The TPU UK Clubhouse

[FreedomEclipse]

hey man,

There's no shame in trying to get some cheap hardware, and who better to sell to (if not Finners) then the people of the UK Clubhouse! No expensive overseas shipping fees! No shipping to Nigeria! Easier to hunt down if we don't pay up!
Its a straightforward and easy transaction with some of the most reputable members in the on forum!

Im looking for GPU upgrades and i dont care too much about getting the latest and greatest so long as my system has enough grunt to run things smoothly.


Vulture or not

 

[d1nky]

@RCoon that wetbench looks frigging lush, would get one but the tilt and lack of gfx support puts me off so im going to get a dimastech soon as i got spare cash, kind of needed for killing hardware lol

@freedom. i hear what youre saying about the sandy and ivys oc'd 'ballin' procs. I love ivy from the first time i met her, and the sandy does just as good at 4.6+ ghz.

I have been thinking of getting a couple 680 lightnings to abuse and keep for an IVY/GK104 gen nostalgia build. but then i see the 780 lightning...... but 2x680s would be better.... sex

 

[RCoon]

lack of gfx support

It has slits for the brackets to slot into on the base of the panel so GPU's are basically wedged in place. Apparently it requires quite some force to get them out again.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The way I see it - If i can grab me two 780Ti's for £300 or less then id be happy as a pig in shit. None of this £500 a peice bullshit im seeing. thats a bit too rich for my blood. those 780s will keep me rollin for a while

 

[d1nky]

Id grab some if they were that price and be broke as pig in shit lol

 

[RCoon]

It has slits for the brackets to slot into on the base of the panel so GPU's are basically wedged in place. Apparently it requires quite some force to get them out again.

 

[the54thvoid]

show us some pics of that sweet ass rig. make me want that test bench!

Pics from Nexus 5, nothing too flashy...

My wife insists I keep the white LED on the fan on. It looks eerily evil in that last photo but it's a nice machine.

 

[d1nky]

Lol wish id pay some attention to the aesthetics of my builds, although they're not 24/7 a testbench and nice loop would always look great ^^^ (nice pipe bending btw)


my missus hates anything flashing on my rig lol

 

[FreedomEclipse]

No luck with pushing that 3930k harder? I see you only run it at 4.4 to my 4.6

 

[the54thvoid]

No luck with pushing that 3930k harder? I see you only run it at 4.4 to my 4.6

It's annoyingly rock solid at 4.4Ghz but that's with more volts than a lot of folk with 3930's have to use. It's unstable at 4.5Ghz for long periods and it's topped out at 4.7Ghz in it's youth. Thing is though, at 4.4Ghz, with a 780ti at 1216Mhz, I'm not too bovvered

In fact, for Finners (who helped me get the screen grab from BF4) here's my Render performance graph

 

[kurosagi01]

Anyone got any idea why my laptop disc drive keeps making sound as its trying read a disc,when there isn't any disc inserted?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

It's annoyingly rock solid at 4.4Ghz but that's with more volts than a lot of folk with 3930's have to use. It's unstable at 4.5Ghz for long periods and it's topped out at 4.7Ghz in it's youth. Thing is though, at 4.4Ghz, with a 780ti at 1216Mhz, I'm not too bovvered

In fact, for Finners (who helped me get the screen grab from BF4) here's my Render performance graph

What sort of voltage you puttin through her? I think im on 1.38v or something. I remember when i got this off moonpig i was trying for 4.8 but it really wouldnt take it and any more voltage would be beyond my H80i - Still runs a little toasty though, topping out at 65'c which is fine. Its only in Prime that i really see temps hit close to 80'c. heatwaves are bad for this set up too since my cooling with this case is limited unless i mod it (1st gen Define XL) - I got a portable air con to cover the times when its almost 32'c in my room.

Anyone got any idea why my laptop disc drive keeps making sound as its trying read a disc,when there isn't any disc inserted?

How long has it been doing this?

 

[kurosagi01]

Since i got the laptop few months ago,i thought it was minor thing and it would have stopped but it keeps making sound sometimes.

 

[ne6togadno]

The more games I play on my system the less I think buying Haswell-E is worth it. There is literally nothing that has made me question my system's performance, I'm wondering if there is any point.
I even got into Silver II league in LoL last night for the first time.
I'm half tempted to switch to a Primochill Wet BeNch, but then I think to myself "what's the point?". I've got some spare monies this month, and for the first time I've not felt the need to buy any computer hardware, and nothing has remotely tempted me either. I'd like an i7 at some point, as streaming causes a bit too much load on the CPU when I'm playing pretty highly intensive games, but that's rather rare.
What do you guys think?:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i7_4790K/

 

[the54thvoid]

What sort of voltage you puttin through her? I think im on 1.38v or something.

