Recent content by David Mather

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    Question Advice? To build or not to build?

    So I have had a few years where i haven't been gaming much on my pc, but for a while now I have been getting a bit more back in to it. I then thought about wanting to upgrade my monitors and with that move up to 1440p gaming (1080p secondary monitor). My current pc which is about 6 years old...
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    Question Choosing a new ultrawide monitor on a budget

    Hello, It's been a while since i was last on this forum, but i am looking for some opinions/help/experiences in potentially choosing a new monitor. I currently have a 2 monitor setup with a decade old Samsung monitor which was just bought on sale at the local IT shop and a BenQ monitor which was...
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    Question Help with budget build

    Now i see i forgot to put in the list of parts in my last post. But here is the 2 builds i am going to present him, one as a cheaper option which i feel is still decent enough for him to get something out of: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/T384r6 And the other which should be a bit more...
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    Question Help with budget build

    UPDATE: So i advised the above mentioned parts and the price, yet it seems like he feels it is unneccery to get such a pc. He wants to play some CS (like Condition Zero and Original) and age of empires and then maybe apex legends and just normal web use etc. So this is the newest updated list...
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    Question Help with budget build

    Quick question though, would everything be able to fit in the case? thinking mostly of the GPU... i cant seem to find any dimensions for the Versa H21 :(
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    Question Help with budget build

    Skål! :) yeah no overclocking so i changed it to just the stock cooler. updated version here : https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/G4FXjy Still slightly over budget but hopefully i can convince him the performance is worth it :)
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    Question Help with budget build

    Thank you! i had another look around and this is the updated version which still goes a bit over the budget yet i feel like going to a ryzen 3 or downgrading the GPU would not really be worth it. https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/G4FXjy So i will try and show this to him and hopefully he likes...
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    Question Help with budget build

    Hello! So i helping a friend with parts for a tight budget build. This is in Denmark so the pricing is obviously a bit different but this is the parts that i have come up with so far - https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Wbb2hy Now this is actually a little over budget, as he is looking for a...
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    New build - Any tips or change of parts

    Hello, i'm looking into building a new pc, yet i'm unsure if the parts i have picked out so far are a good match for the pc or whether i should make any changes. I'm not really looking to overclock anything. CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k 4.2Ghz Quad Core CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Motherboard...
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    GTX 970 worthy up grade from r9 280x?

    Hey! I currently got the radeon r9 280x and got on a really good offer yet i am a big fan of nvidia for some reason and i am considering if the GTX 970 would be good enough or just keep What i got now?
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    Cannot activate windows 8.1 after reinstall

    Thank you both for the answers, i contacted the microsoft department here in denmark and they helped me out. On another note, i have a problem now (something that was still there when i wrote this thread) that my start button does not work, nor the charms bar (now disabled). When ever i left...
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    Cannot activate windows 8.1 after reinstall

    My Pc was at the shop to get fixed up. Got a new one as the old one was dead, so i asked them to reinstall windows for me. I got it back today and i noticed i cant use the "charms bar" (the thing one the right, when you go up in the corner and go down, couldnt find a name for it), in the way i...