African summer temps and aircooling.. not pretty.

[proze]

dammit, try aircooling an athlon 1406mhz at 1.85v when the air your blowholes are sucking in is 31C!!!!!

summer is here, and i'm gonna have to think about watercooling again...

:(

[The Overclocker]

AGAIN? WHAT HAPPENED the first time?

[Wega!]

Sucks mann! Here in Denmark the summer is almost over, and we are getting decent (Overclocking) temp's again :D At the moment there is about 15C outside! Nice :)

[Sonny]

Man, I know how you feel. It's always hot here & when my A/C broke I was really worried that my rig would go up in flames. After a week of no A/C my rig is kinda acting funny. Some of the voltage readings are now reporting a little lower & it sometimes reboots itself. Maybe my PSU is dying or whatever but I hope this doesn't happen to you.

[MeJa]

I dont know about africa! sounds nasty ;)
But here in florida is summer as well and i sweat just by typing :)
Get some water in there ;)

[ken257]

Sounds like time for some active cooling to me either a water chiller or pelts! I choose to put a window AC unit in my computer room to keep temps nice and chilly.

[3rotor]

you are from Africa.... wow , I know all about the african summers, is why I'm glad to be up here now, close to the north pole :D:D I just luv the winters here....

[fuzzba11]

Hey! An overclocker in my homeland! I would say something in Afrikaans but I forgot how to say just about everything except maybe "kop", "oore", and "Ghen kak en die millies!" ahahaha, don't know any spelling, either, obviously :p

Still, good to know there's kin on the board :D

[proze]

Originally posted by the overclocker
AGAIN? WHAT HAPPENED the first time?

i had a 118w water-cooled peltier on my duron600 at 1123mhz the whole of the last summer, but had a scare with a peltier power cable catching fire. needless to say i stopped. i've got all the kit lying around, but need to mod a new case to fit it all inside. only thing is i really don't have the time... :( gonna battle on with aircooling for the foreseeable future...

[proze]

Originally posted by fuzzba11
Hey! An overclocker in my homeland! I would say something in Afrikaans but I forgot how to say just about everything except maybe "kop", "oore", and "Ghen kak en die millies!" ahahaha, don't know any spelling, either, obviously :p

Still, good to know there's kin on the board :D

hehehe.. you can't forget the classic: "ek sal jou f0kken/blerrie moer/bliksem!!!" :D :D

actually, there a few south africans around oc.com.. not many, but we are here. you emmigrate to the states?

[fuzzba11]

Originally posted by proze


hehehe.. you can't forget the classic: "ek sal jou f0kken/blerrie moer/bliksem!!!" :D :D

actually, there a few south africans around oc.com.. not many, but we are here. you emmigrate to the states?

Yes and no...I moved out of South Africa like 8 years ago, to Dallas, TX, then from there to Bangkok, Thailand, then another part of Thailand, then to Singapore, and now I'm in college in Denver, Colorado. Phew. Ek sal jou fokken...I think i get that one, but what's "sal"? I don't know blerrie moer, though, and bliksem is great! Ah yes, and, wait, lost it...it's directly translated as thunder and lightning, I think. Skopskip and donner? I forget. :p

I was down in Durban this past July, which was fun, but man, computer stuff is hard to come by! Do you know a special place or order online, over there? Most people are running pentium 1&2s, that I talked to.

[lennytiger]

Hey guys I am a south african too, i'll be moving back next month down to the cape. You guys know any good ISPs out there?
At the moment don't have a clue what internet access is like over there.

According to my friend from Telkom its like 2 plastic cups connected with a bit of string. :D :p

[proze]

Originally posted by fuzzba11


Yes and no...I moved out of South Africa like 8 years ago, to Dallas, TX, then from there to Bangkok, Thailand, then another part of Thailand, then to Singapore, and now I'm in college in Denver, Colorado. Phew. Ek sal jou fokken...I think i get that one, but what's "sal"? I don't know blerrie moer, though, and bliksem is great! Ah yes, and, wait, lost it...it's directly translated as thunder and lightning, I think. Skopskip and donner? I forget. :p

I was down in Durban this past July, which was fun, but man, computer stuff is hard to come by! Do you know a special place or order online, over there? Most people are running pentium 1&2s, that I talked to.

"sal" is "will" in english.

"blerrie" is just a rip-off of the way they say "bleddie", i.e. bl00dy.
"Skop, skiet en donner." - "Kick, shoot and up-fusck ;) ". funny way of describing movies of that nature.

yep, oc'ing gear is bl00dy hard to come by. i have a computer business on the side with a mate, so i have distributor acccess. at least i can buy normal gear (cpus, mobos, etc...) for cost. actually, that way some stuff is cheaper than the uk! there's one place in joburg that stocks some oc'ing gear, but otherwise it's mail-order-from-the-states-time!

[proze]

Originally posted by lennytiger
Hey guys I am a south african too, i'll be moving back next month down to the cape. You guys know any good ISPs out there?
At the moment don't have a clue what internet access is like over there.

According to my friend from Telkom its like 2 plastic cups connected with a bit of string. :D :p

the best south african isp is either icon or worldonline. without a doubt.

your mate is right though.. telkom, our lovely one and only telecomms provider, sucks complete llama-a$$. it is literally about 2 steps up from the cups and string thing. be prepared for a horrible shock when you get here... sorry.

[3rotor]

so many South African overclockers, Ek sou dit nooit kon raai nie :), me too left there in 97, went to Edmonton Alberta first..... anybody know where that is? :D that is where it gets to be -37c outside, on occasion, like on the day I landed, imagine that.... get on plane, +35c outside.... fly 35hours.... get off plane... -37c outside, I think I died that day, but I'm not sure yet.... :):D

[lennytiger]

Although south african born I don't speak a word of Afrikaans..

Well A little enough to have a chuckle at what u were writing!!

[lennytiger]

:D

You can't beat a south african braai though!!!

The first thing i'm doing is a braai and a LAN party!!!

[proze]

Originally posted by lennytiger
You can't beat a south african braai though!!!


yeah, baby, yeah!! nothing like it anywhere else in the world!!! :) :) :D :D :D

[lennytiger]

It ain't the same here in the UK, the poms call it a barbee queu!!!!!!!

WIth Warm Beer,


in SA we would never have warm beer cold beer straight out the fridge!!!!! SA Braais kick ass!!!!!!!!!!!