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smite

#16
September 20, 2015, 10:17:22 AM
Cheers Gunda. Looks like Aria are the winners. :D

It appears that my current Monitor, which I purchased in 2008, is a 16:10 Dell 2408WFP. So I can't really change down to a 16:9.
Didn't realise how good it was, remember it was twice as much as I am currently planning to spend.

The question is, will I notice much difference between this monitor and my current based on the spec?
My current monitor is LCD and the new one will be LED. That's about it (as far as I can see).

Gorion

#17
September 20, 2015, 10:45:53 AM
The colours will be different when comparing a 2008 monitor and a relatively modern one.

Did the change a couple of years ago myself, and the colours when both were next to each other were night and day.
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Gunda

#18
September 21, 2015, 11:59:06 AM
Personally i would not upgrade from a 2408WFP to a 2415, not going to see a great improvement, better off saving up for a 27" 1440p monitor?

smite

#19
September 22, 2015, 06:50:52 AM
How about the Dell U2515H?
1440p 25" @ £240
The old monitor will be going with the old pc to my daughter, so I need one anyway.

Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

smite

#20
October 16, 2015, 07:38:00 PM
Quote from: smite;404131How about the Dell U2515H?
1440p 25" @ £240
The old monitor will be going with the old pc to my daughter, so I need one anyway.

Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Dell U2515 Ordered last night to be delivered tomorrow.

Need to decide on my Gaming PC spec and order tonight.
PC Specialist spec has gone up by £50 since Tuesday, for some reason, now £1,258.
It is still cheaper than a similar but lesser spec from Overclockers (4790 instead of 6700, GTX970 instead of R9 390, slower non branded memory) at £1,300.
Mesh, same spec is £1,380.

Gunda

#21
October 16, 2015, 09:39:20 PM
Post us a link or more info to the pc that you are looking at?

smite

#22
October 16, 2015, 09:56:57 PM
PCS don't have the i7-6700k in until the end of October. Not sure if I should wait or go elsewhere. Again spec'ing the same build is close £100+.

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smite

#23
October 16, 2015, 10:08:17 PM
I could order it with the i7-6700 at 3.4Ghz rather than the i7-6700K at 4.0Ghz, Saving £70.
Not sure how much I would notice the difference. I wouldn't be overclocking either. :g:

Tutonic

#24
October 16, 2015, 10:42:31 PM
Have you considered dropping down to an i5?

Unless you're really hammering the CPU, I doubt you would see a massive difference in performance and it'll save you a few pennies :)
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Gunda

#25
October 16, 2015, 11:29:09 PM
Drop down to the i5 6600k swap the 240gb Kingston hyper thing for an m.2 Samsung sm951 256gb drive. I'd also get a 2 or 3 tb drive instead of a 1tb so little price difference.

smite

#26
October 18, 2015, 01:28:02 PM
Not had chance to look at the spec again, the weekend is dedicated to decorating :ranting2:.

The new monitor has turned up but I can't get the bloody thing to work on my current PC. Works fine on the X-Box.

Bought a DVI to HDMI adapter but get the message:

"The current input timing is not supported by the monitor display. Please change your input timing to 2560x1440, 60Hz or any other monitor listed timing as per the monitor specifications."

Updated the catalyst drivers, can't work out how to install the monitor drivers unless the monitor is connected. With the monitor connected I get the above message.
Tried restarting both pc and monitor. Confirmed that the Gphx card can achieve the resolution, which it does (HD 3870 x2).

The problem is not unique there are plenty of people who have had the same message, with Dell monitors but no real fix, that I have found.
Possible link to the refresh rate not showing 60Hz when setting, always reverts to 59Hz. Win 7 only.

It's not a massive problem as it will be for the new PC on Win10 (hopefully). But I thought it might be worth asking the techy gods on here if they have ever come across this problem.

smite

#27
October 20, 2015, 11:18:23 AM
Changes made as suggested and order placed.
All Skylake processors are out of stock so I'm not expecting the PC until towards the end of November. I can live with that.

Still cannot get the new monitor to work with my current PC. Ggggrr

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Gunda

#28
October 21, 2015, 01:38:44 PM
The motherboard you are ordering has a "M.2 Socket 3 PCIe x4 mode (Gen 3.0)" so i would swap the SATA samsung 250Gb evo drive for a m.2 Samsung sm951 256gb drive.

Its a little more expensive (£119 vs £68), but worth it imo as its over double the speed.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzvpv256hdgl00000

making sure it is the MZVP model number as that is the NVMe part rather than AHCI

EDIT: sorry ignore me i just noticed you had ordered already.. you can always add one of these in the future if you want a dedicated SSD for games etc.

smite

#29
October 21, 2015, 04:55:07 PM
Quote from: Gunda;405389The motherboard you are ordering has a "M.2 Socket 3 PCIe x4 mode (Gen 3.0)" so i would swap the SATA samsung 250Gb evo drive for a m.2 Samsung sm951 256gb drive.

Its a little more expensive (£119 vs £68), but worth it imo as its over double the speed.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzvpv256hdgl00000

making sure it is the MZVP model number as that is the NVMe part rather than AHCI

EDIT: sorry ignore me i just noticed you had ordered already.. you can always add one of these in the future if you want a dedicated SSD for games etc.


Hi Gunda, Thank you for replying.

I would have chosen that drive if it was an option from PC Specialist. The only options for Samsung were the 850 evo.
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