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Ah thanks, I didn't realise this when I bought it. Performance is probably about right then :) Seems like a waste to give this laptop a 144hz screen when it will never be able to hit anywhere near that.

Thanks for the reply. A 2019 £1000 gaming laptop should be able to play a 2010 game and get more than 60-80 fps. The video you linked showed that the 1660Ti gets 58fps average in Metro Exodus, which was released in 2019. Something is limiting my laptop's performance

Hi I recently bought the ROG Zephyrus GA502DU. Out of the box, I updated the chipset drivers, graphics drivers and bios. I've set it to use the 1660ti and not the integrated gpu. On metro 2033 I am gettting around 80fps on max settings, around 120 on lowest settings. This game is 11 years old...

Okay thanks for all the advice everyone! Situation has slightly changed. A friend had a decent pair of Onkyo passive speakers lying around and has given them to me for free. So I'm potentially looking at getting an amp for these. I'm thinking that this way my money will take me a bit further.

Thanks guys! To make sure I've understood you correctly, these speakers will perform better as standalones than my current speaker+HiFi set up. And should I wish to connect these microlab ones up to an amp in the future, that could improve them further?

Thanks for the reply. Those look great, however, surely I would need some sort of amp/hifi to use these anyway? I'm only planning on plugging a laptop/mobile phone into it, so I'd need a way to connect via 3.5mm.

I recently bought this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-CMTS20B-All--Audio-System-Silver/dp/B00DMEDXV4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419963902&sr=8-1&keywords=cmts20b However, the sound is slightly too tinny, the bass is almost good enough, and they just don't go loud enough (each speaker is 5W). I'm...

Like I said, my legs were knackered by 70 kg.

Indeed I am eating! 20/08/2014 Front Squats 20kg x 10 30kg x 5 40kg x 5 x 5 BORs 20kg x 6 30kg x 5 x 5 Deadlifts 60kg x 5 70kg x 5 - legs like jelly at this point 80kg x 5 Conclusions: Maybe could have pushed myself more on deads. Going hiking in 3 days so RIP progress.

Exams finished, I can lift again. 16/08/2014 Deadlift 60kg x 5 70kg x 5 80kg x 5 90kg x 2 18/08/2014 Front Squats 20kg x some 30kg x 5 40kg x 4 37.5kg x 5 x 4 BORs 20kg x 5 30kg x 5 x 5 Conclusions: Lost a bit of strength, hopefully it comes back quickly!

I have exams in 10 days. So no :(

02/08/2014 Deadlift 60kg x 5 x 2 70kg x 5 80kg x 2 90kg x 2 100kg x 1 Camera ran out of memory while filming that 100, so I did the only thing I could - another rep 100kg x F That session took too long. The deadlifts themselves took around 40-45 mins, so with the preworkout and postworkout...

Surely your gym has to do a deep clean after every one of our meets there? :D

29/07/2014 Front Squats 20kg x 5 x 2 30kg x 5 40kg x 5 45kg x 4 x 2 40kg x 5 x 2 I WILL get to 5x5 on 45kg! BORs 32.5kg x 5 x 3 Deadlift 60kg x 5 x 2 80kg x 2 90kg x 4 80kg x 4 That was a tiring session! Seems to have taken a toll on my lumbar.

At least it's good to know that they were actually working! I always imagined my lats being so tight that the fibres are bunched up together refusing to work. On a related note, I've now added in hanging from a pullup bar onto the end of my sessions. As I may have mentioned before, they give me...

Doing heavy squats should not be necessary for warming you up for deadlifts. There must be some other way that you can warm up for deadlifts. Do you have any mobility deficits that would hamper your deads? Main thing for deads I guess is hip abducion, extension and hamstrings.

27/07/2014 Front Squats 20kg x 5 x 2 30kg x 5 Did the warmups slow, and paused reps. This knackered me out! 40kg x 5 45kg x 5 40kg x 5 x 3 I want to be able to do 45 5x5 very soon... BORs 20kg x 5 30kg x 5 32.5kg x 5 x 5 On the last rep of the last 3 sets, I couldn't get the bar all the way...

I've always struggled with conscious control of whether my glutes are active during a squat. I can just about manage it with a bodyweight squat but as soon as I'm lifting with a weight my control over my glutes is minimal. Do I need to do glute activation exercises, or something else for better...

Hmm, for deads I definitely felt like I was pushing myself! Here's vids: I decided to upload all sets into one video to make it easier. May have to skip ahead a bit to reach working sets.

I've actually got some strong lower back doms - maybe I used it more than I thought today in deads?