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  1. Mark de sousa

    anyone else bought the 27GL850 the last few days (:?

    Yay! Mine will be arriving some time tomorrow, although you never know with DPD! It's been years since I last bought a monitor. Can anyone suggest some tests to check it in terms of quality, e.g. dead pixels, colour uniformity etc. I did find a few things online but I thought I would ask...
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    anyone else bought the 27GL850 the last few days (:?

    I have finally decided to upgrade my 10 year old 24" 60hz BENQ monitor. I checked last night and they had stock. I checked again this morning and they had run out. I have it on pre-order and I was told they should have some more in stock by mid/end of July. I wasn't going to miss out on a deal...
  3. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    As far as I can see, all the lights and fans are running (looking Good! :D)
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    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Kev1 - The reason I have not added any photos is because I have been having problems with the system. Its starts up fine with the fan/lights all working, but I am not getting any signal from my old monitor (connected to the GPU via a HDMI - DVI-D cable). I have tried to connecting it with my TV...
  5. Mark de sousa

    Totally confused about monitors - Please help spec me a new one.

    Thanks all. I think I will hold back to do some more research and save some extra cash!
  6. Mark de sousa

    Totally confused about monitors - Please help spec me a new one.

    Hi all, I have just purchased a new system which arrives tomorrow. :D (Ryzen 1600X /MSI GeForce GTX 1070Ti. I can provide the full spec if required). I currently have an old BenQ 24" monitor (Ben Q G2420HDBL - 60hz I think) which has served me well over the last 7 years (wow - that's a long...
  7. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Thanks Danny. I will try when it arrives tomorrow.
  8. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Hi all, Just A quick message to say thank you to all of you for your help. I ordered the computer in between Christmas and New Year. Fingers crossed, it will be delivered tomorrow. (Its with DPD and I had a bad experience with them with a Christmas present. Hopefully it will be alright :D) I...
  9. Mark de sousa

    Spec me a monitor ~ 400 max

    Following. :) I'm in a similar position and have bought a similar computer. I've got a budget of 400 - 500. Can anyone help? Cheers in advance
  10. Mark de sousa

    Christmas Steam Sale!

    Thanks - I will have a look.
  11. Mark de sousa

    Christmas Steam Sale!

    As I have just bought myself a new computer (arriving Sat 6 Jan :) ) I have gone a bit crazy with some oldies and some games that have been on my wishlist for a while: Cities skyline Civilization 5 (much cheaper than the latest) Civilization 4 - colonization GTA5 Witcher 3 DLCs for Skyrim (I...
  12. Mark de sousa

    £1700 pre build gaming p

    Hi Flynn, Have a look at my post, "waiting for Christmas", I was looking at the following pre-build. I heavily modified it and am finally reaching a decision on the spec - quite similar to yours. Have a look: Kin'Yobi VR Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1800X 8-Core Mark
  13. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Hi all, Just a bit of an update. I had a chat with their sales team, and what started as a Kin'Yobi VR Gaming PC 1800x - has ended up as this: Kin'Yobi VR Gaming PC Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass RGB Special Edition - Black/White Phanteks RGB LED Strip Starter Kit (PH-LEDKT_CMBO) AMD Ryzen 5...
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    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Born - Thanks for that. I think you are right. I have been saving and looking for so long I just wanted to make sure I get the best that I can afford. I just need to decide between these two systems and go for it! 4K - Thanks for the advice, I will see if the budget can allow. i need to check...
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    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Kin'Yobi VR Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1800X 8-Core https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-kin-yobi-vr-gaming-pc-amd-ryzen-1800x-8-core-fs-1c2-og.html#p=bjHp2.!ZbjHq2.~@bjHr2.~wbjHJ2.~X I am also looking at this system, which after improving the GPU (1070TI) and increasing the size of the...
  16. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    My basket at Overclockers UK: 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £199.99 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400S Glass Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Black/Red= £83.99 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail...
  17. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Sorry. I will add the pic later. It never works from my phone.
  18. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Sorry, always comes out weird on my phone. That's the top spec I am looking at. It has now gone above my approx £1,500 budget, so I might have to reduce the cost of some of the parts, either the board or the ram. I should get a cheaper case, but I really like it! Mark
  19. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Well, I was looking to get it delivered at the begining of Jan. I just wasn't that bothered about getting it for Christmas day. I don't really know much about Ryzen 2000. More research for me....
  20. Mark de sousa

    Buy now or wait for Christmas/New year's deals?

    Thanks all. I will wait and see what happens. Mark
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