Spec me an upgrade, minions!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 20th, 2009, 15:59

Joose wrote:As far as new headphones are concerned, I have Beyerdynamic DT234 Pro's, they have lasted me for....ooh, years. They make lovely noises, are comfy for long periods of use and are not horribly expensive either.

I was considering suggesting those (again) but I wasn't sure if they still counted as good.

Post by **Grimmie** » October 21st, 2009, 11:49

Excuse my hardware mongs, is OCUK the best place to get this from?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =GX-055-GI

Lee · Post by **Lee** » October 21st, 2009, 12:15

Grimmie wrote:Excuse my hardware mongs, is OCUK the best place to get this from?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =GX-055-GI

Maybe. If you do get it from there though this asus one is £10 cheaper and has an extra year of warranty: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=1502

Post by **Grimmie** » October 21st, 2009, 12:28

Hmm, they both say "Pre-order"..

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 21st, 2009, 17:38

Oh grimmeh. When I linked you one

they had stock in. Your prevarication has cost you!

Post by **Grimmie** » October 21st, 2009, 17:52

But but.. How does "In stock" turn to "Pre order"?
Surely it should be "Out of stock"?

I AM CONFUSE!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 21st, 2009, 17:57

Grimmie wrote:But but.. How does "In stock" turn to "Pre order"?
Surely it should be "Out of stock"?

I AM CONFUSE!

Pre order usually = Some expected in the next week or so, also sounds better than out of stock

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 21st, 2009, 18:24

And if you do put one in your basket and buy it you'll get first dibs when more arrive. I think it's more of a this is how we show supply isn't meeting demand, that's how good these are, buy one. Or buy two, two is faster than one.

Post by **Grimmie** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:10

Graphics card GOOOOOOD!

Someone spec me a good Wireless router now, mine's still shit.

Post by **HereComesPete** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:13

Budget?

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:36

I'll be listening with interest- mine decided it couldn't dial the other night. There would have been Hallowe'en forum stylings. Denied.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:39

Make sure you buy one with removable anntennas so you can replace the standard ones with high-gain versions. I made that slip up with the D-Link 615 I bought a few weeks ago. Good router tho.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:49

I <3 Linksys WRT54GL

However it's only doesn't do wireless-N.

Post by **HereComesPete** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:53

Stoat wrote:I'll be listening with interest- mine decided it couldn't dial the other night. There would have been Hallowe'en forum stylings. Denied.

Can we have late Halloween stylings pleeeeeease?

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » November 2nd, 2009, 13:58

HereComesPete wrote:Can we have late Halloween stylings pleeeeeease?

No, but you should get the benefits soon enough. Also Christmas.
Anyway, routers.

spoodie wrote:I <3 Linksys WRT54GL

That's one of the chunky blue ones you can put Tomato on, isn' it? My Linksys isn't a chunky blue one, but it has done a great job in the years I've had it.
Are most routers finalised n spec now? Or compatible at least.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » November 2nd, 2009, 14:08

Stoat wrote:Are most routers finalised n spec now? Or compatible at least.

No, they're not. Only the very recently released ones will be. Dunno whether the finalised spec differs in hardware or software though, so it might be possible to upgrade the firmware on the older ones, so you need to be careful what you order.

Just because they're a currently sold product doesn't mean they're a new product and using the finalised N-spec.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 2nd, 2009, 14:27

Stoat wrote:That's one of the chunky blue ones you can put Tomato on, isn' it?

I'd not heard of Tomato, but my router is one of those that can run custom firmware: Tomato, DD-WRT, Open-WRT, etc. Not that I've bothered as the pre-loaded stuff works perfectly well.

Post by **Grimmie** » November 2nd, 2009, 14:52

Budget, I dunno. Whatever it takes to get a router that works.

My WGR614 technically works, but it has very dodgy port forwarding and resets itself often.
I'd like a router that does neither of those bad things, ideally. That's my spec.