Advice for noob

stulid · 29 Dec 2014 at 18:53

These 7950's are basically R9 280s - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1673

The Superflower 550W is currently £10 less than normal - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF

tamiya monkey · 29 Dec 2014 at 19:21

Hi Stulid, i would rather pay a little more for the video card as the one i choose comes with a 3 year warranty, ive changed my list though psu wise to include the superflower one, cheers for that.

stulid · 29 Dec 2014 at 19:22

Looks solid choices then.

Check the length of the GFX card and that it fits in the case and doesn't hit any drive cages.

P4Clock · 29 Dec 2014 at 19:33

tamiya monkey said:
Hi Stulid, i would rather pay a little more for the video card as the one i choose comes with a 3 year warranty, ive changed my list though psu wise to include the superflower one, cheers for that.

then spend an extra £20 and got more power.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-323-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

tamiya monkey · 31 Dec 2014 at 18:13

Started off with a simple upgrade lol, now ive gone mad, ok know looking at a 280x, cooler master calculator comes out at 485w, so im guessing im still ok with the 550w superflower psu.

it may not be the fastest or most powerful pc but its a big jump for me. better stay clear before someone talks me into getting a r9 290 lol.

Cheers all, i will come back and let you know how i find it.

Danny75 · 31 Dec 2014 at 23:43

tamiya monkey said:
Started off with a simple upgrade lol, now ive gone mad, ok know looking at a 280x, cooler master calculator comes out at 485w, so im guessing im still ok with the 550w superflower psu.

it may not be the fastest or most powerful pc but its a big jump for me. better stay clear before someone talks me into getting a r9 290 lol.

What do you take us for? We wouldn't recommend anything other than quad Titan Blacks.

Deus Ex · 1 Jan 2015 at 12:22

Off topic, but slam an SSD in your sons pc, with a q6600 that will be a pretty decent pc still for productivity and light gaming perhaps.

thomasjarvis52 · 1 Jan 2015 at 18:28

I ran bf4 on med settings on a gtx640 with i5 4670k

tamiya monkey · 4 Feb 2015 at 22:12

Hi all, got pc up and running, ended up getting a 256gb ssd, very happy with performance, its the heat from the cpu and motherboard thats got me thinking, i bought a akasa ak-876 cooler but when playing bf4, cpu goes above 60, fitted stock fan and it seems cooler, so can someone recommend a good fan, clearly skimping on the fan wasn't my best idea.