1.39/1.4v My temps max out in low to mid 60's after a few hours of BF4. One core is way hotter (and that's after re-application of thermal and trying different thermal pastes). Hottest core might be at 65, coolest is 55. I also have HT on, so 12 threads are available. But I don't really want (or need) to go higher than 1.4v, so I'm happy enough. I've never had a 'golden' chip, either in cpu or gpu

 

[RCoon]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i7_4790K/

I'd rather buy a 4770K. Cheaper, and I've delidded in the past. I see no real benefit in buying a 90K when the difference in performance is almost non-existant! That, and I can score a 4770K for just under £200.

 

[ne6togadno]

I'd rather buy a 4770K. Cheaper, and I've delidded in the past. I see no real benefit in buying a 90K when the difference in performance is almost non-existant! That, and I can score a 4770K for just under £200.

that was my point too. with 90k faster by merely few points over 70k i wouldnt expect huge performance jump with E that could justify additional 50$ over 90k. you will need to change ram and mb too.

 

[RCoon]

that was my point too. with 90k faster by merely few points over 70k i wouldnt expect huge performance jump with E that could justify additional 50$ over 90k. you will need to change ram and mb too.

Valid point. I should just take my partner out for dinner.

 

[ne6togadno]

Valid point. I should just take my partner out for dinner.

and rise your score there

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Since i got the laptop few months ago,i thought it was minor thing and it would have stopped but it keeps making sound sometimes.

If you want my honest opinion & you have some cash to spare, What i would do is remove that optical drive. Put in one of these with either an SSD or another HDD installed in it. then just grab a £20 external optical drive off ebay or amazon.

both my PC and laptop havent had a dedicated optical drive for at least 3 or 4 years now lol. I got a £20 samsung external DVD-RW but it spends most of its time collecting dust or being used by my dad.

1.39/1.4v My temps max out in low to mid 60's after a few hours of BF4. One core is way hotter (and that's after re-application of thermal and trying different thermal pastes). Hottest core might be at 65, coolest is 55. I also have HT on, so 12 threads are available. But I don't really want (or need) to go higher than 1.4v, so I'm happy enough. I've never had a 'golden' chip, either in cpu or gpu

I would have expected better temps as youre fullon WC'd.

I have HT on as well. but i often wonder if it might be better selling this system on and buying back a cheap 2xx0k or 3xx0k system.

Im sure the 2500k i had that was doing 4.9 could have been a golden, I just didnt have the patience to push it any further then that before I traded with moonpig which he eventually sold on to someone else

 

[the54thvoid]

If you want my honest opinion & you have some cash to spare, What i would do is remove that optical drive. Put in one of these with either an SSD or another HDD installed in it. then just grab a £20 external optical drive off ebay or amazon.

both my PC and laptop havent had a dedicated optical drive for at least 3 or 4 years now lol. I got a £20 samsung external DVD-RW but it spends most of its time collecting dust or being used by my dad.



I would have expected better temps as youre fullon WC'd.

I have HT on as well. but i often wonder if it might be better selling this system on and buying back a cheap 2xx0k or 3xx0k system.

Im sure the 2500k i had that was doing 4.9 could have been a golden, I just didnt have the patience to push it any further then that before I traded with moonpig which he eventually sold on to someone else

My temps are high as my system is tuned for silence. Fan rpm's don't rise much above 700-800 and that's with the Classified at 1200mhz.
One of the reasons I bought an SSD years back was that the HDDwas noisier than the rest of my system.
Silence is my aim, temps come 2nd.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

what fans do you use on your rads? Corsair SPs??

 

[RCoon]

what fans do you use on your rads? Corsair SPs??

Enermax's, I've got a load of his spares

EDIT:Hurrah! Brother is out of prison, and I finished setting up his PC for gaming. He actually bought Windows 8.1, real pain in the ass to sort out after install, but otherwise fine. I would assume he'll be jumping on BF3 or BF4 now.

Kinda sad to see the old box go...

 

[the54thvoid]

No, Noctua ones, exact model escapes me, I'm at work at the mo.

 

[RCoon]

Entering "MSI10" in the voucher section when purchasing any MSI 280X, 290, 290X will give you 10% off for a limited time at OCUK