Habakure Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Dam I'm sorry for your loss mate was any of it salvageable? The safety, maybe? It sits in a box, sometimes I hear it crying. . . at night. . . or it could be next doors cat. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 The guys I used for my Berlin trip, if people were interested. Highly recommended! http://www.shootingeventsberlin.de Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 That must be one of the easiest and most fun jobs you can do. Book a couple of lanes, rock up with a few guns, show people how to shoot and make a nice bit of cash on ammo markup. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Presumably you need some sort of permit/license/training to operate such a business, but yeah, it doesn't seem overly demanding work... Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 PC is getting a refresh. My current stuff is noisy AF and a bit last gen so the existing MoBo is getting turned into a NAS, it's an AM3+ board so I found an Athlon II X2 170u on ebay for £15. It's 20W, I'll sick a passive cooler on it, undervolt it and probably use unraid to power the box, I have a load of 60GB SSDs laying around so I can have OS and cache SSDs and I have a hot swap 5 drive thingy that lives in 3 x 5.25" drive bays. Handily I also have 5 x 3.5" 1TB drives sitting around (3 in my current storage RAID and 2 others). That MoBo has 16GB of RAM on it too that I can't put on the new MoBo so the NAS will run nicely, I might even put the NAS OS in a RAM drive. That takes me to my new PC. I am cleaning up the inside of the machine, currently my PC has 3 HDDs (RAID), 3 SATA SSDs (2 in RAID) and 1 PCIe card with an M.2 NVMe drive on it. The M.2 is a replacement for an old OCZ Revodrive and they were 2 SSDs in RAID - naturally. That meant that my computer had to run through 3 separate RAID system checks in POST, and it took forever. The new stuff it this: MSI Z170A M5 MoBo with 16GB of quad channel DDR4 and an i7 6700K. It has 2 x M.2 slots on the motherboard each with NVMe support in the BIOS and 4 PCIe lanes. That means I can have an OS drive and a Steam drive both running at up to 32GB/s. I will have no other drives in the box, all the other stuff will be on the NAS so I will have no SATA cables (power or data) in the whole thing. I will keep using my old graphics cards until the new Polaris stuff comes out with the HBM2. Basically, when Polaris comes out I will be ready for VR if I can be bothered. Pretty exciting... Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I miss having a good quality gaming PC... Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 ^so... That post might as well have been in mandarin for my understanding of it Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 What thickness are those little SSDs stunt? Could do with one for my netbook... Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I got a Sandisk SSD a few weeks ago. Around 7mm thick. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I miss having a good quality gaming PC... Mine is OK. It lasted nearly 6 years on its processor/MoBo. Games just aren't increasing in technical demand as fast recently. I blame consoles making people think that 720p or 1080p at 30fps is actually good. I started out being able to play most things on my 5760x1080 triple monitor setup at decent graphics fidelity and anything on max at 1920x1080, never dropping below 60fps. I want to be able to do 4K at 100+ fps with this new setup. I think I have the MoBo, drives, RAM and Processor to do it, I am just waiting to see what happens this year with GPUs. ^so... That post might as well have been in mandarin for my understanding of it Ask me any question you like. Learn about computers, enrich your life. Do the opposite to your bank balance. What thickness are those little SSDs stunt? Could do with one for my netbook... They are about the same thickness as laptop mini PCIe mSATA drive and some laptops will allow you to put them in the same type of slot you get WiFi cards in. The Samsung 950 are a 2280 size meaning they are 22mm wide and 80 long and won't fit in most laptops. You will probably need a 2242 which is about the same size as the small mSATA slots in laptops. That is assuming your MoBo/BIOS is compatible. I got a Sandisk SSD a few weeks ago. Around 7mm thick. I think he meant the M.2 one. If not then yes, they are around that. Typically 7, 8 or 9 mm. Depends on the manufacturer. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I think he meant the M.2 one. If not then yes, they are around that. Typically 7, 8 or 9 mm. Depends on the manufacturer. I meant these ones: I have a load of 60GB SSDs laying around Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Oh right. *hint hint* as you have so many heh. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Right.I'll see how things look when the dust settles, I can probably spare one.They are a mix of Kingston and OCZ Agility 3s. The OCZ drives are 9.3mm thick. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 I fixed my coffee machine. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Needs more clips of excitement. I love answering questions with 'to the best of my knowledge, yes'. It gives me an odd feeling of being mischievous in a child like way. Like when you know what a person really means, but you still take what they say literally and answer accordingly (much to their annoyance). Also, Transformers:Headmasters is my new toy high. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 update: heart palpitations may have been too much coffee. caffeine withdrawal and then massive overdose. send help. I can see the music. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 DRINK ALL THE COFFEE!!! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH! Im currently drinking a mug full myself. Chin chin brother, enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Potato quality but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGG26ZCvHU4 Anyway. Does anyone on here want: A Corsair H80 closed loop water cooler (AM3+) AMD AM3+ Phenom X6 6100 processor Powercolour Radeon HD6950 (dual BIOS flashable to HD6970) bone stock. PCI-e 1x dual USB2 expansion card. If you have an oldish AM3+ MoBo it might represent a decent upgrade. Most current games will work on average settings. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I do... But can't. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Why not? Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 No space for a gaming PC any more, plus I don't have the other parts needed to make it work nor the money to acquire them. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Just managed to get a extra long Snap On 3/8 ratchet (FLL80 for those interested) for £45 off eBay.. They're roughly £120+VAT from the van so im pretty chuffed! Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Yeah, MoBo and RAM might be a bit cheeky. That's it though... Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I'm stuck slumming it with the console crowd for the time being. Although it's not as bad as I thought, to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites
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