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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 13:27 - 25 Dec 2011    Post subject: GFX choice..... Reply with quote
With all the other upgrades done, ram/cpu/mobo, Im looking at the GFX cards on sale @ dabs, misco, aria and microdirect.

My Mobo is a Gigabyte x58-udr3.

I prefer nVidia over ATI,

This any good?
PNY GeForce GTX 560 Ti 850MHz 1GB PCI-Express HDMI OC1 Edition

Also, best price/performance/storage SSD?

Cheers
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FretGrinder
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PostPosted: 15:06 - 25 Dec 2011    Post subject: Re: GFX choice..... Reply with quote
CaNsA wrote:
With all the other upgrades done, ram/cpu/mobo, Im looking at the GFX cards on sale @ dabs, misco, aria and microdirect.

My Mobo is a Gigabyte x58-udr3.

I prefer nVidia over ATI,

This any good?
PNY GeForce GTX 560 Ti 850MHz 1GB PCI-Express HDMI OC1 Edition

Also, best price/performance/storage SSD?

Cheers


I have the 512mb version of the that card, but I guess it depends on what games you play to be honest.

I play mostly -

Bioshock 1 and 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Counter Strike: Source
Half life 2

It blazes through all those games, on full settings, without any hassle at all and I'm running this card with a Core i5 2500K and 4GB of Corsair XMS3 RAM. I dare say that your choice of card with the extra memory will probably play the very latest games. Of course this all depends on the rest of your setup.

I also have an OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD. currently going for £139 on Ebuyer.

https://www.ebuyer.com/236497-ocz-120gb-vertex-2-ssd-3-5-sata-ii-read-285mb-s-write-oczssd3-2vtx120g

I have had amazing results with this drive, no issues at all. I chose a 120GB SSD as I have many bits of software and I want a lot of space left over so that the whole drive isn't full.

I've also heard good things about the new OCZ agility 120GB SSD -

https://www.ebuyer.com/268244-ocz-120gb-agility-3-ssd-agt3-25sat3-120g-agt3-25sat3-120g

This drive is a bit cheaper, has theoretical better transfer speeds, but I haven't really checked out a comparison on both drives as I'm quite happy with my current SSD.

Hope this helps, Smile
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robs321
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PostPosted: 17:36 - 25 Dec 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
itll rock with what ya just built! i have a gtx 460, with a core i7 and 12 gig of ram none of the high end cards will struggle!
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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 18:18 - 25 Dec 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Seeing as it requires 2x6 pin power connectors guess ill be buying a new psu too Very Happy
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PostPosted: 18:43 - 25 Dec 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just purchased....

2x S222AL 22x DVD+/-RW Lightscribe SATA Black

Ocz 750W ZT Series Fully-Modular Power Supply

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 880MHz 1GB PCI-E HDMI Twin Frozr II/OC

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