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Ferdinand Advanced Member

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Being cheeky, has anybody spotted good offers for the following, which I need in the next period?

 

- The Makita recent multitool discussed on the other thread.

- Infra Red Camera

- Normal camera

 

Cheers

 

Ferdinand

 

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Onoff
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SSD if 2.5" will probably need an adapter to go in an HDD bay in the tower. I've bought loads of cheap drive enclosures etc from P C World. For some reason they're dirt cheap:   http://www.p

Declan52
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If I thought I would get peace I would eat one but I would more than likely end up with heartburn or the runs.

Barney12
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No good. No Welsh Language keyboard layout.   /me runs

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Declan52 Advanced Member

Declan52

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Have you had a look on the dell outlet. They change all the time. I am looking for one at the min but am holding out till next week in hope there are offers on them as well as laptops.

Onoff Advanced Member

Onoff

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50 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Any thoughts on this PC ? ??

Needs a good graphics card, as it's for my boy ( gaming etc ) but with i7 and 3Tb sounds a good price. 

Ta. 

 

Looks pretty good at first glance that. I had my boys gaming pc built by Arbico btw.

Onoff Advanced Member

Onoff

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1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said:

Spec / cost please ? ?

 

It was a couple of years ago or so I thought.....Xmas 2012 FFS! And it's only an I5 but they're still about. Outstanding customer service. I've had a quick look about and that Argos price seems pretty good tbh.

 

Check it's got a man enough psu to run a proper graphics card. Easy and cheap to change of course.

 

Arbico btw:

 

http://www.arbico.co.uk

Onoff Advanced Member

Onoff

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Not really a Black Friday deal but I've just bought a set of carbide edged hole saws in LIDL for £9.99:

 

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Time will tell!

 

AND.....Bishops Finger is £1.25 a bottle..... :)

 

 

 

Onoff Advanced Member

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1 hour ago, Ferdinand said:

"Bishops Finger" is normally waved at recalcitrant Vicars, ime.

Aka "Nun's Delight" as a mate's uncle refers to it! :)

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19 hours ago, Barney12 said:

No good. No Welsh Language keyboard layout.

Just change the K to another L and spit all over the letter, works a treat.

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oldkettle Regular Member

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23 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Any thoughts on this PC ? ??

Needs a good graphics card, as it's for my boy ( gaming etc ) but with i7 and 3Tb sounds a good price. 

Ta. 

 

For gaming or pretty much anything I would not buy a PC without an SSD. The difference in performance is staggering. SSD as a main drive, internal or external HDD for storage.

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5 minutes ago, oldkettle said:

 

For gaming or pretty much anything I would not buy a PC without an SSD. The difference in performance is staggering. SSD as a main drive, internal or external HDD for storage.

I've got a 500gb SSD from my boys dead laptop. Don't know if that'll go direct in the tower or need a case and go external?

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2 minutes ago, oldkettle said:

 

For gaming or pretty much anything I would not buy a PC without an SSD. The difference in performance is staggering. SSD as a main drive, internal or external HDD for storage.

 

Just be cautious with SSD when they are doing a lot of write/rewrites as the storage capacity degrades over time. Top end ones do stuff like wear levelling but they can be double the price of the entry level stuff. Games can sometimes rely on large disk storage sectors which on SSD can promote increased degradation. 

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1 minute ago, PeterW said:

 

Just be cautious with SSD when they are doing a lot of write/rewrites as the storage capacity degrades over time. Top end ones do stuff like wear levelling but they can be double the price of the entry level stuff. Games can sometimes rely on large disk storage sectors which on SSD can promote increased degradation. 

So the 3tb for general use and keep the SSD for less frequently accessed 'important' stuff?

oldkettle Regular Member

oldkettle

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8 minutes ago, PeterW said:

 

Just be cautious with SSD when they are doing a lot of write/rewrites as the storage capacity degrades over time. Top end ones do stuff like wear levelling but they can be double the price of the entry level stuff. Games can sometimes rely on large disk storage sectors which on SSD can promote increased degradation. 

 

well, this is from the top of the search https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/349uqc/build_help_does_gaming_on_an_ssd_destroy_it/

 

but I am not a hardware guy. So far HDDs died for me more often then SSDs :-)

Onoff Advanced Member

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22 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

I've got a 500gb SSD from my boys dead laptop. Don't know if that'll go direct in the tower or need a case and go external?

 

SSD if 2.5" will probably need an adapter to go in an HDD bay in the tower. I've bought loads of cheap drive enclosures etc from P C World. For some reason they're dirt cheap:

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/office-supplies/pc-care-and-cleaning/dynamode-2-5-3-5-bracket-mounting-kit-07929915-pdt.html

 

I tend to put the OS on the SSD and storage on the HDD. Gives a new lease of life to an old pc. Put a Linux distro on it and you're flying!

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oldkettle Regular Member

oldkettle

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10 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

I've got a 500gb SSD from my boys dead laptop. Don't know if that'll go direct in the tower or need a case and go external?


Definitely has to go inside.

How exactly depends on the connector of your laptop SSD. If it is M.2 then you will need an adapter http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2637817/connect-ssd-desktop.html

 

Overall this article seems to give a good idea what different formats you may find inside your laptop and how they fit. http://www.computershopper.com/feature/2016-guide-the-best-m.2-solid-state-drives-tested

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