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I'd hold off on 802.11ac until the standard is finalised and there are more products available at more sensible prices. Get the N66u.

Yes, one of the higher-end Asus routers should do. You could replace one of its three antennas with a higher gain one to get you a more concentrated cone in the direction you want.

I thought we were talking about the Nzxt Kraken coolers here. I am disappoint.

My DS212j doesn't seem to have picked it up yet. DS video sounds nice though!

Hmm, I wonder how everybody is getting such good pings. My bandwidth is about 70/16, but my pings (apparently regardless of test server) rarely go below 22ms. Not that it's a problem, but one is allowed to be picky...

I have a Synology myself and I couldn't be happier. It's very flexible with storage expansion and performance is quite good considering the relatively low cost of the unit.

Did you use the N15 on your inlaws' connection as well? If so, I'd say it's an issue with the Internet connection itself rather than the WLAN. Even if the bandwidth is high enough for streaming and such, the line quality might not be good enough for fluid gaming which relies on low latencies...

I had massive issues last night as well. Went from 71/16 to 10/12 with terrible pings. Will give it another go tonight and see how it's doing.

You'll want landline or LTE to get decent response times anyway, and seeing as the UK isn't getting LTE in the foreseeable future I don't see a lot of options. How attached are you to your house? :p

I prefer setting DHCP reservations on the router rather than static IPs on the OS-side, simply because you only have to do it once as long as you have that NIC/device.

I've got an H60 in my 550D which is working great with my X4 955. I've kept the top and side vents closed though so the free air in the case gets a bit warm but the components themselves are just fine. Very quiet setup with PWM on. I'll be getting new case fans soon though which should hopefully...

I've got a Corsair Force GT 60GB which is brilliant. I have Windows 7, Adobe CS5 and a bunch of other stuff on there and I still have ~18GB free. I realise it's not a budget drive though. I'd go for the Corsair Force 3, which is pretty much £1/GB. Personally I don't trust OCZ and the SanDisk...

Speeds have improved even more after about two weeks on 80/20.

I'm mighty tempted to get the 240GB Extreme, £165 for an SSD that size is a steal. :O

How about a Samsung Series 7 15-inch? They have HD6750 graphics, which ain't too bad. Plus, they look really good.

I got Beyerdynamic DTX101ie which are amazing. They don't leak at all - I can have metal going as loud as I like and nobody'll know. :) Getting sturdy stuff from the start is definitely the way to go. E10s look good!

I have the 60GB Force GT and it's excellent. I don't doubt that the M4 is an awesome drive, but I sort of felt like I knew what to expect with the SandForce controller (at least now that the early issues are fixed).

Any news on when these might appear on OCUK? They're available elsewhere, but I'd rather stick to OCUK and not pay extortionate shipping prices.

It should definitely let you install Windows, regardless of whether or not your key has been previously activated. Try again and see what happens - if you get through the install and it complains about activation later on, that's another issue.

I use MSE as well and mine boots in under 20 seconds. Wouldn't go back to a paid AV software really, makes no sense when MSE is fast and good at what it does. Not that I've ever had a virus for the past ten years...