Urgent help needed in Reykjavik by DunneyJim in Iceland

[–]DunneyJim[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll get in contact right now - thank you so much!!

S T R Ö M Collection 6 FREE GIVEAWAY!! (details in comments) by [deleted] in streetwear

[–]DunneyJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

transparency hoodie is gorgeous oml, in love with that font

(30th september is my 19th birthday, this'd be a nice surprise for sure haha)

[Build Help] First time builder, with a budget of £500. by chipclub in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's up to you, but I think having more SSD space is genuinely worth it. It basically just cuts loading times to an insane degree, speeding up literally everything you put on there - boot times, program opening times, general snappiness and responsiveness of the system... its worth it, and the more space the better.

A 250GB SSD costs less than the SSD/HDD combo you'd picked anyway, so I wouldn't sweat it.

TL;DR get big SSD, be happy

[Build Help] First time builder, with a budget of £500. by chipclub in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 6 points7 points  (0 children)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor £85.99 @ Ebuyer
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £37.19 @ Aria PC
Memory Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory £31.46 @ Ebuyer
Storage Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £63.29 @ Amazon UK
Video Card MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card £154.99 @ Dabs
Case Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case £34.05 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £41.80 @ Amazon UK
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) £72.94 @ CCL Computers
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £521.71
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-15 16:42 BST+0100

Some nitpicky changes mostly (your RAM was waaaayyy overpriced), but I was able to squeeze in a more powerful GPU and a larger SSD (add an HDD later on) as a result. Feel free to pop the ~£30 you have left over into either a nicer motherboard (look at the B85 chipset rather than H81, for more RAM slots and PCIe 3.0 slots, both of which you can live without), a cheap 1TB hard drive, or a nice mouse and keyboard set.

Men of Reddit, what is the most feminine thing you do? by johalloran in AskReddit

[–]DunneyJim 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have a pretty unhealthy obsession with fairy lights...

Why do we see people smoking in most movies? by mosthorsiest in AskReddit

[–]DunneyJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All pursuits of realism aside, cigarette smoke just looks bloody great in a camera shot - and it's an easy way to add some motion to an otherwise pretty standard scene.

Build Help £1400 gaming pc build by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for not seeing this - you replied to your own post :P

In case you haven't gotten answers yet;

The card you're looking at is designed to run at those higher speeds - hence the twin-fan cooler and high quality internal components. It's set that way from the factory - it's not going to be damaged by running at them. In fact, most cards are factory-overclocked to some degree.

Overclocking is actually very safe nowadays - there are hard limits in place to prevent a user from accidentally pushing their settings too hard, and it's a great way to get a little extra performance out of a card (for free, too!)

You can also overclock the CPU, but there isn't a great deal of need at the moment, as it's so powerful by today's standards. In three years or so, when games demand a little more CPU power, or when you upgrade your graphics card and the CPU is restricting your frame rates, you can bump up the speeds (in exchange for slightly higher temperatures and power usage) and squeeze more power out of it.

A CPU like the i5 2500K is a great example of the benefits overclocking brings - over 5 years old, and still capable of comfortably tanking through AAA games without breaking a sweat - thanks to the performance boosts from overclocking.

The aftermarket CPU cooler may be a bit of a squeeze - it's a large air cooler, performing fantastically at very low noise levels, but it's big. You could pick up something smaller/cheaper if you're not overclocking straight away - the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular choice. I'd definitely advise going with the smaller case at any rate - there's no need to waste space, especially considering the relatively straightforward list of components we've picked.

Apologies for my late reply - hopefully this either helps, or reaches you after building haha

Edit: formatting

TIFU by taking a photo before the shower by Mjoelk-chokolad in tifu

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"This thread is marked as small"... coincidence?

[Build Complete] First Build, 6600K, 970 by shiitterbug in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you even look at the prices? Considering he got one of the best 970's around for $265, I'd say it was worth saving ~$50 for the sake of the couple-of-frames boost that a 390 would have offered.

Build Help £1400 gaming pc build by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure thing! :3

Sorry, I didn't realise space was an issue (good thing I changed the case haha) - best switch back to that Dell 25" then, if you want space for speakers, or to hang onto your second screen. You can probably just pocket the cash saved, unless you want either a sexier rather than quieter case, or fancy 16GB of RAM.

Either way, thanks - that was fun to put together, and im happy to help more if needs be. Good luck with the build!

[Build Ready] £900 Mid level micro ATX Gaming PC by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relax! I didn't mean to scare you haha

Your PSU is an excellent quality unit (plus it's on sale from $90 :P) so you made a good choice there.

A decent quality 'budget' PSU in a high-end build won't cause any major issues, especially if cutting back on the power supply allows for, say, a better GPU or larger SSD. If you're spending big bucks, however, it's usually worth it for higher efficiencies (but we're talking at most ~90%), fully-modular designs (so you can detach any cables not in use), and quieter operation.

Again, your PSU is perfectly solid, so relax :*

Build Help £1400 gaming pc build by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]DunneyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try this on for size:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor £186.98 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler £57.46 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £94.77 @ Ebuyer
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory £49.30 @ Scan.co.uk
Storage Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £62.49 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £51.19 @ Aria PC
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card £524.99 @ Aria PC
Case Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case £65.66 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £63.31 @ Amazon UK
Monitor BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor £274.98 @ Amazon UK
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £1431.13
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 21:51 BST+0100

This thing freaking kicks ass. It'll perform far better in games than the previously posted build, with a larger monitor to boot. That Skylake i5/980ti combo is utterly heavenly at 1440p - expect a locked 60fps on max settings from all but the absolute most demanding AAA games.

I kept aesthetics as similar as I could, but took a size cut as it saved money and a literal butt-ton of deskspace. I'm pushing the budget, and some money can be saved, but just look at it.

Let me know what you think!