noob needing spec check

stulid · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:00

Its all pie in the sky, just wait till you are ready to order

Just remembered you are looking at £140'ish GFX cards and not a £270 ATI 7870, sorry

Something Else · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:13

lol maybe one day ill spend almost a weeks wages on a graphics card. hopefully ill have a better job in a few months time and then who knows, maybe ill buy a dual cpu motherboard haha

stulid · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:46

Just be patient and wait

Something Else · 9 Mar 2012 at 22:24

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60gb ssd for the antivirus and os has now arrived. just need the os cpu and gpu now

stulid · 9 Mar 2012 at 22:53

Something Else · 11 Mar 2012 at 02:35

the postie left it in the grey wheelie bin (recycling) nothing gross in there, just plastic cardboard etc but it was very cold out and the ssd was very cold when i got it after work. hope condensation and the cold hasnt damaged it

Something Else · 11 Apr 2012 at 20:42

reet been a while since i put anything on here. ive now got the processor and i also purchased a turtle beach X12

Something Else · 19 Apr 2012 at 03:46

HDD windows 7 and a bluray optical drive are now orderd :cool:

now i just need to save for one more month and i can say hello to a 7950

Something Else · 20 Apr 2012 at 21:16

hdd has arrived. seagate barracuda 1tb 64mb cache 6gbs 7200rpm so it should be a reasonably quick drive

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beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:25

Looking good so far

Something Else · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:26

saturday or monday and the optical drive, artic silver5 and windows 7 should arrive

beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:33

Jamsames said:
saturday or monday and the optical drive, artic silver5 and windows 7 should arrive

Awesome! You must be nearly there?

Something Else · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:37

yea, aside from the gpu which i may be able to purchase next month, everything has been orderd and im just waiting for the stuff to arrive. i orderd the optical drive with artic silver so if that had arrived today i would have got thewhole lot installed ready for windows 7

beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:39

Awesome. Which GPU you thinking of?

Something Else · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:46

im very convinced im getting a 7950. they seem like a bargain compared to 580s plus the one im thinking of should allow me to have a few mods running on skyrim (like hd texture packs)

beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:50

If you can get this, it seems like an awesome deal for an overclocked and custom 7950

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Yes unless its a good price, a 580 isn't necessarily the best choice.
Sorry if you've mentioned before, but what res do you play at?

Something Else · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:58

it does seem decent, especially for the price. i was originally thinking of getting a GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7950 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

i found it on another site for £317 it has a slightly higher core speed of 900mhz but i cant see that making any difference haha.

why did you have to throw a spanner in the works lol. looks like ill be getting that vtx now

Something Else · 21 Apr 2012 at 00:00

gpus can be overclocked though right? apparently 7950's can go ovr 1000mhz core?

beejjacobs · 21 Apr 2012 at 00:03

Yes! GPUs are one of the easiest things to overclock. Download MSI Afterburner!

With a custom cooler [such as the VTX3D] you tend to be able to get high overclocks

Something Else · 21 Apr 2012 at 00:08

sweet then. just been searching on google shopping for that gpu, its £380+ everywhere else!! O.o