Well I have just installed Windows 7 64bit so everything is speedy. I've also overclocked more to 4.25GHz and it seems stable so far.

I would look at going to the AMD Quadcore as I have a motherboard that is AM2(+ I think) which should support that CPU and it has SLI. Although I remember it being a terrible motherboard lol.. (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2/M2NSLI/#CPUS)

I could just buy the CPU any as it is pretty cheap and see how it goes, but I doubt I could overclock it much on that motherboard

Btw where did you find it for £68? this is the cheapest one I can find, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/ ... p;catid=6&subcat=1943

Quote from danthebangerboy :

yeah i sanded it all fully down first, for once i actually did prep work!

and it wont need lacquer as its solvent based as opposed to 2 pack stuff, shinyness is included

Psst, dont tell anyobody, but its actually dulux trade weathershield exterior gloss paint that i have used,thinned with some special thinning agent that a pro decorator gave me, and some sort of hardener so it goes off rock solid, as gloss usually stays slightly soft.

Lmao, damn I shouldn't have wasted about £100+ on paint, lacquer, hardner for my car and just used some dulux

Quote from danthebangerboy :

I once read that it wasnt possible to roller paint a car and get any kind of decent finish, does if you are painting white over white and you get the paint p!ss thin!

Granted, it will never be quite as good as a sprayed finish, but it aint too damn bad really, considering its still wet in this picture, as it dries a lot of the orange peelyness will fade out, well it did with the bonnet and boot anyway, they looked pretty much like hammered finish hammerite when they were still wet, but dried down pretty good, the white looks infinately better.

Did you sand down the panels before you painted it? Also are you gonna lacquer it?

Will be suprised on the finish and if it lasts

Quote from bunder9999 :

i have a feeling that the intel I series is going to stick around for a while, so i'd probably just leave the machine as-is and then decide whether you need an i7 or an i5, and buy a whole new machine completely.

Yeah well I would upgrade to a i5/7 but they are too expensive for me to upgrade to.

Which is why I was looking at upgrading the GFX card because my current one's seem to struggle on high resolutions (1920x1200) and they also sometimes overheat and crash.

Otherwise I would buy two of these to keep them cool and then even overclock them more, and then in the future buy a whole new rig..

What do you think the best option is? Because if I'm spending £42 on the coolers I may as well just put that towards a new GFX card?

Hi all,

I'm looking to upgrade my PC but on a very tight budget (£130 - More If I can sell my current graphics cards and even CPU + Mobo).

There are some different ways I can do it but I'm wondering which is the best thing to do.

Atm my current specs are

Intel E8400 3.0 @ 3.85GHz
XFX 750i SLI SKT 775
EVGA 8800GT KO
Inno3D 8800GT OC
Corsair XMS2 4GB 800 MHz

Now I've been looking at this graphics card.

With this being the first 'stage' of the upgrade as in the future I can then upgrade to a better CPU (Quad Core)

Or I can upgrade the CPU to a SKT 775 Quad Core, but they are quite expensive for something that is 'old' tech.

The last thing is to wait until my PC cannot run the latest games (Almost happening now as it struggles to play Crysis 2) such as Battlefield 3 which if it is anything like Bad Company 2, it will struggle on my dual core. Then I would upgrade my PC as the prices may come down.

I think it would be better to get the GPU first as it is a straight swap into my current rig. But it may not perform any better as my CPU will most likely be holding it back.

What do you guys think would be best?

Thanks

Quote from Bose321 :

Woah Bose you drive such an awesome car!

I thought it was sarcasm? ^^

Out of interest what did you use to make the splitter?

Quote from Jakg :

No.

Blurgh

Quote from R3DMAN :

Snip.

VX220

I would personally keep it on, but it might get damaged by idiots

Quote from Uke :

stfu. So much hard work has been put on the world.

Haha. All I could see when I joined the server was blocks floating all over the place, looked like a real mess tbh

Yeah I also get Out of Memory,

I vote for a map reset , and to keep it tidy haha

Can I be whitelisted again?

username - spooke

Thanks

Quote from Jakg :

I think everyone missed the white text...

I didn't either. If he is 17 insurance even on a Corsa is going to be pretty high (£2,000+) as mine on a 106 1.1 is £4,000

Quote from 13OB :

Passed my test 3 weeks ago, insurance costs about £1000

Its the corsa btw

That's because your 107 years old

How old are you really? 17? on your parents insurance too?

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

Do you mean am I going to paint the tow hook red, or are you asking if I'm going to fit an actual tow bar?

Yeah fail on my part, paint both tow hooks red

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

New brakes. Red naturally, as it makes me go faster.

So the tow bar is next?! :hyper:

NOooooo, damn Force India. I felt sure that di Resta would do really well here and was doing well until then end

Should have stayed with Sauber.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

We have a winner.

Eibach sportline kit. about a 50mm drop at the front, 30-35mm at the rear. Handles alot nicer, haven't been out of town as only got them fitted yesterday however much less body roll, ride is firm but comfy.

saving for the Eibach damper kit to match the springs. eheheh.

Needs moar lows

Looks much better though, not sure about those A3 alloys though? What colour are you gonna get them refurbished in?

Quote from CrAbStEr DrIfTeR :

Pictures from the Low Brain Drifters Team Session last night!

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Ft. Me (Callum), Mashead (Oliver) and Zombie (Chris).

Made smaller due to ridiculously huge size!

Nice images, do you have the second one in 1920x1200 res?

Take a look at this thread

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=74151

More up to date

Is it fully working with no problems? Just wondering why are you selling it?

As I think my 8800GT's have finally died lol..

What's the cheapest you could do and do you have any pictures of it?


Edit- Not sure if my GFX have died or not lol, still seem to work, but sometimes my games freeze because of them, and then Nvidia drivers crash lol

Last edited by lukelfs, Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:00.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

That font doesn't look quite right, might be the photo. If the font is right and it is just a crummy photo then fair enough.

Yeah, well I have seen the same plates on ebay and it doesn't say they are legal, although there are other plates that say they are legal

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

Fixed.

Not all pressed plates are illegal, depends wether they meet the road legal requirements.

I need some new plates so might get some

Where is the cheapest place I can get the PC version? Steam is £29.99 which is too much tbh

Anyone know somewhere cheaper?

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

You're posting your car for the world to see, you're going to get comments on it. If all you want is air blown up your arse, asking your mother if she thinks it looks cool.

Lol fail, If you don't like the car then why comment negatively? its my car, I can do what I want to it?