WillSK
Active member
Hey guys,
So as you may or may not know from the competition thread I went and visited the lovely folks at PCSpecialist to collect my prize this week. It was quite the round trip (7.5 hours) but totally worth it.
Here she is sitting under my desk currently
I know i know something this beautiful should NOT be under my desk but I live in a smallish flat and there is an annoying shelf above my desk which is stopping me having it sat next to me :'( was gutted about this.
Have set it all up now with witcher 3 as the only game so far but on this card it runs like butter, didn't think this game could look any better than it already did on my old system but wow!
Now onto what I want to do with this system going forward.
Overclocking will obv be experimented with in due course, so will update on here when I get round to that.
I'll also be using this to continue making my airsoft videos which have become a recent passion for me and game my heart out. I've actually gone and bought a 1TB 850 Evo to hold footage while I edit it along with it acting as a secondary game drive. I will need to look into what solutions are best for holding all the footage and my music etc. moving forward as I don't want to eat up all the valuable SSD space with this stuff. Maybe a NAS??
Also i'm having 2 little teething issues which I wonder if anyone can help me with. It's prob something small but having not upgraded in a while I wonder if i've missed something obvious. So any advice on these would be appreciated.
- The front audio connectors (Mic, headphone) seem reversed. I plug headphone into headphone and it thinks it's the pink mic port and vice versa so am currently running my headset from the back. HD audio connector is connected correctly (it can only fit on one way)
- The ethernet port doesn't always detect there's a cable attached and requires me to turn my homeplug on and off again to start receiving internet. it's almost like the computer doesn't relay a signal back to the homeplug to tell it to wake up if it's not been online for a while.
Anyway I just really wanted to take this opportunity to really really whole heartedly thank everyone once again for this. As an enthusiast like pretty much everyone else here i'm sure you can imagine how it really has blown my mind that I have won a dream system like this. TTL, PCS and the forum guys you're all awesome and I know i'll continue to be part of this fantastic community as it continues to grow and develop as it already has so much since I joined in 2011.
THANK YOU

So as you may or may not know from the competition thread I went and visited the lovely folks at PCSpecialist to collect my prize this week. It was quite the round trip (7.5 hours) but totally worth it.
Here she is sitting under my desk currently

I know i know something this beautiful should NOT be under my desk but I live in a smallish flat and there is an annoying shelf above my desk which is stopping me having it sat next to me :'( was gutted about this.
Have set it all up now with witcher 3 as the only game so far but on this card it runs like butter, didn't think this game could look any better than it already did on my old system but wow!
Now onto what I want to do with this system going forward.
Overclocking will obv be experimented with in due course, so will update on here when I get round to that.
I'll also be using this to continue making my airsoft videos which have become a recent passion for me and game my heart out. I've actually gone and bought a 1TB 850 Evo to hold footage while I edit it along with it acting as a secondary game drive. I will need to look into what solutions are best for holding all the footage and my music etc. moving forward as I don't want to eat up all the valuable SSD space with this stuff. Maybe a NAS??
Also i'm having 2 little teething issues which I wonder if anyone can help me with. It's prob something small but having not upgraded in a while I wonder if i've missed something obvious. So any advice on these would be appreciated.
- The front audio connectors (Mic, headphone) seem reversed. I plug headphone into headphone and it thinks it's the pink mic port and vice versa so am currently running my headset from the back. HD audio connector is connected correctly (it can only fit on one way)
- The ethernet port doesn't always detect there's a cable attached and requires me to turn my homeplug on and off again to start receiving internet. it's almost like the computer doesn't relay a signal back to the homeplug to tell it to wake up if it's not been online for a while.
Anyway I just really wanted to take this opportunity to really really whole heartedly thank everyone once again for this. As an enthusiast like pretty much everyone else here i'm sure you can imagine how it really has blown my mind that I have won a dream system like this. TTL, PCS and the forum guys you're all awesome and I know i'll continue to be part of this fantastic community as it continues to grow and develop as it already has so much since I joined in 2011.
THANK YOU

