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by ante9383
Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:40 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Best VPN, Your Opnion
Replies: 32
Views: 20707

Re: Best VPN, Your Opnion

I highly recommend Private Internet Access (PIA): https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ It's quite cheap, superfast, offers 5 concurrent connections, offers servers in many different countries, and its app is very user friendly. The only con I can think of is that apparently it's actually a little ...
by ante9383
Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:59 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Could this PC simply be 'dead'?
Replies: 16
Views: 2299

Re: Could this PC simply be 'dead'?

First check the cables: power supply cable plugged into wall outlet and PC? Checked functionality of the wall outlet itself? Then check if everything is still in place inside the computer case: internal power supply cables plugged into the motherboard, power button cable correctly connected to the m...
by ante9383
Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:46 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: The mixed build
Replies: 39
Views: 7636

Re: The mixed build

Wow! That's a kickass GPU. Great choice :D
by ante9383
Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:33 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: The mixed build
Replies: 39
Views: 7636

Re: The mixed build

stuntmonkeynz,

forgive me if I missed something but you mentioned BF4, yet there's no discrete GPU in your list? You're going to want to add one to the list, unless you already own a power graphics card.
by ante9383
Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:48 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: recommendations for cloud storage solution?
Replies: 9
Views: 3579

Re: recommendations for cloud storage solution?

I second the Crashplan recommendation. I've been using it for 1.5 years and I love it. 2 laptops, one desktop and one company file server completely backup up, with multiple versions of everything and automatic background backup. Once set up, you never have to lift a finger again. Seriously cool, an...
by ante9383
Mon May 21, 2012 5:15 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?
Replies: 17
Views: 7621

Re: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?

Testing update: GPU goes up to 80°C, fan speed stays between 2100 and 2400 RPM (around 50-56%). So far, nothing out of the ordinary. It's just an ugly, whiny fan noise...
by ante9383
Mon May 21, 2012 4:49 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?
Replies: 17
Views: 7621

Re: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?

Hi, I have checked which card I have got - it's this one, with the Nvidia reference design. http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=881&lang=en I have just finished playing a few rounds of BF3 - as I've said the benchmarks do not lie, the GTX 670 runs BF3 very nicely at 2560x1440 - but the wh...
by ante9383
Mon May 21, 2012 12:30 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?
Replies: 17
Views: 7621

Re: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?

Arclight, thank you very much for that link. I am going to check the exact type of cooling setup when I get home.
by ante9383
Mon May 21, 2012 2:38 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?
Replies: 17
Views: 7621

Closed-loop water cooling for Nvidia GTX 670?

Hi everybody, I've got a question, maybe somebody can help: I got an Nvidia GTX 670 from Gainward with a stock cooling soluton (radiatior and single fan) last week, it's a wonderful card, but it's relatively loud while playing Battlefield 3 at 2560x1440. I'm wondering if there is a drop-in, closed-l...
by ante9383
Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:11 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: upgrade recommendations
Replies: 33
Views: 3339

Re: upgrade recommendations

Ante, just saying... save yourself the headache in a few years and get a new PSU. One that's been in service for 4-5 years + an overclock (albeit a modest one) is prone to random failure. You'd do yourself a great injustice to not just shell out a little more cash on a new power supply especially c...
by ante9383
Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:47 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: upgrade recommendations
Replies: 33
Views: 3339

Re: upgrade recommendations

I just came here to gloat :lol: I currently have the very same mobo and CPU (I will always love that trusty Q6600, running at 3GHz for 4.5+ years!) as the OP, but considering that I built the system in 2007, the time has come for an upgrade, so here we go: Asus P9X79 PRO Corsair Vengeance DIMM 16 GB...
by ante9383
Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:59 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Long list of games which you have not completed yet...
Replies: 18
Views: 2490

Re: Long list of games which you have not completed yet...

Same here, it's insane - hundreds of Euros worth of PC and Xbox 360 games, all legally bought, most of them untouched. But once I get into one online multiplayer game, I can't stop. For years I played Project Reality on BF2, but for the past year I've been hooked on Bad Company 2 - a visually beauti...
by ante9383
Tue May 17, 2011 6:38 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: what is your dream car?
Replies: 93
Views: 12668

Re: what is your dream car?

Edit
by ante9383
Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:44 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Urgent: Going to Brazil - need advice!
Replies: 14
Views: 1618

Re: Urgent: Going to Brazil - need advice!

