Quote from DragonCommando :

Never underestimate the need for a good (and expensive) case, I've gone through several cases in the past year and the only one that could keep my system cool was the antec 300 I bought for around $70 canadian localy. Since the 300 is basicaly a lower-end 900 I would say keep it. The air flow is much better than any case you would get for cheap.

Just switching from a cheap Xblade case to the Antec 300 got me a CPU temp drop of 15ºc And under load it never goes above 45ºc now, when it used to go above 60º before.

Basicaly what I'm saying is, use the 900 if you buy the new setup, it'll be much better for air cooling untill you get the water cooled setup in.

Too many times I see people buying cheap cases, and it can litteraly kill a good setup.

I understand what your saying but I've got a watercooling setup which will go in straight away and I'll probably be getting the i7 920 for Christmas along with morthernoard and ram do I'll have a bit
spare for another 8800 640mb to run in sli
cheers
for ur help anyway

Quote from Calzone :

i think you wouldn't notice it really soon in normal racing. When you are drifting you feel the smoothness very good, because of the wheel spinning through your hand the whole time. More precise is in my case better because i have a better feel of the car going sideways.

yes but the g25 is pretty smooth anyway and the g27 isn't a highly, "oh yeh lets spend double" much smoother anyway?

Quote from Crommi :

Core 2 Duo E8500 ~160€
Core 2 Quad Q9550 ~200€

Either way, you'll get the same game performance for half the cost of i7 setup. I'm running a quad and for most games, two cores are sitting idle or running background processes.

hmm interesting
Also heard that the new i9 chip is coming out soon anyway
Cheers

Quote from Calzone :

I've been testing it too, and in my opinion the G27 is smoother.Atleast, it felt like thet to me.

i mean...you say smooth but is that an advantage or disadvantage because the amount smoother or not compared to the g25 i don't realy realise when i've got most of my concentration on the corner and track.

Quote from Jakg :

I'm calling up garages now - so far i've been quoted £30 + VAT for tracking from one and the wheels they couldn't compete with (£39 + VAT was the cheapest they did) and told me to get the Toyos from the intarweb.

The other ones are calling me back, then i'll be calling the Black Circles place.

Get the tyres from camskill
they are cheapest

Quote from JJ72 :

You lot are getting wayyyyy over charged.

A G27 here cost only £140!!!

sure thats not the G25

nice
hopefully nurburgring is next on the list

Quote from Calzone :

And it has better and more precise FFB.

the thing is, it actually doesn't. They say the wheel is a little bit more smoother but to be quite honest, it isn't ive tried it. Of course it is quiet and makes nearly no sound but i mean...the G25 is pretty dam quiet anyway.

No point spending double the money on erm....the same wheel.
G27 in most places is £300, i got my G25 for £150 guessing the price is still the same now...

Quote from Gabkicks :

it would certanly be cheaper. i7 is kinda overkill for most games out right now. Though i ended up getting one myself recently.

oh yeh because it definately will get a lot cheaper when the c2d start to die out maybe hope so because ill probably get one then as like you have said, not needed for games right now, and my e2180 at 3.5Ghz does LFS pretty good, guess i'll save money for another 8800GTS

Just feel it would be sensible to sell the case at this point because it was a pretty expensive case when i got it (hope it is even now) and ive already got a cheaper £20 case which is probably sufficient. Basically, selling the case because i dont need it and it's not necessary it was only a luxury.
Thanks for the help autopilot
Do you think sticking with all my setup and buying a Q6600 instead would be a better choice because these can overclock better and i can stay with all my current setup.
Cheers,
Harjun.

g27 is double the money, although it has no sequential shifter.
The only major (if major) difference is that the G27 has a shifter light which isn't particularly necessary.

probably best to get 64bit unless your using some high tech stuff which you think might have driver issues.
Best to get 64bit just because it makes use of all 4gbs
for me its been compatible with everything, all my software, g25 and game controllers etc.

Hi
Just got my interst back again into computers and seen the new i7 chips come out. My e2180 seems to be holding the system back a bit these days, even though its at 3.5 Ghz and fully stable, i feel that the new i7 can be about 5 times better and also overclock higher with lower voltages thus temperatures. PC is also getting a bit out dated after 2 years.
Cut a long story short, realised the i7 920 DO isn't compatible with my p5k or watercooling setup, therefore it would be best to get a new motherboard, cpu and ram and a good cooling setup at a later date.
Well i was wondering what motherboard would be sufficient and also with the tri channel RAM that seems to be popular with the new motherboards, do you think it would be sensible to pay £110 for 6Gb DDR3 tri channel or just buy a simple 4gb setup for less than half that price. Also, would it be a lot more expensive to get an SLI compatible motherboard because was also thinking of getting a cheap 2nd hand 8800GTS 640mb BFG OC at a later date and run in SLI.

My idea was to sell (Please let me know how much you think i would get for this):
antec 900
swiftech h20 120 compact watercooling kit
2 x 1Gb OCZ RAM
Intel E2180

Please check this out for £450 as well:
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel

And one final question, will my corsair 520W PSU be able to power this, (8800GTS (maybe SLI) and the i7 etc.)

Cheers for your help.
Harjun.

ROFLMAO

Quote from DaveJ :

Demo doesn't have "hotlapping" mode. Does it??

this competition would be a fail if it didn't

Nice one to give away s2 licences !!

Harjun

lol

you got more than a problem with just your account

Quote from Bladerunner :

For those in the UK that cant wait until November, and want a totally immersive experience with fantastic graphics, full surround sound, excellent 'rag-doll' physics, and 100% realism, try THIS:

Linky


I played an earlier version of this for years...can be great fun. (Multiplayer only: very, VERY limited single player options.)


Only drawback is, there is no respawn

lol

Quote from Victor :

Email reply has come from lfstech already on the 9th, explaining why the account cannot be accessed (you're banned).

lol

the best

Curry

freshie

e30 drifter

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