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K.O.Kiki · 01-10-2018 11:55am

tadcan wrote: »

Has anyone used Tcsunbow ssd's are they worth buying?

I can't find a single professional review for them, so you're on your own.

Monotype · 01-10-2018 12:19pm

They're probably left over USB2 sticks glued together. Some of the reviews complains that they only read/write at a bit over 250MB/s. That's actually pretty good. I might pick up a 60/120GB one out of curiosity and see how long it lasts in an office computer but no way would I trust it with anything important.

TerrorFirmer · 01-10-2018 12:31pm

Not sure I'd personally bother when a tenner more gets you a somewhat reliable Kingston....and I'd say the warranty/customer service would be less than brilliant.

Inquitus · 01-10-2018 4:06pm

tadcan wrote: »

Has anyone used Tcsunbow ssd's, are they worth buying?

In the reviews someone has tested the speed and was not happy, would avoid.

Cuddlesworth · 01-10-2018 5:47pm

Fast compared to a platter driver though. But I see that a Kinston SSD is only a little more right now, makes way more sense.

02-10-2018 10:09am

Interesting. Google's launching a technical test for it's game streaming service on the 5th.

Headshot · 06-10-2018 10:02pm

wow Intel Core i7-8700K is 469.99 pounds now

jaw dropping prices

Venom · 06-10-2018 11:26pm

Headshot wrote: »

wow Intel Core i7-8700K is 469.99 pounds now

jaw dropping prices

Only £429.99 on Amazon

It seems the discount that's been on those chips since June and dropped the price down to the £330ish mark, is no longer being applied. My guess is it's due to the soon to be launched 9th series of chips.

Inviere · 07-10-2018 8:22am

I was looking for an i7 6700k to replace an i5 6600k and they’re still very expensive where I could see them

K.O.Kiki · 07-10-2018 2:15pm

Inviere wrote: »

I was looking for an i7 6700k to replace an i5 6600k and they’re still very expensive where I could see them

Probably because they're from the period where every Intel update required a new motherboard.
You end up with less used stock as fewer people upgrade.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 07-10-2018 3:57pm

Venom wrote: »

Only £429.99 on Amazon

It seems the discount that's been on those chips since June and dropped the price down to the £330ish mark, is no longer being applied. My guess is it's due to the soon to be launched 9th series of chips.

Peeeffftttt....thats nothing

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/processors/intel-core-i7-8700k-unlocked-processor-10177581-pdt.html

Venom · 07-10-2018 4:14pm

Kingsley Cuddly Aircraft wrote: »

Peeeffftttt....thats nothing

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/processors/intel-core-i7-8700k-unlocked-processor-10177581-pdt.html

Sure who buys PC hardware in an Irish brick and mortar these days

Icyseanfitz · 08-10-2018 12:53pm

any good deals on PSU's around?

K.O.Kiki · 08-10-2018 3:15pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

any good deals on PSU's around?

Thermaltake 550W Gold modular - £60
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-thermaltake-london-hybrid-modular-80plus-gold-140mm-quiet-fanatx-psu

Be Quiet 400W Pure Power 10 - £45
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N34WRZ3?creative=22110&creativeASIN=B01N34WRZ3&linkCode=df0&tag=geizhals07-21

Venom · 08-10-2018 3:30pm

Intel 9th gen launch event live

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/watch_intel_s_fall_desktop_launch_event_here/1

Cuddlesworth · 08-10-2018 3:53pm

Venom wrote: »

Intel 9th gen launch event live

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/watch_intel_s_fall_desktop_launch_event_here/1

I'm curious to see if they can beat the 8700k single thread. A few people on reddit who do chip design think the ringbus architecture was pushing it at 6 cores.

Venom · 08-10-2018 4:04pm

OSI wrote: »

What happened to AMD being competitive again and driving down prices

Think I paid £300 for my 8700K and that was in January when they were still the "hot item".

