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  1. MG44

    8 years on, Time for an upgrade

    Thanks for the info, how does the 1660 Super stack up against the MSI GTX 1660 TI https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-geforce-gtx-1660ti-ventus-xs-oc-6144mb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-352-ms.html#close_compare Are there any suggestion for different mobo, the MSI one has been out of stock...
  2. MG44

    8 years on, Time for an upgrade

    Hi Everyone After 8 years of reliable service if feel my PC is finally past it, I play a few RTS games like total war and some flight sim games at 1080p, over the last year its been struggling more and more. I've done a bit of reading on the forums to give me an initial starting point, i'd...
  3. MG44

    cooler for i5 2500k @ 4.4

    yup i spanned it up, decided that it was too gd a price to let it go, cheers for your advice!]
  4. MG44

    cooler for i5 2500k @ 4.4

    Iv just measured the case and from the mobo to edge its just 170mm so i dont think its going to fit as the cpu socket adds more height Any body got any other suggestions? Just noticed there is a B grade HR-02 for £34 and a Alpenföhn K2 for£40? worth it??
  5. MG44

    cooler for i5 2500k @ 4.4

    Well as it would happen i brought 3 of the 140mm fans the other week and could easily move own from top case vent to the back of the cpu for push pull. Just need to whip out the tape measure and check sizes is that right on the web page saying the heatsink is 170mm high?? thats huge!!! my case...
  6. MG44

    cooler for i5 2500k @ 4.4

    its nt the heat i mind its the noise from the fans as the cpu is so hot. I had looked at that one just need to check it would fit in my case! got new heat sinks for my ram as they had stupidly large ones on which would have obstructed it.
  7. MG44

    cooler for i5 2500k @ 4.4

    hey every one, I have recently oc'ed my i5 to 4.4 very happy with the speed and it stable, down side is that am hitting 75 degrees and as my fans are all pwm as soon as i do anything needing a little more power i have a jet engine under the desk. I do a lot of photoshop, renderings and cad...
  8. MG44

    Advice wanted for a all in one cpu water cooler

    thanks for all the reply guys. Space isnt really and issue for me, yes the asaka is large but its fits in the case. Defiantly dont want to be spending extra on a £60 quid piece of kit to shut it up. I hate noise!! So if i was to replace the asaka what would your recommendations be, also i...
  9. MG44

    Advice wanted for a all in one cpu water cooler

    Iv been looking at some of the all in one cpu water cooling kits and i'm finding it hard to make the best choice. I'm currently running core i5 2500 k @ 4.5GHz 8GB DDDR3 OS on 60 Gb SSD 2 x 500GB HDD ati 4850 mobo gigabyte z68ap-D3 case fractal design R4 I want to try and push my...
  10. MG44

    oc'ing i5 on gigabyte z68ap-d3

    hey all just built my new system with above mobo and cpu am using an akasa freedom tower cooler fractal design r3 case with 4 fans, 2 intake 2 exhaust Just upped my multiplier to 44 (4.4Ghz ) and running small FFt on prime and my temp went straight from idle at 35-40 to 65 degress on full...
  11. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    im an industrial designer so most of my work is product design related, consumer products etc nothing huge in size but very detailed in components and fits etc, rendering is only part of what i do its also using pro e/ autodesk and photoshop which i ideal need to be running all at once. well...
  12. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    i use keyshot 2 and 3 fro rendering which is twice as fast as mental ray any way. Iv never done animations and its nt really my line of work. If everyone thinks this will give me a gd build then i shall order it all tomorow nite!! cheers for all the help
  13. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    Your basket Product Name Qty Price Line Total Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99 Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £81.98 Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98 OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5"...
  14. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    what i want you to spec mobo processor ram ssd and case £500
  15. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    hi all I am looking to build a new system over xmas and buy my bits in the next week or so, i shall b going home from uni on monday or tuesday (19th or 20th) and i drive past overclockers so can save on shipping!!! I currently have the following which i am going to reuse PSU ocz mod x...
  16. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    actually to rub it in its £30, u have to pay another £9 if you want a disk!! unfortunatly u have to give em ur student number and its only one copy per person so i can get lots of them :(
  17. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    whats the difference between H67 and P67? And would a H50 or similar be worth investing in or would i only get another 200MHz from using it?
  18. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    thats great thanks, i have been looking at the new quadro 600 which is at the top of the entry level cards, can get a new one for around £120-140 or if am lucky on ebay around £80 so i shall keep an eye out! just out of interest the mobo that was spec'd above, does any one know what its like...
  19. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    in all honestly no i only own 2 games, IL2 1946 and theatre of war i spend the majority of my time slaved to CAD so having the power to improve that is more of a concern to me than playing games. the quadro cards am looking at are single slot any way, the dual slot quadro's are so huge they...
  20. MG44

    Spec a pc for design work

    that looks fantastic. How does the SSD help? what would i load on their, windows and then set it to store everything eles on the samsung? yes having lots of PCI's is gd as i have a asus sound card aswell also NVIDIA's quadro professional can be SLI'd which is amazing, ati's firepro cards are...
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