So who got one?

ben90 · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:42

I thought it may be a good plan to get an idea of who managed to get one of of promo boards into one thread, and then maybe we can keep track of what sort of overclocks everyone is getting for people who missed out this time.

I manged to get the GD65 after waking up at 11 thinking, oh there's plenty of time until 2 o clock. Wanted the GD 80 but didn't want to risk taking the chance of missing out on both.

Lock/delete if you don't think its necessary but I think it will be interesting.

texitup · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:43

Get your fingers on F5 from 2pm (14:00 BST) and is limited to one board per customer from ***** and Overclockers.

Well the 2pm was a complete lie everywhere already sold out.

icey_haj · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:46

True. Lucky I woke up at 11 as well.

HeX · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:53

texitup said:
Well the 2pm was a complete lie everywhere already sold out.

Not true, there are at least 2 large etailors who haven't put their allocation up yet.

texitup · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:55

HeX said:
Not true, there are at least 2 large etailors who haven't put their allocation up yet.

Thats good to hear HeX thanks.

waso_dude · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:55

Arggg, thats hacked me off now, whats the point in saying a time then not sticking too it?

PwnDirect · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:01

my alarm didnt go off

Tom|Nbk · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:04

Me, lot of faff for a motherboard though. Promo was short lived it seems.

Tom|Nbk · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:04

waso_dude said:
Arggg, thats hacked me off now, whats the point in saying a time then not sticking too it?

Dude, they're a business not your best mate, only bit tech specified a time not OcUK.

People were waiting for the boards with money, other reatilers listed them up at 10am so it's only right OcUK followed suit

EDIT, they are working on getting more stock though.

Barrybear · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:18

was about to buy one from another place as i saw there promo was on then thought better of it.

manic111 · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:20

I've seen the GD65 still available at other places, but don't want to take a punt on it to be honest. If I see a GD80 knocking around I'll be ordering though!

waso_dude · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:25

Got a GD65 now

Now to start looking for other hardware to go with it

icey_haj · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:25

waso_dude said:
Got a GD65 now

Nice one mate.

chippy08 · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:33

I never got the Gd80 as i wanted as it wasnt suppose to be online until 2pm.

zAndy1 · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:37

I think I've got a GD80 , got email conf and order status is 'in warehouse queue'. Not sure whether I should ring up and check I definitely got one though as I can't believe my luck if I did!!

Stanners · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:39

GD80 Here.

C64 · 8 Sep 2009 at 13:10

p55 and corei5 is complete and utter failure imo

it's not even that much cheaper than corei7 these manu's must think were all stupid I would have gone for a promo board if the cpu's were at sensible prices.

HeX · 8 Sep 2009 at 13:24

C64 said:
p55 and corei5 is complete and utter failure imo

it's not even that much cheaper than corei7 these manu's must think were all stupid I would have gone for a promo board if the cpu's were at sensible prices.

Ignoring the bargain deals:

i5 750 Retail
Giga P55 UD3
4GB Gskill Ripjaw 1600MHz CAS8

= £334 delivered.

i7 920 Retail
Giga X58 UD3R
Patriot Viper 6GB 1600MHz CAS8

= £444 delivered

So for ~33% more money, you gain 2GB more mem, Hyperthreading, and Triple channel memory.

Of which (if you are a gamer) only the 2GB is of slightly some use (most games still being perfectly fine with 4GB).

Looking at reviews and benchies the i5 750 rig would match, or even beat the 920 rig in the majority of games.

Is it really worth that extra £110 to go i7? You could buy a 2nd 4890 or a 2nd GTX260 with the money you save...

The only real reason to spend the extra on i7 is for if you are a hardcore user who uses applications that really benefit from Hyperthreading and the extra bandwidth Triple channel provides.

Otherwise i5 is more than enough for anyone.

icey_haj · 8 Sep 2009 at 13:25

C64 said:
p55 and corei5 is complete and utter failure imo

it's not even that much cheaper than corei7 these manu's must think were all stupid I would have gone for a promo board if the cpu's were at sensible prices.

If you got the promo board then it is a fair bit cheaper. Around £130, which if you're just into games is a good chunk towards a new graphics card.

C64 · 8 Sep 2009 at 13:30

well how long has corei7 been out now ? I expect the bottom end i7 chip to be around £150 by now not the budget corei5 lol

yes it works IF you got a discounted msi board but only just lets face it.

I only mean price wise that it's a bit of a failure btw not talking about performance, it is after all supposed to be a budget route ?

and theres not much point quoting ocuk prices (no offence) because maybe that stuff is cheaper elsewhere ? and the difference is less than £100 ?