RinSewand

Once since we got it installed I think... depending on the speed that support could blacklist things though, we probably wouldn't need it... mind if we ask what the other leeway would be? (not that I'm expecting anything other than 'we could say but then we'd have to... dispose... of you' as an answer)... RwD

Nicely done - if you're editing it you might want to re-spell 'apllications' in the title of section 3 though... RwD

Yeayh - that's along the lines I was thinking of for the PSU - budgets gone up, but Dan's right. And it'll be searingly quick!

I'd suggest the corsair range of PSU's, something in a 550 / 600 watt flavour would be ideal. Case is down to personal preference, I'm awaiting delivery of a Coolermaster CM690 II today, best I could find in the sub-£100 range. RwD

I'd suggest that more RAM would be an improvement over a scratch disk, especially if a raided disk set is being used anyway. I may be wrong though, and I'd say Lightroom is a deffinate RAM over HDD.

And the boards will drastically increase in cost!

I know this is ressurecting an old post - but the thread linked earlier provided us with our fix, so I thought I'd post up some advice... We had the memory issue, printer constantly freezing etc. Take the formatter out, and desolder all the capacitors (mark them up so you know which way round they go back on and what goes where, desolder the battery at this point too. Stick it in an electric (gas is too uneven) oven at 180C for 8 minutes, making sure it's chip side up, and that it's supported at the corners off the base of the oven (tin foil balls work well for this). Take it out to cool, resolder componants, and test. From the long thread I reckon there's an 85% success rate at least, provided the Caps are removed, ours worked perfectly afterwards. Hope that helps anyone with the same problem, RwD

Deffinately go for the SM-58's, and that package from studiospares looks decent value!

I'd be tempted to go down the Intel route for a bit more grunt... i5 - 750 Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Then throw as much ram as possible. Personally I wouldn't bother with raid for reduncancy, but feel free to use it for speed, I'd just backup to a different phsyical disc. RwD

mmm completely black keyboard - one assumes like the unmarked DAS keyboard...

@Dan - pm'd! @bandy - yeah, bald tyres in this weather are not good - a reminder to everyone to check theirs too - stopping power doesn't work so well with slicks - check pressures too while you're at it. *this was a public service announcement on behalf of common sense*

@Dan - worked it out a while ago from some of the posts, and I know Alamo do AHS, my old school, and my sister's currently there It's eased off here which usually means that side of Wakefield will dry up soon!

hmmm 'danrhodes - personalised weather reporter' - good to know (I live in Cas), Airedale High by any chance?

Either a commercial pilot (still has a bit of the 50's / 60's romance to it, photographer (trying to get into that more anyway) or a sound engineer...

JD & Coke, no ice, tall glass. Followed by JD & Coke, no ice, tall glass... is generally my plan for an evening when I'm out. Depending on the location this gets mixed with shots of tequila. Proper nights out in big cities (Liverpool especially) and it also involves cocktails, and shots of various items. BBQ's (like tonight) and it's Corona. Best way to avoid hangover is to have to stand outside in the rain for a bit over two hours sobering up while listening to heartbroken friends talk through their problems...