TheDigitalRealm

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Nice, the IE80's are lovely, I own a pair myself. I'd say that neither of those need an AMP+DAC and would be fine running from your on-board audio solution. I'm using a pair of HD 595's for my daily drivers on my PC plugged into the on-board and they sound great.

I would always recommend going for a thicker wall on tubing - its generally a safer option as it's less prone to kinking. Out of the two that means going with 3/8 id 5/8 od As for a brand, Primochill Advanced LRT is the best tubing available. I use white Advanced LRT and have had no problems so far. Even tubing degradation which happens to all tubing, seems to be minimal on mine after about 4 months without the coolant being replaced.

I would use this for a workstation/gaming system as I'm a keen video editor (mainly using Adobe CC) about to finish College and enter the tech industry, so need to be prepared to work from home. Having both a gaming system and a separate workstation would be ideal but my budget prevents me from doing so.

Dead Trigger 3?

As well as Linus's comparison I'd watch the comparison video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRfcuSjurvo) HardwareCanucks made if you haven't already, as he talks more about the relative sound signature of the two - which may help you decide which one you'd prefer. Personally I prefer the fit of over the ear IEMs found on the Shure or my Sennhesier IE80 IEM's.

A FiiO E10K would do you just fine, as would decent onboard audio minus the interference. There are so many misconceptions about headphones and what's needed to drive them.

Thank you very much. Now that Android L has dropped I'm switching back to Android.

Thanks! Should do me for the next year or so. I'd really like to move to X99 next year after I leave College and take a year out before University to work and travel. I'm hoping I can save up enough money to travel, build an X99 system and still have money saved for uni.

I would personally go for the 750D after owning the Switch 810. Don't get me wrong, I've still got it lined up for another build, but I personally don't like the plastic front and top panels. They're very cheap looking and flimsy. Other than that the features are near identical.

It doesn't matter much, no. When comparing it to a GPU with double the bus size it does, especially at 4K, which is why the 290X hasn't really been de-throned at 4K, it still sits at the top of the graphs with the 980 and 780 Ti. Nvidia has developed some nice optimisations for its cards to more efficiently use that 256bit bus, and it's obviously helping a lot.

Yes, I am aware, but the 970 has a fairly mid-range 256bit bus and some optimisation features to make the most of it, while the 290X has a 512bit bus which should be able to better take advantage of the 4GB of VRAM as I stated earlier. It doesn't matter now anyway as he's said he wont be overclocking, so the GTX 970 makes far more sense for the OP.

Ah, in that case I would opt for the GTX 970. GPU boost will bump it up to 1300-1400 depending on the GPU you buy, while the 290X has no such feature.

I remember taking a couple of night shots with it, I'll see if I can find them!

Yes, spray on. That's another aspect I'm not happy with, the coating is far too thick - I made the mistake of buying a cheap can, which meant the nozzle was terrible quality and it came out in much thicker droplets than I'd like. I also didn't use the sand technique to help it stick to the RAM modules, but it still looks decent.

Considering you'll be moving up to 1440p, and games are using more VRAM due to being console ports, I'd go with the 290X. At 1440p it's going to perform on par if not slightly better than the GTX 970, and as time goes on, my guess is that gap will only increase due to the 290X being able to better use it's 4GB of memory thanks to it's 512bit memory bus.

The finished photos are all up there now. Enjoy

I haven't added the photos of the finished build yet, hang on buddy. My upload speed is roughly 0.35Mb/s so you'll have to bare with me.

