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| Thread ID: 122736 | 2012-01-09 22:37:00 | My first build. | Slankydudl (16687) | Press F1 |
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| 1253205 | 2012-01-28 22:22:00 | It's a little underpowered but you're on the right track, a UPS is much better than a surge protector which does nothing for power cuts or drops in voltage which are more likely to happen than actual surges. Power cuts can be quite destructive to hard drives, power surges are actually fairly uncommon. Somewhere I read a review that called into question whether surge protectors were any use at all given the very specific and unlikely cicumstances they will help under. You could try this www.csgnetwork.com but to use it properly you'd really need a watt meter to find out what your PC uses under load. The warehouse sell a cheap meter that would be good enough for that. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1253206 | 2012-01-28 23:48:00 | I have never experienced problems with Sapphire product, what is wrong with a better price? Not sure about Sapphire specifically, but cheaper video cards\motherboards\anything use cheaper parts and build quality, such as cheaper capacitor brands, smaller heatsinks, smaller capacity regulators which run closer to their maximum limits and thus run hotter, worse filtering, etc etc. They aren't going to be cheaper and magically stay at the same quality level as a respectable brand name card... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1253207 | 2012-03-02 08:25:00 | okay so iv decided on what i want and have managed to scroung up a bit more money too ;) cpu: 2500k gpu: asus 7950 HDD: single 2tb wd caviar black (im not too fused on spending 300 bucks to make my os run faster, instead i used it for a better gpu) psu: corsair ax 850w case: corsair 600t white I haven't quite decided on a mobo... any suggestions, preferably asus. |
Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1253208 | 2012-03-02 11:32:00 | something between www.pp.co.nz and www.pp.co.nz depending on what features you want. Any Z68 board would be fine, even the older P67 is just as good for gaming purposes. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1253209 | 2012-03-05 07:02:00 | Two of these should do the job...mighty expensive though...is a 4kg card good enough. www.retailblue.com |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1253210 | 2012-03-05 07:38:00 | well im allready getting the asus 7950... even though the 7970 is well worth the 200 bucks extra. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1253211 | 2012-03-05 09:13:00 | hardforum.com not really, imo the top end card is never worth the extra cost (unless you're talking about the 5870? back in the day). | icow (15313) | ||
| 1253212 | 2012-03-05 10:29:00 | The quality in the build and silicon used in the asus directcu 7970 will make it an amazing overclocker. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1253213 | 2012-03-05 10:32:00 | Anyways this is the mobo im going to get: ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3 Intel Z68 PCI-E 3.0 And i dont think i have enough money too buy a crossfire 7970. It would probably tip my computer over anyways. |
Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1253214 | 2012-03-05 18:47:00 | Ha ha. Yep these things are massive and expensive. It's a pity really. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
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