I picked up more than just that. All told with CPU, Mobo, Mem, SSD, Power Supply, new Case, about $1050 with about $100 left in rebates to claim. I could've saved money online but I didn't want to wait. Itchy finger.
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I picked up more than just that. All told with CPU, Mobo, Mem, SSD, Power Supply, new Case, about $1050 with about $100 left in rebates to claim. I could've saved money online but I didn't want to wait. Itchy finger.
Unknown Soldier
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They will start taking orders again in about 3 hours. B&H are owned by Orthodox Jews and they do not take orders Friday-Saturday night. I've got that page open and am waiting for my shot lol
ussjtrunks
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If I want to get a blower card which one would be the best to get, anyone hear anything about evgas blower card?
dgrdsv
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Your choice would be FE/reference or non-FE/reference blower style cooler. All EVGA blowers are reference AFAIK. Reference blowers are usually better than non-reference.
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demigod
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Which mobo did you get? What's the general consensus on mobo brand, asus / msi / gigabyte / ASRock?
I've had good luck in the past w MSI and ASUS so I grabbed a combo deal @ Microcenter: ASUS ROG Max VIII Hero w i7 6700K.
Shifty Capone1
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Man I am so tempted to just get the damn founders edition. I know it will be a mistake, but with all this bad communication from everyone else it is so tempting!
At this point, I'm tempted to just wait for the 1070. I'm only gaming at 1080 and in VR. Think I might use the $700 I was gonna spend on the GTX 1080 and just upgrade my system instead (new CPU, mobo, ram, psu) and stick with my R290 until things settle down.
draughn101
Member
So difficult to wait.
HowardRoark
Member
So difficult to wait.
I hear either the Zelda "obtained item" sound or the holy "ahhhhh" sound when this box is opened.
draughn101
Member
Lol exactly. This makes it difficult to pull the trigger on the G1. I wish they'd just give us dates so I can lock myself in.
So difficult to wait.
What's in the bottom center of the case? Looks like something that goes in a 5inc bay?
Unknown Soldier
Member
So difficult to wait.
Honestly, the two cards I would prefer are the Gigabyte Xtreme or ASUS STRIX because they have 2x HDMI, great for VR.
The EVGA and MSI cards have only 1 HDMI, making connecting my Rift and my TV unnecessarily difficult.
draughn101
Member
It looks a lot higher quality than the G1. I think I'm going to wait, or play the return game with Amazon to get this.
Hmm, what do you mean? I have an HTPC setup, and want to get a Vive eventually. Is that going to be some big pain in the ass?
wumster3000
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This is what I was telling another member today about upgrading his Sandy Bridge - 6700K or Kaby Lake later on. 2500K is a fine chip, but it's missing other features too. You will see a lot of improvement with this build, not only game related.
Lord Radik
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I have a HTPC setup and a Vive. I ended up using a display port-to-hdmi connector to the TV, leaving the hdmi port for the Vive. The Vive breakout box has a mini display port but doesn't seem to work.
edit-This problem seems to be a Nvidia card issue according to Reddit and the steam Vive forum.
Oh right the Vive needs an hdmi port. I never even put that together, hmm.
Do they both need to be on the GPU? My motherboard has an hdmi, would that be of any use?
spazchicken
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I thought an i7 was an i7. Is my 3770k garbage? Can I even run an Oculus with it?
MikeE21286
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B&H is back up for those who were waiting to put in an order for a 1080 EVGA FTW from there.
No tax for me in Ohio and free two day shipping. If they get their act together quicker than Amazon I'll just cancel with Amazon. Saves me about $40 after tax to just stay with B&H
No tax for me in Ohio and free two day shipping. If they get their act together quicker than Amazon I'll just cancel with Amazon. Saves me about $40 after tax to just stay with B&H
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I went from i5 2500K -> i7 2600K -> i7 6700K, and the difference is most noticeable in open world games. Reduced stuttering.
