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FlyingIrishMan · 11-03-2013 03:43PM

Snowie wrote: »

Ughhhhh this is going to take for ever...

Its really not as bad as its made out to be

BloodBath · 11-03-2013 03:44PM

If you do it through online banking it's very quick. Usually delivered within 5 working days of ordering.

Headshot · 11-03-2013 05:17PM

cherryghost wrote: »

The price is ridiculous on that tbh. A quad core AMD, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD and no mention what kind of graphics card it is. Absolutely crazy and completely agree that this will be a complete failure.

Radeon 7000-series GPU iv read

Snowie · 11-03-2013 06:19PM

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Its really not as bad as its made out to be

BloodBath wrote: »

If you do it through online banking it's very quick. Usually delivered within 5 working days of ordering.

Well thats not bad but its going to be another week till I order as, there's been a slight confusion with fiancees annoyingly :mad:

Genghiz Cohen · 11-03-2013 08:58PM

Snowie wrote: »

Well thats not bad but its going to be another week till I order as, there's been a slight confusion with fiancees annoyingly :mad:

You dog! :pac::pac:

thewheel2.0 · 12-03-2013 12:20AM

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

Looks like I have to RMA my Sapphire HD7870 OC GHZ Edition - I have the dreaded black screen issues. So disappointing cause I like Sapphire's cards. Anyone else have the same problems?

Oh, the Sapphire RMA address is in Czech Republic. I have to pay for postage to them, which is €30 registered post. I'm RMAing with Sapphire themselves to make sure the RMA card has the fix in it and while its free to RMA to Amazon they could send me back one from the defective batch which is a hassle. Am I crazy to pay the 30?

EDIT: Scratch all that logged into Amazon "Return Window expired on 4 Nov 2012. " It seems I cant return to Amazon at all. Annoying.

Damo 2k9 · 12-03-2013 12:32AM

Super flower amazon 450W out of stock just as im about to order this week

anyone know how long it usually takes to come back into stock?

Serephucus · 12-03-2013 12:37AM

Anywhere from a few minutes to a day or two, usually. Stock fluctuates like crazy on HWVS.

Damo 2k9 · 12-03-2013 12:40AM

So do the prices from what ive seen haha

marco_polo · 12-03-2013 12:41AM

Not to get hopes up too high, but i've seem the SF come back into stock very quickly in the past on more than one occasion. Tis quite the popular psu.

TerrorFirmer · 12-03-2013 12:47AM

I have two machines, one's an i5 and 7770 crossfire, the other's a G620 and a 7750. The only reason I have a 2nd machine is for odd games of Company of Heroes LAN with a friend - and the fact that I like just constantly upgrading something - but now part of me's like just sell that waste of space 2nd machine and your 7770's, use the cash to buy dual 7870's....

Squaredude · 12-03-2013 02:53AM

I've been upgrading my pc over the last few weeks and have basically amassed enough parts to build a second gaming pc minus a cpu,ram and a dvd drive.Would it be worth my while buying these parts and then selling it on as a gaming pc or should I just sell the parts individually?

BloodBath · 12-03-2013 10:26AM

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Super flower amazon 450W out of stock just as im about to order this week anyone know how long it usually takes to come back into stock?

Get this instead. It's a better psu anyway.

I've been upgrading my pc over the last few weeks and have basically amassed enough parts to build a second gaming pc minus a cpu,ram and a dvd drive.Would it be worth my while buying these parts and then selling it on as a gaming pc or should I just sell the parts individually?

Sell them individually on adverts. I've sold a load of stuff there recently. It's not much hassle having the stuff collected or posting.

Damo 2k9 · 12-03-2013 11:00AM

Is it better yeah? Would it be quieter?

BloodBath · 12-03-2013 11:19AM

It's has 80+ Silver rating compared to 80+ bronze, more sata connectivity and 2 x 8 pin gpu connections vs 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 pin.

It's also pretty quiet.

Deano12345 · 12-03-2013 02:09PM

Having to RMA the K90 this week

Also cant find a second 680 Lightning (theres one seller with 10+ on ebay but I dunno). All I'm short of doing is turning into Fry from Futurama and shouting at people to take my money

Genghiz Cohen · 12-03-2013 02:34PM

So, new job incoming and I will be in a much better position, financially speaking.

