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  • #4742
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    Have you seen some of the systems for sale on adverts. :eek: there dusty and acent and asking near top dollar :pac:

    your right on that one :pac: should I include how it performs on prime 95 and valley in screen shots?

    As since I've had it AMD radeon drivers have come on leeps and bounds.

    People pulling the piss on both sides in Adverts-land alright. Tons of plebs who've paid 2K for a machine in 2012 who think 10% off is competitive.

    I don't know which case you have so I presumed it might be a Shinobi or something, and if it is I'd set your asking price ~E600-650 but be prepared to be haggled down. The CPU is in and around the i5 4460 and the GPU is near enough to a 270x or an overclocked 950, so it's not a bad machine by any means.


  • #4743
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Serephucus wrote: »
    I used to be really interesting in getting one of these... But then... I saw Dell's OLED monitor.

    Imma wait. :D

    That Dell is the holy grail, OLED, 120hz, virtually no imput lag and 4k 30“... The 5k price tag is a bit of a problem though :(



    I'm thinking 34" 21:9 for now as it's going to take at least 2 years until a more reasonably priced one comes out.


  • #4744
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    grindle wrote: »
    Find out the price of what it would take to get equivalent performance nowadays and knock 20-30% off that price because it's used. Actually, selling via adverts you should up the price a smidge as you're gonna be low-balled and offered old copies of the RTE Guide as a swap.

    Clean it & write zeros to the drives if you're paranoid/safe.

    You need to set stuff at significantly higher prices than you actually want to accept, as the offers have just gotten absurd. Offers I've gotten in the past few days for machines (all i5/i7, 270X/7970, SSD, etc)

    - PS4 with broken disc drive
    - A bicycle
    - 200 cash in hand
    - a 'gaming laptop' (integrated graphics)

    Best one yet is I have an i7-4770k, 16GB, 980Ti Watercooled, 500GB SSD, etc, machine up for sale.

    "Will you swap for an Xbox One?"
    "How much cash would you add?"
    "It has a few games"
    "Sorry, that's worth a few hundred euro, this PC is worth five times that."
    "will add a turtle beach headset"

    This is what you're up against. Be warned.


  • #4745
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    grindle wrote: »

    I don't know which case you have so I presumed it might be a Shinobi or something, and if it is I'd set your asking price ~E600-650 but be prepared to be haggled down. The CPU is in and around the i5 4460 and the GPU is near enough to a 270x or an overclocked 950, so it's not a bad machine by any means.
    Im going to go a touch higher simply to let them feel like they get a good deal out of it, Now the fun part comes. :(
    TerrorFirmer wrote: »

    "Will you swap for an Xbox One?"
    "How much cash would you add?"
    "It has a few games"
    "Sorry, that's worth a few hundred euro, this PC is worth five times that."
    "will add a turtle beach headset"


    Copy and paste from your adverts page? :pac: I was checking out h440 rig last night really fine looking machine...


  • #4746
    vlad2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭vlad2009


    Hahaha Terror thats hilarious!


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  • #4747
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    vlad2009 wrote: »
    Hahaha Terror thats hilarious!

    That's the thing though - That's not an exaggeration.

    Not everything is like that, but it can get that bad. Hence the PC gear selling thread here.


  • #4748
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    It's a bit Scottish but it's a good analysis IMHO



  • #4749
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    It's a bit Scottish but it's a good analysis IMHO

    A bit? :pac:

    Actually looked it up on YT, second comment down someone's being rather... uncharitable... about his "retarded" (yikes!) accent. Adored immediately points out that it wasn't "too" retarded considering the whiner had just subbed his channel despite this :D:P

    Also... poor old Charlie... still being lambasted for his fiery hatred of nVidia despite it all being based on their tech screwups and unsavory business practices rather than any kind of illogical fanboi bias :o


  • #4750
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    TTL needs to up his game, he's way too intelligible.


  • #4751
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    Cheers for that Mark, really informative :D


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  • #4752
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    It's a bit Scottish but it's a good analysis IMHO


    Did you watch his video on direct x 12?

    I was thinking of going to the green side, how ever that kinda solidified that maybe sticking with Red might be worth it looking at whats been happening.

    Either way times in the gpu industry are getting very interesting.


  • #4753
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Finally!

    qL0GBfG.jpg

    9MvdLcz.jpg

    CVNGKRi.jpg

    It's alive!

    upHd4va.png

    Haven't flashed the bios to enable overclocking yet


  • #4754
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    Did you watch his video on direct x 12?

    I was thinking of going to the green side, how ever that kinda solidified that maybe sticking with Red might be worth it looking at whats been happening.

    Either way times in the gpu industry are getting very interesting.

