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Title: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 08 May 2021, 19:31:38
Still toying with the idea of a new PC

Put a i9 11900K in the shopping basket (as stock became avaiable) 

All ready have Memory and M.2. for the build

Was going for an Asus board but someone put me off them after an RMA nightmare, so went online and picked a Gigabyte board. etc etc

So out of interest I went looking for a GPU.  Not 100% about getting one as I want to see how the built in video performs.  But the best card I could find was a Gigabyte 2060 6GB GPU for £489.99 (My 1060 cost £199) but the pi** take is I have 15 mins to place the order . . . .Dont think so. :-\
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: dave the builder on 08 May 2021, 21:58:32
What are you doing that requires an I9 10 core  :-\

Gigabyte boards are pretty robust

GPU prices are crazy for anything 4GB+ at the moment  :'(

Vintage computer bits are selling quite well too  :o

I dug out a slot 1 chaintech Mobo today and associated antiques  :D


Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 08 May 2021, 22:20:40
What are you doing that requires an I9 10 core  :-\  For playing teris  ::)

Gigabyte boards are pretty robust  Currently have an Auros Gameing 7 Z370 :y

GPU prices are crazy for anything 4GB+ at the moment  :'(

Vintage computer bits are selling quite well too  :o  Smart, I still have every PC I ever built for myself.  :-\

I dug out a slot 1 chaintech Mobo today and associated antiques  :D One of my best setups was a K6 400 then 500.  Plus an Intel 233MMX with twin Vodoo 2 cards  8)



Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: dave the builder on 08 May 2021, 23:42:16
What are you doing that requires an I9 10 core  :-\  For playing teris  ::)

Gigabyte boards are pretty robust  Currently have an Auros Gameing 7 Z370 :y

GPU prices are crazy for anything 4GB+ at the moment  :'(

Vintage computer bits are selling quite well too  :o  Smart, I still have every PC I ever built for myself.  :-\

I dug out a slot 1 chaintech Mobo today and associated antiques  :D One of my best setups was a K6 400 then 500.  Plus an Intel 233MMX with twin Vodoo 2 cards  8)



If you're just playing tetris then your current Mobo can take 64GB of DDR4 with XMP , that should cope pretty good  ;D   :D   :-X
as would a socket 7 with half a gig of SDram  :P

is it cus you don't have enough flashy RGB LEDs   :D

THIS clicky youtube chanel  (https://www.youtube.com/user/bryaneasy) has some interesting performance on a budget ideas for gaming rigs  (which ,with the current high prices of hardware  :( makes sense )

you can spend far too much ££££ ,over SPECing a number cruncher machine  ::)

I guess it's like cars , some people want a £100k Ferrari to pop to Sainsburys but you can get the shopping done in a £500 astra  ;D

 
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 09 May 2021, 00:34:38
I dont need a new PC, I just like to upgrade every now and again, this PC does every thing I need it to.

Aorus Gameing 7 Z370
i7 8700K
ASUS GTX 1060

16GBDDR 4 3200Mhz
250GB M2 Boot
Tosshiba 6TB HDD
WD 6TB HDD

28" 4K Screen

I have 2 x 16GB 3200Mhz Ram for the next PC and a 1TB M.2. Gen 4 as well.   (Both can be use in current PC)

I originally just wanted a GPU with more memory on it (16/24GB)

Tetris was a joke but I have a Steam account for games and use my PC for a lot of spread sheet work.
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: dave the builder on 09 May 2021, 12:30:02
I dont need a new PC, I just like to upgrade every now and again, this PC does every thing I need it to.

Aorus Gameing 7 Z370
i7 8700K
ASUS GTX 1060

16GBDDR 4 3200Mhz
250GB M2 Boot
Tosshiba 6TB HDD
WD 6TB HDD

28" 4K Screen

I have 2 x 16GB 3200Mhz Ram for the next PC and a 1TB M.2. Gen 4 as well.   (Both can be use in current PC)

I originally just wanted a GPU with more memory on it (16/24GB)

Tetris was a joke but I have a Steam account for games and use my PC for a lot of spread sheet work.

your current rig is pretty impressive  8)

Mrs Builder does a lot of Excel/publisher/word and playing games ,she has an I5 /16 GB ram/ 2GB GPU .

