Don't you transfer a cent to him though. If you want to do the deal you meet him in person and see the cards working with your own eyeballs. He's relatively unknown there, be careful
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Don't you transfer a cent to him though. If you want to do the deal you meet him in person and see the cards working with your own eyeballs. He's relatively unknown there, be careful
Foxhound5366
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Oi, I only just opened this thread this weekend. Give me a *little* time to put together the dream system. Bunny wouldn't be happy if all I could get together in the end was a Celeron and 128MB of RAM.
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Haha sounds good, will you come along as my bodyguard at the meet? You can totally wear a black jacket and you'll have to find a motorbike again.
Are you mad? I'm not coming that side of the world, last time I did that....well let's just say it's safer if I stay this side.
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Phew, it's like everybody has just gotten a secret memo to dump their graphics cards on Carb. The GTX1060 specifically is being sold all over ... which is great coz that's the one I want, but I still need to find somebody who will give it to me at a price I feel comfortable with. So far everybody is asking R5 300 - R6 000, and I'm trying to get somebody to sell me one for R4 000. Here's to hoping I get lucky 
Speaking of the same GPUs, is there any difference between a Gigabyte 1060 and a Zotac 1060 or a MSI 1060 for example? I now know to only look for the 6GB versions and not the 3GB versions, but not sure if there's a specific brand to aim for if the price is right.
Speaking of the same GPUs, is there any difference between a Gigabyte 1060 and a Zotac 1060 or a MSI 1060 for example? I now know to only look for the 6GB versions and not the 3GB versions, but not sure if there's a specific brand to aim for if the price is right.
Will depend on the model, there are various ones. Some are standard reference designs, some have better cooling, factory OC etc. If you post specifics of the ones you're looking at we can tell you more.
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Yeah, a lot of the 6GB ones have OC in the name. Is that good, to have factory overclocking?
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It's fine, the cooling will match the OC.
You'll find some models are 100 or 200 MHz faster than the reference. Doubt it's really noticeable in game, so go for the cheapest. But do go for more RAM, it will last longer. All those brands are fine, I got a Zotac 1070 last year and had never heard of them, it's rock solid.
One thing to avoid is the short cards as they are likely to be louder.
Those prices are way to high still though. Crypto currency prices are still dropping. So wait another week or two imo. I paid R7,500 for my 1070 last year August when we were at ZAR13.30:$1 and I sold the included in game currency for R300 (I think) so total was R7,200.
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Thanks Bio. Just one question: can you install a long card in a mini ATX motherboard?
It seems that one gets small, medium and large PC cases too.
What is recommended?
It seems that one gets small, medium and large PC cases too.
What is recommended?
All the Pascal (and Maxwell) cards should OC to within 100Mhz of each other, not something you gonna notice playing games.
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GPU length has nothing to do with the MB, it's a matter of fitting the case.
Pick a case with good airflow. The smaller the case, the more cramped things are which usually results in higher temps. The size of the MB also determines the size of the case.
I've got one of these and with hindsight I should not have purchased it as it runs hot in summer so I keep the side panel off.
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Well Ponder, one of the reasons I'm asking is because the motherboard you suggested at the start was a Mini ATX board.
Considering a mini ATX board would look weird in a big case, I'll need to find a happy middle ground.
Maybe a medium board and medium case
Now what's "medium" is the tricky bit.
Considering a mini ATX board would look weird in a big case, I'll need to find a happy middle ground.
Maybe a medium board and medium case
Now what's "medium" is the tricky bit.
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Well Ponder, one of the reasons I'm asking is because the motherboard you suggested at the start was a Mini ATX board.
Considering a mini ATX board would look weird in a big case, I'll need to find a happy middle ground.
Maybe a medium board and medium case
My Zotac 1070 is the typical length for this type of GPU. You get a shorter Zotac (noisier) and a longer Zotac (OC'ed even more). As you can see I had to move my SSD as it was in the way. This is a typical desktop case (4 x 5.25" bays at the top).
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Phew, it's like everybody has just gotten a secret memo to dump their graphics cards on Carb. The GTX1060 specifically is being sold all over ... which is great coz that's the one I want, but I still need to find somebody who will give it to me at a price I feel comfortable with. So far everybody is asking R5 300 - R6 000, and I'm trying to get somebody to sell me one for R4 000. Here's to hoping I get lucky
Speaking of the same GPUs, is there any difference between a Gigabyte 1060 and a Zotac 1060 or a MSI 1060 for example? I now know to only look for the 6GB versions and not the 3GB versions, but not sure if there's a specific brand to aim for if the price is right.
The ether mining difficulty went up greatly last month...some of the people who bought them for mining are probably giving them up as early as they can to recoup some of what they spent on them.
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Lol at the glass of red wine.
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Nice wine bottle. What specs does it have? 
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Yeah, some of the guys selling them swear they weren't mining, but I don't buy it. Nobody sells a two month old GPU just because.
One guy claimed he is selling two because of "benchmarking". WTF is that? Who buys two cards just to test them and then resells them?