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by Dave Trouser
April 8th, 2009, 0:46
Forum: Tech
Topic: spec me a hosting company bitches
Replies: 14
Views: 2502

I use 1 and 1 (www.1and1.co.uk)
They're ace.
by Dave Trouser
February 20th, 2009, 14:08
Forum: Tech
Topic: Budget Digital SLRs
Replies: 29
Views: 3897

It's worth mentioning that jessops will price match Internet prices. Yeah, but only on DSLRs. They won't match accessories, lenses etc unless you buy them with the camera body. The policy seems to mysteriously change between stores. I don't buy from them on principle anyway - they're still selling ...
by Dave Trouser
February 20th, 2009, 12:57
Forum: Tech
Topic: 42" TV - LCD or Plasma
Replies: 27
Views: 7168

Hmm, well on a Sky HD box the SD channels will probably look better via hdmi than via scart into your HDTV but whether it actually upscales it I'm not so sure. Oh, and also they're really good™ But then it's all relative, 20% of people in the US owning a HDTV, but not actually receiving HD content,...
by Dave Trouser
February 19th, 2009, 20:13
Forum: Tech
Topic: 42" TV - LCD or Plasma
Replies: 27
Views: 7168

And when watching SD telly it all looks shit so doesn't really matter what you get. I thought that was going to be the case before I got mine. Sure, the internal freeview is fairly bad as you might expect, and most of that is due to the extra compression for over-the-air digital, but both 480 and 1...
by Dave Trouser
February 19th, 2009, 13:16
Forum: Tech
Topic: Budget Digital SLRs
Replies: 29
Views: 3897

Awesome replies chaps, ta. edit: This one looks pretty shiny. But F3.5-5.6? You can get that with other kit lenses. Remember that Sony = Minolta. You can use ALL the old Minolta lenses. So you could save £££s if you can find some decent second hand lenses. I'm waiting for their next model. I'm hopi...
by Dave Trouser
February 19th, 2009, 13:11
Forum: Tech
Topic: 42" TV - LCD or Plasma
Replies: 27
Views: 7168

Re: 42" TV - LCD or Plasma

I'm Going to buy a new 42" 1080p TV today but can't decide on the flava. I've read in some places that once you get to 42" then Plasma should be considered over LCD. Any thoughts or recomendations. Max budget is £750 with delivery. Not sure if you can get it under £750 yet, but the Sony B...
by Dave Trouser
February 5th, 2009, 1:34
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

Ty aka Sir Die Aloty wrote:
Mein fault :P

I was Motorphetamine on Bucket of Bad ;)
aha, ok then :)
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 22:42
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

Just out of interest Dave of the trousers. Where did you hear about us, just through b3ta or have you come across us (tee hee) anywhere else? Have you been lurking long or just stumbled across the site/a link and signed up? Oh I've known about 5punk for years, but I got reminded about it recently w...
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 18:20
Forum: Tech
Topic: What are your PC system specs? V3.0
Replies: 242
Views: 54832

My current PC is

Some shiney black chrome CM 1000W PSU, I forget the name... AMD Phenom 9950 - no o/c normally, but it has been to 3.06GHz stable on air cooling. 4GB OCZ "platinum" DDR2 1066, dual channel BFG OC GTX280 ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Mem Heatpipe System drive is Seagate 320GB Barracuda 7200.10 - tempor...
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 18:08
Forum: Tech
Topic: Seagate admits firmware foul-up
Replies: 7
Views: 1194

Re: Seagate admits firmware foul-up

News Reader wrote:Seagate admits firmware foul-up
Hah, that explains my 7200.11 drives dying. I spent ages trying to convince them it was dodgy firmware, but they denied it of course. Idiots.
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 18:01
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

Dog Pants wrote:
Haha, marvellous!

Loes :wave:
Hello, and to everyone else :w00t:
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 14:54
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

More info about how the site works can be found Here You'll have to try harder than that! Use imagination! Here's one I made earlier: http://tinyurl.com/befriend-dave Now, it doesn't go direct to horsez, it goes to a page asking if you want to be my friend on b3ta. If you click cancel instead of Ad...
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 14:39
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

fabyak wrote:But with steam you don't need to remember!

Next excuse plz! :P

pfft :-)

I will get round to it, just not in 6 hours. Time for dog to go walkies, bye for now!
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 14:32
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

Baliame wrote::wave: Hello! You have about 6 hours to buy, download and learn TF2. That is an order sir. :P
haha, yes, I will be getting that at some point. I have to go steady, I have a nasty habit of buying games and then forgetting to install them, then discovering them months later.
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 14:26
Forum: Tech
Topic: Defrag software
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Ultimate Defrag

I used DiscTrix Ultimate Defrag on my XP machines. It lets you shuffle files about based on recently accessed times, and also by priority from a custom list - ie, you can put all your game data like maps on the outer tracks of a disc for quicker load times etc. It's not so great for Fista system dri...
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 14:17
Forum: Tech
Topic: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Disk [Hardware]
Replies: 3
Views: 837

Re: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Disk [Hardware]

I have the 500GB version of that - it's lovely fast, but I use a 320GB 7200.10 for Windows atm, as I tried the 7200.11 320GB "single platter" drive 3 times. They died within hours of use each time. Shame, because the 320GB has a great access time, and a sustained data rate of up to 120MB/s...
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 14:12
Forum: Tech
Topic: Fista Virus Checker
Replies: 12
Views: 1923

Re: Fista Virus Checker

Something for the parents PC please. Unobtrusive and will just sit in the background with minimal touching required. Preferably free. Ta. Few people seem to know about Comodo. www.comodo.com Their antivirus is now combined with the firewall, but you can disable that if needed, along with "defe...
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 13:59
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

Grimmie wrote:Marvelous, hello new person :D
Let us play some GAMES at each other.
That's my plan :-)
by Dave Trouser
February 4th, 2009, 13:57
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Oh hai2u!
Replies: 50
Views: 9551

Whore away. http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=32759 is what we already have running, feel free to add your stuff on and I'll add it to the list. Ok, I will sort my shit out and post server details later on. Hopefully nobody will have latency problems. I usually have a 20 to 50 msec ping ...