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Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostI used to build every 2-3 years but that has slowly drawn out, to a point where I dont even have a schedule for my next one.
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Originally posted by sal View PostThey are usually quite accommodating and reasonable and can manipulate prices to an extend. One of my deliveries went missing, so they had me to cancel the order and re-order it, when i pointed out that i mad the original order at a much lower price (can't remember if it was deal or the price just went up in the meantime) they told me to do the re-order anyway and give them the order number so they went in and adjusted the price manually to the original order price.
Worst case scenario if they refuse to refund you the price difference - start a return procedure for the original order and make a new order at the lower price, when the item arrives - send it right back as a return of the original item, no need to remove the already installed GPU, package it etc.
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Originally posted by sal View PostThey are usually quite accommodating and reasonable and can manipulate prices to an extend. One of my deliveries went missing, so they had me to cancel the order and re-order it, when i pointed out that i mad the original order at a much lower price (can't remember if it was deal or the price just went up in the meantime) they told me to do the re-order anyway and give them the order number so they went in and adjusted the price manually to the original order price.
Worst case scenario if they refuse to refund you the price difference - start a return procedure for the original order and make a new order at the lower price, when the item arrives - send it right back as a return of the original item, no need to remove the already installed GPU, package it etc.Last edited by woohoo; 3 March 2017, 16:05.
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostI thought that might happen when I saw your post about the TI - just couldnt wait to install it I'm onto Amazon to see what they can do though not going to worry too much about £50 quid after all my company paid for this for multi-monitor support
Worst case scenario if they refuse to refund you the price difference - start a return procedure for the original order and make a new order at the lower price, when the item arrives - send it right back as a return of the original item, no need to remove the already installed GPU, package it etc.
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Originally posted by eek View PostJust seen the price change to £499.95. If you are within the refund period, phone Amazon customer service and ask for a refund...
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostI've just bought this graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 - 546.89 from amazon - not got it yet though but seems cheap for a 1080.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Not built an "invoicing/coding" PC build since 2011, and its still running Excel, Word, Visual Studio and SQL Server without any problems.
The twin SSDs, i7 2600 and Nvidia 580 still perform well enough.
I used to build every 2-3 years but that has slowly drawn out, to a point where I dont even have a schedule for my next one.
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Originally posted by eek View Post1080TI is available for pre-orders tomorrow. should be about £600 all in
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1080TI is available for pre-orders tomorrow. should be about £600 all in
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I've just bought this graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 - 546.89 from amazon - not got it yet though but seems cheap for a 1080.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Originally posted by eek View Postprobably worth waiting a week for the Ryzen chips to appear as there seems to be discounts appearing on intel's top of the range chips.. The Ryzen chips are 8 core however so probably not much use for what you want it for...
Also ssd rather than an M.2 chip?
Samsung 960 Evo is M.2 NVMe
I always assemble myself as i like it and it costs less.
What NLUK suggested looks good, with the exception that I would swap the Noctua cooler with Corsair Hxxx pre-built liquid coolers - similar price and not a big fan of having 2lb+ of cooler dragging on the MB. If you find the corsair fan too loud - swap it with Noctua fan
Currently running i7 4770 on ASUS Maximus formula VI MB with 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum, 250GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD + 3TB WD black, 3 x Radeon 290X GPUs, 1200W Superflower PSU. All custom liquid cooling loop with XSPC blocks and pump in corsair Obsidian 750D case. Served me well for 3.5 years with just the PSU giving up the ghost about 2 years ago, swapped under warranty.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostThe 4K Gaming PC – Best Gaming PC for £1,500 / $2,000
CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K – £219 at Overclockers.co.uk | $240 at Amazon.com
Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro – £168 at Overclockers.co.uk | $175 at Amazon.com
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3000MHz – £112 at Ebuyer.com | $125 at Newegg.com
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 – £570 at Overclockers.co.uk | $580 at Amazon.com
SSD: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB – £122 at Ebuyer.com | $130 at Newegg.com
HDD: Toshiba 3TB HDD – £80 at Overclockers.co.uk | $89 at Amazon.com
Power Supply: EVGA GQ 80 Plus Gold 650W – £87 at Amazon.co.uk | $74 at Amazon.com
Case: Corsair 400C Black Window – £95 at Amazon.co.uk | $97 at Amazon.com
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14– £65 at Overclockers.co.uk | $66 at Amazon.com
Read more at Best Gaming PC: The ultimate PC-building guide February 2017
Also ssd rather than an M.2 chip?Last edited by eek; 27 February 2017, 19:40.
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