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Have you decided on any games yet you wish to try??
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I've asked him that very question in post no 185
Apologises but I've been up since 5am and I have done a 14 hour day at work! I'm a little tired!!
Yeah.
So far Deus Ex looks good. I've also heard good things about Arkham City.
I've got Arkham City but I've yet to play it.. I have to get back into gaming something major!! I have Mafia 2 to play, GTA 4 plus the two add on's, COD 5 and Black Ops, most of the Battlefield games (I've only completed 1942!!) Plus god knows what else!! I think I need to go through my games in an A to Z list!!
Is this the one? It's £25 on ASDA online? http://direct.asda.com/Deus-Ex:-Human-Revolution-[Limited-Edition]---PC/003754540,default,pd.html
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Have you tried any benchmarks or any overclocking yet?? I'm interested to see how easy it is to overclock! 
Have you tried any benchmarks or any overclocking yet?? I'm interested to see how easy it is to overclock!
There you go:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18365652
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Thanks for that Looks a little easier for overclocking than the i7's!! Mine were a nightmare to overclock past 4.3Ghz... 4.5Ghz was a killer!!
Looks a little easier for overclocking than the i7's!! Mine were a nightmare to overclock past 4.3Ghz... 4.5Ghz was a killer!!Have you tried any benchmarks or any overclocking yet?? I'm interested to see how easy it is to overclock!
Not yet. I've got these bloody exams this week coming. After that, I'll do some benchmarks stock. I may try overclocking but without the GPU, as I've only got a 430W PSU. I don't want to push it's luck. Next purchases will be a PSU and a better case, but that may be in the summer.
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If you have a watt meter it might be handy just to see what its pulling from the wall.. The i7 with 762, with a 580, all the hard drives, fans, pumps etc I had in the system at idle was pulling 330w to 350w at idle.. I didn't try adding more 580's but I will be at some point!
As and when you do sell your PSU, I may well be very interested in buying it from you if your looking to sell
As and when you do sell your PSU, I may well be very interested in buying it from you if your looking to sell
Thanks for that
Yeah, it was my first experience and I was surprised myself- it was not hard at all. Of course auto OC, or just upping turbo frequency would be simpler still, but that increased Vcore by way too much. Manual OC has cooler temps and saves power.
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I always try to do overclocking manually but its sometimes very hard and even more so when you haven't done it with the rig in nearly two years!! But I managed it and got to rank 3 LinX testing I was very pleased
But I managed it and got to rank 3 LinX testing I was very pleased If that's to download it from Game, why do I need Steam to activate it?
Steam acts not just as client but also as DRM. Deus Ex:HR always runs on steam- wherever you buy it from.
THe upside is that you wont have to look for latest patches, steam will update the game automatically.
Good luck with your exams!
Ah ok. So should I just download it from Steam then and use the Game activation details? Or does it even matter?
Thanks.