K.os Theory Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 just a quick update, i'm still waiting on mine to arrive ( to be fair they did say it would take about 2weeks ), i should have it later on this week. i'll post some pics and my thoughts once it's arrived! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 ordered most of mine, went the the mb/cpu/mem i posted above and an agility 3 120SSD and an antec 300 case Got a BenQ G2420HDBL 24-inch Widescreen LED Back-Light Monitor for £131.58 and free delivery from Amazon Just wondering which graphics card and PSU to order now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatdamaged Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 How much have you budgeted for the PSU and GPU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatdamaged Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Let me know how you get on with the OCUK bundle. I bought a pre overclocked 2600K bundle from Scan.co.uk and they did the shittest job on the overclock. they whacked it right up to 1.40 volts, and didn't change anything else Ran over 90 degrees using prime and they told me this was "normal" So i got a refund on the extra i paid for the overclock and did it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 How much have you budgeted for the PSU and GPU? Bought a Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2UK Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 High Performance 750W Power Supply for £86.07 (a bit of overkill I know, but dont wanna by hassled if i need to change it. The graphics card - hmm I dont know i want to play Skyrim and other new games, but I am not sure of how much to spend Quite like the idea of possibly buying one card now and then buying another card and SLI-ing them later, does this work well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Anyone got a second hand card going cheap while I decide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribz Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 That PSU is fine. Definately worth getting a good one I've found as cheaper ones cause all sorts of problems down the road. Cant help you with SLI but I'd steer clear of cross-fire. I crossfired 2 x 6870's together and had problems with microstutter. If you've got the money, go for a GTX570 or GTX580. My 580 works great with Skyrim on ultra. I had a 6970 and had stuttering problems with Skyrim indoors on any graphics settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 That PSU is fine. Definately worth getting a good one I've found as cheaper ones cause all sorts of problems down the road. Cant help you with SLI but I'd steer clear of cross-fire. I crossfired 2 x 6870's together and had problems with microstutter. If you've got the money, go for a GTX570 or GTX580. My 580 works great with Skyrim on ultra. I had a 6970 and had stuttering problems with Skyrim indoors on any graphics settings. Much difference between the 1gig and 2 gig cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribz Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Dont think you'll need 2GB until you do resolutions above 1080p. At 1080p and below, my card doesnt utilise more than a gig of video memory in Skyrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatdamaged Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 GTX570 would be a good one. Would play any game at 1920x1080 and you could SLI another cheap once the next gen Nvidia cards come out The 5 series Nvidia cards don't seem to suffer with microstutter (from my experience), but every gen before did. And i've had a LOT of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 GTX570 would be a good one. Would play any game at 1920x1080 and you could SLI another cheap once the next gen Nvidia cards come out The 5 series Nvidia cards don't seem to suffer with microstutter (from my experience), but every gen before did. And i've had a LOT of them! Gone for a 5870 - hmmm this has cost more than I thought LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribz Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 5870 is a good card, better than the 6870. I owned one for a few years and it was one of the best cards I've ever had. You'll probably need to run at high settings rather than ultra and drop the AA down or disable it in game but it should see you right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 5870 is a good card, better than the 6870. I owned one for a few years and it was one of the best cards I've ever had. You'll probably need to run at high settings rather than ultra and drop the AA down or disable it in game but it should see you right. Sorry I meant to say a GTX 570 - hopefully I will be able to run everything tip top speed. Hopefully should all be here on Friday, the Ben permitting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribz Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Thats even better, you'll have no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazcabs Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 What's the score with hooking up to a HD tv rather than a monitor? Mini Bazcabs has picked this lot out, comments welcome. intel core i3-2120 dual core 3.30 GHz asus P8Z68-V LX 8GB ram 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti 1TB hard drive CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES TX750 PLUS bronze INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) high def audio WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-sandy-bridge-pc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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