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Solitaire · 20-04-2011 6:20pm

GTX460SE < GTX460LE < GTX460 < HD6850 < HD5850

The second review had lots of TWIWMTBP and DX11 games, all of which favour the GTX460 over older cards, and it also stated that the given readings were mostly borked as all the AMD cards was having huge issues with 11.3, earlier drivers gave higher FPS.

savemejebus · 20-04-2011 8:22pm

Chosen wrote: »

Gskill 8Gb (2x4Gb) kit, same specs (1333, CL9) from an Irish shop at €75 with free shipping:
http://www.memoryc.com/computermemory/ddr3ram/8gbgskillpc310600ntseriescl9dualkit.html

Hmm, wonder what the downsides to 16gb of ram would be

AlmightyCushion · 20-04-2011 8:50pm

savemejebus wrote: »

Hmm, wonder what the downsides to 16gb of ram would be

Can too much awesomeness harm your pc?

Fnz · 20-04-2011 9:40pm

savemejebus wrote: »

Hmm, wonder what the downsides to 16gb of ram would be

The money could have went towards a SSD?

Dublin_Gunner · 21-04-2011 8:27am

Chosen wrote: »

Gskill 8Gb (2x4Gb) kit, same specs (1333, CL9) from an Irish shop at €75 with free shipping:
http://www.memoryc.com/computermemory/ddr3ram/8gbgskillpc310600ntseriescl9dualkit.html

(I already bought a kit, came the next morning in less than 24 hours from ordering )

I'd always recommend buying from an Irish company too - I'm always discouraging people from ordering from Hardwareversand. Have Ordered from MemoryC many times - highly recommended.

mikeire wrote: »

I think those €8 is not too much and Corsair is much better brand!!!

Exactly how are Corsair a 'much better brand' than GSkill? I take it you haven't been into PC building long.

GSkill are excellent (always have been), and I would easily recommend not only paying less for the same spec kit, getting free shipping, and keeping the money in the country.

But everyone to their own I guess :rolleyes:

tman · 21-04-2011 8:52am

Fnz wrote: »

The money could have went towards a SSD?

Aye, seems like a waste of €75 that could be better spent elsewhere!
8GB should be more than enough memory for anybody, but if you've got the cash to burn and ever come remotely close to using up all of your current memory (I doubt it), then go for it...

The only time I've seen my memory usage max out is when I'm running multiple VMs with far more memory than they could possibly need, or that stupid chkdsk bug that MS insist is intended behaviour...

Fnz · 22-04-2011 3:32pm

Some good prices on GPUs @ Ebuyer this weekend. Shame they don't deliver to Eire.

GTX 560 from £126
HD 6950 from £128

Tea_Bag · 22-04-2011 3:39pm

Fnz wrote: »

Some good prices on GPUs @ Ebuyer this weekend. Shame they don't deliver to Eire.

GTX 560 from £126
HD 6950 from £128

if anyone genuinly wants one of these with no means to get it, ive got family in the UK i can get it posted to and they'll forward it onto me/you.

its a real pitty they dont have a 2gb version on discount, 1gb just doesnt seem to be enough for eyefinity.

EDIT: the GTX 560 is now labeled as out of stock.

Brian · 22-04-2011 3:49pm

€150 for the 6950 plus another €20 or so for shipping to Ireland. Not too bad, although you can get the 2 GB version for €210 on HWVS.

Tea_Bag · 02-05-2011 3:08pm

that GTX 570 in BA cant wont be shipped to Ireland FWIW

EDIT: test run to my family in UK:

Items: £207.72
Postage & Packing: £3.99

Order Total: £211.71

and according to royalmail.co.uk, @1.25kg, it can be delivered to your door for £20.50 (and insured for upto £250).

Total: ~€263 delivered. not too shabby.

Monotype · 03-05-2011 7:17pm

freestyla wrote: »

OCZ 2.5" Vertex 2 SATA II Solid State Drive (SSD) - 120 GB

€ 174 Inc. VAT

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/5759117/art/ocz/2-5-vertex-2-sata-ii-soli.html

Just be wary of the "missing 5GB" issues with these. IMO, the C300 128GB is better value for the ~€190 it's going for now.

Nollog · 05-05-2011 9:17pm

What should I expect to pay for a DVI cable?
I've never bought one before, been using cables that came with my monitors.

Trevor451 · 05-05-2011 9:22pm

/\/ollog wrote: »

What should I expect to pay for a DVI cable?
I've never bought one before, been using cables that came with my monitors.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/DVI-D-Male-DVI-D-24-1-Pin-Dual-Link-Cable-Gold-1-5m-/250802824305?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item3a65036471

€8 delivered
Decent quality and dispatched from Ireland.

Jonny7 · 06-05-2011 1:27pm

AMD 955 black edition now sub 100 euros on hardwareversand.de

That coupled with the ATI 5850 graphics card (seems to have disappeared from hwvs at the mo?)

incorporate those into a sub 450/500 euro build to make a system that can run any game out there with ease - crazy stuff

Dublin_Gunner · 06-05-2011 8:43pm

Serephucus wrote: »

Crysis for €3.74
Warhead for €2.49

Steam sale. Available until tomorrow, around 18.00.

