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Aquiss cabled up today. FFXIV NA server pings... VM without VPN: 400ms ping VM with VPN: 180ms ping Aquiss without VPN: 150ms ping Result! Bye, VM. I was with you for longer than all my relationships combined and I'll have to do the dumping this time, you're too high maintenance and I guess...

As a G110 user for the past 12 years, I'm keen to keep an eye on future keyboards. I'd like something a little quieter, but I'd still prefer to have at least 12 G-keys. Problem is, apparently having more than six macro keys is a thing of the past - as a touch typist who plays MMOs, they're...

Current setup Generally I game or voice chat with my regular speakers blaring and my Blue Yeti mic doing it's thing, and Discord will take care of any feedback problems without issue. However, it doesn't stop my keyboard (Logitech G110) key pressing getting noted by everyone and their uncle as...

I'm getting Aquiss after about 20 years with Virgin Media. Sick of their crazy pricing model that's genuinely only good for new customers and awful for loyal ones. That and a number of incredibly frustrating routing choices they have made in the past two or so years. They were reliable for...

Yeah, I gave them a lot of flack for it. Over at Sky, because I'm a platinum customer (something like 10+ years consecutive), I get to renew my contracts with the same deals as those who are joining Sky for the first time. Virgin? "Hey look, instead of paying triple, we're only asking you to...

Which router do you use with them? I did notice your posts about them earlier being really positive. Kinda hoping for something with 6 ports if possible but can probably manage with 4 (2x PC, Sky box, 2x consoles - currently I just drop one console to wifi).

Just got off the phone to Virgin about a cancellation vs. renewal (15 year customer). Current situation is that they'll offer me 1GB line for £60 per month for 18 months, with a free new router thrown in (heh), and they'll call me in 10 days to see if they can come up with anything better but...

Appreciate every cent anyone offers! :D Having said that, I have already reached out to OcUK and we're in discussions on a couple of things regarding case/cooling... I'm pretty settled at this stage on the internals. Still, I love a chat, and it never hurts to listen to free advice... I...

Thankfully no matter what I end up with it'll be a big jump from my ol' reliable 980 :) It's served me very well I must admit, but definitely time to switch.

Case: Yeah, I'd love for there to be more options for cases without a top vent, really. Or perhaps I'd just prefer that there were more cases that weren't so gaudy - I prefer an understated look (hence the Define). Prett much very single PC case has top venting these days which is a shame for...

CPU: Regarding the igpu, that's fair. I'll switch it just in case. Especially will be useful if in the distant future I convert the PC to a game server. Storage: Okay, firstly I'm just going to call myself a complete moron for picking an external drive because that was absolutely supposed to...

First up: This is exactly why I love posting here, you guys know freakin' everything I don't. I genuinely appreciate it! CPU: Makes sense. I'm going to assume that since I'm going for a GPU (obviously) that I may as well save a £20 and get the 13700KF. Motherboard: Knowing me, it's not...

Cheers for all the advice guys. I decided that I'd check out what I could come up with if I pick and choose, like the old days... My basket at OcUK: 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Trinity 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13H-ZT) = £1,199.99 1 x Intel Core i9-13900K (Raptor Lake)...

Yeah, thankfully I was already in a pretty healthy financial position and am due a bonus in March too. It's a weird time because of job change (had to rush it because my old role is being outsourced, but it certainly paid off for me). I'll have to do some research into the NAS side of things...

I'm getting a promotion next month and a hefty pay rise on the back of it, so I'm thinking I'll spend maybe £3k on a PC upgrade, perhaps close to £5k (preferring notably lower though) if I go for an completely new computer. I'm just not sure which would be better at the moment. My PC is pretty...

Hi guys - I'm thinking of buying a new graphics card soon, currently on a 980 which has done a job me for quite some years but it's starting to struggle with newer games. I tend to buy the "second best" nVidia graphics card out at the time - in other words, the best that isn't the Titan series...

Ah, thanks :D And thankfully I have spare CR2032 I can get my hands on so that's all good.

I'm (for now) going to work on the assumption that the system board and CPU which have been sitting in a static protected box in the wardrobe for the past 2-3 years are still okay. It's a brave assumption but if I have to shell out for a new CPU & system board later then so be it, but for now...

Can you explain the 8400 2.8GHz being selected ahead of the 8100 3.6GHz, considering Minecraft (and many of the major mods) just use the one core? Not sure if this is something I'm aware of, I was always told to go for single core speed above everything else when dealing with CPUs. Has that...

Not if you want to have complete control!