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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on May 08, 2023, 15:16:35 PM »
2080ti is still a very capable card, nice one :thumbup:
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by soopahfly on May 08, 2023, 10:12:37 AM »
I caved.  Bought a 2080ti off ebay.
I figured I've got enough bits kicking about to build another PC and then sell it on and recoup.

I'm only really looking at 1440p gaming, I have a 34" ultrawide.  I just don't like being told "LOW" when loading a game :D
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on May 08, 2023, 08:22:44 AM »
Depends what sort of games and settings you're intending on, but I'm about to sell my old 1660 GTX which is probably about 50% faster than your card but still runs all the latest games fine on non-insane settings. On ebay they seem to be going from £100-£150 depending on whether its standard, Ti, Super, the condition, etc. I've offered Bacon first dibs but if he doesn't want it I'm happy to offer it you, it's not been used for mining or anything stenuous at all.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by soopahfly on May 07, 2023, 10:14:50 AM »
I've just gone through a bit of an upgrade by raiding the pile of Weee we have at work.
I've gotten myself an i7 9700, 16gb DDR4 and a 512gb M2 SSD.  I've added my R9 290 graphics card which I had to flash for UEFI compatibility, and moved across my 4 and 10gb mechanical drives.
I'm looking at upgrading my graphics card now though, as I suspect it's a bit long in the tooth.
What's going to give me a good upgrade without spending out on the frankly ridiculous prices of todays graphics cards?
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Sports, Hobbies & Motors / Re: What are you doing for excercise/fitness?
« Last post by matt5cott on May 06, 2023, 20:36:36 PM »
Thanks guys. I doubt I would be interested in the workout tracking/racing your mates kind of stuff as I'm the sort that likes to rock up, do my time and then forget about it, so I'd probably skip the monitor. But assuming I have room when I move house to make a gym room this will definitely be on the cards now.

Whilst I remember, you can retrofit a PM monitor https://www.concept2.co.uk/indoor-rowers/performance-monitors/retrofitting-pm5
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on May 04, 2023, 22:19:08 PM »
Feels/sounds like an expensive half-step to me, I'd try and aim for the few hundred quid extra on new board and memory if you plan on swapping the CPU and storage anyway.
Yeah, you're right.   :thumbup:  I'll just bite the bullet.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on May 04, 2023, 17:29:18 PM »
 i7-7700K is the top-end CPU for your Z170 mobo (might need a BIOS update). You've got one M.2 (not NVMe) slot and that's it for the board, so you would have to go big on that. The latest mobos have support for 2/3 NVMe drives.

Feels/sounds like an expensive half-step to me, I'd try and aim for the few hundred quid extra on new board and memory if you plan on swapping the CPU and storage anyway.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: It's Spec-Me-Up time!
« Last post by Eagle on May 04, 2023, 09:42:48 AM »
Thinking ahead... if I'm "unable" to purchase a whole new PC in Dec (hey I'm married, what could possibly go wrong?!) what would folks suggest as the best upgrade path for this motherboard?

I mainly play MS Flight simulator - it runs fine on current system at 30fps on Med/High settings but wouldn't mind increasing performance as much as I could for a small ish outlay. 

• I'm thinking: a 3080 GPU
• New Intel CPU - I hate installing them (the cooler mularkey) but hey-ho.  Any suggestions for size/type?
• How many Nvme drives will this board support?  Just the one I'm guessing (if any)?  I could splash out on a 2Tb+ as MSFS is very storage hungry with all its addons.
• Could upsize the monitor to a decent 27", no 4k shenannigans required.
• Could also just add up to 64Gb RAM

I figure the above might be an option but would it work out much cheaper?  I need to ask myself do I really need a whole new rig when the above upgrades would do?
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Sports, Hobbies & Motors / Re: What are you doing for excercise/fitness?
« Last post by neXus on May 01, 2023, 00:48:16 AM »
It is good to get into it but the big thing is to start learning to stretch and work the muscles now and continue to do that. With all of our ages nothing is forgiving. Even if you are looking to start doing things at home I would get some trainer sessions or something in or a friend who knows things properly to teach you how to do things. If anyone gets a bench press or bar to learn how to squat and deadlift properly etc.


Your body will let you get away with some things when you are younger but you need to do things 100% properly especially at our age or stuff will pull, break, snap or give.
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Sports, Hobbies & Motors / Re: What are you doing for excercise/fitness?
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on April 27, 2023, 09:08:37 AM »
Thanks guys. I doubt I would be interested in the workout tracking/racing your mates kind of stuff as I'm the sort that likes to rock up, do my time and then forget about it, so I'd probably skip the monitor. But assuming I have room when I move house to make a gym room this will definitely be on the cards now.
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