Along with some new "low end" Penryn Intels, aswell. By low end, I mean Q6600 equivalents, at sub £200.

And a high end.

The high end ones are already out, I think. And they are awesome.

The motherboard and memory modules have still not been collected, probably because of some delays over Christmas or something. So I am looking at getting my parts collected next Thursday when I am back at work. I have asked them if I could receive the EVGA 780i as a replacement, instead of the 680i, as I am happy to pay the difference.

The 780i is a nice looking board with high-ish specification, but certainly not the greatest out there - X48 is better in my opinion...



I've also had to purchase some more AS5 and some cleaner/purifier as my CPU and HSF have been sitting on my desk at work for a couple of weeks.

I can't wait to get my PC back, as I'll be itching to play some FPS games, hopefully with a 9800 in the near future.

IMO that cooling looks a bit OTT. A simple copper heatpipe arrangement will usually suffice, unless the 780is are really inefficient.


On a random comp note, I was in a second hand store today, and they had graphics cards (expensive, but I always look), one of them was the 7950GX2 or something (one of the two cards in one) but it was HUGE. I would seriously doubt it being able to fit in most cases, including my own (which is pretty damn big anyway).

The cooling looks pretty standard to me.

I'm really missing the computer now. Just not being able to play stupid games like Battlefield 2, and good games like Crysis is making me bored... and annoyed; this is the most troublesome build I've ever had. It's my third.

Most mobos I've seen recently don't have a fan, and that's a very big fan. I've read reviews of motherboards with simple copper heatpipe coolers from northbridge (or southbridge) to MOSFETs that overclock incredibly well, so it is OTT.

Well, look at most 680i motherboards... 780i probably gets hotter than a 680i, and they are renowned for overheating.

Ah, true, most the mobos I've looked at are Intel based. Looks like nVidia's aren't that cool.

Well guys, looks like I should be back online Monday. Overclockers UK had 5 EVGA 680i in stock earlier today so they should have sent one of those out to me. I got my Corsair Dominator memory back earlier on this week (couple of days ago) so I have everything apart from the motherboard right now.

Yeah, you emailed me about it being shipped, lol.

It's probably going to be my main F@H PC after all...

Well it would be the best (or second with the PS3) best folder anyway.

Yeah, the PS3 rarely folds because people play games on it in my house... I don't like games consoles lol.

People play GAMES on the PS3?! xP

Funnily enough they do! Rainbow 6 is apparently very popular aswell as MotorStorm...

That was actually sarcasm xP

Yeah, the PS3 is actually getting a slow trickle of games now, but nothing in comparison with everything else, and a lot of games are just ports. I've actually heard good things about a couple, like Drake's Fortune.
I've also heard bad things about a few, especially Lair.

I've actually played the Drake's Fortune demo and it was surprisingly average, which is good for a console game!

I can't remember what was meant to be good about it, but it was meant to be good.

Lair apparently has a terrible control system and is incredibly buggy, including noclip like out of map effects in normal play.

You havent played Super Mario anything then... XD 64 or Galaxy... Even Skillers thought Galaxy was good and he only played it for like an hour at most O.o

I quite like console games half the time, so using "even" in that context isn't a good idea. I just find console FPS decidedly mediocre when compared to PC FPS (don't mistake this for fun).

I've played Super Mario 64.

AND YOU DIDNT ENJOY IT??!?! Are you dead inside?!

I don't think he actually said that, lol.

Back once again!



Shame I can't use it until tomorrow night.

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