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Windy today...always a struggle in high winds from any direction. You never actually feel the benefit of a tail wind because you are often riding at a faster speed than the wind speed. A head wind you will always feel :(

In that case go for a XFX Radeon HD 6570 also from Scan.

You won't be able to run BF3 at high settings but I guess you don't expect it to.

You can get an XFX Radeon HD6850 for £86 from Scan. You can't do much better than that for the price.

Assuming your older computer has PCI-E 2.0 of course.

Cycling is probably one of the only sports that transcends class/wealth so I don't know what you're on about.

To be fair, Specialized was being a bit of an inept cunt by changing the excellent Langster not just into a track-geo one, but track drop with road brake hood.

Not really, Specialized have basically redesigned the frame around the Allez which is very much a road geometry. This make the Langster even more suited to rocketing around town than before.

To be fair, Specialized was being a bit of an inept cunt by changing the excellent Langster not just into a track-geo one, but track drop with road brake hood.

Not really, they basically redesigned the langster around the Allez frame which is very much a road bike. If anything its an improvement in the road geometry and makes this single speed torpedo even better.

You're right I'll hang on until Olympic fever dies down.

Are the GB cycling jersey's even available for general purchase? I'd buy one to add to my collection

I could cycle that lane all day long and not get bored.

Specs I posted are for a pure gaming PC mate, you cant go wrong with that for your budget. Obviously if you want to download tons of video then the 256gb SSD wont cut it but then you can always add a 1tb HDD later.

@Soul

PSU: Thermaltake SP-530PCWEU, £50
Mobo: Gigabyte GAZ77-D3H, £80
CPU: Intel i5 3570K, £170
CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer i30, £30
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870, £140
RAM: 8GB Patriot G2 1600Mhz, £50
SSD: Samsung SSD 830 256GB, £150

Total £670 (stretched your budget a bit)

Anyone else see that fat bitch Clare Balding sitting on her fat arse criticising Becky Adlington's bronze medal achievement in the 800 freestyle? I'd like to see her have a go!...er, no actually I would not.

I admire how he's been very open and self deprecating about it. He twittered a pic of it soon after a few procedures, and tonight when asked about andy carroll he said he only hoped he could have his hair.

He just needs a normal haircut

Had to laugh at Jamie Carragher saying on the tv coverage "it's not right a lad from croxteth using product" about Rooney apparently using Andy Carroll's hair products.

Rooney's rug is absolutely hilarious!

spenceey

Custom PC did a good article "build a skyrim gaming pc for £350" in April 12 edition. Here is the component list (prices correct at time of publishing):

Case: Asus Vento TA-8G1, £17.98
PSU: Cooler Master GX450W Bronze, £26.87
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-B2-S3, £41.53
Memory: 4GB Corsair PC 10666, £22.08
CPU: Pentium G620, £47.54
HSF: Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2, £16.44
Graphics: MSI 6850 PM2D1GD5, £116.02
Storage: 250GB Western Digital, £44.70
Optical: Samsung DVD writer, £13.55
Cable ties: Akasa AK-TK-01, £3.54
Total Cost, £350.25

All components were sourced from scan.co.uk so you can add £16.78 for postage. They were really looking for the absolute budget beating PC with optimal performance to be able to play Skyrim on maxed out settings. This rig achieves that aim. Ofcourse if you had more cash to spend you could spend it on more storage for example.

hippy

You can install SATA3 SSD's on SATA2 systems and you will get exactly the same performance. SATA3 has a maximum capacity of 6gb/s whereas SATA2 has a maximum of 3gb/s but that doesnt matter a jot because none of the current generation SSD get anywhere near 3gb/s in read or write speeds. SATA3 is just a theoretical maximum.

Now turning my attentions to England and the Euros. What does everyone else think about the England 2012 shirt? I think it looks rather stylishly uncomplicated.

Took receipt of one of these yesterday:

http://www.ebuyer.com/267107-crucial-256gb-2-5-m4-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-read-415mb-s-write-260mb-s-ct256m4ssd2

Most noticable performance upgrade I've experienced since the day when I installed a 6600GT in my old rig.

The last Arcade Fire LP, still not bonding with my brain like the first two.

Win Butler should give more songs for his wife to sing, she has a heavenly voice and Sprawl II is the only standout song on The Suburbs.