Just snagged one too. No tax shipped to Washington, DC.
Lord Radik
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Sure those ports on your motherboard will utilize your CPU, which should be fine for your TV display, leaving the GPU for the Vive. Depending on your mobo manufacturer, you might have to go into the bios to enable that. You would have to swap cables around every time you wanted to use the Vive though. The DP/HDMI adapter is your best bet(they cost maybe $20) to leave everything plugged to the GPU.
Any specific games, per se?
I've been installing utilities for the afternoon, and just finished getting Steam up. Which games to install first?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Witcher 3 definitely seemed to have reduced stuttering for me, which was good as I was using ini tweaks to crank grass and shadow draw distance beyond standard ultra. The leap wasn't ground breaking, but I found a general improved of increased minimum framerate and frame stability, so a more consistent performance on the lower end.
I'm not educated enough on why this is the case, but yeah. Just seems to more efficiently handle the data load and streaming. It's never perfect, and it's not ground breaking, but given the hundreds of hours I've poured into The Witcher 3 it was here I saw the clearest improvement.
MikeE21286
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You're not alone on Witcher.
In the DF videos I have seen on YouTube they mentioned not only increased frames but also reduced stuttering were the main advantages in moving from Sandy Bridge to the 6600/6700 series.
chromatic9
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Amazon have had the G1 Gaming for £560, think you can still preorder
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GCAW1IA/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GCAW1IA/
finalflame
Banned
1080 is now watercooled. Getting around ~46-48 C under load with absolutely no throttling to speak of. Will post graphs and whatnot later. Overclock ceiling seems to be hitting at around ~2100mhz core.
wumster3000
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It's a good chip dude. There is nothing wrong with a 2500K. I just think any person will see more advantages going from a Sandy Bridge to a Sky Lake.
Atraveller
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You guys make me want to upgrade my E3 1230v2, but I could only afford one thing at a time.
draughn101
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Jacob Freeman, EVGA Product manager, is saying on Twitter that their cards are seeing the first shipment a week from now. He's saying that those are likely just EVGA orders. He's going to update when Amazon is supposed to get theirs. Not looking like we are getting these very soon.
Unknown Soldier
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I put my order in on B&H but I'm not confident, they've left preorders up for ever. Probably a lot of cancellations incoming.
Dave_6
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So difficult to wait.
Want! :O
Millsington
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demigod
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Of course, gotta wait til all the impatient suckers to buy the FE first.
draughn101
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https://twitter.com/EVGA_JacobF/status/739286922133012480
A lot of good info there. It sounds like June 14th for the first set of FTW cards. Maybe only EVGA preorders tho. Final specs on the FTW should be at the end of this week.
Soltype
Member
So difficult to wait.
What's that thing in the bottom left corner?
draughn101
Member
Sli adapter?
spazchicken
Member
Ok cool. I have no idea how fast CPU tech moves.
demigod
Member
You talking boost clock or dimensions? Because its core is 1733 and boost to 1873.
draughn101
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The clocks are not official.
drotahorror
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To people that preordered the Gigabyte G1 on amazon..
Does it say this for your order?
When I got my order in it said 'temporarily unavailable' but now it just flat out says 'unavailable'. Maybe I should contact CS to see if I got my order in, in time.
Does it say this for your order?
When I got my order in it said 'temporarily unavailable' but now it just flat out says 'unavailable'. Maybe I should contact CS to see if I got my order in, in time.
Yes, this is normal. It said temp unavailable because it was a pre-order, not something in stock.
PHOENIXZERO
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You're not limited to 1333MHz, that's only the official support but 1600, 1866 and 2133 all work fine with XMP enabled. DDR4 and PCIe 3.0 aren't reasons to upgrade (that would be the improved CPU performance that has nothing to do with either), they're bonuses that offer negligible real world performance.
Will that have any negative effects on sound? I thought DisplayPort only transmitted picture (forgive me, I'm pretty dumb with this stuff)
