Asus GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £539.99 inc VAT
The world’s record GPU frequency of 2.20GHz was set on Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics cards made by Asustek and EVGA. While it is hard to believe that the GM204 GPU can be pushed further towards 2.30GHz – 2.40GHz, the new Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce GTX 980 graphics card is designed to do just that when put under extreme overclocking by the professionals such as 8 Pack.
Asustek Computer on Wednesday unveiled its new graphics card that has all chances to become one of the best graphics cards for overclocking ever produced. The Matrix GTX 980 boasts not only a powerful DirectCU II cooling system (featuring two fans and five heat-pipes) and custom design of printed-circuit board, but it features extremely sophisticated 14-phase voltage regulator module (VRM) that can do magic things for overclocking as well as some other technologies for those, who want to push the graphics card to the extremes.
The digital 14-phase VRM is based on concrete-core chokes, solid-state black metallic capacitors and hardened MOSFETs. The board features two 8-pin PCIe auxiliary power connectors that can deliver up to 300W of power to the graphics board (in addition to 75W supplied through PCIe x16 slot) and one 4-pin Molex connector for memory defroster power loop. When cooled to sub-zero temperatures during extreme overclocking, the memory defroster keeps the memory chips just above freezing, preventing cold bugs from hindering overclocking.
e Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce GTX 980 4GB will be the most powerful Nvidia GM204-based graphics card in Asustek’s lineup. The graphics processor of the monster graphics adapter is rated to run at up to 1342MHz out-of-the-box, a significant increase from 1216MHz recommended by Nvidia.
The ROG Matrix Platinum GTX 980 is the fourth GeForce GTX 980 graphics card in Asus’ family. The company carries a reference GeForce GTX 980, Strix GTX 980 with DirectCU II cooler and Poseidon GTX 980 featuring a hybrid cooling solution that use similar PCBs with 10-phase VRMs as well as the new ROG Matrix Platinum GTX 980 card that sports a brand-new printed-circuit board with 14-phase VRM as well as DirectCU II cooling system.
The current 2.20GHz GPU clock-rate records were set by professional overclockers using Asus Strix GTX 980 and EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0 graphics cards that were cooled by liquid nitrogen cooling.
The Strix GTX 980 sports custom design of printed-circuit board with 10-phase digital VRM, the same one is used by Asus Poseidon GTX 980 graphics card, which has proven to be among the best in the industry. EVGA’s GTX 980 Classified sports custom PCB with 14-phase VRM, its voltages can be controlled using a special device. It will be very interesting to see whether Asustek’s engineers have managed to create a better voltage-regulating module than developers from EVGA and whether such VRM actually enables better overclocking. Will the record of 2.20GHz/9GHz (GPU/memory) stand or fall?
Features:
- DIGI+ VRM with 14-phase Super Alloy Power: deliver 30% less power noise and 2.5X greater durability.
- Japanese-made black metallic capacitors: 20% better temperature endurance and 5X longer lifetime usage.
- ROG LED light: pulsate in glorious red when the card is active.
- GPU Tweak: modify clock speeds, voltage and more via an intuitive interface.
- GPU Tweak Streaming: let you share on-screen action in real time – so others can watch live as games are played.
Specification:-
- GeForce GTX 980
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1253MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1342MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 2048
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 1x Dual-Link DVI, 3x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 2x8-Pin
- 600W PSU Required
- 375W TDP
- Warranty: 3yr
Only £539.99 inc VAT.
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Kingston 480GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/480G) @ £134.99 inc VAT
Get more life out of your computer and maximise your existing investment by replacing your old hard drive with a Kingston® SSDNow V300 solid-state drive. It’s the most cost-e cient way to dramatically improve the responsiveness of your system — and it’s less disruptive than migrating your data to a new system.
SSDNow V300 features an LSI® SandForce® controller customised for Kingston and optimised for next-generation Flash memory to deliver the utmost in quality and reliability from two leading SSD brands. Because it’s made with solid-state components and has no moving parts, it’s shock-proof and withstands drops and bumps.
SSDNow V300 is easy to install and available in kits that include all the accessories you’ll need, including the software to clone your les and OS in minutes. It’s backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability.
Features:
Faster — improves speed of loading applications and system boot up
Reliable — with no moving parts, solid-state drives are less likely to fail than standard hard drives
Economical — design optimised to make migrating to an SSD more a ordable
Convenient — all-in-one kits with all the components for easy installation
Multiple capacities — to t your workload
Form factor — 2.5-inch drive available in 7.0mm with adapter to fit in 9.5mm systems
Silent — cool and silent operation
Specifications
Form factor 2.5"
Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 Capacitie: 480GB
Baseline performance Compressible data transfer (ATTO): 450MB/s read and 450MB/s write
Incompressible data transfer (AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark): 480GB - 450MB/s read and 208MB/s write
IOMETER maximum random 4k read/write: 480GB — up to 73,000/ up to 28,000 IOPS
PCMARK® Vantage HDD Suite score: 480GB: 57,000
Power consumption: 0.640 W idle / 1.423 W read / 2.052 W write
Storage temperatures -40°C~85°C
Operating temperatures 0°C~70°C
Dimensions 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7mm
Weight 58.45g
Vibration operating 2.17G peak (7–800Hz)
Vibration non-operating 20G peak (10–2000Hz)
Life expectancy 1 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support 3-year warranty with free technical support
Total Bytes Written (TBW): 480GB: 256TB
Only £134.99 inc VAT.
