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[cheesy999]

Guys really at a loss here, I feel like spending some money on my rig but really don't know what I can upgrade without it being a waste of money, any ideas?

How loud is your rig? Depending on how loud it is you could look into making quieter.

or louder, louder is also better, how about this? http://www.richersounds.com/product...cambridge-audio/azur-840a-v2/camb-840a-v2-sil

that should keep you from buying anything else for a while

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Another GTX570...

No need as I get 60fps in everything I play aside from metro and even that plays on ultra with 4xaa 16xaf at 35+ fps

Also not a big fan of multi GPU, been there and done that with HD 4850's/5770's etc and would rather have a single high end card instead of 2 mid range cards for the same performance, OH not to mention I willingly chose a single pci-e x16 motherboard for the aforementioned reasons

Might retire my old 500Gb drives and grab a 2Tb one, though am a little concerned with giving up 2 drives for a single point of failure...

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Noise isn't really an issue, though I guess an Gelid Icy Vision for my 570 would be nice or even an Zalman VF3000F

 

[cheesy999]

Noise isn't really an issue, though I guess an Gelid Icy Vision for my 570 would be nice or even an Zalman VF3000F

have you thought about going for one of those set-ups where you have the 3 screens all showing the same picture at the same time (whatever Nvidia's equivalent of eyefinity is)

EDIT:Nvidia surround is what it's called apparently, they even do a 3d version of it

 

[NdMk2o1o]

have you thought about going for one of those set-ups where you have the 3 screens all showing the same picture at the same time (whatever Nvidia's equivalent of eyefinity is)

EDIT:Nvidia surround is what it's called apparently, they even do a 3d version of it

Would love a multi monitor setup, I just don't have the desk space as my pc is housed under a corner workstation and it would barely hold 2 19" monitors let alone 3 24", maybe I need to tell the mrs am having a new desk and 2 extra monitors lol, only trouble is she would be able to see what I am doing then as my desk would be along the wall as opposed to in a corner lol

 

[cheesy999]

Would love a multi monitor setup, I just don't have the desk space as my pc is housed under a corner workstation and it would barely hold 2 19" monitors let alone 3 24", maybe I need to tell the mrs am having a new desk and 2 extra monitors lol, only trouble is she would be able to see what I am doing then as my desk would be along the wall as opposed to in a corner lol

You could just spend it on games , music and blu-rays.

 

[MilkyWay]

Would love a multi monitor setup, I just don't have the desk space as my pc is housed under a corner workstation and it would barely hold 2 19" monitors let alone 3 24", maybe I need to tell the mrs am having a new desk and 2 extra monitors lol, only trouble is she would be able to see what I am doing then as my desk would be along the wall as opposed to in a corner lol

Since you mention hard drives you could raid 2x1tb drives, i think this would work well with your SSD also has the benefit of redundancy. You could swap out the Noctua for watercooling kit like the Corsairs but that isn't needed either.

How is your sound set up, keyboard and mouse? Those are some things you could try to improve. Even getting a decent mouse pad works wonders. You could get a mechanical keyboard in that case i recommend something with Cherry MX Brown switches.

I cant really see anything that could benefit from an upgrade, you have everything even a top line monitor and soundcard!

 

[Bo$$]

Would love a multi monitor setup, I just don't have the desk space as my pc is housed under a corner workstation and it would barely hold 2 19" monitors let alone 3 24", maybe I need to tell the mrs am having a new desk and 2 extra monitors lol, only trouble is she would be able to see what I am doing then as my desk would be along the wall as opposed to in a corner lol

You could just get me something

Dude you have everything!!

maybe change your MOBO for a better one

 

[razaron]

Does £25 for a second hand pair of these seem fair?

 

[Fourstaff]

Does £25 for a second hand pair of these seem fair?

Yes, but I would get these instead: G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory K...

 

[razaron]

I was asking because I'm going to be selling my pair.

 

[cheesy999]

i always thought crysis was CPU limited, but it actually appears to be more CPU limited then i thought

when i played through on a 2.4GHZ Athlon x2 and this graphics card i got around 25PS on maximum, now with a 3.5GHZ quad core i get 35FPS

 

[Fourstaff]

I was asking because I'm going to be selling my pair.

