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ShadowHearth · 24-12-2013 10:16PM

Monotype wrote: »

@ShadowHearth

800 series from nVidia are due around Spring. As early as February, possibly, but expected March/April.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/graphics/display/20131223235036_Nvidia_to_Start_Rolling_Out_GeForce_8_Series_Graphics_Processors_in_February.html

well, then it is a perfect timing, though I am not going to go high end this time around. I will aim at gtx 870. Then again I will wait and see what will AMD offer with third party 290x ( is that the new beefy one with **** cooler? I hate new renaming system ). Maybe they will have some sort of GHZ edition by that time too?

Gumbi · 24-12-2013 11:37PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

well, then it is a perfect timing, though I am not going to go high end this time around. I will aim at gtx 870. Then again I will wait and see what will AMD offer with third party 290x ( is that the new beefy one with **** cooler? I hate new renaming system ). Maybe they will have some sort of GHZ edition by that time too?

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/12/23/asus_r9_290x_directcu_ii_oc_video_card_review#.UroMiPRdXRU

ShadowHearth · 24-12-2013 11:58PM

Gumbi wrote: »

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/12/23/asus_r9_290x_directcu_ii_oc_video_card_review#.UroMiPRdXRU

Same as Ti, but 100$ cheaper? I guess a good start, but not a huge performance over non reference model. Maybe overclocks will make it better.

I am not going to spend 500-600eu on GPU anymore. I did that with 680 and got it out of the system, from now on only bang for your buck territory for me.

Gumbi · 25-12-2013 12:10AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Same as Ti, but 100$ cheaper? I guess a good start, but not a huge performance over non reference model. Maybe overclocks will make it better.

I am not going to spend 500-600eu on GPU anymore. I did that with 680 and got it out of the system, from now on only bang for your buck territory for me.

Good stuff

TIs non ref models will overclock better than this for sure (1250 - 1300), this will do about 1.2ghz MAX.

Still, cooler and quieter than a ref TI at 1020mhz. And outperforms it slightly.

Monotype · 25-12-2013 10:28AM

Happy Christmas everyone!

Revoker88 · 25-12-2013 03:22PM

Anybody any idea what I should be lookin to get for this laptop, a mate is lookin for one and I was thinkin €200 (hes broke) so am I selling myself short or about right?

CPU: i3 380M
RAM:6gb
GPU:Nvidia 315M
HDD:750GB

2.5 years old with 2.5 years left on the warranty.

Cheers, not really sure bout laptop prices at the moment

Seaaan · 26-12-2013 05:56PM

Hyper 212 evo comes with thermal paste right?

Revoker88 · 26-12-2013 06:03PM

Seaaan wrote: »

Hyper 212 evo comes with thermal paste right?

Yes

Blitz17 · 26-12-2013 06:28PM

Built my first rig last week. Havent got much time to mess around with it over work but on it yesterday and today for awhile. Currently overclocking it and waiting to get my hands on a 290 card ! Can anyone recommend me a good keyboard? I'm not interested in spending hundreds though.

Seaaan · 26-12-2013 06:46PM

Had to make sure! I'm still contemplating moving my build to a mATX case, but the whole OEM w7 issue is putting me off.

alex1997123 · 26-12-2013 11:17PM

Looking in to replacing my cheap case with one of these beauties Fractal Design Define R4 and get a modular PSU for better cable management, also going to get this CPU cooler. Good choices?

I'm going to be upgrading my CPU when Broadwell comes out. I currently have a i5 3550. I'm wondering will I be able to use that CPU cooler with the broadwell socket?

Revoker88 · 26-12-2013 11:43PM

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/12/26/battlestation-showcase-the-best-of-your-pcs/

A few extremely nice setups in this article

Headshot · 26-12-2013 11:45PM

Lads how would I increase transfer speed from a pc to a Nas?

Im currently have 460Gb of stuff I want to transfer from pc to Nas and the speed is an incredibly slow 11.3mb/s so im looking at around 12hrs transfer lol

Its a Synology Nas

One thing im certain off is the ****ty eircom router doesnt help

Monotype · 27-12-2013 12:01AM

Can you avoid going through the router and connect directly?
You'd need a crossover cable though, so that's probably more trouble than it's worth.
Any USB connections?

Are you using a good quality cable? - i.e., CAT 5e or above? Do both ends support 1Gbps? Does the router support 1Gbps?

