The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[sburrell93]

Is there really that much of a difference with them?

 

[Keydogg]

Is there really that much of a difference with them?

If you're into PC FPS, definitely. Night and day!

 

[Wilkeh]

I want a 144hz 27" monitor but I'm too poor at the moment, sick of 60hz for CS:GO it's a massive disadvantage!

I just sold one for £190

 

[Keydogg]

I just sold one for £190 [emoji14]

I hate you :'(

 

[Wilkeh]

I hate you :'(

Haha aww mate it was in the for sale section for ages http://www.cliosport.net/threads/27-3d-144hz-monitor-and-27-60hz-monitor.763534/

 

[Keydogg]

Haha aww mate it was in the for sale section for ages http://www.cliosport.net/threads/27-3d-144hz-monitor-and-27-60hz-monitor.763534/

Haha no worries mate, it's my own fault for being a poverty CS member so I can't go in the FS section. I've been scowering ebay to see if I can find a 27" 144hz cheap but absolutely no one is selling them second hand. I shall keep looking!

 

[Keydogg]

Managed to pick up a second hand Asus VG278HR for £195 off AV forums, it arrived today and is perfect for my needs (mint condition too!). Absolute steal at that price, they retail around £350!

One very happy bunny indeed.

 

[g30rg1e]

@Wilkeh im currently running gtx680 in sli. I see you recently upgraded to a gtx980, was it a worthy upgrade im considering upgrading to a palit gtx980 at £390. be grateful if you could offer an opinion on real world performance compared to your previous cards.

 

[Wilkeh]

@Wilkeh im currently running gtx680 in sli. I see you recently upgraded to a gtx980, was it a worthy upgrade im considering upgrading to a palit gtx980 at £390. be grateful if you could offer an opinion on real world performance compared to your previous cards.

To be honest with you mate I upgraded because I knew I was going to get a 1440p monitor and knew the 680's wouldn't cut it with only 2GB VRAM. Since upgrading I have been nothing but impressed with the performance of the 980. I was maxing the VRAM on the 680's previously on games like BF4 etc, even at 1080p. The 980 in my experience has delivered more consistent frames and a generally smoother gameplay overall. I'd highly recommend you make the jump, single card is always a better option anyway. Less power, heat etc. Do it and you won't be disappointed.

 

[g30rg1e]

nice one, thanks for the advice I've been running two 1440p monitors for some time now so glad it will be worth my while

 

[Wilkeh]

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/32.htm#acer_xr341ck

Guess I shouldn't of bought the ROG penmouth:

 

[Ben.Block]

My latest creation, built just into the new year.

Spec

• Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
• Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME X99 Socket 2011-v3 8 Channel Audio eATX Motherboard
• Intel Core i7-5930K 3.50GHz Socket 2011-V3
• Hyper X Predator Series16GB 2133MHz DDR4
• HyperX 3K 240GB 2.5inch SATA-III
• Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6
• Cooler Master V8 Dual PWM Fan Cpu Cooler Heatpipe Vapour Chamber (black)
• Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound
• 2 x Zotac GTX 980 AMP! Extreme 4GB GDDR5

I chose this case as most of the cables can be managed in the rear compartment along with the ssd drive and psu. The graphics cards have green LED's that pulse when they're not under load.

And pulse red when they are.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Addicted]

I like it! Needs more water though

@Silent_Scone have you got the latest Nvidias? Presume most people have seen the fiasco of the latest GPUs!

 

[Ben.Block]

Thanks.

I have no idea where to begin with water cooling, I'd love to do it as I think it'll look great.

Next is a 4k monitor.

 

[Timmsy]

I think I've posted this pic before but for benefit of @Ben.S here you go buddy

Some WC in an Air 540, only my second WC build (well moved from my old full tower case) also slightly changed up since then and moved HDDs to the back, need to upgrade my GPU soon too.

 

[Ben.Block]

Thanks for the pics mate.

