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I'm still using XP myself but have got a hush hush version of vista ultimate at home but it just isnt installed on any of my systems lol

ahh right...well the one I found included the makup etc but it said u gotta bring 4 changes of clothes but u get a copy of the picture. Think it aint a big picture tho but if the picture they give u is good then u can always just get it blown up elsewhere. can u gimme a link of the one u found please mate. also, whats a good sat nav these days as thats what shes getting me lol

I always thought it just didnt have a box so was cheaper lmao!

Ghost is a nice perfume mate. My gf uses it and I cant complain lol. As for the photo shoot lol...have u looked into any yet? I aint got a clue how much they should be as thought they'd be expensive but on a quick search on the net found em as cheap as £25. Think a photo shoot would be different I suppose but didnt know there would be other people wanting it too lol Good luck mate!

no problem mate. so whats your final choice of spec then?

It was an MK58 plate car. Looked well nice in that colour though. I remember when I went to Lexus Bolton recently they said they'd sold a couple of IS-Fs so maybe that was one of em.

what is it with women and battery powered things lmao ;) my gf has been going on about a photo shoot for ages now so I think thats what its gonna be even tho they do airbrush stuff lol

Seen my first IS-F last night on the M60 going over barton bridge near the trafford centre. You overtook me very close and basically nearly sideswiped me. Was in the middle lane in my MB2 Civic. Further down when I got stuck in traffic seen the car again in the outside lane and well...what a car...I loved it, especially the colour...pearlescent white it looked like. A member on the forum???

I cant believe you just recommended vista either but you have a point...wonder if he'll use it in the end lol

How about a professional photo shoot? My gf wants one of those done for us where they make you look all smart etc etc and then take ur pics and you can have em all sizes. It would be something different. Or.....how about finding a really good pic of the two of you together and getting it blown up and put in a frame? Or you could always get her a rabbit as mentioned above lmao!

This thread is getting extremely interesting now. I totally forgot about the new i7 core but as thats too expensive yet then I understand your current choice. We have to remember people what the purpose of the machine is and what will work best together. Y2K I'd suggest you research into each component and see whats getting better reviews when it comes to performance etc. Look at the benchmarks. Apart from that as mentioned above by Dan, make sure your choice of motherboard is spot on as if its a crap board then it'll be a crap system. Its really each to their own opinion on which brand boards are better as I'm more of an Abit person myself but then again its been ages since I built a system for myself. Look into the functionality of each board and where you would stand if you wanted to upgrade. I think the choice of a quad core cpu is good but when it comes to cpu speed its all personal preference really. You wont notice much difference between a couple of hundred Mhz so therefore you may as well just overclock but that then brings in warranty issues and if not done properly you could fry ur cpu, also if overclocking you have to take into account cooling. The list goes on and on so its kinda difficult to pinpoint on the spec you should go for. As mentioned by many people though take into account the amount of RAM as it wont be used entirely by XP. In my personal opinion, what I think I'd do is go for a decent speed quad core cpu, nothing OTT as it may not get used to its full potential, a couple of gig ram which could then be further upgraded in the future for little cost if needed, a fast hard drive as your main one and then a big one as your storage drive. At a later date if you wanted to increase performance you could always add a raid array which would increase your data rates and considerably help performance. Hope that helps mate but as said a lot of it is personal choice/opinion really.

Not connected to the internet and manually updated?!! hmmm...how u gonna manually update it? Theres another option mate....you could get an aftermarket raid card if u really want raid lol. I think tbh with the development of hard disks etc u should be able to get away without anything like raid really.

I thought kaspersky was meant to be the best....cant believe theres something better lol

yup, thats mirroring or in other words RAID 1. you dont need stupid fast drives but just make sure they're decent drives I'd say. I've not built a pc for a while as have got a laptop that I use for my uni work but my pc at home is well...getting old and still performs bloody well. I've had mates with much better machines look at mine and wonder what I've done with it. Its only a P4 1.8Ghz machine as well lol. 2x 120GB Western Digital JB drives in a RAID 0 array as well ;) Oh yeh, as for the raid array that they want extra money for, this is a bit interesting...they want money just to configure the onboard raid controller i'm guessing...this can be done very easily yourself.

Please explain in dummy terms as i do have the option for a RAID set up for £5, i'm not sure what is does and how it works can i do this on the normal 1TB or does it have to be the stuip fast drives lol Now you've set me a task lol...well if you were to have a RAID 0 array then this is 2 drives which act as one drive. Both drives need to be of the same make/model/capacity as far as I remember as well. With both drives acting in sync with one another with their read/writes at the same time the performance is therefore increased. The negative point of having a RAID 0 array though is that if one drive were to fail then all data would be lost as they act as one drive. On the other hand, if you have a RAID 1 array which is known as mirroring, you have 2 drives but effectively you only have use of one as the second drive is used as a backup system. When data is written to one drive, the same data is written to the "mirror" drive therefore continually backing up the system. I've not used a mirror array before so am not sure how this would affect system performance. A RAID 0 array needs 2 drives btw. Also, theres RAID 0/1 this is a combination of both striping where 2 drives act as one big one and mirroring where data is continually backed up. In the case of RAID 0/1 you will need 4 drives IIRC as 2 will perform the striping and 2 the mirroring. Its been a while since I done theory on RAID so if I've made any mistakes and anyone wants to add anything then feel free. Hope you understand it better though mate.

As anees said, the wd velociraptor drives are stupid fast and I think thats the best option. If you can also have a RAID array. A raid 0 striping array will make 2 drives act like one massive drive and data transfer rates will also be boosted but if data integrity is of concern then a raid 1 mirroring array or even a raid 0/1 striping with mirroring would be useful.

Welcome to the club mate! As steve said, the more active members tend to be IS owners but otherwise we're just a friendly bunch of people ;)

has it been undersealed?

where are you getting the system from? have you thought about making it yourself? check out somewhere like www.microdirect.co.uk for components ;) btw..i'd go for a quad core.

now that would look cool...:)

Having a bit of trouble deciding which bodyshop to take the car to so can someone else recommend any more please? I want one thats decent and wont make a mess of my car.

whats the best product to use for cleaning windows anyway? I've tried loads and still not been able to find one thats good and doesnt leave marks or shineyness on the screen.

Congratulations mate!

ooooh cat6....yummy!! I'd love to have some cat6 cable but think it would take me a while to find a use for it lol. whats the data rate on cat6 again anyway...i've forgotton...its been a while since i did the theory of network cables lol

I'd say about 30mins and then start the engine for a while to give the battery a bit of a charge.