The TPU UK Clubhouse

[RCoon]

This AIO?

Pretty much an Antec 920 or a few others (even Thermaltake/Corsair) which are all made by Asetek. I had the Antec 920 cooling my old 2500k - Sadly that went to moonpig as part of the deal for his 3930k set up.

If i had to make a few minor changes to my set up, Id get a standard or mid tower ATX case, namely a corsair than switch my H80i to a H100i or something around that mark. I say minor changes but thats still gonna cost about £200-250'ish

I thought about buying more ram - dont need it = dont run VMs
I thought about buying an SSD just for games - dont need it = I dont really game that much anymore due to work taking up most of my time
I thought about buying more storage - dont need it = have NAS
I thought about buying a new GPU - dont need it = 680s beast even a single titan

Yep, cheap as chips, and some nice MSI branding (the aim for my rig). Nothing else is remotely worthwhile.

Glass mousemat was £25~ custom made
GPU will be almost £400, minus the GTX 780 sale money(£275?), so around £125
MSI AIO is £40

 

[cheesy999]

Glass mousemat was £25~ custom made

Where could one acquire such a thing?

 

[RCoon]

Where could one acquire such a thing?

Forsythe Glazing (In Scotland). 340mm x 240mm 4mm thick tempered glass, satin blasted one side, smooth one side, bevelled edges and smoothed corners.
I intend to wear the smooth side down with Brasso, as it's a natural abbrasive polish. Also works well fixing scratched DVD's by wearing down the scratches.

EDIT: You have to email or call for a quote, no online prices through their system. And delivery is 14days minimum, due to the way they have to deliver the glass.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Ugh, Ive been looking at new mouse mats too.

I bought an aluminium one last year, used it for a bit but went back to my Razr destructor because it had better sensitivity due to the rough'ish surface thats been sandblasted by silver particles and shit to make tracking for optical or laser mice better.

I have a nice peice of glass i could use as a mat but i learnt that the Logitech G500 doesnt track over glass surfaces...

::EDIT::

Coon get us a pic of that mousemat

 

[cheesy999]

I have a nice peice of glass i could use as a mat but i learnt that the Logitech G500 doesnt track over glass surfaces...

do you think it would work on coloured glass?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

do you think it would work on coloured glass?

no idea - even when i put my glass which is about 3mm thick on top of my razer destructor it still wouldnt track. I think they would need to throw some silver particles or something into the mix when making the mouse mat otherwise the laser isnt going to track.

 

[RCoon]

do you think it would work on coloured glass?

The trick is to have a piece of glass that is thin enough, but also not entirely transparent (hence the satin blasting), and then to scuff the smooth side with an acid abbrasive of some kind so the laser has something to bounce on. Similar to the SteelSeries, it's just been sanded down with acid abbrasive.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

bleh, I'll just stick to looking at another razer or Mionix mouse mat

 

[Bo$$]

I'd feel guilty selling to you - last time i did you had financial woes.

Also, I have the stock cooler in box but it is currently front and back covered with EK blocks and backplate. Once I have my Classy in my set up (bought some Koolance quick disconnects too) and i'm happy it's working, I'll put her up (probably in the next couple of weeks). I'll still PM you. I'm looking at £400 perhaps but I'll see - could go lower for the charity of it but most importantly, I'll not sell it to anyone I don't regularly see posting, i.e. it's only going to be FS to the TPU family, not the BST thread sharks.

I just picked up a 780. you are making me regret my decision!
That being said the card won't be sent out for another and a half. if you are interested in a trade we could work something out...

 

[RCoon]

This company's marketing department needs to be sacked. Waste of time and resources. I sent it back with the below letter attached.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

DDR3 4 S4L3 -http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/freedoms-blowout-bonanza-corsair-ddr3-1600.148496/

::EDIT::

GPU Cooler(s) also 4 sale.

 

[the54thvoid]

....I has Classified......

She be fast...

Benches where for art thou...

 

[RCoon]

....I has Classified......

She be fast...

Benches where for art thou...

Pretty jelly of you right now...

 

[the54thvoid]

Pretty jelly of you right now...

It's reached 1254MHz on stock volts and bios. Unfortunately, I've already flashed the LN2 BIOS to the Skyn3t version and it BSOD'd on driver install....whoopsy!!

I'll keep prodding at it until it does what it's meant too. I think this might fly if i get it off the ground... I'll not sell my Titan until I'm sure this thing is good enough - though it's already 5-10% faster than my firmware modified Titan without any real fiddling.

 

[Bo$$]

I've been GTX780 phantom-ed. 55c in Red Orchestra 2 44c in Dota 2 65c in BF3
100% fan is so fecking quiet i'm in awe of this cooler

 

[cheesy999]

I've been GTX780 phantom-ed. 55c in Red Orchestra 2 44c in Dota 2 65c in BF3
100% fan is so fecking quiet i'm in awe of this cooler

your red orchestra temps are about on par with my idle temps

 

[Bo$$]

your red orchestra temps are about on par with my idle temps

sitting at 29c idle after a full day... 20 when i first installed it

 

[cheesy999]

sitting at 29c idle after a full day... 20 when i first installed it

I am sitting in dota at 76c atm, if I knew anything about aftermarket graphics card coolers i'd probably have one on it

 

[Bo$$]

I am sitting in dota at 76c atm, if I knew anything about aftermarket graphics card coolers i'd probably have one on it

Check out freedom's FS thread... he has a monster cooler...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Check out freedom's FS thread... he has a monster cooler...

I have two actually lol, both are the same though

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Just curious if there would be any interest in my 680s among the members here - Really considering side/down grading to a 780Ti. I remember seeing a member here having a 780Ti going cheap so i was considering going for that.... Trade?

 

[RCoon]

Just curious if there would be any interest in my 680s among the members here - Really considering side/down grading to a 780Ti. I remember seeing a member here having a 780Ti going cheap so i was considering going for that.... Trade?

Not sure about a 780ti going for cheap, but @the54thvoid has a Titan going cheap some time soon.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Even a Titan will be fine if the price is decent I could wait for the next gen cards also. Not fussed at the moment either way as i still get over 100fps (I average about 120fps) when playing BF4 on ultra

 

[RCoon]

Samung 4K 28" panels hit £499 on OCUK. Granted they are TN panels, but £499 for a beginner's 4K panel seems reasonable to me, not that I'd ever buy one.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Still interested in my cooler Coonybabes?