If you were desperate, you could take the drives out of the NAS and put them in the PC to get full SATA speeds. That's assuming they're not in RAID or spanned.

Headshot · 27-12-2013 12:15AM

ya I dont have a cross over cable. I didnt think of taking the sata drive out, thats a good idea and most likely the best method even thou its pretty awkward all the same.

Yes the cables are cat5e, im not sure on the D1000 router, its eircom so probably a no.

Headshot · 27-12-2013 02:16AM

The hard drive uses ext 4 and windows wont read that. Im currently looking for some software that read's and writes that linux file extension on windows 8.1

Any one have suggestions please?

the_syco · 27-12-2013 03:30AM

A Google of "software that read's and writes that linux file extension on windows 8.1" got me http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-windows/ as the first result, if it's any good to ye?

tuxy · 27-12-2013 03:50AM

Can you put the NAS hard drive in your PC?

Monotype · 27-12-2013 10:17AM

Probably a bit late now but a linux live disc would do the job.

ShadowHearth · 27-12-2013 02:59PM

I was at my friends for xmas and he has Catleap monitor ( well one of its modifications lol ). It made me go WOW in fairness. I want one now too. I can just imagine how much better EVE online would be for me with all that extra screen space. Its just no point for me getting catleap with 680.

Seaaan · 27-12-2013 04:51PM

Are they really THAT good? I was looking for something to blow my money on, and was thinking about them..

ShadowHearth · 27-12-2013 04:56PM

Seaaan wrote: »

Are they really THAT good? I was looking for something to blow my money on, and was thinking about them..

Well, when I walked in to room, I noticed it right away. Its freaking lovely. Now I do use 2x 2312hm's, which are IPS ( sort off ) panels and do look lovely. The Catleap look great and the 1440p resolution on top of that makes it very "wanted" toy for me now.

Looks like you could get one for around 300-350eu in total, but having horse power to run it is different story.

alex1997123 · 27-12-2013 05:28PM

Going to get myself a second 120gb SSD. One of these should do

xtal191 · 27-12-2013 06:03PM

alex1997123 wrote: »

Going to get myself a second 120gb SSD. One of these should do

Thinking of getting one of these myself, are they any good?

Genghiz Cohen · 27-12-2013 07:00PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well, when I walked in to room, I noticed it right away. Its freaking lovely. Now I do use 2x 2312hm's, which are IPS ( sort off ) panels and do look lovely. The Catleap look great and the 1440p resolution on top of that makes it very "wanted" toy for me now. Looks like you could get one for around 300-350eu in total, but having horse power to run it is different story.

I'd give you like €20 each for the Dells! You'd be well on your way then.

Headshot · 27-12-2013 07:03PM

the_syco wrote: »

A Google of "software that read's and writes that linux file extension on windows 8.1" got me http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-windows/ as the first result, if it's any good to ye?

Yap I saw that but the sly ****ers want you to register to use it. To much effort

tuxy wrote: »

Can you put the NAS hard drive in your PC?

Cant. Hard drive is using linux. Pc would pick it up

Monotype wrote: »

Probably a bit late now but a linux live disc would do the job.

thanks for the suggestion. Looks promising

alex1997123 · 27-12-2013 07:11PM

xtal191 wrote: »

Thinking of getting one of these myself, are they any good?

Review seem good, I currently have a Samsung 840 so this will be my first time using one of these too

Seaaan · 27-12-2013 07:39PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well, when I walked in to room, I noticed it right away. Its freaking lovely. Now I do use 2x 2312hm's, which are IPS ( sort off ) panels and do look lovely. The Catleap look great and the 1440p resolution on top of that makes it very "wanted" toy for me now. Looks like you could get one for around 300-350eu in total, but having horse power to run it is different story.

yeah, if I was to get one I'd need to upgrade to a 280x

ShadowHearth · 27-12-2013 10:50PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

I'd give you like €20 each for the Dells! You'd be well on your way then.

Over my dead body!

those 2 will go on the sides of catleap!

raymix · 28-12-2013 09:09AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Its just no point for me getting catleap with 680.

actually even a single 670 can handle it pretty well in most games, including EVE which isn't really that demanding on GPU. Such high pixel density and resolution lets you tune down your AA setting to compensate for lost performance.

I am reading very good comments on this around, but almost everyone mentions going SLI down the road anyway.

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