moore_94 5,067 Posted 24 January Report Share Posted 24 January Anyone able to recommend some good speakers? My monitor has speakers built in and although the display is good the speakers are a bit sub-par Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BroughtonFox 145 Posted 31 January Report Share Posted 31 January On 23/01/2021 at 13:01, BroughtonFox said: Really want to get into pc gaming, bust just don’t know anything about what the best parts are, how to set it up or where’s best to buy from can you have a good set up with about 1k ish? Going to push forward with this now as my Laptop has stopped working after a spillage on it is there any good ones you can buy already made up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moore_94 5,067 Posted 31 January Report Share Posted 31 January 1 hour ago, BroughtonFox said: Going to push forward with this now as my Laptop has stopped working after a spillage on it is there any good ones you can buy already made up? This is where I picked mine up from https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/category/next-day-pcs/ Quite a lot sold out but they do still have some systems available, worth just doing a bit of research into the components of the build to check it is up to what you want it to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BroughtonFox 145 Posted 31 January Report Share Posted 31 January 45 minutes ago, moore_94 said: This is where I picked mine up from https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/category/next-day-pcs/ Quite a lot sold out but they do still have some systems available, worth just doing a bit of research into the components of the build to check it is up to what you want it to do How much did you pay for yours if don’t mind me asking? Does it run every game perfectly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moore_94 5,067 Posted 31 January Report Share Posted 31 January (edited) 22 minutes ago, BroughtonFox said: How much did you pay for yours if don’t mind me asking? Does it run every game perfectly? I got mine for £1089 I think it was (was meant to be £1289 but I got it when it was on a sale) I have had no issues running games like GTA 5, Battlefront 2 and DOOM Eternal on high settings Edited 31 January by moore_94 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beechey 4,443 Posted 2 February Report Share Posted 2 February (edited) Managed to snag myself an RTX 3080 yesterday. Now to wait for the LG 27GN950-B to come back into stock... Christ, the card is absolutely massive. Edited 2 February by Beechey 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zear0 534 Posted 3 February Report Share Posted 3 February 19 hours ago, Beechey said: Managed to snag myself an RTX 3080 yesterday. Now to wait for the LG 27GN950-B to come back into stock... Christ, the card is absolutely massive. They've got some fantastic heft to them. You know GPUs are getting big when some come with anti-sag brackets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JR99 70 Posted 5 February Report Share Posted 5 February Looking for a pretty standard build atm for both uni work and gaming but getting my hands on a GPU of any quality at a normal price is proving impossible. Ideally wanted a 3060 but seeming impossible, for now would settle for a 2060 or even 1660 super at a fair price. Any tips on getting hold of any stock at all? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zear0 534 Posted 5 February Report Share Posted 5 February 2 hours ago, JR99 said: Looking for a pretty standard build atm for both uni work and gaming but getting my hands on a GPU of any quality at a normal price is proving impossible. Ideally wanted a 3060 but seeming impossible, for now would settle for a 2060 or even 1660 super at a fair price. Any tips on getting hold of any stock at all? Follow stock Twitter accounts or Discords. I use https://discord.gg/e9phCKgBkA Discord for getting stock which is set up well to filter stuff you actually want. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JR99 70 Posted 5 February Report Share Posted 5 February 3 hours ago, Zear0 said: Follow stock Twitter accounts or Discords. I use https://discord.gg/e9phCKgBkA Discord for getting stock which is set up well to filter stuff you actually want. Appreciate it man, will give it a spin 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
That_Dude 1,898 Posted 5 February Report Share Posted 5 February On 03/02/2021 at 09:14, Zear0 said: They've got some fantastic heft to them. You know GPUs are getting big when some come with anti-sag brackets. MY MSI 3080 does, I couldn't believe my eyes when I compared it to my old 1080 which itself wasn't a small GPU. 34cm / 1,5 Kg. While the performance gain is massive, the thing needs a nuclear plant . I'm drawing 350W at full performance, double of the 1080's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
That_Dude 1,898 Posted 5 February Report Share Posted 5 February (edited) 6 hours ago, JR99 said: Looking for a pretty standard build atm for both uni work and gaming but getting my hands on a GPU of any quality at a normal price is proving impossible. Ideally wanted a 3060 but seeming impossible, for now would settle for a 2060 or even 1660 super at a fair price. Any tips on getting hold of any stock at all? I think it's really not the moment to get new GPU unless you're ready to overpay or you're really, really lucky and literally constantly monitor the online retailers. Set your retailers of choice to notify you as soon as cards are avalaible and jump on your phone or computer because the cards are sold out within 30 minutes tops. Or buy a pre-build for which you'll also overpay. New cards are a generation leap in terms of performance, crypto-mining became a thing again, the pandemic is forcing everyone to stay home and Nvidia / AMD can't satisfy an exploding demand. I've seen RTX 3090s going for almost 3,000 euros in Germany. The 3080 and 3060 / ti disappear instantly. Even the 2000 series and the 1660 prices are going up since Nvidia stopped to product them and the new ones are impossible to find. The prices won't go down before 3-6 months and I'd suggest you to wait. Edited 5 February by That_Dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
z-layrex 2,332 Posted 5 February Author Report Share Posted 5 February (edited) 9 hours ago, JR99 said: Looking for a pretty standard build atm for both uni work and gaming but getting my hands on a GPU of any quality at a normal price is proving impossible. Ideally wanted a 3060 but seeming impossible, for now would settle for a 2060 or even 1660 super at a fair price. Any tips on getting hold of any stock at all? Sign up to part alert on Twitter and discord, it's how I got my 3070 for a good price. Edited 5 February by z-layrex 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JR99 70 Posted 9 February Report Share Posted 9 February Just wanted to say a big thankyou as I've managed to source a 1660 super at close to MSRP 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
That_Dude 1,898 Posted 18 February Report Share Posted 18 February On 09/02/2021 at 03:32, JR99 said: Just wanted to say a big thankyou as I've managed to source a 1660 super at close to MSRP Ha, my reply aged like milk. Congrats, it's areally good card! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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