time to bust out the new soldering iron me thinks, nice new shiney gas iron

gas iron?

ty_ger07

Here is my benching station:



Unfortunately, it usually is just collecting dust.  I have so many other hobbies going on, I can't afford much time to bench any more.  I am running a gaming clan, two websites, three game servers, and have a demanding job.

 
SWEET!  Lookin good Ty_ger :D  Why is it we never upgrade our keyboards....all mine have an inch of dust on 'em.  typing on a compaq circa 1996 right now, lol

ya its a butane iron, no cords getting in the way wraped around mah wrist.
 
pics inc

Q56_Monster

ty_ger07

Here is my benching station:



Unfortunately, it usually is just collecting dust.  I have so many other hobbies going on, I can't afford much time to bench any more.  I am running a gaming clan, two websites, three game servers, and have a demanding job.

SWEET!  Lookin good Ty_ger :D  Why is it we never upgrade our keyboards....all mine have an inch of dust on 'em.  typing on a compaq circa 1996 right now, lol

 
if we upgrade the keyboard it will use more CPU powa!, we cant have that!
 
to back this up, when i have my G19 plugged into my PC i loose ~500 points off my CPU score in vantage. before starting vantage i kill explorer.exe and un plug my KB then start vantage.
 

Really!  I never knew keyboard could effect a benchmark.  I'll keep that in mind Hells, thanks :)

my G19 only does it cos of the screen, MSI afterburner auto feeds thru it and it is constantly useing CPU power. 
 
older keyboards dont seem to effect it, with the G19 in my CPU usage sits at 3-5%

Interesting thought about the keyboard, but I mean how much can it really use?  You should do a superPI with your fancy keyboard, and with a generic. 
 
I would be careful doing voltmods with a butane soldering iron.  I have both a professional benchstation soldering iron from when I used to make parts for NASA, and an old school butane (Snap-on) from when I installed car alarms in my youth.  The real one is much better suited then the butane one.

gold cups any1??
 
http://hwbot.org/submission/2282287_hellshealer_3dmark_vantage___performance_2x_geforce_9500_gt_ddr2_4604_marks?recalculate=true
 
****ing killed my "good" card tho....... will be hard to beat single record

nateman_doo

Interesting thought about the keyboard, but I mean how much can it really use?  You should do a superPI with your fancy keyboard, and with a generic. 

I would be careful doing voltmods with a butane soldering iron.  I have both a professional benchstation soldering iron from when I used to make parts for NASA, and an old school butane (Snap-on) from when I installed car alarms in my youth.  The real one is much better suited then the butane one.

yeah i have been told that too, but my normal iron is CRAP..... makes soldering very hard...
 
the gas one has a smaller tip and its quite abit hotter. makes surface mount stuff really easy but is not so good for earth plans. i have to use both irons most of the time. 1 for earth wires and chokes and the gas one for small wires to chips and stuff.
 
 
now with the keyboards, i dont have my G19 software installed in my benching OS and i run with it unpluged at the wall, (Yes my keyboard needs its own wall socket)
 
i dont want to clutter my benching OS with this type of software and my normal install is cluttered with too much crap to get any kind of decent reading.