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Xenoronin · 27-07-2016 01:35PM

Sounds like whatever you are building won't be exactly high end, so a 750TI is still a great card for budget

Lu Tze · 27-07-2016 02:01PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

Sounds like whatever you are building won't be exactly high end, so a 750TI is still a great card for budget

Yeah I know. Had somebody over and they pointed at the second computer under the desk and asked what do I use that for. Not a ****ing clue what its for! Had all my media on it, so copied the hard drive over to my main desktop, and giving it to my brother. Only has a six pin power connection, so was limited in what I could stick in there. Still not a terrible spec to get for free:

I5 2400
8GB ram
60 GB Ssd boot drive
2 TB Storage Drive
DVD drive
Lian li v351 Matx case.

And the 750ti when it arrives.

Headshot · 27-07-2016 02:11PM

any reason why I cant login to adverts using boards.ie account?

Granted I havent used adverts in a long time so has anything changed?

edit

never mind

its a known issue.

Monitor is now up in Adverts
http://www.adverts.ie/monitors/lg-34uc97-34-curved-ultrawide-ips-monitor/11001032

Xenoronin · 27-07-2016 03:36PM

Best of luck with the sale!

Revoker88 · 28-07-2016 07:07PM

So windows 10,only getting around to installing it today. Would i be right in assuming it turns my windows 7 key into a windows 10 key for a clean install?

Im just going to do the upgrade today due to a lack of time but want to do a clean install over the weekend

tadcan · 28-07-2016 07:09PM

Yes, it should convert the win7 key to a win 10 key.

wotzgoingon · 28-07-2016 07:34PM

Yeah I done the upgrade and used a programme I downloaded to retrieve the key wrote it down and done a clean install and used the key I saved and everything was fine.

Revoker88 · 28-07-2016 07:53PM

My understanding was that i could just input my windows 7 key for when i clean install 10?
Is there a need to retrieve the windows 10 key?

wotzgoingon · 28-07-2016 08:28PM

EoinHef wrote: »

My understanding was that i could just input my windows 7 key for when i clean install 10?
Is there a need to retrieve the windows 10 key?

I'm not sure as I was on windows 8.1 and done the upgrade and didn't like having a updated windows so retrieved the key and done a clean install.

Revoker88 · 28-07-2016 09:26PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm not sure as I was on windows 8.1 and done the upgrade and didn't like having a updated windows so retrieved the key and done a clean install.

I think ill retrieve the key just to be safe,had a look online and the method you used is suggested a few places. Cheers

kevovek · 29-07-2016 11:34AM

I currently own a Corsair Vengeance K60 with cherry MX Red switches. I'm looking to get a smaller 87 key Mech keyboard instead and was just wondering how much I should be looking to sell a 2 year old K60 for on adverts? Its in perfect working order still have the box and all.

Xenoronin · 29-07-2016 02:33PM

http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/gaming-monster-pc/11012294

My head hurts.

Headshot · 29-07-2016 02:38PM

I sold my monitor yesterday.

Got 550 euro for it in the end, im happy enough with that since it was a quick sale which was a big plus

Bazzo · 29-07-2016 02:44PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/gaming-monster-pc/11012294

My head hurts.

Got a good laugh out of that.

Redfox25 · 29-07-2016 02:45PM

Headshot wrote: »

I sold my monitor yesterday.

Got 550 euro for it in the end, im happy enough with that since it was a quick sale which was a big plus

Someone got a bargain and you got a quick sale. Both happy out.

Digital Solitude · 29-07-2016 02:48PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/gaming-monster-pc/11012294

My head hurts.

20gb RAM is such a stupid number to see plopped in there

Redfox25 · 29-07-2016 02:55PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

20gb RAM is such a stupid number to see plopped in there

I think i will sell my non monster gaming pc and try to buy that one........... or not.

Xenoronin · 29-07-2016 03:00PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

20gb RAM is such a stupid number to see plopped in there

How are you taking issue with the 20GB of RAM? That's sane compared to the 760 paired with a 260. Like... how even?