Thats a great deal. I never played Warhead. Gonna buy it now

cherryghost · 06-05-2011 9:13pm

I feel robbed after I bought them both for a fiver each at the Christmas sale :pac:

Monotype · 06-05-2011 9:26pm

I didn't know that games were hardware. :pac:

Hmm... both together are €5, if you buy as a pack. That's very cheap but I probably wouldn't have time to play both. I've heard warhead > original, but should I just get warhead and not bother with the other?

Rsaeire · 06-05-2011 10:42pm

Monotype wrote: »

I didn't know that games were hardware. :pac:

Hmm... both together are €5, if you buy as a pack. That's very cheap but I probably wouldn't have time to play both. I've heard warhead > original, but should I just get warhead and not bother with the other?

I'd get them both as I found they're quite different games in their own right; I prefer the first Crysis over Warhead though.

Serephucus · 07-05-2011 2:02pm

Rsaeire wrote: »

I'd get them both as I found they're quite different games in their own right; I prefer the first Crysis over Warhead though.

I'd have to agree with that. I still prefer to go back and play Crysis 1, rather than Warhead (though it's nice for a change as well).

deejer · 10-05-2011 8:12pm

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad 955 Core

What a price! Chance to make use of my brother in London for once.

Tea_Bag · 10-05-2011 8:30pm

deejer wrote: »

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad 955 Core

What a price! Chance to make use of my brother in London for once.

Agreed. Ive ordered 1 anyway. anyone know if it comes with thermal compound or if ive to buy my own?

EDIT: seems the thermal compound is already applied to the heatsink. not much use to those who have their own coolers...

EDIT 2: is this paste any good? ive ordered it but if i can get better value or cheaper somewhere else let me know ASAP so i can cancel anyone?

Monotype · 10-05-2011 9:30pm

AS5 is great. The arcticlean wouldn't go amiss either.
It's similarish price at memoryc, €8.29 delivered, but I assume you have free delivery anyway.
http://www.memoryc.com/pccomponents/coolingproducts/articsilver5thermalcompound35g.html

Looks like a good time to upgrade for AM3. Hopefully they'll throw a few delivered straight to us at some stage.

Deano12345 · 10-05-2011 9:33pm

Monotype wrote: »

AS5 is great. The arcticlean wouldn't go amiss either.
It's similarish price at memoryc, €8.29 delivered, but I assume you have free delivery anyway.
http://www.memoryc.com/pccomponents/coolingproducts/articsilver5thermalcompound35g.html

Looks like a good time to upgrade for AM3. Hopefully they'll throw a few delivered straight to us at some stage.

AS5 is good, but has a fairly long curing time, I'd say try and find MX3 if you can, if not, AS5 is very good still

deejer · 10-05-2011 10:02pm

I see that one of the crowds that had it at this price is no longer available so went with another.

Didnt notice they had the compound already applied. That sound strange does it??

Deano12345 · 10-05-2011 10:05pm

deejer wrote: »

I see that one of the crowds that had it at this price is no longer available so went with another.

Didnt notice they had the compound already applied. That sound strange does it??

TIM already on the box cooler ? Nope, thats standard fare usually, only time ive never seen TIM pre applied was with an E2200

Tea_Bag · 10-05-2011 10:08pm

deejer wrote: »

I see that one of the crowds that had it at this price is no longer available so went with another.

Didnt notice they had the compound already applied. That sound strange does it??

i placed an order with "ASL" and they canceled my order within the hour (at this time of night!) saying that they were out of stock.
i placed a new order with "extremepcsuk", hope it gets through anyway.

actually, it better, cause it told me i couldnt cancel my order of AC5 paste after i tried to cancel it and go with memoryc as pointed out by Mono. support Irish and all that. but what am i going to do with paste and no CPU to change?

Rsaeire · 10-05-2011 10:09pm

I've used AS5 for years and never had an issue.

There was also TIM pre-installed on the heatsink of my E5300.

deejer · 10-05-2011 10:10pm

Tea_Bag wrote: »

i placed an order with "ASL" and they canceled my order within the hour (at this time of night!) saying that they were out of stock.
i placed a new order with "extremepcsuk", hope it gets through anyway

Same here. But starting the have my doubts now.

Tea_Bag · 11-05-2011 5:40pm

aaaaaand my order went from "shipping" to canceled. **** sake. ive just spent £7 on artic 5 paste, that isnt even being delivered to me in ireland but family in the UK. more delivery charges. excellent. thanks for wasting my time and money amazon :mad::mad:

deejer · 11-05-2011 6:39pm

If it looks too good to be true and all that..............

Same thing here. Starting to think that this might not be a bad option since I am looking to upgrade. Another £40 onto what the 955's ACTUAL price is.

Same CPU as you at the moment @Tea_Bag so interested to know what you planning on doing now

Also wondering if anyone did get their order placed for the 955 yesterday the that price??

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