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  1. Need a new stereo in our milking parlour. Way...

    Need a new stereo in our milking parlour. Way back when I was younger than I am now, we used an old car stereo powered by a Scalextric PSU. Current setup is a £5 from ebay Dennon tuner (around £120...
  2. My NAS struggles to do 70MB/s over my gigabit...

    My NAS struggles to do 70MB/s over my gigabit network :/ (Actually, that might be write speed... 100MB/s is read.)
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    If she already has a method of preparing coffee,...

    If she already has a method of preparing coffee, the biggest improvement will come from moving from pre-ground to freshly ground. Roasted beans keep for a short time, but once you grind them they go...
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    Nailing it on country lanes makes things glow....

    Nailing it on country lanes makes things glow. Constant braking to slow speeds for tight bends and then revving out through a couple of gears before the next one... and don't tell me you stick...
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    Windows 8 and probably 10 do offer a bit for...

    Windows 8 and probably 10 do offer a bit for gamers. The new DirectX splits the workload over multiple cpu cores better and especially for people with multiple gpus.
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    Congrats Gary, I'm sure you'll do a great job :)

    Congrats Gary, I'm sure you'll do a great job :)
  7. Thread: F1 - spa

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    It think it would actually be awesome if...

    It think it would actually be awesome if Ricciardo gets within 50 points of both Mercs, and Vettel does the German thing in the last race to actually help his team mate win the championship...
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    Another happy Draytek user here.

    Another happy Draytek user here.
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    I still have a minidisc player in the car, and a...

    I still have a minidisc player in the car, and a deck in my hifi to make recordings.

    I also have a tape deck, but there wasn't room in my rack so it ended up stored on the sideboard for now. Does...
  10. Thread: Beefy PC for £3k

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    I've had an original Titan since the day of...

    I've had an original Titan since the day of release, only bought it because I promised myself the next top of the range card before the 7xx series came out, then they announced the Titan. Gave me the...
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    Because a 1kw rig uses around £100 electricity a...

    Because a 1kw rig uses around £100 electricity a month, fairly easily makes 0.5 BTC a month in the hands of a noob but tuning the rig, trading cleverly and mining the right currencies at the right...
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    Let me guess, you're mining crypto too then? I...

    Let me guess, you're mining crypto too then? I have a 1300w Super Flower with plenty of juice spare powering 4 R9-280x gpus myself ;)
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    No damage from flooding here, and the floods last...

    No damage from flooding here, and the floods last year... or year before now even were mostly farmland and roads under a foot of water but a few houses at the bottom of a hill got it. Our house is a...
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    I'm not going near the climate change issue, but...

    I'm not going near the climate change issue, but I will say it seems to me the Environment Agency has been tasked more with creating a nice environment and efficient drainage has been sacrificed for...
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    I ordered some cables from the states a month or...

    I ordered some cables from the states a month or so back, was around £25 for the cables and similar to have them sent first class. Then fedex sent me an invoice for a few quid import duty and £10...
  16. Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 was pretty infuriating when...

    Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 was pretty infuriating when it came out. It took about 3 hours to install, not helped by my brother-in-laws PS3 which needed several updates, but it took a while on mine too....
  17. Loved Dizzy myself, as for Flashback it was way...

    Loved Dizzy myself, as for Flashback it was way ahead of its time and a masterpiece in many ways... but also I found it infuriating. If I remember, one tiny mistake, a little fall and you were dead,...
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    Yes to hot air... until it's out no-one knows,...

    Yes to hot air... until it's out no-one knows, but it has certainly sold a few graphics cards.

    As for this build... You should avoid dual gpus unless you have a real need for them, ie....
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    I had played every Battlefield since BF2, and...

    I had played every Battlefield since BF2, and still haven't bought this. I'm in a Battlefield clan for heavens sake, but decided it was too soon after BF3 and it felt like EA were taking the piss...
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    Well every snow day I see people on Facebook...

    Well every snow day I see people on Facebook complaining that everybody seems to have forgotten how to drive and that they don't have to drive at 20mph everywhere. Actually, it seems they do. If you...
  21. I'm a dairy farmer... I'm guessing no-one else on...

    I'm a dairy farmer... I'm guessing no-one else on here has ever paid for semen then? Actually the semen delivery girl this last few years from one supplier has been a stunner. I think my successfully...
  22. Not sure if serious or if troll? You would...

    Not sure if serious or if troll?

    You would probably find more people interested in that car if you returned it to stock, if serious.
  23. Thread: Gta v

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    I put an old 30gb SSD drive in my PS3 because...

    I put an old 30gb SSD drive in my PS3 because Gran Turismo loading times were a joke. The sad thing is, despite the SSD when I press start to bring up the map it still takes a second or so to come...
  24. Thread: Gta v

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    I caved and went out to buy it for PS3 yesterday...

    I caved and went out to buy it for PS3 yesterday lunchtime. Maybe framerate is better on xbox version because on PS3 it feels awfully sluggish to me. I imagine 30fps? Used to playing on a PC with...
  25. Thread: Saints Row IV

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    I liked the second and the third one and like the...

    I liked the second and the third one and like the way they developed the game down the road of silly and away from gritty like the GTA it was originally a clone of... but haven't bought the new one...
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