Seem's there is a huge shortage of 8th gen CPU's at the moment which is why the price has jumped up.

cherryghost · 08-10-2018 4:19pm

Nice to see Intel removing hyperthreading is now confirmed on the i7s....

Venom · 08-10-2018 4:21pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Nice to see Intel removing hyperthreading is now confirmed on the i7s....

It makes them lighter so they run faster

K.O.Kiki · 08-10-2018 4:48pm

OSI wrote: »

What happened to AMD being competitive again and driving down prices

Think I paid £300 for my 8700K and that was in January when they were still the "hot item".

I think you missed the part where you can still buy an AMD 8-core with hyperthreading for £200-250.

Cuddlesworth · 08-10-2018 5:08pm

OSI wrote: »

What happened to AMD being competitive again and driving down prices

Think I paid £300 for my 8700K and that was in January when they were still the "hot item".

We know a couple of things.

AMD's Ryzen, Threadripper and EYPC design is really efficient to produce.
Intel currently is noticeably unable to meet market demand, even from first tier OEM's on lower margin products(low end laptops/desktops).
x86 cpu's are not exactly a massive growth market, if we sold considerably more chips recently you would know about it.
Intel are clearly loosing a lot of market share and product volume in the last 18 months.

So its fair to assume that Intel has shifted its focus to lower volume higher margin products in its manufacturing facilities to keep its revenue numbers up. I don't think they can compete with AMD on price and I think they have copped that too.

Venom · 08-10-2018 7:40pm

Launch prices for Intel 9th Gen are a tad on the high side

i5 9600k - £349.99 or €398.84
i7 9700k - £499.99 or €569.77
i9 9900k - £599.99 or €683.73

08-10-2018 8:33pm

I'm definitely going with AMD for my next build.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 08-10-2018 8:57pm

specs on the 9900k are very interesting could be a beast but needs to overclock to 5.5. Wonder if the IHS is better at dissipating heat than the 8700k

Venom · 08-10-2018 9:35pm

Kingsley Cuddly Aircraft wrote: »

specs on the 9900k are very interesting could be a beast but needs to overclock to 5.5. Wonder if the IHS is better at dissipating heat than the 8700k

The 9th gen chips are soldered so heat dissipating should be better than 8th gen cpu's but I don't see 5.5 mhz overclocks happening as having 2 extra cores over the previous generation, will make hitting that mark much harder than the 6 core chips. My guess is somewhere around the 5.0-5.1 mark will be the norm.

Moon54 · 08-10-2018 11:28pm

Wow, those new intel CPU prices are pretty high over here, €400 for i5 9600k.
It does make the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X a LOT more appealing... 6/6 vs 8/16 and cheaper!

K.O.Kiki · 09-10-2018 12:21pm

This video makes me irrationally angry.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 09-10-2018 12:26pm

Venom wrote: »

The 9th gen chips are soldered so heat dissipating should be better than 8th gen cpu's but I don't see 5.5 mhz overclocks happening as having 2 extra cores over the previous generation, will make hitting that mark much harder than the 6 core chips. My guess is somewhere around the 5.0-5.1 mark will be the norm.

your probably right, better to delid the 8700k and get 5ghz easy and 5.1 at a push.

Venom · 09-10-2018 12:50pm

Kingsley Cuddly Aircraft wrote: »

your probably right, better to delid the 8700k and get 5ghz easy and 5.1 at a push.

No way to really know until the new chips are put through the benchmark ringer but considering the huge price increase over the 8th gen chips nevermind the 2700X, I reckon your right.

Also, Intel got caught pushing dodgy benchmarks yet again.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 09-10-2018 1:49pm

Anyone reccomend a good delid kit, I would like a kit where you get everything together...would love to do a delid myself looks like a lot of "scary" fun. Some people getting big thermal improvement on 8700k like -20 degrees. I have a good chip that will get to 5.1 @ 1.36 volts but it runs really hot there in the 90's so not happy run it there long term.

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