.I.P. Whitney. BTW Before I left for work this morning I saw a news article that her daughter had been rushed to h...

I honestly never fancied her voice that much. Thought she was a bit of a screamer myself. well music is a subjective thing ..... as an example i liked whitneys music but i pretty much think that heavy metal is not music at all but a cacophony of noise but metal has lots of followers (still doesnt m...

I hope you reinforced the glass in that area because those speakers are going to be breaking the doors its not about the volume levels - its about the sound quality :wink: .... and honestly they are not that loud at the moment cos im only powering them with a 40 watt (class A at lower volumes) ster...

heres a pic of how the PC rack looks for now - this will all change soon enough http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/naughty001/hometheatre/system-1.jpg just came across this thread again and its technically a necro of a comparatively dead thread but hopefully this is relevant for this thread ......

anybody been to thembisa after dark lately?

probably the same as being in central Durban after dark nowadays

(not for illegal purposes of course... at least i think its not illegal) it can be - in the USA you are allowed one digital backup copy .... same as with dvd's - making more copies will be illegal and lending your disc to someone to make a copy is illegal .... not too sure what the law is everywher...

There is another reason she gave but its content is not suitable for these forums.

it is possibly more about this rather than you not being a nice guy or even getting along with the kid

whats to stop them from dropping a bomb on you with one of these remote controlled toys just cos you didnt pay a parking ticket :shock: I guess the fact that every sortie these things fly costs the US millons of dollars :?: when has the danger of over-spending ever prevented the americans from bein...

“We think it’s benign. But we just don’t know.” famous last words until someone takes control of it and turns it back to attack where it came from BUT you want to really know whats more terrifying ..... ie scarier than these things having a virus is this little statement from the article "all ...

That's the thing, in this price range there isn't any car that matched the performance, quality, standard features and resale of the GTI. :) I had a GTI 4 back in 2005 and loved it, so really looking forward to this again! i am a huge GTI fan - so no arguments from me on your choice :wink: congrats...