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The world’s record GPU frequency of 2.20GHz was set on Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics cards made by Asustek and EVGA. While it is hard to believe that the GM204 GPU can be pushed further towards 2.30GHz – 2.40GHz, the new Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce GTX 980 graphics card is designed to do just that when put under extreme overclocking by the professionals such as 8 Pack.
Asustek Computer on Wednesday unveiled its new graphics card that has all chances to become one of the best graphics cards for overclocking ever produced. The Matrix GTX 980 boasts not only a powerful DirectCU II cooling system (featuring two fans and five heat-pipes) and custom design of printed-circuit board, but it features extremely sophisticated 14-phase voltage regulator module (VRM) that can do magic things for overclocking as well as some other technologies for those, who want to push the graphics card to the extremes.
The digital 14-phase VRM is based on concrete-core chokes, solid-state black metallic capacitors and hardened MOSFETs. The board features two 8-pin PCIe auxiliary power connectors that can deliver up to 300W of power to the graphics board (in addition to 75W supplied through PCIe x16 slot) and one 4-pin Molex connector for memory defroster power loop. When cooled to sub-zero temperatures during extreme overclocking, the memory defroster keeps the memory chips just above freezing, preventing cold bugs from hindering overclocking.
e Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce GTX 980 4GB will be the most powerful Nvidia GM204-based graphics card in Asustek’s lineup. The graphics processor of the monster graphics adapter is rated to run at up to 1342MHz out-of-the-box, a significant increase from 1216MHz recommended by Nvidia.
The ROG Matrix Platinum GTX 980 is the fourth GeForce GTX 980 graphics card in Asus’ family. The company carries a reference GeForce GTX 980, Strix GTX 980 with DirectCU II cooler and Poseidon GTX 980 featuring a hybrid cooling solution that use similar PCBs with 10-phase VRMs as well as the new ROG Matrix Platinum GTX 980 card that sports a brand-new printed-circuit board with 14-phase VRM as well as DirectCU II cooling system.
The current 2.20GHz GPU clock-rate records were set by professional overclockers using Asus Strix GTX 980 and EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0 graphics cards that were cooled by liquid nitrogen cooling.
The Strix GTX 980 sports custom design of printed-circuit board with 10-phase digital VRM, the same one is used by Asus Poseidon GTX 980 graphics card, which has proven to be among the best in the industry. EVGA’s GTX 980 Classified sports custom PCB with 14-phase VRM, its voltages can be controlled using a special device. It will be very interesting to see whether Asustek’s engineers have managed to create a better voltage-regulating module than developers from EVGA and whether such VRM actually enables better overclocking. Will the record of 2.20GHz/9GHz (GPU/memory) stand or fall?
Features:
- DIGI+ VRM with 14-phase Super Alloy Power: deliver 30% less power noise and 2.5X greater durability.
- Japanese-made black metallic capacitors: 20% better temperature endurance and 5X longer lifetime usage.
- ROG LED light: pulsate in glorious red when the card is active.
- GPU Tweak: modify clock speeds, voltage and more via an intuitive interface.
- GPU Tweak Streaming: let you share on-screen action in real time – so others can watch live as games are played.
Specification:-
- GeForce GTX 980
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1253MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1342MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 2048
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 1x Dual-Link DVI, 3x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 2x8-Pin
- 600W PSU Required
- 375W TDP
- Warranty: 3yr
Only £539.99 inc VAT.
ORDER NOW
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Kingston 480GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/480G) @ £134.99 inc VAT
Get more life out of your computer and maximise your existing investment by replacing your old hard drive with a Kingston® SSDNow V300 solid-state drive. It’s the most cost-e cient way to dramatically improve the responsiveness of your system — and it’s less disruptive than migrating your data to a new system.
SSDNow V300 features an LSI® SandForce® controller customised for Kingston and optimised for next-generation Flash memory to deliver the utmost in quality and reliability from two leading SSD brands. Because it’s made with solid-state components and has no moving parts, it’s shock-proof and withstands drops and bumps.
SSDNow V300 is easy to install and available in kits that include all the accessories you’ll need, including the software to clone your les and OS in minutes. It’s backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability.
Features:
Faster — improves speed of loading applications and system boot up
Reliable — with no moving parts, solid-state drives are less likely to fail than standard hard drives
Economical — design optimised to make migrating to an SSD more a ordable
Convenient — all-in-one kits with all the components for easy installation
Multiple capacities — to t your workload
Form factor — 2.5-inch drive available in 7.0mm with adapter to fit in 9.5mm systems
Silent — cool and silent operation
Specifications
Form factor 2.5"
Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 Capacitie: 480GB
Baseline performance Compressible data transfer (ATTO): 450MB/s read and 450MB/s write
Incompressible data transfer (AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark): 480GB - 450MB/s read and 208MB/s write
IOMETER maximum random 4k read/write: 480GB — up to 73,000/ up to 28,000 IOPS
PCMARK® Vantage HDD Suite score: 480GB: 57,000
Power consumption: 0.640 W idle / 1.423 W read / 2.052 W write
Storage temperatures -40°C~85°C
Operating temperatures 0°C~70°C
Dimensions 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7mm
Weight 58.45g
Vibration operating 2.17G peak (7–800Hz)
Vibration non-operating 20G peak (10–2000Hz)
Life expectancy 1 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support 3-year warranty with free technical support
Total Bytes Written (TBW): 480GB: 256TB
Only £134.99 inc VAT.
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