The 'Look What the Postman Brought Me' Thread - Technology Edition

[gpa-gone-west]

I haven't built a PC in a long time. I got off that 'upgrade after two years, major upgrade after four years, new build after six years' carousel. But I must admit, as my old PC died a death recently I have been itching to build a new one.

[Hatredsheart]

Now to attempt some overclocking. if nothing else it's a lot cooler & quieter than the old stock fan.

[Jez]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fnatic-Mechani ... B07CHJKN4L

So I bought one of these.

I love it.

As recommended by RPS as 2018 keyboard

[Hatredsheart]

Gave the old girl a bit of a spruce up to go with the new gear, got some rubber grommets for the cable management and a new case side with a window. Not the brightest thing ever but the fans are my existing led ones throughout, I find fairy lights a bit distracting tbh.

[Jez]

Very tidy mate looks good. Would shame mine any way

[Lee]

Finally the saving has been worth it! https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire ... 8j-sp.html

Should get it on Sunday

[Jez]

What's this equal to in nvidia speak?

[Hatredsheart]

What's this equal to in nvidia speak?

I think it's in between a 1070ti and a 1080, probably nearer the 1080.

[Lee]

1080 TI at 1440p res so perfect for me and heck of a lot cheaper

[Lee]

Runs great and quiet and doesn't go above 59°C which is nice

Ran Uegine benchemark to see what the same settings I had for my RX 480 and it was double the framerate across the scenes 126 average.

[Jez]

Had some bonus money burning a hole so I bought a whole new system from Chillblast, my current system is mostly over 5 years old now:

i5-8600k
ASUS ROG maximum MB
1070ti 8 Gb GPU
1 Tb samsung SSD with 4 Th standard drive
A sparkly Corsair CPU cooler
Lovely new corsair case

It wasn't cheap and it feels like a bit of an impulse buy but bollox to it.

[Sly Boots]

Nice, Jez

[Jez]

I dithered a lot about getting a top of the line CPU and GPU but from what I read the former isn't really necessary and the latter while probably an excellent step up, I can't justify the enormous cost increase.

[Mantis]

I'm running a highish spec i5 from 2012 and my rig still flies through most games on high settings with no problems whatsoever. Spending a fortune on a CPU is a bit overkill and unnecessary.

[Snowy]

Always nice to get a new rig - pix plox.