Postill's New Rig

[Adywebb]

Been reading up on that mobo Chris and it looks pretty good, if overly expensive compared to say an Asus P5B which OC's just about as well by all accounts.

But if your looking for future SLi upgrading then its probably worth it - you students have too much money these days

Found this nVidia nForce 680i SLi OC'ing guide that you might find useful

 

[ChristopherP]

Ha - too much money? I dont think so... just a big loan

Thanks for the link


I found i can get the EVGA 8800GTX for £357 delivered if i import it from the states via eBay so thats alright - £113 cheaper than Overclockers which is silly. Though i wont be able to step it up via eBay which sucks.

 

[Adywebb]

Might be going for the EVGA board myself - just treated myself to a QX6700

 

[Me__2001]

Might be going for the EVGA board myself - just treated myself to a QX6700

OMFG isn't that the quad core one ? thats a whole sh*t load of processing power

 

[Adywebb]

It was also a whole sh*t load of money


...should crunch well though!!!

 

[ChristopherP]

Ha! they are like... 3 times as much as the E6600!!

Yeah the EVGA is the most popular board at the moment - go for it

 

[Adywebb]

I found i can get the EVGA 8800GTX for £357 delivered if i import it from the states via eBay so thats alright - £113 cheaper than Overclockers which is silly. Though i wont be able to step it up via eBay which sucks.

Is the EVGA that much better than the BFG 8800GTX? - its on offer at overclockers this week at £387.74

 

[ChristopherP]

EVGA's warranty lets you overclock and modify the card in any way without voiding the lifetime warranty - plus its a good overclocker

 

[Adywebb]

The warranty & cooler must be the difference - just been reading that all the 8800's are made by the same manufacturer then each put their own coolers and brand on

 

[ChristopherP]

They all use the reference coolers at the moment... bar one or two obscure versions...

They might manufacture their own coolers with different graphics but they are all the same lol

 

[Rush]

By Chris

I found i can get the EVGA 8800GTX for £357 delivered if i import it from the states via eBay so thats alright - £113 cheaper than Overclockers which is silly. Though i wont be able to step it up via eBay which sucks.

one here on Ebay m8 for £376.95 delivered

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180067656500

 

[ChristopherP]

I would still rather go for the EVGA version i think Rush, but thanks anyway. Even though i am importing it, i still get the warranty through EVGA

 

[ChristopherP]

I love the exchange rate Paypal gave me 1.92USD to the GBP


* Just ordered my EVGA nVidia 8800 GTX 768mb *

Delivered to my door, provided nothing gets caught up at the port, for £350 with a free copy of "Dark Messiah: Might and Magic" Whatever that is (sounds pretty rubbish)

If all goes to plan, i saved £120 over the overclockers.co.uk price

 

[Rush]

Chris , did you order from Ebay or from America...? coz bugger , can i find an American store that actually delivers to us

 

[ChristopherP]

It was eBay America - $629.99 + Express Delivery

Could have probably got it cheaper, but thats a good deal

 

[Rush]

By Chris

It was eBay America - $629.99 + Express Delivery

certainly is by our rip off prices

 

[ChristopherP]

All ordered....!!

My monitor from eBay was meant to turn up today but so far nothing. grr.

 

[ChristopherP]

Quick question

Would it be worth getting 64bit Vista over 32bit Vista?

 

[ChristopherP]

Right

Have decided to go with 64bit Vista

I RMA'd the copy of MCE which i haven't even recieved yet, will use XP Home until the 12th then order a copy of Vista.

Done

 

[V_R]

Hows this coming along then Chris?