The "New Toys" Thread

[D-Fence]

My new Router


This thing rocks.....has nearly 60% more power than my old router.......and it has 7 funky blue leds on the top to indicate which antennas are active!


//EDIT:

2000th REPLY! YAY!

[Peter3hg]

Originally Posted by D-Fence

My new Router


This thing rocks.....has nearly 60% more power than my old router.......and it has 7 funky blue leds on the top to indicate which antennas are active!


//EDIT:

2000th REPLY! YAY!

They are good routers. They use them throughout our college when they have the laptops in the classrooms. Just plug it in a nearby socket and all 20 laptops are ready to go in an instant, no pissing around having to set it up.

[Andrew911tt]

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

Ehrm ok, why in the name of god do you need THREE xbox360's?

because we won't live together for ever and when we want to play against each other its nice to have your own screen

[Vette Boss]

Originally Posted by D-Fence

My new Router


This thing rocks.....has nearly 60% more power than my old router.......and it has 7 funky blue leds on the top to indicate which antennas are active!


//EDIT:

2000th REPLY! YAY!

Those routers are very nice! I've got the RM 240, it never drops the connection during BT. Very impressed with it.

[jeffy777]

Yay, I'm gonna order this tonight:

Case: X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Blue Color)
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe nForce4 SLI Chipset LGA775 Supports Core 2 Duo CPU FSB1066 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader)
HARD DRIVE: 160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
Optical Drive: Sony Q170A 18x Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLUE COLOR)

So the only thing lacking is a video card and sound card, but that's where my current BFG 7900GS OC and Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer come in

I can't wait!!!!!!!

[Jacobfox]

That'll be a fast compy...I bet that you beat me on benchmarks easily, even though I have a bigger HD and 2 7900gt cards in SLI

[jeffy777]

how well do you think the E6600 will overclock with a stock fan? According to Tom's Hardware, the E6300 can out perform an X6800 with only the stock fan:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/...7.html#3dgames

After reading that article, I almost wish I would've saved some cash and went with the E6300

[Adunaphel]

Originally Posted by D-Fence

My new Router


This thing rocks.....has nearly 60% more power than my old router.......and it has 7 funky blue leds on the top to indicate which antennas are active!


//EDIT:

2000th REPLY! YAY!

I'll be getting the same one next month when i switch ISPs, can't wait, every review i've read about it says it will ROCK YOUR PANTIES

[ahpadt]

Originally Posted by Adunaphel

I'll be getting the same one next month when i switch ISPs, can't wait, every review i've read about it says it will ROCK YOUR PANTIES

I installed one of those for a friend of mine (dunno if it was the same model, but whatever), and the GUI was just a big mess. The first-timer-install was the worst. It demanded a milllion restarts of the router, and after all that, the webinterface just worked every time you restarted the router. You couldnt use letters for your WLAN key either.. Had to use HEX(?)

Prefer my good old 3com

[TechZ]

Back from Dubai, we had a great time, lots and lots and lots of shopping

First off, the old 8800GTX Since I like it so much:



This is what we bought in Dubai:

Samsung 214T (The Viewsonic VX2245WM was out of stock at the last moment, long story...)



For my old PC, an AGP X700 Pro, a cheapie HD Enclosure



Coolermaster Notepal Laptop Cooler, Logitech MX 1000



LG DVDRW and LG DVDROM, both Black



Zalman 600W PSU, for new PC
ThermalTake 500W PSU for the old PC



SB X-Fi Platinum



Creative Inspire T6060 5.1




Couldnt get an Antec P180 OR Nine Hundred, so got a Thermaltake Matrix



Also bought some LEGO!!!



AND a new SE K800i here in Bahrain for me.

[TechZ]

Oh, and for the new PC

2x Seagate 320GB SATA2
1x WD Raptor 150GB

[Buba]

Originally Posted by jeffy777

After reading that article, I almost wish I would've saved some cash and went with the E6300

Well, it depends, if your case is very well vented, and you're lucky with your cooler, it'll be no problem at all. If you got a narrow case ( like me, htpc) and get one of the coolers that isn't perfect (I read about some differences between coolers, seems like I got a 10-20% worse one...) you won't get as high... I'm still happy with the 6300, though!

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by Buba

Well, it depends, if your case is very well vented, and you're lucky with your cooler, it'll be no problem at all. If you got a narrow case ( like me, htpc) and get one of the coolers that isn't perfect (I read about some differences between coolers, seems like I got a 10-20% worse one...) you won't get as high... I'm still happy with the 6300, though!

I've been thinking about switching to the E6300 ever since I saw that article, but I already placed the order and I think it's worth going to the E6600 for the 4 MB L2 cache.

Once I get the PC setup, I'm going to need some overclocking tips from you guys! I've OCed video cards, but never a CPU

[D-Fence]

Originally Posted by ahpadt

I installed one of those for a friend of mine (dunno if it was the same model, but whatever), and the GUI was just a big mess. The first-timer-install was the worst. It demanded a milllion restarts of the router, and after all that, the webinterface just worked every time you restarted the router. You couldnt use letters for your WLAN key either.. Had to use HEX(?)

Prefer my good old 3com

Yeah thats right, I skipped the stupid assistant That HEX thingy annoyed me as well, I use WPA now, there you can use ASCII


BTW:

A little Video from my router:

+ YouTube Video

It is ideling, as soon as a WLAN device connects, it shows which 3 antennas are active. Funny, but also annoying and luckily it has a LED-off switch

this is f.e. with my dad connected - I know whos online by watching the leds

+ YouTube Video