Quote from Jakg :

Small Upgrade:

Intel i7 3770k @ 4.7 GHz (1.26v)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard
Sapphire HD6750 GPU
24GB DDR1600 RAM
Samsung 128GB SSD
2x Seagate 7200.14 2TB
2x Seagate 7200.12 1TB
Hiper 670w Type-M PSU
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
Coolermaster ATCS 840 Case
Windows 7 Utimate x64 (contemplating upgrading to 8 soon)

Some pictures...

Update

CPU is now at 4.8 GHz (1.285v)

HDD's are now a 256GB Samsung 830 & 2x 2TB 7200.14 (with 8TB now available via NAS).

Hyper 212 EVO Cooler has been replaced by a Corsair H100, which (along with the CPU) has been lapped. Added 4x 120mm fans in a push/pull arrangement.





Also had to add some car audio deadening to the case as the sides are so thing the Z5500's bass is making them rattle!

Now I've got some decent cooling on the CPU I should be able to go a bit higher on the CPU, too...

EDIT - and on the subject of PC's, yet another laptop - this time a 13" MacBook Pro Retina to replace my 2011 13" i7 MacBook Pro.

Quote from e2mustang :

thats gonna cost more than the car worth

Not quite that bad, but it's not cheap. Not looking forward to fitting it...!

High pressure fuel pump decided to die, so my car ended up having to hitch a lift back the other day

Quote from Agniz :

sup

new video from crazy Georgian e34 m5 driver (maybe someone here remembers him) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGi8rdtu0MY

in this one, there is TWO e34 on public streets, e46 & e36 hill drift action, MB CLS doin' donuts, etc.

The last video this guy did mentioned he'd has his license removed?

Not that I think it'd stop him...

Quote from DANIEL-CRO :

how to install windows xp from usb

for windows xp I prefer CD (never tried hard enough to install it from USB) , but for later OSes there is some microsoft tool for usb install

I've never had much luck getting Windows to install from a USB memory stick.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Oh yea because the Vauxhall factory didn't think about air management at all, my bad.

They probably didn't plan for the engine to go from being N/A to supercharged and nearly doubling the power output...

After a decent quality case for the iPad Mini. Want something that protects the back, but also the front (for the screen). Don't really need a stand or anything fancy, but want it to be good quality. Any ideas?

€700 is a shade under £600, which would get you a laptop with a dedicated GPU - but not necessarily a high spec one.

I could link you to some ones from the UK but that wouldn't help much - could you post a link to some LT / IRE suppliers you could use?

£150 gets you a Nikon D40 & kit lens on eBay if you look around for a bit.

Just seen this - http://youtu.be/P-dfvPX0dOs

Looks very VERY good - about £65 ish on eBay

Tempted to buy one to upgrade mine but I don't really *need* it...

EDIT - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013 ... s&hash=item4ac1effcb0 - £65 / $98. Tempted, just a shame it uses MicroSD...

Last edited by Jakg, Tue 26 Mar 2013, 12:03.

Quote from BlueFlame :

The only reason Opel are still going is because idiots keep buying their shitty cars.

What a ridiculous statement - every company is "only in business" because people keep buying their products.

Quote from Mysho :

Do you happen to find some videos in your car with a lot of sun involved?

Sorry dude, I live in England

Quote from imthebestracerthereis :

I believe I have the same one as he does. It just a generic HD DVR camera, with no brand name specified. I got mine from DealExtreme [link] probably a year or so ago, when it was around $100 USD. There are imitations that look EXACTLY alike (same outer shell), make sure to look at the customer reviews and get the one with black text on white background

Black text | Green text

Yup - I think it's that.

I got mine from DealExtreme. I saw a video on YouTube which was awesome quality so I went on eBay and bought one but bought a "knockoff" VGA version instead that looked identical - but was rubbish. DealExtreme sell the legit version - think it set me back around £40 + £5 for a decent mount (make the quality much better IMO) + £18 ish for a 32GB SDHC card.

