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Kimo m8, check out the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme - There's a distinct chance that board would ROCK! It's expensive but it's v. sexy. Jabo

Personally, I'd rather they spent their time getting the game sorted as opposed to messing about with promotional material. Bear in mind that we've been waiting for this for 6 years and have been watching developments closely but new and prospective players wouldn't know the difference. It's unfortunate about the errors, but if the leak hadn't happened maybe the situation would have been different. Jabo

I think asus is the more likely option for me Kimo. I'm keen on having a look at the bios replacement too. Question is though, which one?

Hmmm, that's not going to work for me I don't think, but I'm looking at an ASUS or Gigabyte board. Jabo

They do do pre-orders m8, but not for every game. In any case if you're after the collectors edition, I think that's only available from the ubishop. Jabo PS it's not on play or amazon yet.

Ah, so the integrated graphics stuff is pointless for us as far as CoD is concerned. May as well go for a 'k' and P67 then. I feel a gtx580 coming on too.

Tea towel? Anybody pre-ordered yet? Jabo

Off the back of CGs thread about the new SB i-series Intel processors, I thought I'd kick this one off to cover the mainboards. As I understand it, the question is which chipset? There are two new ones, the H67 and the P67. Apparently the H67 is 'locked' to limit (prevent?) overclocking, but takes advantage of the HD graphics gubbins built in to the processors, whereas the P67 is 'unlocked' for the overclockers, but doesn't use the graphics. This means that you could save money if you're not bothered about overclocking by going for the 2600 as opposed to the 2600K (the 'K' denotes unlocked) and get a board with the H67 chipset (also cheaper). Question is how much difference does using the graphics stuff built into the processor make? or is it better to get the unlocked hardware and clock the machine to get an overall boost. What do you think?

Ditto - 2600K for me (possibly)

Happy birthday Dave. Hope you've had a good one. Jabo

lol

Forty-two.

Don't you be disrespecting the hippies. It's like assault or something. Jabo

Wasn't me either, I just do phones... Jabo

I know Tom, but you haven't got any shelves that needed putting up... Jabo

Not tonight m8, it's a 'honey do' situation. Jabo

'Helen' has had something of a chequered past if memory serves. I have a feeling she ended up in a field a few years back after what the CAA referred to as an 'off-airfield landing' lol. The good news is that she has since been repaired and the pilot (Rob Lamplough) only needed a clean pair of trousers. Jabo

Lol @ jabo. You're right of course 'liz is the c model with 'b' wings. In my defence, I wasn't really paying attention (it was kinda early) Jabo

Ouch, lucky to get away with a busted wheel there. Especially as 'Helen is a B-C model with an Allison engine (I think). Not too many of those about. I'm guessing that happened on the Sunday, 'cos I don't remember it from the Saturday. Might be the DDz-induced alcoholic haze though. Jabo

Oh well, by the time I posted, the ipboard app on my iphone hadn't told me the problem had been resolved. Beaten to the punch again (sigh) Jabo

Or run msconfig to find the programs which are starting automatically Services.msc is worth doing too. Google blackviper to get a list of potentially unnecessary services which can be stopped Jabo

Thanks Jack, awesome photos but there's a few there I've no idea about, but I'm going to enjoy the research. Bang goes Monday! Jabo

FYI I'm running three internal drives of 500gb apiece; c: is for os and most software. D: & e: are a mirrored RAID for data, il2 & anything else important (I tend to hold on to drivers and program installation files so I can quickly reinstall a program if I need to). The data drive is then backed up to two 1tb external drives which are only connected to the pc while transferring data, the rest of the time, one is at my folks place and the other is in the fire safe here. Overkill? Yes, but I've lost a ton of data in the past and I'm not gambling on it again.

Depends on the game m8, some (like il2) have all the necessary files in the game folder, and the only time it goes near the system files is for things like icons. We can get around that easily enough by placing shortcuts on the desktop etc. Some other games do hook deeper into windows and therefore need to be reinstalled after the windows install. That said, I have il2 on a separate drive for convenience, my il2 folders now run to over 100gb of gsme installs, downloads, skin packs, missons etc etc and I lack both the time and the inclination to go through installing that each time I reformat. My data (music & pics etc) is on a separate drive for security (I also back that up to two external drives - data loss can be painful). In short, if you want to keep it, back it up. Jabo