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NTMK · 06-10-2013 11:30PM

raymix wrote: »

He is a fun person to watch and all, but...why? He is upgrading from 3770k + GTX 690.

cause he earns about €700 per video and release about 3 times a week

EDIT: I'm just after working out how much pewdiepie makes per video and its about $4500. he makes more in 10minutes of screaming like an idiot than i do in 2 months of work

Revoker88 · 06-10-2013 11:46PM

Sarz91 wrote: »

True. It's probably more likely to put you off than anything else. Did you bother getting premium or going to wait and see?

Just bought the base game that includes the china rising dlc,not the full premium. Well i think i did,i bought it from some site ive never heard of on the gaming bargains thread lol:D Key sent by email day of release hopefully,was €38. There is a few guys in that thread who really know how to spot a bargain!

There is so many versions with pre order versions or limited editions etc etc etc its hard to know what to buy! So decided id just get the base game and the release dlc,did the same for battlefield 3 and worked out well.

Agreed though,the beta is making me less excited for full release,thought it would be the other way around

Revoker88 · 06-10-2013 11:51PM

raymix wrote: »

He is a fun person to watch and all, but...why? He is upgrading from 3770k + GTX 690.

Ah sure why not? He always states youtube is a hobby for him and he has a job so why not spend a bit of the money hes makin from youtube on a ott rig

I would if i was him:)

I like his vids,especially now he uploads them in slightly higher than 1080p. Not many people doing that on youtube,looks great on a qnix:)

raymix · 07-10-2013 12:37AM

I'm too broke to understand the necessity for such minor upgrade.
If we are talking about streaming, nothing can beat small Xeon server box doing all the encoding and uploading (while being used for many other tasks like HTPC, webserver, gaming server etc).
But I guess it's the same as buying very expensive car to drive yourself to a grocery store... showing off the status

NTMK wrote: »

he makes more in 10minutes of screaming like an idiot than i do in 2 months of work

That's our awesome generation

dwighet · 07-10-2013 08:34AM

EoinHef wrote: »

Just bought the base game that includes the china rising dlc,not the full premium. Well i think i did,i bought it from some site ive never heard of on the gaming bargains thread lol:D Key sent by email day of release hopefully,was €38. There is a few guys in that thread who really know how to spot a bargain!

There is so many versions with pre order versions or limited editions etc etc etc its hard to know what to buy! So decided id just get the base game and the release dlc,did the same for battlefield 3 and worked out well.

Agreed though,the beta is making me less excited for full release,thought it would be the other way around

The beta version of bf3 was crap also..
Im sure the full release will first class graphics wise..

Revoker88 · 07-10-2013 09:17AM

dwighet wrote: »

The beta version of bf3 was crap also..
Im sure the full release will first class graphics wise..

Thats what im hopin, reckon ill just wait for full release. BF3 will do the job for the next few weeks

dwighet · 07-10-2013 10:35AM

EoinHef wrote: »

Thats what im hopin, reckon ill just wait for full release. BF3 will do the job for the next few weeks

Same as....I put a few hours into it over the weekend and gave up..
It is too blocky and choppy for my likeing.
It had want to be worth the 100+ squid when it lands..

Revoker88 · 07-10-2013 10:55AM

dwighet wrote: »

Same as....I put a few hours into it over the weekend and gave up..
It is too blocky and choppy for my likeing.
It had want to be worth the 100+ squid when it lands..

Ye had a few games friday gone and just thought this is not worth it!
No matter what settings I was putting on pc just wouldnt go over 50-55 fps. Weirdly it seemed to give me the same fps regardless of the settings. I was getting 50-55 fps on low and on high (with ulrra textures) so decided to give ip after that.
Im still lookin forward to full release, the beta has just tempered my excitement a little though!

Battlefield is one of the only games id pay for at release prices, everything else I wait for a sale so hopefully it is worth it

Danger781 · 07-10-2013 01:23PM

raymix wrote: »

He is a fun person to watch and all, but...why? He is upgrading from 3770k + GTX 690.

This is all I see

NTMK · 07-10-2013 04:27PM

Danger781 wrote: »

This is all I see

750D
4930K
GTX 780 SLI

justsomebloke · 07-10-2013 04:31PM

a 3770k to a 4930K is a decent step up though

raymix · 07-10-2013 05:28PM

NTMK wrote: »

750D
4930K
GTX 780 SLI

2x 256GB Samsung Pro
1200 platinum
2400Mhz 32GB
maximus VI formula

Nolars · 07-10-2013 05:57PM

What would you be looking to get for an i3 - 2120 now? Im looking to sell it to upgrade to a quad core cpu.

