PC Case Gear General Discussion

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I've started a new discussion for all PCCG related topics since the older ones are in the "buy/sell/trade" section. Since many of use use this retailer I thought we could befit from having this here as a normal thread.

I just noticed a Gigabyte ATI HD5750 Silent Cell 1GB www.pccasegear.com/... that's available for pre-order. That would be a really good card for a HTPC setup. I have a 9800GT version of this card for dedicated Physx and that cooler does a great job.
Tried to check you link Desi and it seems you have to log in to view it. normally I could do that but i just realised that my PCCG account was linked to my old Bigpond email [Facepalm]

Edit: I can still login and change over my details. ...probably should have checked before posting :P
Well I made a screenie to save you the trouble anyway. :P

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Its beautiful Desi [MOG]

Skarteh said: Its beautiful Desi


I'll be so happy when I get the tax money for it. :'(
www.pccasegear.com/...
Great laptop for $499.
i3, 4gb ram and a 500gb hdd. Also Toshiba's build quality.
"Toshiba's build quality".

Ever used a Toshiba recently? They feel flimsy and poor.

iamtom said: "Toshiba's build quality".
Ever used a Toshiba recently? They feel flimsy and poor.


yeap. bought one a month ago and quality as good as ever. plastic could be a little higher qulity but better than most laptops ive used.
hmm, my mum is looking for a laptop :O

deicide said:

iamtom said: "Toshiba's build quality".
Ever used a Toshiba recently? They feel flimsy and poor.


yeap. bought one a month ago and quality as good as ever. plastic could be a little higher qulity but better than most laptops ive used.



You've obviously never used a good laptop. The keys suck and I feel like I'm going to break a Toshiba every time I laptop. A good laptop? Sony VAIO. *_*

iamtom said:

deicide said:

iamtom said: "Toshiba's build quality".
Ever used a Toshiba recently? They feel flimsy and poor.


yeap. bought one a month ago and quality as good as ever. plastic could be a little higher qulity but better than most laptops ive used.


You've obviously never used a good laptop. The keys suck and I feel like I'm going to break a Toshiba every time I laptop. A good laptop? Sony VAIO.


some people dont have pockets that hang below their knees. of course a high range laptop, like a VAIO is gonna be alot better than a budget laptop. i have never tried the higher range toshiba lappies, but for the price (300 bucks in my case) their build quality is rather exceptional.
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Haven't bought anything from PCCG since my Leopold [MOG] having withdrawals!

iamtom said: "Toshiba's build quality".
Ever used a Toshiba recently? They feel flimsy and poor.




I have a old Toshiba laptop which was mid range-ish for it's time and over 3 years later it's still kicking along. It doesn't get treated well but still keeps going.

iamtom said: "Toshiba's build quality".
Ever used a Toshiba recently? They feel flimsy and poor.


Dude i have been dealing with Toshiba's for the past two years, They are some of the most indestructible laptops i have come across. Those C650 models are no exception, the build quality is actually quite good, it may be the cheap model but they dont break easy.

I have been trying to kill my 8 year old Toshiba for two years, it wont die.

Sony 3 year failure rate, 16.8%
Toshiba 3 year failure rate, 15.7%

Cant argue with stats.
Well i suppose you can being the almighty Tom.
You can not access my PC unless u have my thumb [MOG]
www.pccasegear.com/...

I wants one!

W84NO1 said: You can not access my PC unless u have my thumb
www.pccasegear.com/...
I wants one!


Those things are a pain in the ass
One of my mates has a laptop with a finger print scanner on it, if he bumps it when firefox is open, firefox crashes xD
So its more of a cheap novelty.. -_-
Got an eyeball scanner aswell

W84NO1 said: So its more of a cheap novelty..


Yeah... cause you can put a password in anyway.
Build quality and failure rate are not exactly congruent factors! The internal components are made by other companies so their failure rate is only really linked to the manufacturer in terms of cooling, and if the cooling design was poor enough to contribute to the failure rate the variance in the stats would be way higher than what you just posted. A ~1% failure difference could be attributed to just luck or choice of components. For example if Sony laptops are higher end they may be sold with SSDs as a higher percentage than Toshiba who sell cheaper HDDs. SSD failure rate is much, much higher than HDD so that alone would raise their total failure rate.

In other words those stats like nearly all stats are utterly useless. To suggest you can't argue with stats by it's self is preposterous, they can easily be used to strengthen an argument because you can just focus them on the points that benefit your argument and therefore they're useless.

Skarteh said: Build quality and failure rate are not exactly congruent factors! The internal components are made by other companies so their failure rate is only really linked to the manufacturer in terms of cooling, and if the cooling design was poor enough to contribute to the failure rate the variance in the stats would be way higher than what you just posted. A ~1% failure difference could be attributed to just luck or choice of components. For example if Sony laptops are higher end they may be sold with SSDs as a higher percentage than Toshiba who sell cheaper HDDs. SSD failure rate is much, much higher than HDD so that alone would raise their total failure rate.
In other words those stats like nearly all stats are utterly useless. To suggest you can't argue with stats by it's self is preposterous, they can easily be used to strengthen an argument because you can just focus them on the points that benefit your argument and therefore they're useless.



In other words that long paragraph is pretty much stating that stats are useless...
I know that. I just said it to keep Tom out of the conversation otherwise i would have retaliated with, "You want "build quality" buy a mac, they feel like one solid piece".

Ren-dog said: I know that. I just said it to keep Tom out of the conversation otherwise i would have retaliated with, "You want "build quality" buy a mac, they feel like one solid piece".


"waits for RSOP"
Picked up a Steelseries Xai, Steelseries 4HD Pad, Cyborg V1 Flight Stick, Corsair H80, a Cooler Master CM 690 Advanced Case and some 140mm Coolermaster Blue LED Fans.. Just finished setting it all up [Derp]

archr1val said: Picked up a Steelseries Xai, Steelseries 4HD Pad, Cyborg V1 Flight Stick, Corsair H80, a Cooler Master CM 690 Advanced Case and some 140mm Coolermaster Blue LED Fans.. Just finished setting it all up


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