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Lemin

Lemin

Lemin

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Upgrading my i7 2600k, 8gig ram and gtx 970, 1080p monitor rig.
Striking while wife is onside, she is always offside !
Will upgrade monitor at xmas. Any ram or other issues with this build please.....


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,068.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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I'd keep hold of the 970 for now. And show your wife the price of the 1080, and get her to agree that you can spend the same amount or less on one of the new faster cards coming out (months, in any case should be well before xmas which is when you get the monitor and actually need the better card presumably).
 
Got for it, would recommend finding another 1070ti as you can just over clock them to slightly above stock 1080 performance. 1080 is worth it if you can find rare 11Gbps version or are the same price as cheaper 1070ti .

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,330.07 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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Hard to stay out the dog house for days ! that 1080 is only £30 more than the Zotac 1070ti. Then i can look good with my gtx 1080 ;) Thanks for the ideas, is the ram good or will it need tweaks. tyvm

EDIT also if i save any money she will just keep it, gotta use it all lol
 
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Lemin said:
Hard to stay out the dog house for days ! that 1080 is only £30 more than the Zotac 1070ti. Then i can look good with my gtx 1080 ;) Thanks for the ideas, is the ram good or will it need tweaks. tyvm

EDIT also if i save any money she will just keep it, gotta use it all lol
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Get 8 Pack 3200hz kit

Samsung B Die

Also it's only 2 year warranty for a lot of cash
 
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Lemin said:
Hard to stay out the dog house for days ! that 1080 is only £30 more than the Zotac 1070ti. Then i can look good with my gtx 1080 ;) Thanks for the ideas, is the ram good or will it need tweaks. tyvm

EDIT also if i save any money she will just keep it, gotta use it all lol
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So just pretend you've spent it, put it to one side, then buy the new card when it comes out.

I can't believe you're having to do that though personally, sounds like she's got you well pegged. :p
 
You have all scared me now, with price drops. Will have to think a bit. Not scared of wife, when shes sober !
 
Like 5 year warranty idea, cant go much more cash anyway. Shame i have to get the mobo and gfx elsewhere.
Looking like this now...

Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - £289.99

Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - £158.99

Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 - £134.99

Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 TI AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card


£ 1015
 
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Zotac extends the warranty for free to 5 years worldwide and to lifetime in North America if one registers the card within 28 days of purchase
 
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Zotac extends the warranty for free to 5 years worldwide and to lifetime in North America if one registers the card within 28 days of purchase
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Yes, it's were you have to mail the card to be fixed I think after 3 years . Mught have changed and ocuk handle it all 5 years but I don't think so

Entatech no longer exist and where distributor for them In 2017 . Got a friend's 11gbps 1080 extreme there for £400 :D

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/29756723

Hopefully they have sorted new UK distributor , GNR who took over Enta don't stock a lot of their cards though ...
 
And theres me thinking id got one over you :(
Still i will risk it YOLO, been lucky and never had a card rma. All my old kit goes to grandkids so never any extra cash there. Thanks for advice, things moving too fast for me nowerdays. As long as it boots with ram ill be good to go.
 
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And theres me thinking id got one over you :(
Still i will risk it YOLO, been lucky and never had a card rma. All my old kit goes to grandkids so never any extra cash there. Thanks for advice, things moving too fast for me nowerdays. As long as it boots with ram ill be good to go.
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Extreme is a beat of a card mind !

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Just had massive rank emails with zotac as I had bought a card from their distributor who went bust and wasn't least with any answer of who do I RMA *if and shouldn't* break ..
 
Reusing my
Coolermaster Black NVIDIA Edition Stacker 830
250gb ssd
4 sata hard drives
Must have... DVD-RW
Corsair AX850 850w Gold PSU

OMG thats all six mobo sata ports used on day 1.
 
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My 1st cpu was poor, but all the rest were awesome. Hope my trend continues.
Went from...
Celeron
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core i7-2600K
Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X

edit... all bought from ocuk ;)
 
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