Help me spend £445 at overclockers :D

Sgt Tackleberry

Sgt Tackleberry

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Hi guys and girls,

Need some help and advice to spend £445 credit note in overclockers, as my EVGA gtx 580 3gb died on me.

I posted in the graphic card sections the other day about getting a new graphic card, but apart of me has decided to keep my other gtx 580 3gb and to spend it on something else on my pc BUT my pc really dont need an upgrade, more of a make over tbh..

These are my specs;

i5 2500k oc'ed 4.8ghz
z68x-ud3p-b3
8gb 1600mhz
gtx 580 3gb
2 x 2tb hdd
1 1tb hdd
60gb SSD
sammy blu ray drive
sammy bx2331 23" monitor 1920x1080
g15 keyboard
sentinel advance 6000dpi mouse
decent 2.1 speakers
7.1 headset
corsair 800d case
corsair 1000w psu

My cpu and 580 are watercooled by 360 black ice rad, 240 EK rad, 8 viper fans push/pull config witha xspc 750 res/pump.

Now only having one 580 i really cant notice any differents in fps on my games at the res i play at, I could sell this card so i have about £700 to spend and i could get 2 670 or 2 7970.

I've been thinking of getting i5 3570k with gigabyte z77 g1 sniper mobo, but i know it would be a pointless upgrade really.

or

giving my watercooling kit a make over with new res, pump, fitting, tubbing.

Or

a new monitor somelike a 27" at 1440p with 3d?. I really dont know what to spend it on :(... its always the way when you dont have money u want to buy everything but when u have money you dont know what to buy, lol.

Any advice would be gr8,

Thanks
SGT T.
 
Well the only monitor you could get at £450 or less is one of the Hazro's and I don't think I could recommend one with the problems they had at launch, you'd have to check what's the deal with them now.

Otherwise only things I'd do to your spec if I really wanted to dump some cash would be:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £167.99
1 x Steelseries 7G Gaming Mechanical Keyboard (64018) £94.98
1 x Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card £89.99
Total : £364.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
[WU-TANG]GZA;22268414 said:
Well the only monitor you could get at £450 or less is one of the Hazro's and I don't think I could recommend one with the problems they had at launch, you'd have to check what's the deal with them now.

Otherwise only things I'd do to your spec if I really wanted to dump some cash would be:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £167.99
1 x Steelseries 7G Gaming Mechanical Keyboard (64018) £94.98
1 x Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card £89.99
Total : £364.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

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I already have that sound card, i forgot to say about that and i really love my g15 keyboard, as for the SSD i like it but the one i have at the mo does the job really well for me.

Thanks
 
Save the money. ;

You might actually need in a month or two... and having money in hand is a nice feeling when GPU smokes,... or PSU....
 
Now that makes it hard to deal with.
Maybe bigger SSD as suggested above.
With 8GB of RAM you probably have plenty..

must be tough having everything you want :mad:

:D:D
 
Bit over the budget but could probably save if bit if you had too. Switch the SSD in the basket with your current 60GB one to give you more space on your desktop. A 60GB drive will be plenty of a HTPC for basic OS, few playback software applications or alternatively get a large storage drive for ripping Blu Rays and DVDs etc.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x AMD A6-3670K 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3670WNGXBOX) **£10 Cashback** £89.99
1 x Silverstone La Scala LC10B-E HTPC Case - Black (SST-LC10B-E USB 3.0) £79.99
1 x Asus F1A75-M PRO AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
Total : £487.72 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Not used the case above but it seems quite reasonably priced for a Silverstone HTPC case.

 
shadow_boxer said:
Bit over the budget but could probably save if bit if you had too. Switch the SSD in the basket with your current 60GB one to give you more space on your desktop. A 60GB drive will be plenty of a HTPC for basic OS, few playback software applications or alternatively get a large storage drive for ripping Blu Rays and DVDs etc.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x AMD A6-3670K 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3670WNGXBOX) **£10 Cashback** £89.99
1 x Silverstone La Scala LC10B-E HTPC Case - Black (SST-LC10B-E USB 3.0) £79.99
1 x Asus F1A75-M PRO AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
Total : £487.72 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Not used the case above but it seems quite reasonably priced for a Silverstone HTPC case.

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I'm liking that build a lot :D, cheers for that
 
 
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spankingtexan said:
Your computer's fine mate, i'd get one of these....

http://www.drapers-airguns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_3&products_id=739

and one of these....

http://www.drapers-airguns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_3&products_id=648

oh sorry, you got a credit note, so i'd have this....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-030-KF

Then flog the 580 and get this....

http://www.drapers-airguns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=34_41&products_id=1817
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I'm liking this idea as well, lol. I already own a few weapons, G36C, AK47, Glock 19, all AEG and the pistol is gas.

For the gtx 680 i did see that and thinking thats a good idea too. but i've been looking at this now:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-165-SA

with these,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-003-NV

dose any one any have any of them for some feedback?, i've been looking at reviews and they look sweet!.
 
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Sgt Tackleberry said:
I'm liking this idea as well, lol. I already own a few weapons, G36C, AK47, Glock 19, all AEG and the pistol is gas.

For the gtx 680 i did see that and thinking thats a good idea too. but i've been looking at this now:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-165-SA

with these,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-003-NV

dose any one any have any of them for some feedback?, i've been looking at reviews and they look sweet!.
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Don't think you'll need the 3d vision kit with that monitor as it has built in 3d and comes with active 3d glasses.
 
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