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[Mr Skrunts]

Still toying with the idea of a new PC

Put a i9 11900K in the shopping basket (as stock became avaiable) 

All ready have Memory and M.2. for the build

Was going for an Asus board but someone put me off them after an RMA nightmare, so went online and picked a Gigabyte board. etc etc

So out of interest I went looking for a GPU.  Not 100% about getting one as I want to see how the built in video performs.  But the best card I could find was a Gigabyte 2060 6GB GPU for £489.99 (My 1060 cost £199) but the pi** take is I have 15 mins to place the order . . . .Dont think so.

[dave the builder]

What are you doing that requires an I9 10 core 

Gigabyte boards are pretty robust

GPU prices are crazy for anything 4GB+ at the moment 

Vintage computer bits are selling quite well too 

I dug out a slot 1 chaintech Mobo today and associated antiques 

[Mr Skrunts]

What are you doing that requires an I9 10 core    For playing teris 

Gigabyte boards are pretty robust  Currently have an Auros Gameing 7 Z370

GPU prices are crazy for anything 4GB+ at the moment 

Vintage computer bits are selling quite well too    Smart, I still have every PC I ever built for myself. 

I dug out a slot 1 chaintech Mobo today and associated antiques  One of my best setups was a K6 400 then 500.  Plus an Intel 233MMX with twin Vodoo 2 cards 

[dave the builder]

What are you doing that requires an I9 10 core    For playing teris 

Gigabyte boards are pretty robust  Currently have an Auros Gameing 7 Z370

GPU prices are crazy for anything 4GB+ at the moment 

Vintage computer bits are selling quite well too    Smart, I still have every PC I ever built for myself. 

I dug out a slot 1 chaintech Mobo today and associated antiques  One of my best setups was a K6 400 then 500.  Plus an Intel 233MMX with twin Vodoo 2 cards 

If you're just playing tetris then your current Mobo can take 64GB of DDR4 with XMP , that should cope pretty good        
as would a socket 7 with half a gig of SDram 

is it cus you don't have enough flashy RGB LEDs   

THIS clicky youtube chanel has some interesting performance on a budget ideas for gaming rigs  (which ,with the current high prices of hardware  makes sense )

you can spend far too much ££££ ,over SPECing a number cruncher machine 

I guess it's like cars , some people want a £100k Ferrari to pop to Sainsburys but you can get the shopping done in a £500 astra 

 

[Mr Skrunts]

I dont need a new PC, I just like to upgrade every now and again, this PC does every thing I need it to.

Aorus Gameing 7 Z370
i7 8700K
ASUS GTX 1060

16GBDDR 4 3200Mhz
250GB M2 Boot
Tosshiba 6TB HDD
WD 6TB HDD

28" 4K Screen

I have 2 x 16GB 3200Mhz Ram for the next PC and a 1TB M.2. Gen 4 as well.   (Both can be use in current PC)

I originally just wanted a GPU with more memory on it (16/24GB)

Tetris was a joke but I have a Steam account for games and use my PC for a lot of spread sheet work.

[dave the builder]

I dont need a new PC, I just like to upgrade every now and again, this PC does every thing I need it to.

Aorus Gameing 7 Z370
i7 8700K
ASUS GTX 1060

16GBDDR 4 3200Mhz
250GB M2 Boot
Tosshiba 6TB HDD
WD 6TB HDD

28" 4K Screen

I have 2 x 16GB 3200Mhz Ram for the next PC and a 1TB M.2. Gen 4 as well.   (Both can be use in current PC)

I originally just wanted a GPU with more memory on it (16/24GB)

Tetris was a joke but I have a Steam account for games and use my PC for a lot of spread sheet work.

your current rig is pretty impressive 

Mrs Builder does a lot of Excel/publisher/word and playing games ,she has an I5 /16 GB ram/ 2GB GPU .

