New Stuff?

NeverWinter · 11 Mar 2015 at 13:53

Managed to get £300 in vouchers from work and I've been wondering what to spend them on - Unfortunately they are not for Overclockers...

Current spec below:

i5-3570K
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
16GB Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 DDR3 PC3-12800C9
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB
Alpenföhn Himalaya 2
SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W
Silverstone Fortress FT02
Dell UltraSharp U2412M
Logitech G700
Logitech Ultra-Flat Keyboard

I was thinking about a new Monitor, ideally I'd like a 27" 1440p. My heart wants the Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" but I can't stretch to the extra money required, what else can you reccommend for around £300?

The only other thing I could think I want is a mech keyboard.

Cheers guys.

Nichrome · 11 Mar 2015 at 14:26

You could look at LG 29UM65. 29 inch, 2560x1080 around 300.
Personally I would also look at HP and BenQ monitors.

NeverWinter · 11 Mar 2015 at 14:35

Not sure that I want to go superwide...

Any of the HP/BenQ's you'd recommend? I did have a look at the BenQ GW2765HT.

NeverWinter · 12 Mar 2015 at 15:16

Nobody have any ideas?

I've been looking at the Das Keyboard 4 and the Filco Ninja Majestouch-2 and I'm not sure but I think brown would be my switch of choice. Unfortunately I don't think there is anywhere close I can actually go and try the switches out.

locrieth · 12 Mar 2015 at 17:02

I think there are a few Mechanical Keyboards out in OCUk but its probably a bit of a trek from Brum to play with a keyboard

NeverWinter · 12 Mar 2015 at 17:03

locrieth said:
I think there are a few Mechanical Keyboards out in OCUk but its probably a bit of a trek from Brum to play with a keyboard

It is indeed

locrieth · 12 Mar 2015 at 17:04

Also regarding the super wide monitor, don't some games have issues with that resolution? I vaugely remember someone saying..... sorry cant elaborate more on that.

DaleTheWhale · 12 Mar 2015 at 17:20

locrieth said:
Also regarding the super wide monitor, don't some games have issues with that resolution? I vaugely remember someone saying..... sorry cant elaborate more on that.

Yes and no, most newer games are more natively supported now.
Some require flawless widescreen to fix the issues.

Having a 29" 2560x1080, I wouldn't ever go back!

locrieth · 13 Mar 2015 at 15:39

I stand corrected