What have you purchased recently?

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I never buy Collectors editions, but for 30 bucks more for an art book this was a good deal

New gaming rig:

i5 4670k 4 x 3.4 GHz

GeForce GTX770 JetStream

8GB RAM

(+new mainboard, SSD & power suppy)

60 fps in Crysis 3. Feels good man.

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I never buy Collectors editions, but for 30 bucks more for an art book this was a good deal

Art books and sometimes soundtracks are the only reasons I buy collectors editions.

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New gaming rig:

i5 4670k 4 x 3.4 GHz

Why not i7?

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Why not i7?

Because budget.

Thanks, I was just curious to know if was that or on purpose; great to ear that intensive games run well anyway

I still haven't found the time to choose a machine for me

I'm still using an age old quad core processor.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=in…2.40ghz&id=1038

And its getting a tad slow, but still runs dota 2 / titanfall / bf4 pretty good so I'm happy

An Irish Whistle. Ima go Lord of the Rings on yo asses. It's pretty cheap as well so I figured why the fuck not xD Well cos it's still a whistle... I guess that's why not

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Hoodie is very nice and comfie (just be sure to get it 1 size larger than your regular size)! Love Valve T-shirts cause they have designs and dont just slap logos on them.

Oh damn I'd love a Black Mesa hoodie. Always wanted some of those TF2 tshirts too... might have to get an order in at Valve soon

Been thinking about buying one of the TF2 t-shirts for ages now, but the last couple of times they've been sold out in the sizes I wanted. That hoodie does look quite nice as well, might do some Valve merch shopping too~~

A cheap Chinese TarGard knockoff to complete that Raoul Duke look for a costume party.

Asus 780gtx to replace me old warhorse 560gtx. Looked at 780ti versions then saw the price tags and was like LOL NOPE.

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At least get a reference model

wut

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Asus 780gtx to replace me old warhorse 560gtx. Looked at 780ti versions then saw the price tags and was like LOL NOPE.

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I don't know shit what to say except that looks real cool!!

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wut

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/388922-3…ence-model-mean

like poster #2 says, it's higher quality and you can oc and mod stuff yourself, unlike non ref models. I never buy non ref anymore

This is the ref design for 780 gtx:

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like poster #2 says, it's higher quality and you can oc and mod stuff yourself, unlike non ref models. I never buy non ref anymore

This is the ref design for 780 gtx:

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Oli I don't know what the fuck Sentura is talking about but it sounds like he's onto something!!! This image is way cooler than the last one!!

Non ref cards don't have the reference design because it would be more costly to make them. Thus you get cheaper, non-replaceable parts on non refs, and you're locked into whatever configuration the manufacturer has set for you. By contrast you can pretty much do anything to a ref card, including flashing its bios, replacing coolers yourself etc. In other words, if your card goes faulty after the warranty expires, you're pretty much fucked if you don't have a ref card. This combined with the fact that you can't sure the cooling doesn't always cool the card properly on non refs is pretty much the reason I never get them anymore.

Bought one of these:

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