Your Gaming comp?
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Re: Your Gaming comp?
No problem.
If it really must be sub £100 then I think you're probably looking at the AMD R7 260x which is £70 to £80. For those prices though you still get a 2GB card with a factory overclock.
However if you're ever going to stretch the budget on one component, always make it your graphics card. When spending around £100 on your GPU the fps per £ is pretty linear. Spent £80 and you'll get 80% of the fps you'd get with a £100. Spend £120 and you'll get around 120% the fps you get with the £100 card. Once you get to more expensive card it doesn't scale quite as well.
I was going to suggest an AMD A7 265 but I guess they must be phasing those out as some sites have even stopped selling them (Aras can you help here, I'm not up to date on AMD cards).
So my suggestions would be either the fastest AMD 260X you can find (still only around £80) or push your budget a little and get an AMD R7 270 (the non X version) which would give you around 50% more fps than the 260x but it would cost you about £125 delivered for a decent one.
Like I said previously, even a £50 card would get you more fps than you currently get but if you get a better card now you'll never look back.
Any wired keyboard would get rid of your input lag but I understand if you like the 'tap tap tap' of a true mechanical keyboard.
ps. sorry I'm a terrible influence for spending money.
If it really must be sub £100 then I think you're probably looking at the AMD R7 260x which is £70 to £80. For those prices though you still get a 2GB card with a factory overclock.
However if you're ever going to stretch the budget on one component, always make it your graphics card. When spending around £100 on your GPU the fps per £ is pretty linear. Spent £80 and you'll get 80% of the fps you'd get with a £100. Spend £120 and you'll get around 120% the fps you get with the £100 card. Once you get to more expensive card it doesn't scale quite as well.
I was going to suggest an AMD A7 265 but I guess they must be phasing those out as some sites have even stopped selling them (Aras can you help here, I'm not up to date on AMD cards).
So my suggestions would be either the fastest AMD 260X you can find (still only around £80) or push your budget a little and get an AMD R7 270 (the non X version) which would give you around 50% more fps than the 260x but it would cost you about £125 delivered for a decent one.
Like I said previously, even a £50 card would get you more fps than you currently get but if you get a better card now you'll never look back.
Any wired keyboard would get rid of your input lag but I understand if you like the 'tap tap tap' of a true mechanical keyboard.
ps. sorry I'm a terrible influence for spending money.
Re: Your Gaming comp?
Got these delivered this week to replace my X77 board and 3570k Ivy Bridge:
ASUS X99-S
Haswell-E 5820k
16Gb Team Group Quad Channel DDR4 2400mhz
Hyperx Predator M.2 PCIe G2 x4 240 Gb Sloid State Drive.
Keeping my AMD R9 290 as it's more than capable for the near future.
Also re-using old case, Psu, Water cooling and 2 SSDs 1x256gb 1x512gb, will eventually replace these with 1x1TB SSD when funds allow.
I know that this is way overkill for mainly a gaming rig but Z97 is coming to an end soon and didn't want to wait for Skylake. This should last for a while.
The Asrock Extreme 4 Z77 and 3570k is clocked at 4.5mhz and so still more than enough but I got itchy for an upgrade
Got a good deal on these so went for it. Spent about 3 or £400 more than I wanted to but hey I work hard so why not. Guess I'll be working a few Saturdays.
Will be Putting all this together this weekend
ASUS X99-S
Haswell-E 5820k
16Gb Team Group Quad Channel DDR4 2400mhz
Hyperx Predator M.2 PCIe G2 x4 240 Gb Sloid State Drive.
Keeping my AMD R9 290 as it's more than capable for the near future.
Also re-using old case, Psu, Water cooling and 2 SSDs 1x256gb 1x512gb, will eventually replace these with 1x1TB SSD when funds allow.
I know that this is way overkill for mainly a gaming rig but Z97 is coming to an end soon and didn't want to wait for Skylake. This should last for a while.
The Asrock Extreme 4 Z77 and 3570k is clocked at 4.5mhz and so still more than enough but I got itchy for an upgrade
Got a good deal on these so went for it. Spent about 3 or £400 more than I wanted to but hey I work hard so why not. Guess I'll be working a few Saturdays.
