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Well done chaps I really do like Cujo design I'll buy that one hehe although I really dont like jmdbcool design , personal preference please dont kill me lol ! Cujo you owe me $20 for the order i'll be making it's your fault ! lol

True dos yeah apologies forgot to mention that.

I'll give some input on this subject as Windows is something I am very experienced in. I was a beta tester for windows 10 from the start and my cousin is a big shot at microsoft so i'll give honest feedback. In regards to security issues in Windows 10 there is very few so not sure in what regards you talking about here but I can confirm that there is now a lot of security issues present in windows 7 due to various things. Windows 10 in my opinion is the best OS ever , Windows 7 will always be fantastic but now the tide has turned. Windows 10 is a lot faster firstly , no software required to mount iso's ( it's built in ). Windows store is still rather lackluster and Microsoft know this. I would honestly tell you to upgrade to Windows 10. Install Webroot Antivirus ( I highly recommend ). Do not touch IE use microsoft Edge which is progressing nicely and also pop on chrome but take chrome with a pinch of salt as lot of cpu hogging in the current version ( It's my main browser ). Then I would install Launchbox , Kodi and have a lot of fun. Anything else just ask. Darren

scree said Hi Darren. There are lots of emulators out there for the Spectrum. The best by far is Spectaculator. Unfortunately, this emulator comes with a price tag. You can use it on a 30 day fully enabled free trial. If you decide to buy, you have a choice of buying the current version or buying it with lifetime updates. You could also try a selection of free emulators and then make your mind up. Thanks Scree really appreciate it I shall check that out :D

Good afternoon guys. Today I wish to add the final system I wish to play into my Launchbox collection but it is the one thing I have no experience in when it comes to emulation of it. The system in question is the Spectrum. Now the spectrum brings a lot of memories back to me as it's when my grandparents were alive and I used to play it up there house every day , a specific game was fruit machine simulator. I used to play it for hours upon hours with my superb grandad. I just wish to know which is best emulator to go with in regards to the spectrum and any specific things I should be doing when setting up with launchbox. Thanks as always Darren

Regarding my idea - the t-shirt is just a template I found. The font is royalty free as is the lightning strike. I have the files on my pc. And nice ideas Cujo also I like I like :D I'm gonna need $100 to buy all these dam t-shirts behave Cujo haha :P

Ok guys as I said not the best with art / design stuff ( about the only thing in IT I am not trained in lol ) . Anyways here is another idea of mine , ( I tried ) , a simplistic design which I like. Sorry if it's not up too scratch lol.

Good evening friends. I have not been here very long but my time with the software , the forum and the Launchbox team has been nothing but pleasant. Just wanted to say a big thank you to the whole Launchbox team and the community for being so welcoming and designing such a user friendly and fantastic piece of software. I am yet to get premium but only because I dont have much money so purchases are far and few between at this point in my life due to various reasons. But I hope when I have the cash in the near future to upgrade to premium and check out the big box feature which looks fantastic. Once again thanks everyone and keep building not only the great software but the great community. Darren

Jason Carr said Nice! That is an awesome idea. :) Thanks Jason hopefully someone with an arty brain can bring it to life for me :D

In regards to a design. I am not very good at computer based design but still would like to say what my idea is for a t-shirt. I would like the box you currently use in centre of t-shirt , then a rocket coming out of it with sparks coming out of bottom of the box. Then above the rocket in an arc shape the words Launch Box in a Modern Font. I would choose red for the rocket. Sorry not very good at explaining things sometimes lol but I have tried.

I think it's a great idea and gets people involved in a little something for fun. It's little things like this rthat can give people confidence too. Well done team.

DOS76 said No it really isn't that hard it can feel very overwhelming at first but you are basically just assembling it the documentation that comes with your board will tell you everything you need to know. I'm assuming this will be your first build just follow the directions especially the one about not popping of the cover that goes over the CPU slot I missed that one on my first build and then the board didn't work. I'm not sure if I did anything to it or if it was DOA but I haven't had any problems with boards other than the one that I made that mistake with. Thanks for the confidence lol i'll be honest I understand all the different parts it's only what wires go in what places I dont , so as long as there is some type of guidance in the instructions I should be be fine i believe.

DOS76 said Yeah a few years ago they were prohibitively expensive but since then the prices have started to drop (I got 2 480GB ones over Christmas for $150 per). Now I'm waiting for the PCIe SSD's to come down in price as they are supposedly much faster than the SATA III versions. Wow $150 that really is cheap ! We certainly cant beat them prices here in the UK right now lol. I'll probably turn to someone like yourself to help me build the dam thing when it comes around to it via skype or something as known my luck i'll blow the thing up lmao.

