Elite-Hawk wrote:
Spike84598 wrote:
Does anyone download games through torrents to see how they run on your computer?
Yes I have previously, but with my new rig in the works I won't have to anymore
These are the parts i'm going to order:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£170.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£78.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.88 @ Dabs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card (£178.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 500R (£85.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£74.98 @ Dabs)
Total: £669.14
Might change the 560 Ti for either a 570 or wait for one of the 600 series cards, ordered my monitor aswel which should arrive sometime next week.
Good build that for the price! Suprised the HDD wasn't more expensive than it is. Remember too that the AMD 7000 series is coming out now in the new year so it could also push the nVidia 500 cards down in price.
What cooler are you getting on it for your CPU?
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James91 wrote:
Elite-Hawk wrote:
Spike84598 wrote:
Does anyone download games through torrents to see how they run on your computer?
Yes I have previously, but with my new rig in the works I won't have to anymore
These are the parts i'm going to order:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£170.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£78.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.88 @ Dabs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card (£178.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 500R (£85.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£74.98 @ Dabs)
Total: £669.14
Might change the 560 Ti for either a 570 or wait for one of the 600 series cards, ordered my monitor aswel which should arrive sometime next week.
Good build that for the price! Suprised the HDD wasn't more expensive than it is. Remember too that the AMD 7000 series is coming out now in the new year so it could also push the nVidia 500 cards down in price.
What cooler are you getting on it for your CPU?
Yeah I might hold off on the graphics card right now since Nvidia and AMD are both refreshing their cards, hopefully the 570 gets cheaper 
The harddries are varying in price alot, a week ago I found a 1TB WD for £53, I may just get a 500GB drive for the moment because I also want to get a 120GB SDD aswel.
I intend on picking up a Corsair H100 later on when i'm ready to overclock the processor, I don't really wanna wait for the Ivy Bridge as EVERYBODY recommends the 2500k and looks like it suits my needs fine.
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Elite-Hawk wrote:
James91 wrote:
Elite-Hawk wrote:
Spike84598 wrote:
Does anyone download games through torrents to see how they run on your computer?
Yes I have previously, but with my new rig in the works I won't have to anymore
These are the parts i'm going to order:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£170.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£78.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.88 @ Dabs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card (£178.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 500R (£85.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£74.98 @ Dabs)
Total: £669.14
Might change the 560 Ti for either a 570 or wait for one of the 600 series cards, ordered my monitor aswel which should arrive sometime next week.
Good build that for the price! Suprised the HDD wasn't more expensive than it is. Remember too that the AMD 7000 series is coming out now in the new year so it could also push the nVidia 500 cards down in price.
What cooler are you getting on it for your CPU?
Yeah I might hold off on the graphics card right now since Nvidia and AMD are both refreshing their cards, hopefully the 570 gets cheaper
I intend on picking up a Corsair H100 later on when i'm ready to overclock the processor, I don't really wanna wait for the Ivy Bridge as EVERYBODY recommends the 2500k and looks like it suits my needs fine.
Try and find some comparison charts for the H100 against a Megahelem II.
These Megahelems are supposedly really good and being aircooled they are less of a pain to set up and maintain. I have one but cannot give you reliable temperatures because I checked my thermal paste yesterday and it is baked... so I just ordered some IC Diamond to replace and I will then report back. But even with baked thermal paste my idle temp is about 37 degree's and that is with an i7-930.
The folks on overclockers reckon that I would be able to see nearly room temperature idle temps and 60 degree loads with a 4GHz overclock, let alone the standard clock settings.
dannyjt wrote:
Pin-Pin-Ire wrote:
Can anyone suggest some good PC games?Amnesia: The Dark Decent. It will make you poop your pants.
Terraria.
Minecraft.
Skyrim.
The whole Valve catalogue.
Doom 1+2.
Definitely Amnesia, fantastic game, play in the dark at night, with headphones on 
My recommendations - Starcraft 2, fast paced RTS with decent single player and massive online community.
I'm also having a lot of fun with Serious Sam 3: BFE single player, not touched multi though yet, it is only £9 at GetGamesGo, when they get more steam keys.
Team Fortress 2 is fun, and free on Steam And hats.
Dungeon Defenders fun co-op tower defence with diablo-RPG elements thrown in, DLC list is getting scary though - only if you can get a couple of people to play with you though, 1p is good but not great.
Dungeons of Dredmor - entry level roguelike (sub genre of RPG), tough, fun and very rewarding.
Just Cause 2 is always good, and can be picked up cheaply now with all DLC.
Magicka - unique game, look up some videos.
Renegade Ops - generic twin stick shooter which is made really really well, by the same guys that made JC2.
Rock of Ages - unique tower defency super monkey ball game... thing.
Terraria - similar to Minecraft, but less focus on buildy build and more focus on fun and exploration and does almost everything better than Minecraft, other than building due to the 2D limitation.
Skyrim too, which will be alot better with a UI overhaul when mod tools are out.
In general I just wait and see what the Daily Deal(s) are on Steam/Gamersgate and other websites and buy them if they look mildly interesting XD, even if they are bad I often only lose only £1 or £2
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ProjectVRD wrote:
Elite-Hawk wrote:
James91 wrote:
Elite-Hawk wrote:
Spike84598 wrote:
Does anyone download games through torrents to see how they run on your computer?
Yes I have previously, but with my new rig in the works I won't have to anymore
These are the parts i'm going to order:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£170.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£78.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.88 @ Dabs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card (£178.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 500R (£85.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£74.98 @ Dabs)
Total: £669.14
Might change the 560 Ti for either a 570 or wait for one of the 600 series cards, ordered my monitor aswel which should arrive sometime next week.
Good build that for the price! Suprised the HDD wasn't more expensive than it is. Remember too that the AMD 7000 series is coming out now in the new year so it could also push the nVidia 500 cards down in price.
What cooler are you getting on it for your CPU?
Yeah I might hold off on the graphics card right now since Nvidia and AMD are both refreshing their cards, hopefully the 570 gets cheaper
I intend on picking up a Corsair H100 later on when i'm ready to overclock the processor, I don't really wanna wait for the Ivy Bridge as EVERYBODY recommends the 2500k and looks like it suits my needs fine.
Try and find some comparison charts for the H100 against a Megahelem II.
These Megahelems are supposedly really good and being aircooled they are less of a pain to set up and maintain. I have one but cannot give you reliable temperatures because I checked my thermal paste yesterday and it is baked... so I just ordered some IC Diamond to replace and I will then report back. But even with baked thermal paste my idle temp is about 37 degree's and that is with an i7-930.
The folks on overclockers reckon that I would be able to see nearly room temperature idle temps and 60 degree loads with a 4GHz overclock, let alone the standard clock settings.
The H100s only trouble is the set up, apparantly you don't have to maintain them and you can just leave them. I don't want anything that requires me to apply thermal paste as I don't trust myself with it, the H100 is also made for my case so it will be a better fit and such.
It looks like a good reliable one and not too expensive (£80)
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