EDIT - Quick example of quality - http://youtu.be/6hMkZViqUuo - the Date Stamp on the video's style is the biggest giveaway to the type of dashcam IMO.

Quote from flymike91 :

Having lo-jack in my camaro helps the insurance costs a bit. I would like a camera setup in my wagon but I haven't found one that can be mounted so that it can't be seen from the outside. (or the inside for that matter.) Anyone have pics of their dash cam setup?

Front:



Rear



Up close you can see it but from any distance it's hard to pick out (just to the right of the rear view mirror)

Quote from BlueFlame :

You must be loaded, or your dad is, cos you get a new car every week.

No offence to Doyal but I don't think an old BMW in need of restoration is likely to break the bank.

Quote from Bose321 :

Because you want it to hold.

Quote from R34GTR :

Decent double sided tape holds perfectly well, as long as the two surfaces are clean and you use enough of it. I use it all the time at work and I've never had a plate fall off

I bought a new number plate in ~July 2010 and then fitted it with double sided tape.

In Winter 2012 I had to put a new front bumper on, and remove it... jesus it was stuck! I genuinely thought the plate would break before the glue gave way. Was well impressed!

Quote from Tinytacohead :

Then every time you want to go plate-less you've gotta deal with removing the tape/adhesive, make sure you stick it back on straight etc. Not brain surgery, but annoying none the less

Running "plate-less" isn't really an option in the UK, so it's never really bothered me.

Why not just uses double sided tape to stick it on? No fugly screws and it would fit properly.

Quote from Bose321 :

Little off-topic: have you noticed any performance improvements with DSM 4.2 running? I've heard it should be faster. Not sure if that applies to the DS212J too though.

Not really - it says it supports some new SMB file transfer protocol which should make it better but I think realistically the hardware specs are the limiting factor.

Not very helpful, but I have a cheap TP-Link 8-port gigabit switch with 7 devices plugged in using CAT5 cables and get the expected crazy network speeds (~110 MB/s from my laptop to my desktop).

Don't expect your NAS to be much faster though - my Synology DS212J can only do 40-60 MB/s over the network.

Quote from FlyingBus :

cant tell if trolling or just really foreign...

Quote from nikopdr :

A different thing would be if they were a manufacturer extra(please correct me if i'm wrong) e.g Golf MK3 colour concept, or E36 GT Coupe.

They were a (£375) optional extra from the factory. It's blue, same as the car. It's not a perfect colour match but I don't think it's actually possible to match a metallic paint with lacquer on metal / plastic to a piece of leather! It looks really good in the car at least (i.e. it goes really well with my blue dash, which is an exact match of my exterior paint).

There is a "blue" alcantara seat I could get but they really don't match colour wise and are very rare. I also can't really justify £200 on seats...

I did snap a (slightly!) better pic today

I swapped the steering wheel for a less worn OEM one, fed up of touching some manky old one every day



And the seats



Excuse the terrible phone pics...

Quote from bmwe30m3 :

You are a real chav, those old seats looked so nice, but the new ones....
These new seats are really missing LED's.

The previous ones were leather effect vinyl and were comfy but quite worn.

The new one are black leather with some blue leather highlights

Picture stolen from the seller:

A new track rod end (most annoying as I changed them last year!) and some new front-rear brake pipes.

Not that expensive I know but just annoying as I try to maintain my car well to avoid big bills appearing.

Bought some new seats to cheer me up from the pain of a potential £250 MOT bill...

Before (old pics stolen from the advert)





And now some blue leather lovelyness

Postbox is faster than Thunderbird (by a bit), but I'm still not impressed - for a start it has a weird bug (like Thunderbird) where if an email arrives as already read (I have lots of Gmail filters to hide pointless emails by marking them as read) it still tells me I have a new email - even though there isn't a single unread mail in the program.

EDIT - That is to say, it's still a bit of a let down