** TWO INCREDIBLE PRE-ORDER DEALS FOR CHRISTMAS!! **

[Gibbo]

Hi there


Got a couple of incredible deals for you and the AMD card comes with AMD Gold award and Civilization game code.




MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £239.99 inc VAT

The MSI R9 290X Lightning is a genuine contender as a powerful gaming card. Not quantified by "for a Radeon", this thing is fast, full stop. Easy, and rewarding to overclock with a fantastic cooler and every option you could want. It's Brilliant. It's Rapid. It's Yellow. It's a worthy winner of our OC3D Gold Award and the best Radeon card on the market today.

Features:-
- Triple Level Signals: Show the real time GPU load by different colours
- TriFrozr Thermal Design: Triple PWM fans with independent control system on
- Pure Digital PWM Control: Digitally controlled GPU, Memory and VDDC.
- Twin BIOS: Seperated BIOS chips for regular use and LN2 overclocking.
- Enhanced Power: 12 GPU phases and 3 memory phases on a custom designed 12 layers PCB for amazing overclocking potential.
- Military Class 4 Components pass MIL-STD-810G certificatiomn for best stability and quality.
- Equipped with CopperMOS, Hi-C CAPS, New SFC and All Dark Solid CAPs.
- Triple Overvoltage: Total control with GPU, Memory and PLL voltage adjustment.
- Triple Temp Monitor: Real time monitoring of GPU, Memory and PLL Conditions.
- V-Check point: For direct and accurate read-out of GPU, memory and PLL voltage.

Specification:-
- Radeon R9 290X
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1030MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz (Samsung IC)
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin required
- Warranty: 3yr
- Download PDF Presentation: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kkxjuw2a0n421v/R9 290X LIGHTNING Infokit 1_0 - PDF Version.pdf


Was [£299.99] Inc. VAT

Only £239.99 inc VAT.

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Samsung S34E790C 34" WideScreen Super-Wide Curved LED Monitor @ £799.99 inc VAT

21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (3440*1440) display offers visual comfort with 2.4 times more visual information at one time than a Full HD monitor. And also, the QHD resolution’s 1440p vertical height allows you to use more vertically than a 29 inch 21:9 monitor.

VA’s 178’ wide viewing angles, close to 180’, allow you to view the screen clearly without distortion. Also, the Curved VA provides an immersive viewing angle covering the entire viewing angle around your range of vision.

You are guaranteed an immersive artwork by perceiving the same color as a subject on display or print through a sRGB over 100% colourspace and VA’s accurate colour expression.


Specification:-
- Screen Size Class (diagonal): 34" Curved
- Panel Type: VA
- Aspect Ratio: 21:9
- Resolution: 3440x1440
- Color Gamut (CIE1931): sRGB 100%
- Brightness (typical): 300 cd/m2
- Contrast Ratio(Original): 3000:1
- Response Time: 4ms
- Viewing Angle (CR>10): 178/178
- Colour Depth (Num of Colours): 16.7M (8-Bit)
- Pixel Pitch (mm): 0.2325
- Surface Treatment: Anti-Glare 3H
- Curve: 3000R
- Connectivity: 2x HDMI 1.4 (50Hz), 1x DisplayPort 1.2 (60Hz)
- USB 3.0 Hub: Yes x4 (1up 4down)
- Speakers: 2x 7W
- Tilt: -5 / +20
- VESA: 100x100
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£989.99] Inc. VAT

Only £799.99 inc VAT.

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Both products and deals are exclusive to OcUK and are only whilst they remain on pre-order status, stock is due on both items mid-end next week. A cracking Christmas deal!!

 

[Gibbo]

God damn you Gibbo!

Ordered one of the Lightnings, can't say no at that price.

When you get it, fancy posting a review and please focus on the overclocking as these are LE edition with reduced 1030MHz core, so be interested to see how they clock.

The last time MSI did an LE of a Lightning with lower core clock they were actually clocking better than the full blown edition, so be good to hear your findings.

