That's a good point... Hmm. I'll have a look on Amazon just now. Is there anything you would recommend? A sort of mid tier combination would be fine. Also, if I upgrade the CPU, do I have to upgrade the PSU?
According to this website it's Micro ATX.
I think I'll go with this one -> as it's good enough for me and I'm trying to keep the cost down as I am a lowly student.
but thanks for all your help!I was looking at that one as it's Prime delivery, they're waiting in my basket now.
Looks great. If Win 8.1 isn't that much more, I'd suggest going that route. Free upgrade to Win 10.
Nope, shouldn't be any problem.
Nice!
X99 ITX under water.
Awesome, thank you!No soldering required
There's some build videos in the OP.
As long as the most intensive task your doing is gaming. You're are only losing out on 3-8fps of performance which isn't worth the price increase IMO. i7 Is more if you're going to be doing things like very heavy multitasking, video editing, 3D rendering and the like where the hyper threading will help.http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1261?vs=1260
I always do a clean install of Windows if I'm putting in a new mobo/cpu. Just to be on the safe side.
Oh, okay. I'll do that then.
do you have to deactivate Windows before reinstalling? Windows 8.1 here.If you go with an i5 4690K instead you can
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1261?vs=1260
Bought! Thanks, I was going to scoop up the H100i tomorrow but at the same price, better cooling and mounting this a no brainier. Only bad news is ill have to use the stock Intel cooler for 24 hours
I don't think you can deactivate it. Just reinstall.and if it won't let you reactivate then you might have to call Microsoft.Oh, okay. I'll do that then.
Alright folks, I'm looking to choose a GPU and am flicking between the GTX 970, 980 or 980 Ti. I should state beforehand that I'm running at 1080p 60hz monitor so I don't have huuuuge resolution demands. (i'd be looking to move to 1440p/4k in a few years time or even longer)
Now the GTX 970 seems like the best bang for buck but I was wondering do you think you'd get a few years out of it at 1080p 60fps or is that wishful thinking and a year at best ? I will admit that the 3.5GB/slower 0.5 GB issue concerns me as well but I'm not sure realistically how much affect it's really had so far and does it affect 1080p as much ? I guess GTX970 owners could chime in on that. It also leaves me a bit of cash free for some other things.
Then you have the GTX 980 which is the middle ground (of higher cards) and doesn't suffer from the slower vram issue. Of course it costs around £100 more at LEAST. Is it worth the price difference for performance ?
Then there's the GTX 980 Ti which I would really really like but I wouldn't be able to afford anything apart from the reference cards and we know the custom cooler ones tend to be better plus it seems overkill for 1080p (even though it does have a nice FPS increase regardless). I don't tend to buy super expensive graphics cards in general and it would be the most I've ever spent on a graphics card.
Apologies for the rambling post and I know I'm kind of 'typing out loud' here. I'll be moving up from a GTX670 so regardless I'd see a difference but I guess I'm just getting twitchy here
If you have the money for a 980 Ti, get a 980 and a 120/144Hz monitor. If that's pushing it, get a 970 and 120/144Hz monitor. If that is still pushing it (~$600 for that last one), then get a 970.Alright folks, I'm looking to choose a GPU and am flicking between the GTX 970, 980 or 980 Ti. I should state beforehand that I'm running at 1080p 60hz monitor so I don't have huuuuge resolution demands. (i'd be looking to move to 1440p/4k in a few years time or even longer)
Now the GTX 970 seems like the best bang for buck but I was wondering do you think you'd get a few years out of it at 1080p 60fps or is that wishful thinking and a year at best ? I will admit that the 3.5GB/slower 0.5 GB issue concerns me as well but I'm not sure realistically how much affect it's really had so far and does it affect 1080p as much ? I guess GTX970 owners could chime in on that. It also leaves me a bit of cash free for some other things.
Then you have the GTX 980 which is the middle ground (of higher cards) and doesn't suffer from the slower vram issue. Of course it costs around £100 more at LEAST. Is it worth the price difference for performance ?
Then there's the GTX 980 Ti which I would really really like but I wouldn't be able to afford anything apart from the reference cards and we know the custom cooler ones tend to be better plus it seems overkill for 1080p (even though it does have a nice FPS increase regardless). I don't tend to buy super expensive graphics cards in general and it would be the most I've ever spent on a graphics card.
Apologies for the rambling post and I know I'm kind of 'typing out loud' here. I'll be moving up from a GTX670 so regardless I'd see a difference but I guess I'm just getting twitchy here
I've honestly got no interest in a 120/144Hz monitor for now, I'm really happy with my 60Hz Foris monitor. I'm not against 120Hz/144Hz, in fact I'm certain I'd love it but more that's an upgrade for further down the line for me and quite low on my list (especially if Foris release one)
There's an Eizo Foris FG2421 that is actually still my #1 pick for 1080p monitor, even ahead of G-Sync stuff.Thanks for the advice
Any way you could grab a picture of the card itself? Hopefully with enough clarity to read the writing on it.Okay, so a little over a week ago I posted about my GPU giving me problems. I never got around to checking the thread again because the problems seemed to be gone, until today. I tried to play Fallout New Vegas, and all of a sudden my displays just went out. I'm not sure why this is happening, but I figure the GPU is bad since I've been having issues with it forever now.
It was gifted to me to replace my old card (which was also low end--a Radeon HD 5670 1GB). This card should in theory perform about as well or a little better than my old card, but if anything it's as bad as an iGPU.
The Newegg page lists it as an AMD R7 250 1GB, but it's really not. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814105032&Tpk=14-105-032
Here's what GPU-Z says it is. If you click that link, it looks EXACTLY like my card. No brand or anything so I don't know who to contact to RMA the thing.
Tried to get in contact with AMD earlier this year for an RMA, they didn't help at all and their terrible support marked the ticket as solved so I just gave up on it.
I don't have any money to get a new card right now even though I desperately need an upgrade, so I'm kinda stuck with this. Any help on what I should do or who I should contact to send this piece of shit in would be greatly appreciated. I've had it for 6 months and for 3 of those months I just ended up using my old card instead since it gave me no problems.
Edit: Also, I bought a new PSU when I got the card, 600w modular Antec Basiq which I figured would be more than enough for my modest system.
Specs:
Intel Core i3 2100
4GB RAM
120 GB SSD
500 GB HDD
AMD R7 250 2GB?
Sure thing, give me like 5 minutes and I'll post it!
I have the first gaming monitor they made, the Foris FS2333-BK and it's one of the best monitors I've ever had.The FG2421 is a VA Panel, which is the absolute best for gaming/multimedia. It also has a native strobing tool that mimics a CRT in terms of motion blur.Yeah I love my Foris, it's a brilliant 1080p monitor
I'm very much a shooter guy so I know I would feel the improvements, I might take a nosey at 1080p Gsync monitors just to size em up.
That should still be covered by warranty, TBH. I'd seriously try to RMA that with AMD.
I asked AMD about sending it in and they just kept spewing the same crap. They thought it was an integrated GPU and marked it as solved. I'll give it another shot though.
The case is fairly large and there are no lose cables, everything is behind the back panel away from the components. Also I'm in a basement and the temperature down here is really cool, no carpet and no dust in the case. I haven't monitored the temps, but if I had to guess I'd say they're fine. The GPU, SSD and PSU are literally the only components I've changed since I built it years ago. Everything else was working fine
