birthday build (spec me a system)

Problem Child said:
Wouldn't the OCZ be able to power two 6870's then if i wanted them at a later date?
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its got the power, it just only has two PCI-E connectors, so you would have to use molex to pci-e power adaptors, which look ugly
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the XFX has four connectors as standard, but luckily if you aint worried about this the graphic cards will come with molex to pci-e adaptors anyway, so no extra purchases are needed.
 
Mojo said:
I must admit I'm not very clued up on monitors, but how come you've gone for the dell? It's only 23", and you can get 24 inch monitors for less than £200.
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If you can afford it, it's one of the best monitor available right now.

There are 3 monitor panel technologies, from cheapest to most expensive; TN, VA and IPS.

TN panels are what in 99% of cheap to sub £200 monitors, they're fast so are good for gaming but otherwise that's about it. VA panels have decent colour and black levels but are the slowest of the 3. IPS panels are the cream of the crop, best colours, contrast, viewing angles and also fast, particularly that Dell.

It may be 23", but it's still 1920x1080 and it is ridiculously good, despite the price, it's one of the most affordable IPS panels out now.

The only drawback that I've read on the Dell is that some people have a green-pink tint across the screen, some worse than others. So it could turn into a case of monitor tennis, where you have to send it back until you get a decent one.
 
stulid said:
its got the power, it just only has two PCI-E connectors, so you would have to use molex to pci-e power adaptors, which look ugly
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the XFX has four connectors as standard, but luckily if you aint worried about this the graphic cards will come with molex to pci-e adaptors anyway, so no extra purchases are needed.
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If you ever need to resort to molex adaptors, you can just use 6/8-pin extensions and bury the adaptors out of sight somewhere. But then for the price of the extensions, you may as well have just bought a suitable PSU in the first place ;)
 
crackerbear said:
If you can afford it, it's one of the best monitor available right now.

There are 3 monitor panel technologies, from cheapest to most expensive; TN, VA and IPS.

TN panels are what in 99% of cheap to sub £200 monitors, they're fast so are good for gaming but otherwise that's about it. VA panels have decent colour and black levels but are the slowest of the 3. IPS panels are the cream of the crop, best colours, contrast, viewing angles and also fast, particularly that Dell.

It may be 23", but it's still 1920x1080 and it is ridiculously good, despite the price, it's one of the most affordable IPS panels out now.

The only drawback that I've read on the Dell is that some people have a green-pink tint across the screen, some worse than others. So it could turn into a case of monitor tennis, where you have to send it back until you get a decent one.
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Ah, cheers man, I always wondered why some monitors were so much more expensive. I knew there were different panel types, but never knew which ones did what.
 
Mojo said:
Ah, cheers man, I always wondered why some monitors were so much more expensive. I knew there were different panel types, but never knew which ones did what.
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That was the panel types in a nutshell, there's still different sub panel types like M-VA, P-VA, E-IPS, H-IPS but what I said above still holds true :)
 
LOL - monitor tennis :)

Reminds me of money tennis which me and a mate had a good game of when online banking was new. Cheeky £5 drop shot... BANG - £250 baseline drive... £500 smash for the win... OK this is silly... anyone remember what we started with???

Aaaaaaaanyway...
 
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