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  • #6302
    Monotype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Can you do both? Spend €800-1000 on a medium laptop with a ~660M and then the rest on upgrades?


  • #6303
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Medium laptops are horribly slow for me to be honest. GT660M would be absolute minimum I'd be looking for. And Mono, you are the devil in disguise! If I go for a Haswell upgrade I'll probably go upgrade my GTX 570 also.


  • #6304
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Really? Well then I suppose a high-end laptop is in order. :P


  • #6305
    Monotype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Well you could just throw an SSD into a medium range laptop. It makes much of the slowness go away. While games don't look the best, they do load fast for a fairly pleasant experience.


  • #6306
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    Serephucus wrote: »
    You didn't look very hard. :P Dabs and Overclockers both stock it.
    hmm. was out of stock on Dabs yesterday, now one available :o


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  • #6307
    NTMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭NTMK


    Tea_Bag wrote: »
    hmm. was out of stock on Dabs yesterday, now one available :o

    have you got an M-ATX board? what are you planing now given that there are like 10 pc cases in your sitting room (being honest its closer to an internet cafe than a sitting room at this statge :p)


  • #6308
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    And hey, if you happen to have a spare Z77E-ITX lying around...


  • #6309
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    gavmcg92 wrote: »
    XBMC is working for me know. It's a fantastic piece of software.

    I was never really pushed on XBMC but I got an old PC running with freenas in my gaming room now and with thanks to 3 Raspberry Pi's every tv I can stream to every tv in my house, and myself or my bird can control everything from our phones.


    Just waiting on Netflix to support Linux and I'll be lauging


  • #6310
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Thinking of selling my two Nvidia 680's GTX's about 3 months old PWO. what is a fair price for both?


  • #6311
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Fiver each. I'll take them.


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  • #6312
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Esme Immense Dachshund wrote: »
    Thinking of selling my two Nvidia 680's GTX's about 3 months old PWO. what is a fair price for both?

    That is a very good question. 680 price did not droped much and we got GTX 770 out, which is pretty much 680, but in early stage of drivers, so i would not be surprised it to go over 680 performance. then we got 7950 on top of that to spit on nvidia from performance/euro point of view.

    I would like to get a second 680 down the line, but with current prices, Nvidia can feck off.


  • #6313
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Fiver each. I'll take them.

    Three euro each!

    Oh wait...


  • #6314
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    I was thinking 350 each or 650 the pair....thoughts?


  • #6315
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    If you can sell them now, you might get away with that, just bear in mind that the 760 Ti (670) will probably be coming in around that price, if not slightly less.


  • #6316
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Maybe 600 the pair then, pretty good value seeing as a 690 still costs a grand and sli 680's perform better. One is a overclocked EVGA too.....maybe somebody on the forum with one already would go tri-sli? ;)


  • #6317
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    I think you could stretch over 600 for the next 2/3 weeks.


  • #6318
    Squaredude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Squaredude


    Just put in a step up request to evga. If i get approved I get a 780 for €285.


  • #6319
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Squaredude wrote: »
    Just put in a step up request to evga. If i get approved I get a 780 for €285.

    Up from what, a 680?


  • #6320
    Squaredude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Squaredude


    Up from a 670


  • #6321
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Squaredude wrote: »
    Up from a 670

    Very nice, considering a 780 is 650 plus new. I mean 670s are around 350 quid themselves.


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  • #6322
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,729 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    Lads when will I beable to upgrade from 2 x 670s where I can see a noticeable difference?


  • #6323
    Squaredude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Squaredude


    Just got better,got an email from evga saying the total price to me will be $296 which is around €227 probably a typo though.


  • #6324
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Right, can't figure this out.

    Seagate's new "Video" hard drives, how long is the warranty? They go out of their way to not specify it on their site.

    http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/video-3-5-hdd/


  • #6325
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    cherryghost wrote: »
    I think you could stretch over 600 for the next 2/3 weeks.

    Yeah no rush, Nvidia will have brought out 6 more cards by then anyway. I am really hoping a dual GPU 780 or titan single card comes out, thats worth waiting for. Except for crysis 3 nothing taxes a 680 at the moment unless you game a huge resolutions. Even then by knocking the shaders from ultra high to high in crysis 3 leaving everything else on ultra high will give you 10 more fps at no visable quality difference....I dont know.


  • #6326
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Lads, what do you think is a fair price for a 7970? Thinking 300 each.


  • #6327
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    glynf wrote: »
    Lads, what do you think is a fair price for a 7970? Thinking 300 each.

    What model? You might get a touch more if it's an Asus one or something.


  • #6328
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Hows it Gumbi,

    Both cards are reference models, one is a Sapphire and the other an Asus.


  • #6329
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Bank Transfer.


  • #6330
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    AFAIK its usually bank transfer with hardwareversand, there are a lot of posts on this forum about same. A quick search should bring up a few relevant threads.


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  • #6331
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Talking to a couple of people that have done FT03 WC builds. I think I see an FT03 Mini build in my future. :)


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