AlmightyCushion · 29-07-2016 03:00PM

All parts are new... including that GTX 260?

AlmightyCushion · 29-07-2016 03:01PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

How are you taking issue with the 20GB of RAM? That's sane compared to the 760 paired with a 260. Like... how even?

Could it be using the 260 as a physx card?

Xenoronin · 29-07-2016 03:14PM

I was just thinking that after I posted. Would that make sense? Can a 260 even support Physx (or even effectively)?
Edit: After a bit of googling. Maybe. In Borderlands 2 definitely. Certain other games may benefit like the Batman games. However in a rig with a 760 as the main graphics card, it isn't really worth it to have a dedicated physx card. Maybe in a 980(TI) setup paired with a 760GTX, there are tangible benefits, though it also may hold some games back a little.
The massive gains I saw were from 3 years ago, and drivers have improved a lot since then.

So the answer is a bit squishy. Maybe they found a decent benefit with the dedicated physx card.

AlmightyCushion · 29-07-2016 03:53PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

I was just thinking that after I posted. Would that make sense? Can a 260 even support Physx (or even effectively)?
Edit: After a bit of googling. Maybe. In Borderlands 2 definitely. Certain other games may benefit like the Batman games. However in a rig with a 760 as the main graphics card, it isn't really worth it to have a dedicated physx card. Maybe in a 980(TI) setup paired with a 760GTX, there are tangible benefits, though it also may hold some games back a little.
The massive gains I saw were from 3 years ago, and drivers have improved a lot since then.

So the answer is a bit squishy. Maybe they found a decent benefit with the dedicated physx card.

The thing is a rip off so it wouldn't surprise me if there was no benefit to the 260 apart from giving him an excuse to jack up the price more.

MarkAnthony · 30-07-2016 12:55AM

Headshot wrote: »

I sold my monitor yesterday.

Got 550 euro for it in the end, im happy enough with that since it was a quick sale which was a big plus

I wondered what you flogged that for!

02-08-2016 10:52AM

Commercial 15 TB SSD for $10k. I wonder will we ever see this at affordable prices.

AlmightyCushion · 02-08-2016 11:03AM

L wrote: »

Commercial 15 TB SSD for $10k. I wonder will we ever see this at affordable prices.

Not this exact model but given enough time we will see 15TB SSDs at affordable prices. It'll probably be a long time though.

Headshot · 02-08-2016 11:57AM

I got the new monitor today

I cant wait to play around with it.

Xenoronin · 02-08-2016 12:02PM

Post updates in the [MERGED] Your Main PC - Pictures, specs and discussion <IMAGE HEAVY> thread! I wanna see that giant monitor.

challengemaster · 02-08-2016 12:43PM

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/missed-free-windows-10-upgrade-psst-heres-backdoor/

02-08-2016 02:49PM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Not this exact model but given enough time we will see 15TB SSDs at affordable prices. It'll probably be a long time though.

Much what I reckon as well though if you'd asked me a few years ago, I would have guessed we'd be at larger common HD capacities by now as well (where as with SSD's taking the wind out of the sails for that selling point, we reached "big enough" and more or less stalled). I guess we'll see in a few years where we've gotten to and if something new has trumped the point of huge SSDs.

Ri_Nollaig · 04-08-2016 03:54PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/gaming-monster-pc/11012294

My head hurts.

do they actually hope to sell that POS?
I am more then aware that on adverts you need to add about 10-20% of the price you actually want to get to your asking, as everyone is going to attempt to drive you down.
But even half of what he is looking for would be overpriced! lol

Have noticed a few of the same sellers buying various parts, to building complete machines and then selling them on.
Might example the odd GPU combo and RAM amount, its a Frankenstein of various components.
Seems like a lot of effort to make a small profit and with the added risk of getting hardware that is only going down in price.

oh well, "glws"

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