i did consider the powerline plugs as i have used them in the past but the office/house are on a different circut ! bugger !

i would prefer to set it up over the phoneline if possible as i fancy using it to game on rather than sitting in my freezing workshop ! lol

Ok lads i have a small question for all you IT gurus ! ok my elderly parents have just had BT broadband installed in their home (BT homehub setup) They have a small office at the back of the house (about 70 yards away) with a landline phone in it using the same line as the house and they want broadb...

Fast Broadband.......................Aw fur fuk sake !!!

Merry Crimbo Ya shower o' deviants ! LoL

Just a quick note to say i am really pleased with my cheapo upgrades performance (as per above specs), getting a steady 40-45 fps with most things on high and a couple on ultra settings at 1920 x 1080 res, not bad for a 7yr old machine aa) now all i need is a fekkin internet connection ! GAH...........

Well after a bit of crafty bidding on ebay, i have managed to get another 4Gb Corsair Xms DDR2 for £28 and a second Asus HD5770 the same model as my existing one for £56, total cost of upgrade £84. aa) which makes my old rig now look like this: Core2Duo E6700 2.66Ghz Cpu Zalman Cpns 9900 Cpu Cooler ...

Thanks Bamz, looks like thats the way i am gonna go till i can get a new system ! the tight jock wins again ! much cheapness lol

also would it be worth overclocking that E6700 ?

Been searching on good old ebay, and i can get a second Ati HD5770 for about £40 that i could put into crossfire with the existing one and an extra 4Gb of Corsair ram for about £25. for about £70 would this be worth it to tide me over till i can afford a new system ? or should i blow the £140 on a c...

Money is very tight for me just now too and i am also looking for a quick fix for BF3 my system is about 6yrs old now and at the time cost me 2K ! the current specs are: Core2Duo E6700 Asus P5DH delux Mobo Corsair 700w Psu Asus HD 5770 Gpu 4 Gb Corsair Xms DDR2 800Mhz Windows 7 64Bit os all running ...

good stuff ! the quicker it gets finished the better ! ime dyin 4 a blast of BF3 !!

spotted the rarest of animals today ! 8O the BT repair man ! they have finally gotten round to start laying a new cable from my house to the main road (about 2.3 miles) so finally something that looks like progress ! aa) after nearly 7 months of increasingly irate emails & phone calls ! :evil: t...

almost 6 months later and still not a sniff of Broadband :evil: :evil: BT have even stopped replying to my ever more abusive and threatening emails when i get the chance to write them ! seriously wot a shower of kack handed useless cnuts !!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :e...

HOLY FUKIN MOTHER OF CHRIST !!!!!! FUKIN BT !!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Theses shower of incompatent bastards need their fukin heads kicked in !! :evil: :evil: :evil: i recived the following Email this morning which got a savage reply !! Dear Steve, You're not going to believe this but ...

the 5770 is Dx11 so thats sorted, but i will bung in a new mobo, cpu & ram for now and see how much a difference that makes. the card will tide me over till BF3 but how it will handle that i dont know ?

Alright lads, its about time my works pc had an upgrade but money is very tight, i am doing the usual CPU, Mobo & Ram but its the GPU thats causing me wallet ache ! now at the moment its running an ATI 5770 HD which is a good card for the money but my question is this, Is it worth spending anoth...