Well let the buyer's remorse begin. Just pulled the trigger on the Gigabyte 680 at today's special price.
Actually feeling a little nauseous, but I spent so much time looking and justifying that I just had to say 'screw it' and go for it.
Now if you'll humour me, my justification follows:
My birthday is next week and it's my present to myself, I also have a week off work from this Friday so meant if I was getting one at all, now was the logical time to do so.
I wanted to wait for a custom cooler, but by all accounts and on Youtube videos I've watched, the reference 680 is super quiet anyway.
I wanted to wait for the 670 which is almost here, but supposedly it'll be around £350 anyway and more importantly it isn't here yet so not ready for my week off.
I'm upgrading from a GTX 460 direct CU 768mb. The 680 is a truly epic upgrade so I feel it will be worth it.
I got the Gigabyte version with a 3 year warranty, and good UK RMA. Yeah EVGA would have been better but not in stock.
I bought it from OCUK despite possibly getting it cheaper elsewhere because I trust OCUK, especially their stock levels.
It didn't dent my bank balance much at all.
I've finally scratched that upgrade itch.
For the negative side: I've just spent a load of cash on essentially a frivolity, and what's more one with no other function than eye candy, albeit interactive.
Let's see how I feel when it arrives, apparently the Gigabyte one is very bare bones with no extras or fanfare, so I'd better get a load of Haribo at least.
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