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If you have a p45 mobo you're more than fine. Just let us know when you get it and a friendly nerd will help you up your voltage.GR34 wrote:
It looks bad ass 2!!!! will it matter that its 2.1V and the boards DIMMS are 1.8V
still, nice to keep your options open though,, The build I'm getting within the next couple of weeks should last me at least 2 years and probably 3-4 with a new GFX card along the way...GR34 wrote:
yeah iam getting 2x2GB then I can maybe get another and have 8gigs for windows 7 but I will probably get a new CPU and DDR3 by then
Yer in my opinion OCZ Reaper, Crucial Ballistics and Corsair dominator are the best RAM aroundFloppY_ wrote:
Don't know the price in the US but Corsair dominators are pretty nice
Just make sure you get 2x2 and not 4x1 or 1x4 since the former prevents you from upgrading in the future and the latter has slower timings than 2Gb blocks...
Meh, instead of going crossfire I am getting a single PCIx16 motherboard and going for a GPU upgrade instead... so far I have not seen a single Crossfire/SLi solution that was worth it... at least at our prices...GR34 wrote:
oo nice I would love to get a 4870 toxic and run it in crossfire with my 4850 but to expensive and My board only has 1 PCIE 2.0
true. the only reason i would go crossfire is if down the track im alittle strapped for cash but would like a graphics upgrade. id throw in another 4870 (which would be alot cheaper by then)FloppY_ wrote:
Meh, instead of going crossfire I am getting a single PCIx16 motherboard and going for a GPU upgrade instead... so far I have not seen a single Crossfire/SLi solution that was worth it... at least at our prices...GR34 wrote:
oo nice I would love to get a 4870 toxic and run it in crossfire with my 4850 but to expensive and My board only has 1 PCIE 2.0
allways cheaper to buy 1 new than 1 more of the same which doesn't give the same performance as 1 new
CF/SLI is great value if you get another card second hand at the release of newer models.FloppY_ wrote:
Meh, instead of going crossfire I am getting a single PCIx16 motherboard and going for a GPU upgrade instead... so far I have not seen a single Crossfire/SLi solution that was worth it... at least at our prices...GR34 wrote:
oo nice I would love to get a 4870 toxic and run it in crossfire with my 4850 but to expensive and My board only has 1 PCIE 2.0
allways cheaper to buy 1 new than 1 more of the same which doesn't give the same performance as 1 new
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Meh, here the prices stay the same, you can find an old processor that is more expensive than a brand new E8400...Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
true. the only reason i would go crossfire is if down the track im alittle strapped for cash but would like a graphics upgrade. id throw in another 4870 (which would be alot cheaper by then)FloppY_ wrote:
Meh, instead of going crossfire I am getting a single PCIx16 motherboard and going for a GPU upgrade instead... so far I have not seen a single Crossfire/SLi solution that was worth it... at least at our prices...GR34 wrote:
oo nice I would love to get a 4870 toxic and run it in crossfire with my 4850 but to expensive and My board only has 1 PCIE 2.0
allways cheaper to buy 1 new than 1 more of the same which doesn't give the same performance as 1 new
Second hand cards are pretty darn hard to track down tbh...DeathUnlimited wrote:
Definitley http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as … 6820227289 or http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as … 6820145214
Latter is better if you overclock, at least they are said to all contain Micron D9 chips. The new Reapers aren't D9 afaik..CF/SLI is great value if you get another card second hand at the release of newer models.FloppY_ wrote:
Meh, instead of going crossfire I am getting a single PCIx16 motherboard and going for a GPU upgrade instead... so far I have not seen a single Crossfire/SLi solution that was worth it... at least at our prices...GR34 wrote:
oo nice I would love to get a 4870 toxic and run it in crossfire with my 4850 but to expensive and My board only has 1 PCIE 2.0
allways cheaper to buy 1 new than 1 more of the same which doesn't give the same performance as 1 new
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Warranty is a couple of years for most vendors, so it really shouldn't matter how they are treated. Besides most people keep their tech well. I am the happy owner of two second hand 8800GT's, and I got them both for cheaper than one was at launch.FloppY_ wrote:
Second hand cards are pretty darn hard to track down tbh...
and questionable when it comes to how they have been treated...
Yeah, but here you have to count in tax and the fact that we are only ~ 6 million people, which limits the chance of finding good quality second hand products... and tbh I would rather pay £20 more and get something new...DeathUnlimited wrote:
Warranty is a couple of years for most vendors, so it really shouldn't matter how they are treated. Besides most people keep their tech well. I am the happy owner of two second hand 8800GT's, and I got them both for cheaper than one was at launch.FloppY_ wrote:
Second hand cards are pretty darn hard to track down tbh...
and questionable when it comes to how they have been treated...
Tax on second-hand products? O_oFloppY_ wrote:
Yeah, but here you have to count in tax and the fact that we are only ~ 6 million people, which limits the chance of finding good quality second hand products... and tbh I would rather pay £20 more and get something new...
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No no mate, I mean the tax on new products keeping the price of the old ones up aswell...DeathUnlimited wrote:
Tax on second-hand products? O_oFloppY_ wrote:
Yeah, but here you have to count in tax and the fact that we are only ~ 6 million people, which limits the chance of finding good quality second hand products... and tbh I would rather pay £20 more and get something new...
And we are 5.2 million here
And for £20 there is no sense, but when talking about cases like mine, for half the price it certainly is worth it.
The other day (12-30-08) this exact RAM was $34 USD after the $30 rebate. I went to buy it the next day and it was this current price . Still, its probably what I'll get when I upgrade soon.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289
OCZ Reaper 1066Mhz DDR2 2x2GB
i have this in my computer and i love it. seriously it is great RAM
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When is the 5000 series supposed to hit the market?Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Im waiting for the 5870 to come out so i can pick up a 4870 for half price