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Ordered the M2 adaptor too , though going from Sata II to Sata III will be a jump going that extra bit is worth it for under £20

Mine has finally been shipped , due tomorrow , sheesh they must be knackered packing it all , I am just waiting lol
 
Getting mine tomorrow! :D Also brought 750w platinum superflower, Asus m.2 ssd adapter and a EK evo block upgrade kit! :) skint now!

Got the same PSU and a 750D case to go with it. Never even thought about an adapter! Oh well, a good excuse to recheck the sales on Monday when I get paid.

Ideally there would be a half decent laptop for internet browsing and storing photos to get my partner for her Christmas around the £300 mark but I don't see any.
 
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with additional components

M2 Adaptor
and a
Gigabyte GTX960 Windforce 4096MB
 
I've clearly missed something here, what's wrong with the M.2 socket on the board?

im sure someone else will come along and tell you the more technical stuff but basically for some reason gigabyte have only put a 10gb bandwidth slot on the motherboard which will still be fast but it will only run the ssd at around half the speed that the ssd is capable of
 
Spending all that money and pairing with a 960? :confused:

You forget that people buying this will probably buying it for non gaming reasons primarily (otherwise a 4 core i5 would probably do). You are rarely going to need more than a 4 core i7 or even i5 for games.

I have bought it as the 6 cores and 12 threads + high speed DDR4 will help hugely with my DAW work. Also, the platform will be set up to get a 6900k 8 core Broadwell E cpu when they start going for reasonable prices :D
 
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Doesn't look like M.2 adapter will arrive until next week as no dispatch note yet , just wondering if can use in the board slot to install OS then put the ssd in the adapter afterwards without a reinstall rather than wait 3 days

Might just work :)
 
Doesn't look like M.2 adapter will arrive until next week as no dispatch note yet , just wondering if can use in the board slot to install OS then put the ssd in the adapter afterwards without a reinstall rather than wait 3 days

Might just work :)

when i was on the phone to them the sale guy said they had plenty of them in stock
 
I'm less concerned about the M2 adaptor. After all I find normal SSDs are fast and playing stuff like Battlefield I'm waiting on servers to be ready, not my current PC. But what I am a little worried about is fan noise from the cooler. The blurb says a fan controller could be needed ......
 
Love ocuk, but this time parcel was badly packed. The processor box had small tear and CPU cooler had no protection and was on top without any air bags between it and cardboard. Everything seems to be intact though will build on monday. Guess it was really busy
 
yeah, my processor outer packaging was damaged on both sides, decent rips on the front and a 1 inch one across the back. similar comment for the cooler, except the main reason i came here was to see if anyone had mentioned the lack of instructions. I've got a bag of fittings, a cpu block, and not a clue how to install it, and i've stupidly applied the thermal paste before realising this. Theres no overclocking instructions either, which i was expecting (ive seen theres a thread linked, but not viewed it yet).

lol, sorted the cooler out, now i've come to the PSU i also bought, removed the clear wrap, in a rare moment read the 'do not accept if seal is broken' blurb, pulled slightly at the tab, and sure enough its been open at some point. Whoever decided to open it did so against the cardboard so its got a slice there, rather than doing the cut along the gap, so its not a weak seal its been cut. It was shrink wrapped though, and a nosy inside and everything looks factory sealed, but wtf do they(manufacturer) expect customers to do at this point? return it, contact OCUK?
 
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