Recent content by ukfletch

Or, "How I learnt to stop worrying about spending £3000 one weekend, and loved the results" The Reason - So, I've got a wife doing a PhD in Molecular Analytical Chemistry, she does a load of computational modelling and mathsy-sciency-wiency stuff on her PC and the Universities Nvidia powered...

Prestigous Temjin model gets an upgrade to the TJ04B-E Continue Reading.

MSI get in the ring with Z77 IB motherboards. Continue Reading.

Steel Series show off their new shineys at CES. Continue Reading

CES News - Intel show a Ivy Bridge Ultrabook, playing COD:MW3, with NO discrete graphics! Continue Reading

Ok, quick catch up, 5750 died, RMA'd to supplier, tested as dead... Sooooo I now have a £63 credit note waiting for me up at Eclipse, ready for Saturday. So with a bit of extra cash, I have @£100(inc VAT) to play with. QUESTION - What do I go for? I've looked at the ASUS GTX 550 TI DirectCU...

Hey guys, I bought a VTX3D Branded AMd 5750 in early June this year, as a stepping stone until I can afford to upgrade my rig properly. On Monday, this quite decent card for the cash, died a painful squeeling death when the fan packed in. I popped straight back to Eclipse Computers in...

Hey guys, the wifey has finally agreed for me to upgrade the graphics on our main PC, and so we make sure it lasts a while, I'm plumping for a GTX 560ti... but which one? Anyone got any experiences with the various brands - especially interested in hearing from Gainward/Zotac and KFA owners...

Hey guys, well my guilty gaming pleasure is WoW. I play on Nordrassil-EU, and we have a well established guild for the casual and hardcore alike. If you fancy giving WoW a try, or play already, but fancy a change of scenary, come Join the Order of the Banshees )) Send me a PM, and I'll...

Hey guys, Looking at spending as near as I can to £750 on a new rig - I game (SC2/WoW) mainly, but like to dabble in FPS's as well. So far, the list is looking like this... Noctua NH-U12P G.Skill 4Gb DDR3 1600 (2x2Gb) CL9 RipjawX Dual-Chan Kit Intel i5 2500K 60GB OCZ Vertex2 E Series SATA2...

Hey guys, been signed up for a few weeks, but not had much time to post. I'm 41yo father of 4, tech geek who usually plies his trade sorting our Windows Servers and their infrastructure. But, I'm unemployed at the minute, and thinking of becoming a teacher. Been a shocker of a time lately, we...