The answer remains the same, £25 is a fair price, but if I am the buyer I will get the one I posted. Maybe you will need to reduce it to £20, ram prices are falling fast.

 

[razaron]

I thought the 7-8-7-24 timings (at stock) would get me a bit more. Meh, £20 it is then.

 

[Fourstaff]

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/del...-dell-business-393-after-quidco-using-1025999

Trade psu and graphics, I think we have a cheap computer here.

 

[MilkyWay]

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/del...-dell-business-393-after-quidco-using-1025999

Trade psu and graphics, I think we have a cheap computer here.

Hard drive is small and the Ram is only 3gb, saying you could swap those out for cheap but then your nearly at a full build if you swap the gpu and psu.

Nice deal if someone plans to keep it stock, i would add in 8gb of ram just for the fact i think 3gb is pushing it you'd be maxing it a lot i think. Nice that it comes with a monitor too though.

 

[Fourstaff]

Hard drive is small and the Ram is only 3gb, saying you could swap those out for cheap but then your nearly at a full build if you swap the gpu and psu.

Nice deal if someone plans to keep it stock, i would add in 8gb of ram just for the fact i think 3gb is pushing it you'd be maxing it a lot i think. Nice that it comes with a monitor too though.

I did a mini calculation few days ago and a system of that specs (without graphics card) will come up to £400+, and here Dell is willing to do it as almost half price (if you take the price of the screen away). No brainer imo.

 

[MilkyWay]

I did a mini calculation few days ago and a system of that specs (without graphics card) will come up to £400+, and here Dell is willing to do it as almost half price (if you take the price of the screen away). No brainer imo.

Like i said if someone was going to use it at stock components its a really good deal.
I am having an argument on Hotukdeals on that deal Fourstaff posted.

How much does Windows 7 use at desktop? at least a gig of ram i would think? fuck mines is nearly 2gb.
2.21gb but that isnt the average users desktop useage but i still reckon its at least over 1gb.

 

[cheesy999]

I have around £350 to spend on a laptop

should i buy something like this - http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-PACKARD-BELL-TS13-SB-030UK-Laptop/738930

i can however wait a month or two, in which case i will have somewhere like £380 to spend

should i
a)buy the a3 3300m based system and hope it performs well enough
b)wait and see if October or November will bring anything better

the system will be used for light gaming (think civ 5 and lfd 2) although it would be preferable if battlefield would at least run on low.

it will also be used for internet + word and all the other stuff every computer since about 1995 has been able to do

Then once i have the laptop, i can try to get that stereo system i've been thinking of

 

[Bo$$]

I have around £350 to spend on a laptop

should i buy something like this - http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-PACKARD-BELL-TS13-SB-030UK-Laptop/738930

i can however wait a month or two, in which case i will have somewhere like £380 to spend

should i
a)buy the a3 3300m based system and hope it performs well enough
b)wait and see if October or November will bring anything better

the system will be used for light gaming (think civ 5 and lfd 2) although it would be preferable if battlefield would at least run on low.

it will also be used for internet + word and all the other stuff every computer since about 1995 has been able to do

Then once i have the laptop, i can try to get that stereo system i've been thinking of

I think that is a pretty decent system, you are probabily better of looking for an older system with better GPU

 

[cheesy999]

I think that is a pretty decent system, you are probabily better of looking for an older system with better GPU

best I can see elsewhere have 220m/520m.

there Is always that pink dell with the 5650 but that would have to be about £20 cheaper before I would buy it

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Gotta show you these pics of my oc'd phone. anyone beat my score?

 

[cheesy999]

Gotta show you these pics of my oc'd phone. anyone beat my score?

http://img.techpowerup.org/111002/screen_20111002_2113.png

http://img.techpowerup.org/111002/screen_20111002_2117.png

the battery life on that thing yet be about 5 mins

posting this from a 540mhz wildfire

edit: 528mhz apparently

 

[Bo$$]

Gotta show you these pics of my oc'd phone. anyone beat my score?

http://img.techpowerup.org/111002/screen_20111002_2113.png

http://img.techpowerup.org/111002/screen_20111002_2117.png

i have a faster mark but no overclocking

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Its actually not bad, but i think more 1.2ghz for normal use,its 1ghz stock. I think its insane it will actually oc to 1.9ghz