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    james_broad reacted to Tocsin_786 in I just got an broken Ipod touch w/ apple care?   
    That was my thought process, I see where others are coming from, but honestly if you don't know what you did to your product or whether or not there is insurance on it, I shouldn't be held responsible for your mistakes. If it were in the pile, then the recycle company would have given me money for the metal inside. It would have been my gain either way. But I did call her today and let her know. 
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    james_broad got a reaction from RS2007GOD in My New build for £750   
    What do you think? Looking to run CSGO, Lol, BF1, ARK survival all at 1080p on 2 AOC 23" monitors... Settings ideally high-ultra at above 50FPS.
     
    http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/66Pf9W
     
    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
    CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£177.90 @ Amazon UK) 
    Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£48.26 @ Ebuyer) 
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£35.49 @ Ebuyer) 
    Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£38.10 @ Amazon UK) 
    Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£57.54 @ CCL Computers) 
    Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  (£229.99 @ CCL Computers) 
    Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Blue ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
    Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit 
    Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 Software 
    Total: £642.27
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-27 12:19 BST+0100
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    james_broad reacted to MrDrWho13 in My New build for £750   
    Very true.
    The system looks pretty solid, so I wish you good luck!
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    james_broad reacted to MrDrWho13 in My New build for £750   
    Maybe consider a 240GB SSD, and maybe a GTX 1060?
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    james_broad reacted to RS2007GOD in My New build for £750   
    looks solid, id personaly go with a wd drive over the seagate but to eachs own
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    james_broad reacted to HKZeroFive in My New build for £750   
    If you meant that you want to play games on two monitors simultaneously at high-ultra settings with a decent framerate, I'm afraid that's impossible with this sort of setup.
     
    I suggest getting a different SSD (V300 is rubbish) such as the Adata SP550 and a single stick of 8GB of RAM for future expansion (since the H110 only has two RAM slots).
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    james_broad reacted to HKZeroFive in My New build for £750   
    That's alright then.
     
    The SSD is crappy because it's a bait and switch product from Kingston, where they fidgeted with the controllers and basically made them slow. Dual channel RAM won't make a considerable difference so I'd say it's better to go with one stick just for future expansion. Save the money and just buy one more stick once you plan to upgrade.
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    james_broad reacted to ArmswieldTheHero in HDMI or Display port?   
    Display port is undisputed better than HDMI, it supports higher framerates and resolutions.
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    james_broad reacted to arch_linuxos in HDMI or Display port?   
    I'd go with DisplayPort. It supports much higher res/refresh rate than HDMI. HDMI 2 is making up a little ground, but not all the way, and pretty much nothing has it (that I've seen at least).
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    james_broad reacted to pwn_intended in HDMI or Display port?   
    HDMI is good because it is ubiquitous. Display port is better in every other regard. It has a locking connection, much higher bandwidth, and can be adapted to any other signal. It also doesn't have royalty fees associated with it.
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    james_broad reacted to Goat in HDMI or Display port?   
    Displayport. Unlike HDMI, it has a locking connector that prevents the cable from disconnecting from whatever you plug it into in case you pull on it or something. Displayport can also support higher refresh rates than HDMI.
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    james_broad reacted to GoodBytes in HDMI or Display port?   
    While technically both are equally good in most common resolution (say 1920x1080 60Hz), Display Port gives you a "plug-in and it works", while HDMI doesn't really. HDMI you sometimes need to play with over scans adjustments, sometimes even create a custom resolution as it is unable to detect your monitor one properly. While DisplayPort, is like DVI. You plug it, and it works. everything works.
     
    On top of it all, DisplayPort support (with supported monitors) daisy chaining, and as mentioned by other here: higher resolutions, higher refresh rate, more colors (for supported monitors), while HDMI catches up eventually to DisplayPort advancements, HDMI focus is on TV and filming equipment, not computers.
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    james_broad reacted to pwn_intended in HDMI or Display port?   
    Device manufacturers have to pay a licensing fee for each device they produce with an HDMI port on it. It is a closed standard. Display port is an "open" standard in that it is free to be used by manufacturers.
     
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