So ArmA3 is pushing my GTX570 to it's limit. Should I get a second or just get a new single card?

It'll be, maybe 6 months or so until I am thinking of buying. I heard there are no major card announcements this side of winter, right?

Once I do upgrade, maybe a bit of watercooling is in order? Are there any H100 style solutions that loop GPU and CPU?

Serephucus · 12-03-2013 02:43PM

I'd say hold off as long as you can, then pick up an EVGA-something. Hopefully by then we'll have rumours of next gen. card releases, and you'll be able to step-up to one of them.

As regards H100esque GPU things, not really. There's Swiftech's H220, but that's only different from a custom kit in that it comes assembled and filled, which you'd have to undo to add a GPU block in anyway.

Deano12345 · 12-03-2013 02:48PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

So, new job incoming and I will be in a much better position, financially speaking.

So ArmA3 is pushing my GTX570 to it's limit. Should I get a second or just get a new single card?

It'll be, maybe 6 months or so until I am thinking of buying. I heard there are no major card announcements this side of winter, right?

Once I do upgrade, maybe a bit of watercooling is in order? Are there any H100 style solutions that loop GPU and CPU?

It'll be at least Q4 (so September or so) of this year before we hear any more about new cards. I'd go for a newer single card over two older ones in SLi anyway, maybe something like a 7950.

And there isn't an enclosed loop that will do both the CPU and GPU. Some cards have versions with a setup like the H80 (single 120mm Rad to cool the GPU) but they are usually only on the highest end cards and carry a fairly hefty premium. Your best bet is to invest in a fully custom loop if your thinking of putting your CPU and GPU under water

Squaredude · 12-03-2013 02:54PM

Deano12345 wrote: »

Having to RMA the K90 this week Also cant find a second 680 Lightning (theres one seller with 10+ on ebay but I dunno). All I'm short of doing is turning into Fry from Futurama and shouting at people to take my money

Is this what your looking for? http://www.computerpartsireland.com/products.php?product=MSI-GeForce-GTX-680-Lightning-%252d-2-GB-GDDR5-%252d-PCI%252dExpress-3%2C0

Deano12345 · 12-03-2013 03:33PM

Squaredude wrote: »

Is this what your looking for? http://www.computerpartsireland.com/products.php?product=MSI-GeForce-GTX-680-Lightning-%252d-2-GB-GDDR5-%252d-PCI%252dExpress-3%2C0

So it is ! Did not even know that crowd existed. If it was possible I'd give you a hug/high 5 through the computer screen

Damo 2k9 · 12-03-2013 03:53PM

Everytime I go to put the order through, something goes out of stock

The PSU came back in stock, now the mobo is gone grr

BloodBath · 12-03-2013 04:08PM

Was it the B75 mobile you were getting? Just change to the standard atx version. It's 13 more though but has extra features.

http://lb.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/59305/ASRock+B75+Pro3%2C+Sockel+1155%2C+ATX.article

Serephucus · 12-03-2013 04:09PM

You can just order it. If something isn't in stock, they'll hold the rest of it until that part shows up.

Damo 2k9 · 12-03-2013 04:10PM

I might do that BB, cheers. How long will it take for the part to come back in tho, thats what im wondering.

BloodBath · 12-03-2013 04:16PM

Ah it was a microatx case you were using. Forget that then. The standard atx won't fit in there.

Restock times are pretty random, can be days/weeks.

Tea_Bag · 12-03-2013 05:34PM

anyone know off the top of their head of a cheapo external 3.5" hdd caddy?

N64 · 12-03-2013 05:59PM

When are the next gen of graphics cards and Intel CPU's meant to be out anyway?

Serephucus · 12-03-2013 06:09PM

June for Intel (Haswell), and nothing concrete on GPUs. At the very earliest, I'd guess late Q3.

NTMK · 12-03-2013 06:21PM

Serephucus wrote: »

June for Intel (Haswell), and nothing concrete on GPUs. At the very earliest, I'd guess late Q3.

amd said that they should have some of the 8 series out by the end of the year but no word from nvidia yet

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