I take it there is a reservoir/pump in the other compartment?

If you don't mind me asking, what was the cost of that wc setup? Where did you buy from?

 

[Silent_Scone]

So...

Who's going TITAN X for 4K surround

 

[welshname]

After being out of the PC scene for about 6 years now other than through work, and after having bought myself a PS4 in November I decided I wanted to get back into PC gaming, specifically CS:GO as I played a LOT of Source and 1.6 previously.

I decided to go for a mix of second hand parts to build a budget rig and see how I got on.

Spec:
CPU: i5 3570K @ 4.4Ghz
MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LX
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix VLP DDR3
GPU: Sapphire R9 270X Dual-X
Case: Corsair 200R
Boot Drive: Kingston 120GB SSD
Storage: 2 x WD Green 2TB (RAID 1)
PSU: Cooler Master G650M
Cooling: 2 Front Case Fans, 1 Rear, H100i AIO CPU Cooler
Keyboard: Corsair K70
Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse 3.0 (I've had deathadders, Lachesis etc and still prefer this)
Headset: Hyper-X Cloud
Speakers: Logitech Sub/Speaker combo
OS: Windows 7 Pro (x64)
Monitors: LG 23MP75 IPS LED, Samsung SyncMaster 931c

Reason for the VLP RAM is because the 200R isn't meant to have a top mounted H100i as it fouls on the RAM. I started with 1 8GB stick of Mushkin memory that came with the MoBo and CPU and had to cut part of the standard fan out. I got the VLP RAM today along with 2 SP120 White LED fans to replace the standard ones.

Few pictures:


Fan bodge for RAM by welshname, on Flickr


New RAM vs Old by welshname, on Flickr


RAM Clearance by welshname, on Flickr


LED Fans by welshname, on Flickr


Desk by welshname, on Flickr


CPUID by welshname, on Flickr

Nowhere near as impressive as the stuff in here but I'm glad to be back owning a PC and gaming again.

 

[Wilkeh]

Rocking the intellimouse 3.0

Easily the best mouse in the day!

 

[welshname]

Rocking the intellimouse 3.0

Easily the best mouse in the day!

Its incredible...until you have just achieved a 5 man clutch and you're defusing the bomb only for your scroll wheel to do its usual trick of clicking over an extra step and making you stop defusing and you lose the round.

Bloody love it though.

 

[Addicted]

Looks good, add us on steam and I'll play a few rounds with you :smile:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/add1ct3d

 

[Mr Plums]

XBox.

 

[welshname]

XBox.

720p FTL.

 

[Keydogg]

Awesome Welshname! Looks a decent enough set up for CS:GO that's for sure, but you will deffo want at least 120hz monitor once you get into it, 60hz is just painful on CS

Also, you mention you've had 3 death adders but prefer the MS 3.0, were any of the DAs thr 2013/14 version? They improved the sensor a tonne so it doesn't suffer with LOD problems now and it's an amazing mouse. I rocked an MS 3.0 for years right up until 4 months ago when I switched to the new DA and I haven't looked back. The worst thing about the MS 3.0 is the 125hz USB polling, I did used to overclock my port to 500hz but can't do it on Windows 8.1 which is what forced me to make the switch. Can't deal with that lag y0!

 

[welshname]

Awesome Welshname! Looks a decent enough set up for CS:GO that's for sure, but you will deffo want at least 120hz monitor once you get into it, 60hz is just painful on CS

Also, you mention you've had 3 death adders but prefer the MS 3.0, were any of the DAs thr 2013/14 version? They improved the sensor a tonne so it doesn't suffer with LOD problems now and it's an amazing mouse. I rocked an MS 3.0 for years right up until 4 months ago when I switched to the new DA and I haven't looked back. The worst thing about the MS 3.0 is the 125hz USB polling, I did used to overclock my port to 500hz but can't do it on Windows 8.1 which is what forced me to make the switch. Can't deal with that lag y0!

Cheers pal and nope not tried the new one.

