well there goes another £902

[BloodOmen]

Zero Infinity Phantom Knight CPU Cooler

2500k i5 / oc'd to 4.4ghz

8gb 1600mhz DDR3

Asus P8Z68-V LX INTEL Motherboard

Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (was going to see about a GTX 680 or ATI 7970 but the GTX 580 came above them both in benchmarks according to http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html)

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G)

OCZ 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor - (OCZACSSDBRKT2)

OCZ ZT 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply

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Making the leap back from AMD > Intel. Hate spending money, i'm such a tight cunt.

 

[Raven]

£902?

What on?

 

[BloodOmen]

£902?

What on?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-104-OE

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-249-AS

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-071-OC

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-060-OC

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-084-OC

Order Total inc VAT + Delivery: £910.54

 

[Jeros]

I may need to do this soon, its getting to the point were I can't play guys I buy....

But I'm a laptop fag so it may be an expensive investment.

 

[BloodOmen]

doing it in time for Diablo 3, Borderlands 2 and Aliens Colonial Marines - Diablo 3 and Borderlands do prob arent that bad system requirements wise but I want to enjoy them in their fullest capacity.. + I wanted to get away from AMD / ATI and go back to Intel / Nvidia

 

[Jeros]

BloodOmen I don't blame you, ATI are a pain in the ass. Only have one in my laptop as I got a super good deal on it.

 

[BloodOmen]

when I was intel/nvidia I never really had an issues and thats with 2-3 diff intel cpu's and atleast 4 nvidia cards, with amd cpu's/ati cards its either been alright or nothing but driver issues/software clashes/need to look for specific fixes etc, will not be going back to amd/ati after this thats for sure they're good for budget builds but thats about it.

 

[Madmaxx]

yep I went AMD before and that will be the last time for me to, plus Nvidia seem to have had some comparable budgest cards come out to.

 

[BloodOmen]

So yea... bit of a development today when it all arrived

Overclockers fucked up and gave me a 2700k i7 by accident.

 

[Bahumat]

Check you were not billed for an i7 buddy

 

[Raven]

Especially at that price!

 

[Punishment]

Ze Germans can do it cheaper !

 

[BloodOmen]

I wasnt, invoice that came with it still said £910.

 

[BloodOmen]

Ah man this is so fast I don't even get a chance to read the tooltips on skyrim because it loads in so fast when zoning etc.

 

[Cemeterygates]

So yea... bit of a development today when it all arrived

Overclockers fucked up and gave me a 2700k i7 by accident.

Nice! Is it OC'd aswell? I would be a lil concerned though regarding power consumption and the heat generated, although I assume the heat is unlikely to be an issue. I'm guessing the PSU is up to it then? I don't know anything about power draw etc. of the new gear.

 

[BloodOmen]

Nice! Is it OC'd aswell? I would be a lil concerned though regarding power consumption and the heat generated, although I assume the heat is unlikely to be an issue. I'm guessing the PSU is up to it then? I don't know anything about power draw etc. of the new gear.

Aye the i7 is clocking 4.3ghz atm / temps are all fine aswell

 

[Cemeterygates]

Sweet! I'd love a new rig but money is tight as hell lately, I also have ideas of other things to spend on aswell, like a new MTB (Canyon Nerve AM 6.0 )

 

[BloodOmen]

Temps are a little worrying like but I read GTX 580 temps can go as high as 93c under load >< which is fucking mad, friend said the cpu temp although high should be alright aswelll as it is OC'd + under heavy load there.

 

[BloodOmen]

I eat my words, the graphics card just went bang, what a pile of shit lol, wasnt even overclocked and still overheated beyond belief.

 

[Deebs]

I eat my words, the graphics card just went bang, what a pile of shit lol, wasnt even overclocked and still overheated beyond belief.

oops Did you get a puff of smoke out back?

 

[Raven]

Checked mine this morning and its around 65c full load 45c in windows.

CPU looks ok to me, a little high but then its over clocked.

What case are you using, with what cooling?

 

[BloodOmen]

oops Did you get a puff of smoke out back?

Nah, it just went off I was like "Fuckkkkkkk" started it back up and got all these corrupted white lines across the screen just before it boots into windows just kept going off after that.. I was either just unlucky as hell and got a faulty card or the stock cooling on the card simply isnt good enough.

Checked mine this morning and its around 65c full load 45c in windows.

CPU looks ok to me, a little high but then its over clocked.

What case are you using, with what cooling?

Case i'm using is http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=505, every available fan slot is filled up with either 120's, 140's or 80's - it has plenty of cooling/places to exhaust the heat from.

Temps i'm getting now after putting my old card back in (ati 6850) are:



Thats with the CPU overclocked(despite what it says at the top of speedfan, its also not picking the rest of the case fans up) the temp1/temp2/temp3 is the ATI card, Speedfan has a hissy fit when trying to read ATI cards where as Nvidia cards it just shows a single temp.

The temps I had while idle + gtx 580 in were 41c-44c (even the cpu)

 

[Punishment]

Stock cooling is never good enough tbh, should have got a better case, not being a smartass just saying

 

[BloodOmen]

Stock cooling is never good enough tbh, should have got a better case, not being a smartass just saying

I was going to get a haf912 but I skimped out at the last minute this case isnt that bad tho really, the hdd draws feel flimsy/cheaply made but otherwise the build quality is good.

 

[BloodOmen]

Forgive the wanky paint skills but this is how many fans/outlets the case has (red lines are fan/grate locations) all of the wires are neatly tucked up behind the panel on the bottom side of the motherboard so theres good airflow with minimal obstructions in the case itself think I just got a faulty card tbh... atleast I hope thats the case otherwise the next one will be going back aswell and I'll be looking for a card that doesnt reach the same temperature as the fucking sun

 

[Raven]

It's important that some blow out so you have a stream of air coming in the case and exiting. Check that the rear fans are taking air our of the case and the front ones are drawing it in, and remove as many obstructions as you can, cable ties help.

I have a cosmos S case http://www.coolermaster.com/microsite/Cosmos_S/ it's a big fucker but very well built and the cooling is first class. All the cables can be tucked away nicely.

 

[BloodOmen]

the front ones draw in, rear and top/bottom blow out - temps atm are fine, everything idle is under 40c - underload max temp is 58-61c while playing BF3 (cpu) gfx card never goes above 50c the one I have in now (ati 6850) that GTX 580 is just a fucking monster for temps it seems, dug around abit online and people say it can go right upto 91c ¬_¬ which is just plain fucking stupid.

 

[Ch3tan]

I may need to do this soon, its getting to the point were I can't play guys I buy....

But I'm a laptop fag so it may be an expensive investment.

What the fuck is wrong with you lot? How did no one else spot this and rip the shit out of it?

FAIL.

 

[SheepCow]

I surprised it all arrived and worked given that it came from Overclockers UK.

 

[BloodOmen]

I surprised it all arrived and worked given that it came from Overclockers UK.

Getting a full refund for the card and getting a 7970 or 7950 instead, havent decided which yet, will prob get it from ebuyer or scan.

I didnt really want another ATI card but there is no alternative to the GTX 580 around that price and I'm not paying 680 prices.