Hey guys. It's been a while since I've posted on here, mainly due to my studying getting in the way. (I'm doing a two year Computing course in the space of a year). Anyway, posting my completed build has been long overdue As it's been completed for a few months now. It's inspired by my first ship purchase in backing Star Citizen - the space sim currently being developed by Cloud Imporium Games. All that reall translates into is a black and white themed build (yes I know you've seen them many times before and the colour scheme is fading). This is going to be more of a showcase than anything else, so please let me know what your thoughts are and if you feel it's good enough to submit for the WAN show build log competition. I'm not completely happy with it; there are still several issues with the layout that could have been done better, such as having a smaller reservoir to relieve strain on the tube going into the bottom radiator from it, and thus prevent the slight kink in the tubing. Also a few more 90 degree fittings to hide the tubing behind the case a little better and get rid of the large curve in front of the motherboard. The plasti-dip also didn't come out very well, but because it's white, the lighting makes it hard to see. There are some issues with the case too, the front panel push-clips are broken, so the entire front of the case must be removed to gain access to the front panel and dust filter; if anyone knows how to get replacements, let me know as I've filled their form in on their website many times, to no avail. Secondly, because the alphacool radiator screws have narrow, tall heads, they don't secure it to the case without a washer and the bottom dust filters can't clip in because the heads are in the way. Not a massive issue though, I can just get replacement screws. Massive shoutout to pexon for sleeving nearly my entire power supply, it wasn't a straightforward job as the layout is very different from the likes of Corsair and it took a lot of work. As you can see it turned out great, Pexon feel free to use these photos as you wish. Here are the specs: CPU: i7 3770K @ 4.8GHz. (Max OC 5.1GHz) MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z77 Sabertooth w/ white thermal armour. RAM: (2x8)16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum @ 2200MHz CAS 10 GPU1: MSI R9 290X Lightning @ 1200/1600 (MAX: 1270/1665 for both cards) GPU2: MSI R9 290X Lightning @ 1200/1600 SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB ODD: Generic LG 26x drive. PSU: Seasonic X-1250 1250W PSU. FANS: 8X 120mm Swiftech Helix @ 1000rpm, 2x Stock Phanteks 140mm case fans and 1 Corsair AF140 QE. FAN CONTROL: NZXT GRID w/ 7V fan speed reducers. LIGHTING: Bitfenix Alchemy white LED strips (2x 30cm & 2x 12cm) CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Primo White Water-cooling: GPU BLOCKS: EK-FC R9-290X Lightning w/ EK-FC Terminal DUAL Parallel 3-slot CPU BLOCK: EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ FITTINGS: Monsoon white. COOLANT: Ice Dragon nano-fluid TUBING: PrimoChill Advanced LRT PUMP: Alphacool D5 Vario pump (amazing pump - couldn't get the Swiftech variant here) RADIATORS: 2 x Alphacool UT60 480mm x 60mm radiators (There will be more images uploaded in a few minutes, but for now: Images: http://imgur.com/a/5Gl7l All of these photos were taken with my old Nexus 5 by the way, so let me know what you think of them.

Unless you're a Computing student, I really would recommend that you at least take a look at what a macbook pro could offer you. They're great notebooks, with a crazy long battery life and good power for their size.

Well the 780 Ti's perform similarly to the GTX 980 but cost less than the 980. If the 780 Ti's are in your budget and you aren't too bothered about the new features that come with the new 900 series cards, go for the 780 Ti. The price has been lowered to about £60 below the 980 here in the uk.

23" Dell U2312HM. Yes I know my system is OP for the resolution I'm gaming at but I've just gotten into super-sampling and it's amazing. Definitely looking for a FreeSync 1440p monitor to come out soon.

While there have been IPS panels that users have overclocked to ~100Hz, they're so rare that the manufacturing yield would be pitifully low. 80Hz IPS panels sound more realistic as a product as the display yields may make it viable.

Yeah, I realise 4K is this shiny new resolution that people are clamouring to get, but honestly even with two cards you'll be hitting ~40fps on most triple A titles maxed out, and with three or more cards you'll run into so many issues it won't be worth it. I have dual 290X cards and have the option to go 4K since they're still at the top of most 4K benchmarks, but I'm holding out for a 21:9 1440p screen with FreeSync.

Yes, I'm not surprised that you're unable to send it back. You brought it before the price-shift with Nvidia GPU's after the 900 series product launch.