    I did - also a great video.

    I'm going to hold off until at least 2017 I think. I can see the roles switching between AMD and nVidia this time around, with nVidia launching some power hungry (in comparison) hot running cards. I can't really see them letting AMD away with beating them on performance.

    I'll hang on to the R9-290 and hope they re-enable voltage overclocking. Hopefully it'll last until the dent, or should I say crater in the pocket from the Rift has been filled!


  • #4755
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    challengemaster wrote: »

    upHd4va.png

    Haven't flashed the bios to enable overclocking yet

    Why that much wattage? Had you gone for a 500/600w PSU you could've bumped up the specs in the cpu or gpu.


  • #4756
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    Bit confused by that myself but if you are expecting to throw a much better graphics card in there sometime in the future, it does make sense. Those temps are very very nice, should overclock very well!


  • #4757
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Wright wrote: »
    Why that much wattage? Had you gone for a 500/600w PSU you could've bumped up the specs in the cpu or gpu.

    I had originally ordered a XFX 750W (which I know is still way overkill for almost any non-SLI build anyway) - Order got cancelled due to stock issues. Spotted that this SuperFlower PSU was -15% on OCuK and "traded up" from a tier 2 to a tier 1 PSU for a difference of 15 quid on what I was already going to spend anyway.

    I wanted a fully modular PSU, and something proper quality too. Hence I didn't mind going overkill. Bonus is it'll also probably be falling into it's 50% power usage bracket where it's most efficient anyway.
    Xenoronin wrote: »
    Bit confused by that myself but if you are expecting to throw a much better graphics card in there sometime in the future, it does make sense. Those temps are very very nice, should overclock very well!

    Yeah, the GTX 750 is just tiding me over until Polaris / Pascal arrive. I picked it up before christmas and stuck it in my old build with the very intention of moving it over once I could afford the new build and then saving for a proper GPU by summer time.

    Also I was buying the MB/CPU around the time the Skylake non-k overclock bug/feature was found and embraced by Asrock - so I specifically didn't go for a better CPU because the 6400 is more than capable when overclocked.

    I suppose it's still a work in progress, which is why it's confusing at the minute :D I'm not stupid enough to buy 850W to power a GPU which doesn't even need a PCI-E power cable :pac: Also those temps are on quiet mode!


  • #4758
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    I did - also a great video.

    I'm going to hold off until at least 2017 I think. I can see the roles switching between AMD and nVidia this time around, with nVidia launching some power hungry (in comparison) hot running cards. I can't really see them letting AMD away with beating them on performance.

    I'll hang on to the R9-290 and hope they re-enable voltage overclocking. Hopefully it'll last until the dent, or should I say crater in the pocket from the Rift has been filled!

    thats not a bad idea and just wait for things to improove. :) might pick my self up a R9 290 some where.

    any one got any recommendations for a place to buy a psu I was thinking of getting a gold 800 watts must be modular


  • #4759
    Revoker88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭Revoker88


    Had the Nvidia Shield K1 for awhile now and while im happy with most of it the battery life really is abysmal. For a tablet thats made for gaming its actually shocking imo.

    There a new version of android available for it today and ive just installed it,it does mention app and power optimisations so one can hope.

    If it doesnt improve with software i would have to say it wasnt a great purchase. The screen is brilliant and its so snappy but the battery life really kills it. Shame as it clearly has the grunt and screen to compete with more expensive tabs but dam that battery is annoying.


  • #4760
    Squaredude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Squaredude


    Just won a 980, but its shipping from the states and I'm liable for whatever import duties. How much would I be looking at getting caught for?


  • #4761
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    I'd say less than €100 between 60-100 anyway, could be less I'm not sure, but you can't argue when you got it for free.

    It's always bad if you bought from there for their cheaper prices and then you get stung and lose out on whatever savings you thought you were going to make.


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  • #4762
    Calibos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,847 ✭✭✭Calibos


    Squaredude wrote: »
    Just won a 980, but its shipping from the states and I'm liable for whatever import duties. How much would I be looking at getting caught for?

    23% VAT + 4% Customs.

    That said, if it's marked as Gift/Prize it might not incur that. Also if it's sent via the USPS who interface with An Post as opposed to a courier company like DHL, Fedex or UPS, you might escape customs. The couriers process customs in house and always charge whereas USPS/An Post process in the Customs Sorting centre in PortLaoise which is over capacity so a percentage of packages go through unmolested.


  • #4763
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Lets say its a good one, $700
    Shipping $50

    688.99 Euro * 0.27
    = €186
    + €7 Handling

    Total comes to €193 approx to the postie.