BloodBath · 07-10-2013 09:41PM

Howdy. I was wondering if any of you have any experience making your own hybrid drives with an ssd and hdd.

I currently have a OCZ Agility 3 60gb ssd that I use for windows and my non game programs.

A 120gb hdd that I use as a downloads folder.

A 500gb hdd that I use for games.

A 2tb hdd that I use for general storage.

I'm almost out of space on my windows and game drive so I'm going to buy a WD caviar blue 1tb hdd for the games drive and a 120gb Samsung 840 evo for the windows + programs drive.

I was thinking of turning the 60gb ssd into a cache drive for the 1tb game drive. What kind of boost would I get from this? Is 60gb big enough? What software would I need to use?

Serephucus · 07-10-2013 09:44PM

You have a Z77 board right? Then just install Intel's RST software, and use that. It's pretty much as simple as: Click drive to speed up, click drive to speed it up, wait a few seconds, done.

It'll be pretty much what you expect; cached stuff will basically be as fast as a stand-alone SSD, and on first run, it'll only be slightly faster than a lone HDD.

BloodBath · 07-10-2013 09:47PM

Yep I have the asrock z77 pro4. Sounds simple enough. Thanks.

Gbear · 08-10-2013 03:18PM

So as far as I can tell the R9 280X is marginally better than an overclocked 7950. For an extra 100-150 quid.

Is it just more about marketing a "new" card than actually delivering much improved hardware?

Headshot · 08-10-2013 03:23PM

Anyone have a 4k monitor yet?

beno619 · 08-10-2013 03:49PM

Gbear wrote: »

So as far as I can tell the R9 280X is marginally better than an overclocked 7950. For an extra 100-150 quid.

Is it just more about marketing a "new" card than actually delivering much improved hardware?

Not sure what benchmarks your looking at but at stock it just a 7970gz for $300.

cherryghost · 08-10-2013 03:57PM

Headshot wrote: »

Anyone have a 4k monitor yet?

No but I'm seriously considering one when I upgrade, hopefully before christmas. They look so beautiful.

Serephucus · 08-10-2013 03:59PM

cherryghost wrote: »

No but I'm seriously considering one when I upgrade, hopefully before christmas. They look so beautiful.

Have you seen one in person? Are they actually worth it?

Luck100 · 08-10-2013 04:53PM

Serephucus wrote: »

You have a Z77 board right? Then just install Intel's RST software, and use that. It's pretty much as simple as: Click drive to speed up, click drive to speed it up, wait a few seconds, done.

It'll be pretty much what you expect; cached stuff will basically be as fast as a stand-alone SSD, and on first run, it'll only be slightly faster than a lone HDD.

Can you do this with an SSD which is already installed as the system drive?
I have RST installed but I don't see the accelerate option.

Serephucus · 08-10-2013 05:03PM

As far as I know, no. You have to be using the mechanical drive as your OS drive, and have an empty SSD to cache it. I could be completely wrong though, I've never actually used RST before.

cherryghost · 08-10-2013 05:09PM

Serephucus wrote: »

Have you seen one in person? Are they actually worth it?

Yeah I seen a few in Tokyo, they blew my mind away. They had a selection of i7s and 680's running on 27 inch LG 4k monitors. Swung my opinion of them, I must have one.

BloodBath · 08-10-2013 05:52PM

Can you get 60fps versions yet? I don't think hdmi or dvi-d can do that res at 60fps.

Serephucus · 08-10-2013 05:56PM

Nope, not that I Know of.

ShadowHearth · 08-10-2013 05:58PM

cherryghost wrote: »

No but I'm seriously considering one when I upgrade, hopefully before christmas. They look so beautiful.

What price range 4k will be?

Sarz91 · 08-10-2013 06:09PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

What price range 4k will be?

On Newegg an ASUS PQ321Q is retailing for $3.5k.

Sarz91 · 08-10-2013 06:12PM

BloodBath wrote: »

Can you get 60fps versions yet? I don't think hdmi or dvi-d can do that res at 60fps.

Just reading about it there. Seems like you've to treat the screen as two 1920x2160 monitors. Apparently you can get 60fps by this doing this according to some of the reviews I've seen.

Gehad_JoyRider · 08-10-2013 11:17PM

http://www.techpowerup.com/191312/radeon-r9-290x-pictured-tested-beats-titan.html

love the sound of this I think id bye one sounds bad ass.

cant afford it really but you know...

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