Thanks, guys, I really appreciate all your advice!
by ante9383
Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:56 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Urgent: Going to Brazil - need advice!
Replies: 14
Views: 1618

Urgent: Going to Brazil - need advice!

Hello everybody, since I know that you guys are a bunch of highly intelligent and well-travelled people, I would like to ask you for travel advice! I am leaving from Frankfurt/Germany for Salvador de Bahia on 28th January (in 3 days) and it's sort of a last-minute decision. I know next to nothing ab...
by ante9383
Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:27 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: need a good 24 inch lcd monitor
Replies: 53
Views: 6183

Re: need a good 24 inch lcd monitor

How come nobody has mentioned the Samsung SyncMaster 245B yet? It's an excellent monitor for the price, and quite recently its successor came out, called SyncMaster 245B Plus. It's cheap, at less than €300, and it offers very good value for the money. I have inspired 3 friends to buy this monitor or...
by ante9383
Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Does anything really compete with the P182?
Replies: 19
Views: 3133

Re: Does anything really compete with the P182?

Thermaltake Armor, aluminium big tower with 25cm side-fan FTMFW!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133021
by ante9383
Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: My dilemma.....
Replies: 15
Views: 1006

Keep your current job at the steel mill! I have NOT been in a similar situation but here's my reasoning. After 9 years of loyal service in your former company, they told you to **** off and fired you. I know that circumstances were different, but the fact remains you were removed from the company's ...
by ante9383
Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:41 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: you have $2500. Go.
Replies: 28
Views: 2529

by ante9383
Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:46 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: you have $2500. Go.
Replies: 28
Views: 2529

3 words:

Hookers and blow.
by ante9383
Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:16 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: New lifetime pay achievement
Replies: 25
Views: 4714

Sometimes I wish I had a job.

All that sweet, sweet money.
by ante9383
Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:19 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Electric Razors
Replies: 42
Views: 5764

I have a Braun shaver very similar to the one JJCDAD uses. It's the most comfortable and clean way to shave in my opinion. You basically never cut yourself (I always, always do with Mach3's etc. :evil: ), it doesn't hurt, it shaves very, very well, and the cleaning station makes it hygienic. Hell, i...
by ante9383
Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:10 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Not worried, but just wondering why...
Replies: 32
Views: 5246

As a typical 24-year-old Croatian (that's in Southeastern Europe) I have strong facial hair growth, meaning if I really wanted to look clean-shaved I would have to shave every day!

I can grow a full beard in about 8-10 days.

Ergo: you do not want facial hair, my friend.
by ante9383
Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:46 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Call of Duty 4
Replies: 79
Views: 14382

I bought it for my PC on Saturday and I've only been playing online since.

It's awesome!

It's very different (prettier, more modern, but much smaller in scale) than what I usually play, an excellent BF2 mod called Project Reality, but my oh my it's great fun.
by ante9383
Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:26 pm
Forum: Apple Sanctuary
Topic: Mac Mini Questions
Replies: 29
Views: 6940

By the way, don't be scared of opening up your mini.

I opened up my little darling mac with a pizza cutter without damaging anything.

Trust me, it's actually much easier than it sounds.

Just follow the guides and the videos circulating the web on how to open up your mini and upgrade it.
by ante9383
Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:28 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Abit ip35 pro c1 Hang (among other probs)
Replies: 14
Views: 6320

Oh. My. God. My OCZ sticks that came back a few days ago from RMA-ing are working now!!! I tested them when they came back and they still didn't work. I was about to auction them off on ebay. Turns out the memory voltage was just too low. Duuuuuuuuude.....I never would have thought of checking that!...
by ante9383
Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:18 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Abit ip35 pro c1 Hang (among other probs)
Replies: 14
Views: 6320

Thanks for the list, Captain Ned!

On the list you provided I found both the OCZ Platinum RAM that didn't work at all for me and the Corsair TwinX sticks that do work for me :-?

So it's all very strange still...
by ante9383
Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Abit ip35 pro c1 Hang (among other probs)
Replies: 14
Views: 6320

I have an Abit IP35 Pro and I, too, have had a horrible experience when I first built my new computer using the board. Eventually, though, and after spending several hours with a computer technician in a computer repair shop, I got it to work. It was the RAM!!! Oh no, it seems like our Abit board is...
by ante9383
Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:01 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Battlefield 2 mod PROJECT REALITY anyone?
Replies: 9
Views: 1981

So, has any TR forum dweller made the jump to PR?
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