  • #4764
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    That would be 980Ti prices though? If he won a regular GTX980 it should be far less unless it's one of the ridiculous OTT bling versions.


  • #4765
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Lovely PSU challenge master. Have the Leadex Gold 650 watt myself, she's a beaut. They're top quality PSUs.


  • #4766
    Squaredude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Squaredude


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    That would be 980Ti prices though? If he won a regular GTX980 it should be far less unless it's one of the ridiculous OTT bling versions.

    It's an EVGA GTX 980 SC, so in and around €520. Will be selling it as soon as I get it,hopefully.


  • #4767
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    That would be 980Ti prices though? If he won a regular GTX980 it should be far less unless it's one of the ridiculous OTT bling versions.

    I just grabbed a windforce unit on NCIX as a sample price :pac:


  • #4768
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,141 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Squaredude wrote: »
    Just won a 980, but its shipping from the states and I'm liable for whatever import duties. How much would I be looking at getting caught for?

    It will be most likely marked as a prize, so just make sure that the shipper does so.

    In the event you are fronted with a bill, send a copy of your winning confirmation to the courier company. You are not liable for VAT as you did not purchase the item. You are obviously liable to shipping for obvious reasons.

    Hopefully as someone mentioned above it ships via USPS, which then gets transfered to An Post. Nevermind the capacity issues An Post have, for 15 years now, they have had roughly the same process. From ten cages of parcels one gets picked at random and VAT calculated and charged.

    And I think it is TNT(or DHL, always forget), who have standing orders with their drivers to never return with parcels. So they either wave charges or leave it off with a neighbour to sign for it. Although not sure if its still the same, but a relative worked for them and told about it, so when I was getting orders from them at the door I'd just refuse the charge and eventually they would hand it over :)


  • #4769
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,141 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Figured I'd drop a link here, rather then start a new thread.

    I'm toying with getting an audio upgrade for the PC with this years bonus. A new headset(possible modmic thing is required) and maybe a DAC/AMp if required?

    The DAC/Amp **** really confuses me. Cant work out if I need one, or if my onboard sound would be enough. I don't want to waste money on this. I'm not an audiophile, so I've no idea if I'll actually note the gains, but it seems such a universal thing that surely I'll be impressed.

    Last post on the page has what I've narrowed down to. Three headsets. The Sennheiser is a new entry, and there because its a gaming setup from them, but the other two are tumbling in price. I know ED.E posted in the thread, but I guess im still not sure on where I need to go with this. Keep getting recommended /r/headphones but finding it pretty useless, with no responses.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057550248


  • #4770
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    TheDoc wrote: »
    The DAC/Amp **** really confuses me Cant work out if I need one

    Basically headphones are the most important, no DAC can make up for crap cans. Onboard audio + Good cans > DAC + Crap cans.

    When you get to the point of high impedance studio cans then a DAC starts making sense, but the ROI on a DAC at that point is much lower than the headphones.

    If my earphones scored a 50 my Beyers would score an 80 and them + DAC would be an 85. (€30, €100, €100+€100).


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  • #4771
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,141 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    ED E wrote: »
    Basically headphones are the most important, no DAC can make up for crap cans. Onboard audio + Good cans > DAC + Crap cans.

    When you get to the point of high impedance studio cans then a DAC starts making sense, but the ROI on a DAC at that point is much lower than the headphones.

    If my earphones scored a 50 my Beyers would score an 80 and them + DAC would be an 85. (€30, €100, €100+€100).

    Have to say I don't normally struggle with PC upgrades or parts, but this is one of the most difficult I've ever come across. There is a mountain of conflicting information coming at me from all quarters.

    I guess I'm wondering how would I "know" that I'd benefit from a soundcard, or a DAC/AMP, after getting the headphones. I'm kinda hoping I'll get that blown away **** immediately. Worried I could sit there for a year thinking "this is no different" and not realising I need something else.

    Do soundcards even come into the equation now>? I see recommended soundcards for like 30-40 euro. That looks like a cheap shot in the arm, wondering if it would even bring benefits to my current Siberia V2.

    The headsets definitely seem the most important part. I just want to try get a clear picture on where I'm going with this, and what I'll need to buy to get the "wow" factor.

    EDIT* OK kinda understanding the need for DAC/AMP etc.
    The DT990's run high OHMs, so I'd need to grab a DAC/Amp for those.
    The Sennheiser GAME ONE run at 50OHMs, so my motherboard onboard should run them fine.
    The ATH MX50's I've read further stuff about them and they are a bit hit and miss.

    So have narrowed it down further. Sennheiser GAME ONE's appear to be winning mildly, as they are essentially 598's which I've actually tried before from a friend and was genuinely impressed.


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