PC Gaming Upgrade Thread "The Last Jed Ti"

Chox1988

Depends how rich you're feeling, if it's cheap enough you could move to z77 if you bought a cpu.

I'd definitely take the 7970 and consider the h80. Don't know much about the keyboard so couldn't say.

Delvey

Be interested to know which auction he goes to

Moldiver

Think it's just a local one here in Scotland, police acution and business closures and random stuff.  Last time he bought pc parts i think he got all the dev pc's from the company that made APB.  got this stuff from a shop that had closed and their stuff was getting acutioned off.

Moldiver

The GFX is real tempting, i posted here at the end of the last thread about upgrading my GPU but i made the switch to Nvidia for 3D.

Also would my i7 not work with that mobo?

Chuck Norris

The GPU would be a nice little bump

AnandTech | Bench - GPU12

Your i7 wouldn't be compatible with the board and IMO wouldn't be worth switching unless you consider Haswell.

Moldiver

If I want a new GPU I'm gonna have to upgrade my case, even though its a good Lian Li case, its ancient and small.  The case market is a minefield lol.

I quite like the big door server look but everyone I find is out of stock, the NZXT Phantom 630 looks nice aswell but I've had an aluminium case for so long don't know if I should make the switch.

Anyone suggest anything, looking for size and good air circulation, don't need a huge behemoth but something with enough space to work in.

I could go with flashy looks and stuff but at the end of the day it's gonna be under a desk gathering dust so if I can bring the price from 150 to 100 it wouldn't really bother me.

Ones I've saw NZXT 630, Antec P280, Bit Fenix (don't know if I like all the lights though)

Gonna pop into Kustom Pc's today to have a look at some.

RandomLee

Fractal Define R4.

I have the R3 and love it, although I'm gutted the R4 came out so soon after I bought it!

Fits my Asus HD 7950 which is about 8ft long

Moldiver

That's what I'm talking bout, gonna look into this a bit more.

RandomLee

They have quite the cult following actually.

I think because they're cool, quiet, roomy, have good cable management options and are very understated on the looks.

I'm not a fan of the PC cases that look like a Transformers head so they certainly tick all my boxes

Define XL is very nice too.

Moldiver

Just came across the XL, looks good for me.