Recent content by mrapoc

Hi all Part of my business activities means I can get some hardware at pretty good prices (ex vat from an EU distributor). Looking at their ram offerings they have some Samsung ddr4 of decent speeds and more importantly sweet prices. I've always gone for the latest corsair performance ram...

Hey all. Haven't logged in for....ages. Anyway needless to say most computer stuff I've been involved in has been purely work related but I've felt a lack in my enthusiast side. Really happy to see a mobile friendly site now and hoping to rekindle my need for speed, get back into the tech and...

Ello strangers. Just noticed all the forum browsing I do nowadays is mobile based Recently another forum I am currently more active in have moved to Xenforo forum software. Removing the need for tapatalk as it is natively mobile friendly. Never moved forum software myself so not going to...

Hi all. I have returned :o Looking at a cheap media pc build to go under the tv for: Streaming services Bluray playback Maybe some emulators Maybe steam streaming?? But yeh, mainly streaming movies, sports and later down the line live tv Planning on XBMC. Maybe having the option to beef it...

Hey all the shop I work at just isn't coping with workload. problems I find is that the booking in system is mainly paper based and then duplicated onto the computer. work sheets are paper based and then copied onto the invoice which is electronic and then paper based. we also have notepads...

Anyone else tried this? Development seems to have died down but its got great potential! http://www.youtube.com/playjack Full screen interface, easy queuing of videos and infinite mode - i'm gonna use it for new years eve :) Just need to lock it in full screen mode Any other equivalents? I...

Hello :) I work for a guy who does interviews and I've pushed him towards VOIP for interviewing audio and I hope video! Now the thing is we have a couple of Skype recorders under our belts, but Skype quality is usually pretty shit for no apparent reason. Audio is acceptable but video is bleh...

Hey hey My cheapo logitech keyboard is starting to get sticky keys even after a good ol' clean. bah! Everyone seems to be raving about mechanical keyboards so I was wondering what is the current flavour of the month? Doesn't need a dedicated numerical pad, I want for gaming and (not a lot...

As per title. Any news?

Hey ho Aiming to get as high gigabit speeds as possible so I've got some quality cabling on the way. I need a few 5/8 port switches and after one which will give proper gigabit. I can easily get a tplink one from work but is something like netgear a lot more worth it? Cheeeers

Decided its about time I got some breakdown cover...as it hasn't happened to me yet...but bound to when I'm miles away from home! Looking for some UK breakdown cover, opinions and experiences please :) In the UK - Don't care about home break down that much as I can usually fix it or know...

Reconsidering my home network now as the current setup is plain messy and bleh. As I understand its usually cheaper and higher quality to purchase machine made cables especially cat6. Now will I actually benefit from solid core cables where my maximum run will be less than 30m at the very max...

Howdy ho Figured I best get my own crimper, terminators, non snag butts and wire stripper (butts and stripper in the same sentence!) Looking on ebay...the crimpers look dubious and the terminators...well is there such a thing as cheap terminators (not the arnie type!) And...well a wire...

http://www.ebuyer.com/479907-lenovo-ideapad-z580-laptop-m81jpuk My current one is having usb dropouts (bad for djing!) and is generally a slow old dear (centrino 2!) Very decent spec for the price no?

Hey guys Looking at new laptops, I don't want to pay the premium of an ultrabook but I want SSD like speeds Some laptops have msata for ssd cards which is an option, as is the 750gb hybrid seagate drives - speed and storage space? ssd - quite expensive-ish and not a lot of storage space...