I've been using an E7400 with 4GB ram /1 GB GPU  ;D but Edge keeps running out of memory with 10+ tabs open  :(

just built 2 newer AM3+ FX quad core(boards can take 8 core)  /16GB of ram/1 GB GPU

I don't play games so plenty good enough to cope with word/excel ,browsing, video (Conrac 32" 1080 so just HD)

I've also just pieced together a Frankenstein (from the parts bin) 2nd gen I5 ,Acer MOBO ,16 GB ram ,2GB graphics that beats the AM3+ machines I just spent money building    ;D

so computer wise ,I've got a £500 astra and you a £100k Ferrari   :D
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: dave the builder on 09 May 2021, 13:41:41
If something sounds too good to be true £92.43  Palit GeForce RTX 2060 6GB  (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133755401162?hash=item1f247173ca:g:B3EAAOSwcINgl4vz)  :o
a few refunds from paypal on the cards there i think  ???  27 buyers suckers in 24 hours  :P
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 09 May 2021, 19:48:33
AM3+ FX quad core(boards can take 8 core)  /16GB of ram/1 GB GPU

I have one of those as well Think its an FX8950 Black Edition (Gigabyte Board)  Did have an Asus 1060 in till a mate slyly nicked it adfter I bought a 1060 off him.
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: dave the builder on 09 May 2021, 20:37:16
AM3+ FX quad core(boards can take 8 core)  /16GB of ram/1 GB GPU

I have one of those as well Think its an FX8950 Black Edition (Gigabyte Board)  Did have an Asus 1060 in till a mate slyly nicked it after I bought a 1060 off him.

real Mates don't nick things  :o

my 2 AMD are  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev. 6.0) MOBOs  (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-USB3-rev-60#ov) Windows 10 pro picks up all the drivers  :) I just needed to install the Nvidia GPU stuff  :P FX-4130 and FX-4100  quads

you probably have the AMD FX 8350  Black Edition "Vishera" 8 Core  8)

I can't justify the extra £50 to £75 (used prices)  for the 8 core for my light use ,though it's an upgrade option  :y
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: TheBoy on 10 May 2021, 19:27:46
ASUS are cheap and nasty, and have shocking reliability.  Marketed to make it look good, but they manage to make them perform poorly, if you can et them to last long enough as soon as you heat them up.

Gigabyte pretty robust, but shocking dire firmwares.  Less of an issue with EFI, but still a problem.


Don't buy more than you need. Its pissing money up the wall.
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: STEMO on 10 May 2021, 19:51:59
ASUS are cheap and nasty, and have shocking reliability.  Marketed to make it look good, but they manage to make them perform poorly, if you can et them to last long enough as soon as you heat them up.

Gigabyte pretty robust, but shocking dire firmwares.  Less of an issue with EFI, but still a problem.


Don't buy more than you need. Its pissing money up the wall.
Knew you'd be along to kill the thread......dead  ;D
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: TheBoy on 10 May 2021, 19:57:39
I'm allowed to be grumpy, as I have to deal the Cisco, who make some of the most unreliable shite known to man.  We have a server that cost over £100k before discount that we haven't been able to use since July, due to a repeating hardware fault, and they keep piling me around constantly swapping shit, or trying yet more firmware.

So, yeah, companies that make unreliable junk really do pull my chain  >:(
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: TheBoy on 10 May 2021, 20:00:02
ASUS are cheap and nasty, and have shocking reliability.  Marketed to make it look good, but they manage to make them perform poorly, if you can et them to last long enough as soon as you heat them up.

Gigabyte pretty robust, but shocking dire firmwares.  Less of an issue with EFI, but still a problem.


Don't buy more than you need. Its pissing money up the wall.
Knew you'd be along to kill the thread......dead  ;D
And few people need more than a general i5/4Gb machine, and the rest is just ego look-at-me.  Gamers re an exception, but my standard response to gamers are get a seXbox or gayStation.
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: dave the builder on 10 May 2021, 20:44:57

And few people need more than a general i5/4Gb machine, and the rest is just ego look-at-me.  Gamers re an exception, but my standard response to gamers are get a seXbox or gayStation.
I'm using 3 GB of ram with only 8 tabs of Edge open
windows 10 pro 20H2 up to date
I fink 4 GB of ram is a bare minimum these days  :P

just ordered a new Ebay  cheap case  (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265129670536)

purely to transplant a system into to sell
I'm not into flashy RGB lights and looking at the MOBO through a window  ???
BUT apparently  that's what sells these days  :D
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 11 May 2021, 22:18:48
Just been reading a post on FB regards SSd prices.

Starting to rise.  The gen4 M2 I bought in March has allready gone up £25 :-\
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: annihilator on 16 May 2021, 13:51:22
I built a pc for a friend about 18 months ago which included at the time a quite high end gfx card 2nd hand for £120 they are currently selling on ebay for on average £400  :D
Title: Re: PC Components (Shortages) 1
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2021, 19:04:27
I'm using 3 GB of ram with only 8 tabs of Edge open
Thats probably shitty programming on the part of the web programmer.  Arsebook is especially bad, but so are many others that not do more advanced tracking, sucking your cpu cycles and ram to do so.