EDIT - After having seen the prices on the 7900GTs, I've updated my rig to a proposed XFX 7900GT for about £104.
Better card for less :)
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EDIT - After having seen the prices on the 7900GTs, I've updated my rig to a proposed XFX 7900GT for about £104.
Better card for less :)
Spend the extra fiver and get a 250GB HDD?
Also, IMO, cordless mice = :mad: but then maybe that's just me.
Buying this card would be a big mistake. You can get a 8800GTX for that same price!!!
If you're gonna blow £2k of your student loan (another big mistake imo), then at least get the latest gen kit, otherwise you're gonna want to upgrade to dx10 when you get your next loan installment.
Im paying back my student loan now. Dont forget this isnt money for free!!!
yes it is, its a bursary :P and the most recent post is the new setup, so you know.
Was it the Hanns-G HC194D you were going to get? If so, I would be careful if you're planning to use DVI. I've found most DVI cables won't fit, owing to the proximity of the connection to the swivel stand. I'm on the lookout for a DVI cable with a short plug at the mo, haven't found one yet...
Nice, agreed about getting the 7900 for £100, and also agree about upgrading hard drive to 250 GB (get either samsung 't' or seagate '10' series for both good speed and lack of noise).
And since then, I've bought myself a pair of 500GB Seagate Barracudas, so I'm even more set that I was before.
Yeah, I know, it's only another fiver or something for the extrat 90GB, but I've got the price under a grand now, and if I go spend an extra fiver on one component, I'll end up doubling the price of the whole thing, knowing me :\
Not to say I'm ignoring your ideas, just that I'm fine for storage.
And Smudger, thanks for the heads up about the display, that was the one I was planning to get, and I will be using DVI. Are there any other monitors out there that you suggest, similar specs and price?
My ultimate goal is three 19" monitors plus one of those Matrox TripleHead2Go boxes. [If they bring out a DVI version. If not, then the DVI isn't that important]
Thanks, Dan.
Sad that uni fees are so high and this is what you choose to spend your student loan on.
Look at IDE DVD drives - you'll have no hard disks on these so they won't have problems sharing a ribbon with them, plus they are cheaper.
If hard disk space isn't an issue why have you just bought 2 500GB drives ?
Just do what you want as you seem to have an idea in your head you're going for.
The reason its not an issue IS because I keep on buying new disks...
And this is what I have left of my student loan, after having bought all of my books and things... And the fact that my flatmate and I work about 90 hours a week between us sort of means that this money is just sitting round not doing much...
I'm only saving about £5 by getting an IDE DVD-RW, and I figured that since I'm already using the sata controller, i can disable the IDE channels, and free up tiny bit of work on the motherboard and cpu. At least this is what my thinking is, I may not be entirely right in that view...
Hey come on - there's no need to get stroppy and insult the guy! Handbags at dawn anyone?
Hehe.
Sorry if I'm not really taking many suggestions into account, I have researched this quite well, and was merely posting here to clarify that what I've got would work well, and to find out if anyone had any problems with the above hardware.
I want to make sure that everything will be "perfect" when I finally spend my money :)
I'm not getting stroppy or insulting anyone ?
It just looks like he's got a clear idea of what he wantsand as he's said he's researched it, so he may as well just do it rather than keep going over and over.
Still i would get a 8800GTS maybe even GTX and spend the extra money elsewhere.