 

[Gibbo]

So is this version physically exactly the same card as the OC version just with reduced clocks?

Yes the card is identical in everyway.

 

[Gibbo]

Good stuff.

Might order a couple to warm up my room and have a tinker.

Best 290X on the market, the only card which rivals the Lightning is the Vapor-X and you could argue the PCS+ is a good card, but at this price this card is hands down winner!

Bear in mind, this is a spot buy, MSI just sold me their inventory to get clear, we've pre-sold 20 already so we might be taking them off-sale soon as we only got 164pc coming in.

 

[Gibbo]

God damnit Gibbo, why do you always drop these deals when I feel I finally know what I want? Might give this card nd monitor a bash over the MSI 970 and LG 34" I had planned to get, why not!

At 3440x1440 a 290X should beat a 970 due to better memory interface.

 

[Gibbo]

Is that due to the upcoming 390x?

More likely as its aged stock, they are not doing deals on the regular 290/290X or the regular Lightning.

 

[Gibbo]

Could it be because they sent you 2 of MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Lite Edition rather than MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning? Just received one and it has a "Lite Edition" sticker on the box. The GTX780 Lighting Lite editions were underclocked budget versions, but I cant find any further info at all on a MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Lite Edition even existing... I'm not the happiest of bunnies. Anyway. gg.

LE refers only to clock speeds, hence the lower 1030MHz core.

Components and parts used are all identical.

I have a none LE version here, the power connectors are identical to the one in the picture, they are a tight fit. Saying that I've ran them off Superflower, Antec and Corsair PSU's all with no issues its just tight!

 

[Gibbo]

There's tight, but mine are beyond ridiculous. Once you've struggled to get the Pcie power leads in. They are virtually impossible to get back out other than having to pry the cooler up from the board which is not how it should be.

It took 2 of us just to get the leads back out safely to prevent causing damage to the cooler or board. 1 of us had to carefully pry the cooler up away from the board, whilst I struggled to clip the leads back out, damaging my Pcie clip in the process.

How do we resolve this?

This is how they all.
So you either return it under the DSR/CCR or whatever it is called now for a refund or put up with it as this is simply the design of the Lightning.

 

[Gibbo]

This is how they are? So you reckon it's the norm needing 2 people to remove a Pcie lead from the connector block. 1 to pry up the cooler whilst the other unclips the plug?

8 Pack has no issue with them, but OK he is huge, but never had an issue either, yes it is very tight but they go in and come back out, just not the best design.

Yours are no different to any other, hence the only option is a refund, replacing will not sure as they are all the same.

 

[Gibbo]

Unless you have these particular cards to hand, it's impossible for you to comment that they are 'all the same' and not defective. These particular cards I've got could actually have ill fitted coolers. Do you actually think I'm new to this Pc lark? I've had most of the high end cards and never come across it this bad.

I can easily tell from your photo though.

I have a full blown Lightning on my desk and 8 Pack has one on his. I've compared your photo to both these cards and the gap is identical, basically what gap, unfortunately.

Yes its clearly a design flaw but there is no fix, there is no revision to the design, this is how they are.

 

[Gibbo]

Mine is exactly the same mate.

As are my two and every other Ligntning I have seen and used.

It is the way they are, as said we will refund you if you don't want to keep it.

 

[Gibbo]

If you seen me in person, you'd realise this is not a strength issue. Look at the pic again. You are pushing a flimsy plastic connector up against the metal cooler which will not just lift by pushing the block in on mine. It would break if I just used brute force. With mine you have to physical pull the cooler up by hand to get the plug in and out.

That's how I unplug mine I use one hand to make the gap between cooler and power connectors bigger and other hand to unplug or plug in as it's very tight.

 

[Gibbo]

Mine seems to get around 1235mhz with max volts.

Typical MSI this, had exactly the same with the last LE cards, they clocked just as well as full blown editions.

MSI overclock testing must be super extreme as that is a very good result on a 290X especially this far into its production cycle.