25 Apr 2014 at 20:37 #21 stulid stulid Caporegime Joined 17 Jan 2010 Posts 66,731 Location weston-super-mare Change the card, MSI are not doing to great as of late with oil leaks from the fan bearings.
25 Apr 2014 at 20:40 #22 tamzzy tamzzy Man of Honour Joined 26 May 2012 Posts 19,720 tamzzy said: change the board Click to expand... stulid said: Change the card, MSI are not doing to great as of late with oil leaks from the fan bearings. Click to expand... change everything! ;p YOUR BASKET 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £134.99 1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99 1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £53.99 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99 1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99 Total : £506.03 (includes shipping : £11.75). Last edited: 25 Apr 2014
tamzzy said: change the board Click to expand... stulid said: Change the card, MSI are not doing to great as of late with oil leaks from the fan bearings. Click to expand... change everything! ;p YOUR BASKET 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £134.99 1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99 1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £53.99 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99 1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99 Total : £506.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).
1 May 2014 at 21:52 #23 MrHappy MrHappy Associate OP Joined 17 Apr 2014 Posts 7 Location Kent So now i have a budget to work with and looking at what is in stock and what is on offer this week. How about this? YOUR BASKET 1 x "Recon iX44" Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) Quad Core Value Gaming Bundle £229.99 - 1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0.00 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 FTW ACX 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3063-KR) £149.99 1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £67.99 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £55.99 1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99 Total : £551.95 (includes shipping : £12.50). Recon bundle gives me back the intel with some discount. Nvidia card with free Watchdogs is a nice oppurtunity. Case works.
So now i have a budget to work with and looking at what is in stock and what is on offer this week. How about this? YOUR BASKET 1 x "Recon iX44" Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) Quad Core Value Gaming Bundle £229.99 - 1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0.00 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 FTW ACX 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3063-KR) £149.99 1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £67.99 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £55.99 1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99 Total : £551.95 (includes shipping : £12.50). Recon bundle gives me back the intel with some discount. Nvidia card with free Watchdogs is a nice oppurtunity. Case works.
1 May 2014 at 21:57 #24 dacads dacads Soldato Joined 3 Sep 2012 Posts 11,501 Location P town hmm.. for the same price you can get a better SSD http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-167-SA Not sure about the GTX 660 that is a generation old now so I would stick with a R9 270 or actually 270X which is also £150 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-162-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982
hmm.. for the same price you can get a better SSD http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-167-SA Not sure about the GTX 660 that is a generation old now so I would stick with a R9 270 or actually 270X which is also £150 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-162-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982
8 May 2014 at 11:21 #25 MrHappy MrHappy Associate OP Joined 17 Apr 2014 Posts 7 Location Kent PC is now bought and in the process of being installed. (When being at work does not get in the way. /sigh) My thanks to everyone that gave their thoughts and opinions.
PC is now bought and in the process of being installed. (When being at work does not get in the way. /sigh) My thanks to everyone that gave their thoughts and opinions.