FastFeet said Still down....... Yeah pal I keep checking every hour or so. Cant beleive it's still down tbh and cant get any contact with them on fb or twitter. Very strange.

DOS76 said SSD is a must have upgrade (In my opinion) for every computer. If you don't install a lot of programs you could probably get away with 120GB which would be even cheaper (not maybe cheap enough to justify the loss of space though). Well Programs I have are kodi , my emulators , antivirus etc I never have a load , less than 15. I think the SSD is definately something i'll go towards the more you talk about it as looking at the prices now they seem relatively decent.

SentaiBrad said Yea, 7200RPM drives work just fine, but for your OS drive it would help speed things up immensely. I always keep my OS separate from the drive that I write video to, that my video is on and that my games are on. It just lets the OS have the full speed of your drive. Understood brad so run OS on ssd and install everything to standard hard drive if i got that correct. I might consider that It sounds like a good idea.

SentaiBrad said Which is totally fine, if it doesn't suit your needs then it doesn't suit your needs. SSD's are more expensive per GB technically speaking, and I don't know the situation on their prices where you are, but a 250-500GB SSD is about the 3-5TB range. It all fluctuates. I just looked on amazon.co.uk now you mentioned it Brad the Samsung 2.5 inch 250 GB 850 EVO ssd is £65.99 which is actually not to bad. If I am purely focusing on mainly emulation and the odd recent game would a standard 1tb or 2tb hard drive suffice do you think.

Thanks for the input guys. Really helpful to me. I only left out a SSD Drive because of funds tbh. I want have the money saved by June so didn't want too put it back any more than that but SSD Drive will be popped in later on. In terms of the graphics card I was going to use my 7750 for the time being until later in the year I could afford maybe a better one if I needed one. I'll be honest and say a lot of the latest games I have no interest in as I am more about the retro scene. I have Xbox One and every console under the sun , But I literally dont touch the Xbox One or any of my games on steam any more which is 220 deep. I have just totally went off modern gaming.

Good Morning gents. It's still down I see I cant beleive it :( , gutted.

tony971 said It's been down for me all day (EST), too. oh right dam I hope it comes back up soon , seems like an awful long time to be down.

DOS76 said Building them is great fun (mixed with some headache) I have a few small form factor machines too and the limitations can be frustrating at time. The new 6th gen i5's are great they run at incredible low temps and I grabbed both of mine for around $200 each Yeah I can imagine. It's only the wiring I wouldnt know about , im sure with a little advice i'll be fine. The build I have planned is actually on part picker here - Feel free to have a look and tell me if you think anything is too much or wrong. Thanks

DOS76 said You can always get a USB 3 add on card for not that much money some times drivers can be a pain if you are using Windows 7 or lower but they are easy enough to find. Thanks Dos , Unfortunately my PC is a small form factor pc , no room to put anything it's all so tightly packed (Terribly manufactured tbh ). I actually use windows 10. I am amazed the PC has lasted this long tbh , 6 years of constant use AMD II X2 545 Processor. Only thing I ever upgraded was the graphics Card because that was simple. I popped a radeon 7750 1gb in and it gave it a new lease of life. Only a 220w PSU too lol the manufacturer said no way I could run it on a 220w PSU. I said your wrong and i'll prove your wrong. 3 years later and still running as smooth as butter on 220w ;). Definitely going to upgrade this year though it's time. I have the case already bought. Just have to save up the funds to buy my other parts so im predicting around June time. Then I have to build it eeek.

Any idea what's happening with TheGamesDB it's been down all morning here (UK). Have not been able to work on collections for past 4 hours. :(

SentaiBrad said If you're gonna build a new one then just get USB3 external drives for now, future proof. They're completely backwards compatible with 2.0 ports. (My pc is 7 years old too. My motherboard and cpu are the only original parts left). Oh right thanks Brad i'll go look into them on Amazon right now and purchase. Cheers dude.

SentaiBrad said The best speeds will be USB3. Class 10 SDHC (or SDXC for a lot of storage) can work, but SD card's don't like to be queried like that for bigger files consistently. Class 10's can handle the massive reading and writing (depends on the size of the game) but they're still not long term solutions. An internal Hard Drive over SATA3 or a USB3.0 or 3.1 drive will be preferable. Thanks Brad much appreciated. I believe my pc has only USB 2 ports. It is 6 years old though , due to build a new one by June.