I've been using an E7400 with 4GB ram /1 GB GPU  but Edge keeps running out of memory with 10+ tabs open 

just built 2 newer AM3+ FX quad core(boards can take 8 core)  /16GB of ram/1 GB GPU

I don't play games so plenty good enough to cope with word/excel ,browsing, video (Conrac 32" 1080 so just HD)

I've also just pieced together a Frankenstein (from the parts bin) 2nd gen I5 ,Acer MOBO ,16 GB ram ,2GB graphics that beats the AM3+ machines I just spent money building   

so computer wise ,I've got a £500 astra and you a £100k Ferrari   

[dave the builder]

If something sounds too good to be true £92.43  Palit GeForce RTX 2060 6GB  
a few refunds from paypal on the cards there i think    27 buyers suckers in 24 hours 

[Mr Skrunts]

AM3+ FX quad core(boards can take 8 core)  /16GB of ram/1 GB GPU

I have one of those as well Think its an FX8950 Black Edition (Gigabyte Board)  Did have an Asus 1060 in till a mate slyly nicked it adfter I bought a 1060 off him.

[dave the builder]

AM3+ FX quad core(boards can take 8 core)  /16GB of ram/1 GB GPU

I have one of those as well Think its an FX8950 Black Edition (Gigabyte Board)  Did have an Asus 1060 in till a mate slyly nicked it after I bought a 1060 off him.

real Mates don't nick things 

my 2 AMD are Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev. 6.0) MOBOs Windows 10 pro picks up all the drivers  I just needed to install the Nvidia GPU stuff  FX-4130 and FX-4100  quads

you probably have the AMD FX 8350  Black Edition "Vishera" 8 Core 

I can't justify the extra £50 to £75 (used prices)  for the 8 core for my light use ,though it's an upgrade option 

[TheBoy]

ASUS are cheap and nasty, and have shocking reliability.  Marketed to make it look good, but they manage to make them perform poorly, if you can et them to last long enough as soon as you heat them up.

Gigabyte pretty robust, but shocking dire firmwares.  Less of an issue with EFI, but still a problem.


Don't buy more than you need. Its pissing money up the wall.

[STEMO]

ASUS are cheap and nasty, and have shocking reliability.  Marketed to make it look good, but they manage to make them perform poorly, if you can et them to last long enough as soon as you heat them up.

Gigabyte pretty robust, but shocking dire firmwares.  Less of an issue with EFI, but still a problem.


Don't buy more than you need. Its pissing money up the wall.

Knew you'd be along to kill the thread......dead 

[TheBoy]

I'm allowed to be grumpy, as I have to deal the Cisco, who make some of the most unreliable shite known to man.  We have a server that cost over £100k before discount that we haven't been able to use since July, due to a repeating hardware fault, and they keep piling me around constantly swapping shit, or trying yet more firmware.

So, yeah, companies that make unreliable junk really do pull my chain 

[TheBoy]

ASUS are cheap and nasty, and have shocking reliability.  Marketed to make it look good, but they manage to make them perform poorly, if you can et them to last long enough as soon as you heat them up.

Gigabyte pretty robust, but shocking dire firmwares.  Less of an issue with EFI, but still a problem.


Don't buy more than you need. Its pissing money up the wall.

Knew you'd be along to kill the thread......dead 

And few people need more than a general i5/4Gb machine, and the rest is just ego look-at-me.  Gamers re an exception, but my standard response to gamers are get a seXbox or gayStation.

[dave the builder]

And few people need more than a general i5/4Gb machine, and the rest is just ego look-at-me.  Gamers re an exception, but my standard response to gamers are get a seXbox or gayStation.

I'm using 3 GB of ram with only 8 tabs of Edge open
windows 10 pro 20H2 up to date
I fink 4 GB of ram is a bare minimum these days 

just ordered a new Ebay cheap case

purely to transplant a system into to sell
I'm not into flashy RGB lights and looking at the MOBO through a window 
BUT apparently  that's what sells these days 

[Mr Skrunts]

Just been reading a post on FB regards SSd prices.

Starting to rise.  The gen4 M2 I bought in March has allready gone up £25