For me I'm a very low sensitivity player so I pick the mouse up a lot to rotate further. I find that with the death adder the shape doesn't lend itself very well to it even though its relatively similar, it just seems to drop on one side a little which makes the sensor see the movement as an input.

But yes I will be swapping to a better monitor at some point. I just wanted to keep the budget lower lol.

 

[Keydogg]

Keep am eye out for second hand monitors, there are some bargains to be had if you're patient!

Also one thing I didn't mention is that the 2013 DA is quite a bit lighter than the original, much better for low sens players!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I've got the DeathAdder 3.5G whichever that one is. It lights up blue. It works just fine and is the comfiest mouse I've ever held!

 

[Keydogg]

I've got the DeathAdder 3.5G whichever that one is. It lights up blue. It works just fine and is the comfiest mouse I've ever held!

That's the old one, suffers with LOD issues and is a touch heavy. If you like that then you'd love the 2013 DA.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

That's the old one, suffers with LOD issues and is a touch heavy. If you like that then you'd love the 2013 DA.

LOD ?

 

[Keydogg]

Lift Off Distance

 

[welshname]

Well someone is making a killing on these now they aren't made anymore:

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

The only reason you'd buy a MS mouse in the first place is that you didn't want to spend £50 on a Razer one in the first place.

 

[welshname]

The only reason you'd buy a MS mouse in the first place is that you didn't want to spend £50 on a Razer one in the first place.

WEELLLLLLL you're wrong.

I had a Lachesis as my first mouse if you remember them. Then I moved to a death adder but found that even at the lowest DPI I was turning my sensitivity in game down to 1.

Then I got the 3.0 after having spent well over £100 on those two mice. Now I use a higher sensitivity than I did back then so I may look at the deathadder again.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

WEELLLLLLL you're wrong.

I had a Lachesis as my first mouse if you remember them. Then I moved to a death adder but found that even at the lowest DPI I was turning my sensitivity in game down to 1.

Then I got the 3.0 after having spent well over £100 on those two mice. Now I use a higher sensitivity than I did back then so I may look at the deathadder again.

I'm fairly certain that if you use the Razor app to turn sensitivity down on the DA it's like having your mouse stuck in mud and can't imagine actually needing it that slow. I do admit my overuse of "first place" is poor.

 

[welshname]

I'm fairly certain that if you use the Razor app to turn sensitivity down on the DA it's like having your mouse stuck in mud and can't imagine actually needing it that slow. I do admit my overuse of "first place" is poor.

It wasn't just the DPI that was the issue, it was the weight and LOD.

Now that's resolved and I play at a higher sensitivity it won't be an issue.

If you look at my mouse mat which is an original Mantis Control one full swipe of that used to be 180degrees for me.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Fair enough dude, I have no idea what lift off distance issues are but then I don't tend to play competitive FPS.

 

[Stedaley]

I think I've posted this pic before but for benefit of @Ben.S here you go buddy

Some WC in an Air 540, only my second WC build (well moved from my old full tower case) also slightly changed up since then and moved HDDs to the back, need to upgrade my GPU soon too.

Best case IMO,
Carbide 540 FTW, I will never change mine

 

[Stedaley]

My PC,
3770K @3.9Ghz (up to 4.4possible)
16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
Palit 670GTX Jetstream
AX750 PSU
@1080p i have no need to change anything at all! Play everything well above 60FPS usually on high, New BF was on high @54fps, No need for anything new unless you go 1440p<

 

[welshname]

Anyone in here delidded their ivy bridge CPU?

Tempted to do it as people have seen huge temp drops allowing clocking up to 4.9ghz

 

[Stedaley]

Anyone in here delidded their ivy bridge CPU?

Tempted to do it as people have seen huge temp drops allowing clocking up to 4.9ghz

thought about it, but really more hassle than its worth i think.

may be worth doing now as they are getting older but i dont think id see super gains off 4.4ghz, @60degrees