Project ROG - The Beginnings

Ah right why the Matrix's mate ? That's a lot of money to spend to rip the cooler straight off. Nearly a grand you can get 290x for about £320 a piece, even cheaper if you go for the non X with the extra OC you can get out of the non X on water it almost makes the X a pointless card.

I was looking for a pair of cards last week and couldn't justify the extra £100 for the 290X so went for a pair of XFX DD's for £289 each, the performane difference isn't a lot for an extra ton.
 
Ive had previous matrix cards and they are absolute beasts compared to other cards. yet again i could change my mind closer to the time.

Never know i might go crazy and drop in a single AresIII instead lol
 
@Eddieg

Have been wanting a 144mhz monitor.
But then if all goes well when i upgrade to 4k in 3-4 months ill probably lose £80/£100 on resale of the monitor which is 20% to the cost of 4k. Ill probably hold off unless i can pick up a good quality on 2nd had

The one i like Asus ASUS VG248QE is on the bay. Got a very high buy it now price. Mite watch it see if can get it at a good price. Maybe £100 less than retal would be good lol
 
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Looks like build start might be delayed due to yet another DPD **** up.

Parcel was supposed to be "on its way to depot in CoDown" however status as of last night shows its stiiling in Athlone (ireland) 180miles away. and delivery date now showing as expected Wednesday.

They said this is their main sorting depot for ireland. However ive never had a parcel show athlone on my tracking before and delivey was booked with OCUK on Friday early morning meaning 2 working days being Tuesday. If delivery is delayed ill be telling OCUK to claim back full shipping cvosts as they done me free delivery.

Spoke with customer service who say dont worry it will be late afternoon today.

but ive no faith in pdp probably one of the worst delivery companies about
 
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lovely spec list! I really like the Formula.
if you want inspiration, look at what Snef did to his motherboard. absolutely stunning!
 
jimbaw said:
lovely spec list! I really like the Formula.
if you want inspiration, look at what Snef did to his motherboard. absolutely stunning!
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Was thinking about highliting the "groved part and nake in white/red"

Excuse the awful rush PAINT job haha
Also Ignore the Crosschill bit as the block colouring will look daft and not suttle enough

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nice productive lunchtime over. Sold Old Fx8350 , crosshair v formula and 16gb patriot ddr for £260. less than 12 hours after upgrade.

:)
 
well i decided to bite the bullet and ordered

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-P-4GD5) £479.99
Total : £489.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Been wanting it for ages, and after the fast sale on my old parts i went for it.
Will be getting the 2nd one around christmas. Wont be costing me much. wee £300 work bonus and £100 from cashback and £35 cashback from the intel promotion. So the 2nd one isnt really setting me back much :)
 
@ jimbaw

Yup. Good Guess.

I got very lucky i had already purchased the sleeving from MDPC-x. They have now closed their operation for an un disclosed amount of time while they "take a break" and relocate.

if it wasnt for this fact i wouldnt have been able to get such nice extensions made.
I still need to get some other cables sleeved. (Sata power cables) However they are not on show too much so not a big issue.
 
ah ok I thought they were.
have you considered using teleios sleeving? only heard good things about it and they're slightly cheaper than mdpc-x. could be a good alternative for your sata cables?
 
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