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Vanhishikha

Vanhishikha

Vanhishikha

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Long story short, got scammed on e-bay, get refunded tomorrow, want new pc parts, had these in mind, but!

my budget is like, £488 and the parts I want come to just over that at like £500'ish.

Keyboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-054-RA
PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497
GPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-271-SP
Monitor: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-049-DE

total including shipping: £490.04 -_-..

I'd be willing to sacrifice parts, but the monitor, that's something I really like.

Any thoughts on change guys?

Thanks.
 
the keyboard seems very expensive to me. i'm not saying dont get it, but as someone who doesnt know much about them £115 on a keyboard seems OTT. however, assuming that is a good choice this is what i'd go for:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £199.99
1 x Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £114.98
1 x Dell IN2020N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £95.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
Total : £495.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).
it ends up being £5 more, but you get a modular PSU, a 2GB version of the card and a free copy of Deus X (as well as dirt 3)

the PSU will happily cope with two of those cards in crossfire (if your interested in having three of them in crossfire then you'll need something around the 850W area)
 
Vanhishikha said:
It has no model on it what so ever, I think it's a branded one by the company, it's not antec/corsair/ocz or anything like that, I can tell you that much.
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Certainly something to worry about, never skimp on a PSU is the motto.

Vanhishikha said:
Would I notice that much of a difference in comparison to the 1gb -> 2gb card or not?
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It allows you to run at a higher res with higher eye candy and AA/AF on, without it running out of Vram and then needing to trash the interface bus to the CPU trying to get more data
 
any reason your looking to match that gfx card up with that monitor, seems a bit overkill for the resolution available.

have you had a go one on the keyboards ?
 
mp260767 said:
any reason your looking to match that gfx card up with that monitor, seems a bit overkill for the resolution available.

have you had a go one on the keyboards ?
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I recently purchased a Logitech G19, it was a lovely keyboard, but I soon got rid of it after purchase after I realised I'd rather have that keyboard instead, I have not had a go on it myself, but I've heard they're rather amazing.

The monitor is one that I've had my eye on for a while, now I do prefer having 1920x1080 but I recently had a 1920x1080 but it broke, I like the look of this monitor it looks sleek/very nice and the price is quite astounding.

I'm in desperate need of a new keyboard and I like to keep up to date with modern technologies, I've currently got a Razer Lycosa, but the thing is it's wearing out, keys have got the black finish wearing away due to excessive use and what not, and also on occasion I have to unplug & replug it in to stop it messing up and stuff.

I was looking at this initially:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-038-CS

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-CS

but they do seem somewhat expensive >.<
 
i'd be wary if you haven't tried one then, should be ok, but a lot of money to spend and find out you don't like it.

you spend upward of £300/400 on the mobo/processor/gfx card and you could lose all that with a bad psu, so to spend £80/90 to protect your investment makes sense.
 
mp260767 said:
i'd be wary if you haven't tried one then, should be ok, but a lot of money to spend and find out you don't like it.

you spend upward of £300/400 on the mobo/processor/gfx card and you could lose all that with a bad psu, so to spend £80/90 to protect your investment makes sense.
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With these new parts my spec would be:

Intel core i5 750 @ 3.0GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
1TB HDD
6950 2GB

The 750w would power that with ease wouldn't it? or could I even go to a good 650w?

What do you think?
 
Reaper 392 said:
£115 on a keyboard seems OTT
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Agreed, that's a big chunk of budget that would be much better spent elsewhere in my opinion.

I prefer simple keyboards without a bunch of extra media or programmable buttons, and definitely don't need usb passthrough, audio ouputs, etc, It strikes me as a lot of extra stuff just asking to go wrong.

If you're a power gamer and need all the extra functions plus a makeshift club you can beat a burglar to death with (1.5Kg according to the spec) then fair play, but it seems a staggering amount of money to me.
 
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Last time I visited it was in the £105 region, but I think that was due to the fact that it was infact on sale, :/, disappointing that it still isn't.

I spend a lot of time on my keyboard, I game a lot so therefore I need a good keyboard, I think going all out on a keyboard is somewhat of quite a vital buy for me, if there are any better keyboards out there, then by all means, but so far what I'm going to be getting seems like the following:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games - £199.99

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - £114.98

Dell IN2020N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black - £95.99

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) - £85.99

Total: £511.06 (with shipping)

Maybe someone will post a better keyboard, but I see none on the market at the moment.
 
i'd have a look around, i had a quick glance and there seems to be thoughts/issues about the type of switch used on the razer, as in nosier and not the best for a gaming keyboard.

didn't really go into the guts of the details but might be worth a look around, something i saw similarly priced was the Rosewill RK-9000.
 
mp260767 said:
i'd have a look around, i had a quick glance and there seems to be thoughts/issues about the type of switch used on the razer, as in nosier and not the best for a gaming keyboard.

didn't really go into the guts of the details but might be worth a look around, something i saw similarly priced was the Rosewill RK-9000.
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I have heard mixed reviews from it myself to be honest and owning a razer lycosa currently, I'm not sure if I actually want one now, :/ I guess I'll look around and hopefully find a better gaming keyboard, I'll take a look at this rosewll!

fowler002 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-116-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= same price as the corsair but modular

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-274-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752 ;)
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Thanks for the links, I've replaced the corsair with the Antec Truepower now, modular always seems like the way to go in my opinion and it's got good reviews, lets hope it lives up to it's potential.

I'd opt in for that graphics card but I just cannot afford that extra £40'ish x.x
 
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