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by Thor_23 » Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:43 am

Morphza wrote:I have a murphy's law that plagues me... things work 100% until day after warranty! :(

haha

same here, I will stay away from second hand parts

by Morphza » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:47 am

I have a murphy's law that plagues me... things work 100% until day after warranty! :(

by Voetsek-Mikey » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:35 am

I got my R9 280X from someone second hand.

Saved loads and the card is still under warranty. :D

by KakHard » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:54 pm

2nd hand wiff warranty boet.

by Morphza » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:41 pm

Reaper wrote:Also, one thing i have learnt the hard way, dont buy the GPU new. You can pick up some really good deals on Carbonite.


That is if you can handle the trust of second hand... it would kill me.

by Reaper » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:45 am

Also, one thing i have learnt the hard way, dont buy the GPU new. You can pick up some really good deals on Carbonite.

by Thor_23 » Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:52 am

Paul wrote:If you want a smaller case make sure the GPU will fit. Some of these GPU's are very long


Thanks Paul.

Checked and the case I am getting has remmovable extra HDD bays. Can remove them and then the GPU will fit

http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/cases/enforcer/

by Paul » Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:40 pm

If you want a smaller case make sure the GPU will fit. Some of these GPU's are very long

by J_Th4ng » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:26 am

Definitely get the lower CPU, going for an i7 is a waste of money for gaming.

I'm a firm believer in good quality motherboards, and particularly ASUS boards. Having a I'd that, you don't need to stretch as far as a ROG board, they are a ultra premium. The sabertooth boards are also excellent, I had one previously. You might be able to save a little cash there.


GPU - I favour the nVidia card personally, but there is a great deal of personal preference in the AMD/nVidia decision. Consider Freesync which has just coming out now for AMD, which will give a much cheaper adaptive sync option than gsync.


RAM - stretch for 16GB if you can. Speed is relatively unimportant here, so 1600 ram is fine.


Optical drive - no need for one of these, they are dirt cheap though, so won't save you much cash.

by Thor_23 » Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:12 pm

Thanks Lee will have a look at the PSU's.... See they only have a 600. Was hoping to get a 650 as I want that extra buffer.

@ Morph only reason I was looking to get the 8 instead of 16 and the air cooler instead is purely budget related. Can move a bit for funds arround however. SO maybe I will ditch the optical drive and either change the cooler or get more ram.... Will have to look at the options.

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