Will be Putting all this together this weekend
Re: Your Gaming comp?
Nice upgrade gibbon 8) i also just upgraded this week to an i5 4690k haswell along with Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER Z97 mobo and corsair 750w hxi series psu and just a couple of weeks ago got a Benq xl2430t 144hz monitor along side my old AOC 60hz monitor. Also debating to get a full tower the corsair obsidian 750d but only just had new case which is corsair carbide spec 3 but think i need a bigger case as my R9 290 vapour x is just as long as the case 8O but still pretty neat and low noise and cooling efficiency is very good. H100i gtx rad to replace my h80i aswell soon.
So yeah nice upgrades pal have fun and hope all goes well on the build
So yeah nice upgrades pal have fun and hope all goes well on the build
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Hey MIG that Asus Ranger board is supposed to be really good. Are you overclocking?
I also got a 144hz monitor earlier in the year, an LG one. Best upgrade ever for me don't know why I waited so long to get one.
Hopefully be up and running by the end of the weekend.
I also got a 144hz monitor earlier in the year, an LG one. Best upgrade ever for me don't know why I waited so long to get one.
Hopefully be up and running by the end of the weekend.
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Hopefully it is a good board :) did some research first of course and all seems very good reviews on it. overclocking will be done but only after the break in period of 200+ hrs or so. 144hz monitors are just so damn good right
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All up and running wit the new install, little bit OCD with cable management but got there in the end :roll: bloody cables were not going the way i wanted to as they were flat ribboned style on the hx750i and stiff as hell! but looks cleanly routed to my liking anyhow 8) 200hrs brake in period..... well i gave that a miss and clocked to 4.2ghz for now. Ai suite 3 is buggy but got it working so ill just setup some stuff then uninstall it as it will be saved in bios anyway. Glad to hear all went well for you gibbon, couple little niggles is to be expected on any new installs i guess! :)
Re: Your Gaming comp?
Well my Q6600 Core2Quad has been retired after 8 years of loyal service.
Here's my new Build:
CPU: Core i7 6700K
Cooler: NZXT AIO Kraken X61
GFX: MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr
case: Fractal Design R5 Blackout Edition (replaced the chassis fans with two Nanoxia fans)
MotherBoard: ASRock Z170 Extreme 7+
Ram: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHZ
Boot Drive: M.2 Samsung SM951 AHCI Version
PSU: Corsair RM750i
Storage: 2xWestern Digital Red 3TB (Raid 1)
Fairly light overclock to 4.5Ghz.
Can't believe how quite it is compared to my previous hairdryer.
Here's my new Build:
CPU: Core i7 6700K
Cooler: NZXT AIO Kraken X61
GFX: MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr
case: Fractal Design R5 Blackout Edition (replaced the chassis fans with two Nanoxia fans)
MotherBoard: ASRock Z170 Extreme 7+
Ram: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHZ
Boot Drive: M.2 Samsung SM951 AHCI Version
PSU: Corsair RM750i
Storage: 2xWestern Digital Red 3TB (Raid 1)
Fairly light overclock to 4.5Ghz.
Can't believe how quite it is compared to my previous hairdryer.
Re: Your Gaming comp?
Yes Derfy, DaV is correct. The SM951 is a PCI-E SSD but also uses the new M.2 interface which means you just slot it into an M.2 slot on the motherboard - no cables at all its very small but very fast.
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[quote=Vermin8tr post_id=49487]Yes Derfy, DaV is correct. The SM951 is a PCI-E SSD but also uses the new M.2 interface which means you just slot it into an M.2 slot on the motherboard - no cables at all its very small but very fast.[/quote]
I've noticed the price has dropped quite a bit for PCI-E SSDs too (and £/GB of SSDs in general). I can see me putting a PCI-E SSD in my next rig whenever I next upgrade.
Very nice rig though Vermin8tr :)
I've noticed the price has dropped quite a bit for PCI-E SSDs too (and £/GB of SSDs in general). I can see me putting a PCI-E SSD in my next rig whenever I next upgrade.
Very nice rig though Vermin8tr :)