Anyone got any recommendations for LGA775 motherboards and memory? What type of needs do you have with regards to number of hard drives, graphics cards, ect? Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) (£149.49) Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£97.74) OC...

the ship internationaly, but on that type of low value item you are better finding somewhere local.

Just dont get ripped off. There are high-street stores in the UK that'd happily charge you 2-3x that for the same stuff.

1GB to 2GB in X3 is a MASSIVE increase in performance with my system. Got stuck with some busted ram and the stutters were massive. I've got a punchier GFX and CPU though. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813&name=OCZ%202GB%20(2x1GB)%20PC2-640...

ok, according to Asus, that is an AM2+ board, runs PCI-E and DDR2. you CANT have DDR in that system, so either that's the wrong board, or the other reader is wrong. Google CPU-Z and dl it, it'll tell you the CPU, Memory and Motherboard and is a handy little utility. If that IS your motherboard, you ...

is the 7950 AGP or PCIE? If PCI-E you might be worth updating to a decent modern card, then upgrade the rest of the system later. Some good value ones going atm. If its AGP, then you need tbh a total system change. New CPU will help a fair bit, RAM you will need new probably (do you have DDR or DDR2...

I have a half serrated 3.5in locking knife i use as a safety knife when sailing..... dont want the blasted thing folding around your hand when you are trying to cut a rope holding you under a boat...... Don't carry it in public, its either locked in my room, or on my sailing kit out on the water. Ot...

mbthegreat wrote:Or, you know, ban smoking on your NUCLEAR SUBMARINE

yeah, the smoke will set off the nuclear reactor.

Actually, given that SSNs can make their own oxygen (and SSs- diesel subs, cant) its safer to smoke in a Nuclear sub.

It reminded me SO much of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. You would level up and suddenly, every enemy around you is the same level as you. It scaled constantly. Nothing was ever 'harder' or 'easier' than anything else; it was always the same...which is to say, it was always boring. Actually, if you were ...

we've had so many of these that we almost need a sticky:

RACE FLEETS WILL ATTACK ILLEGAL FABS!

OOS combat is all math. There is no dodging, or flying around or anything like that. Which is why although a wing of M4+ fighters will own a M6 IS, jump out and they will pop like bubbles as their advantage of manoeuvrability and speed disappears. Likewise as the calculations assume that shots alwa...

the kicker is if you are setting up a loop to supply yourself with something..... you want to be able to roll up and empty the loop of weapons/missiles/shields (or get a JD equipped TS to do it for you) without worrying that it'll need to sell some off to keep ticking over...... And when you are tal...

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serious respect for those complexes..... how many hours of work and mill creds of money went into those?

I roll with ISRs Front/Top/Back, FAAs Left/Right/Back. FAAs nail the manoeuvrable fighters, ISRs give good crossover between front and top or bottom turrets for M6 and above ownage. Swap out for PBEs if you want to do some boarding.... you'ld need to get close, but you want to do that anyway with bo...

Name Range (m) Speed (m/s) Hull DPS Shield DPS Fire Time (seconds) Incendiary Bomb Launcher 5,148 312 8,100 45,774 8 Ion Shard Railgun 3,336 498 3,688 10,239 11 High Energy Plasma Thrower 2,310 431 1,566 9,410 10 according to the xls sheet i have from somewhere. So HEPTs fire for less time, do half...

Ion shards are pretty good if you cant get IBLs.

my opinion: none of the above I would go for the Elephant (!). almost half the cost, even bigger hangar, faster and can equip decent weapons + all the utilities (drilling, etc...). Only downturn is 1G shield. you have to be KIDDING ME right? The 'phant turns like one, has 2 guns per turret (4 turre...

Panther for me. Slightly weaker on weapons i think and no forward fixed guns (which can be a plus or a minus) but has a huge hangar bay. The turret layout is good, with at least 12-14 guns tracking a target if you fly right..... M6s pop like bubbles, and with some FAAs in the mix you wont worry abou...

early assassination and station defence missions can be happily done in the Terran starting ship. Personally avoid the former until you have a Jumpdrive (going 2 sectors one way to get an ID on the person to find you have to go another 5 back again isnt doable in that period tbh without one). Statio...

some type of tanker software (installed as stock on the "tanker" variants) that lets them dock externally (with speed penalties?)?