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| Thread ID: 135199 | 2013-10-07 04:56:00 | Gaming PC Build! Need advice :) | LiMiT (16997) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1355292 | 2013-10-15 06:55:00 | I thought the 260x was a 7790? | icow (15313) | ||
| 1355293 | 2013-10-15 08:26:00 | I thought the 260x was a 7790? Yes, the R7 260X is effectively a 2GB edition of the 7790 with slightly higher clocks. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1355294 | 2013-10-15 09:28:00 | Hmm I'm also thinking of upgrading my Gtx 760. 7970 seems a good upgrade right? | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1355295 | 2013-10-15 19:44:00 | Yeah but the 260 and the 290 are the only two that support true sound, for some odd reason. Im guessing they dont expect anyone to buy the 280 | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1355296 | 2013-10-20 22:32:00 | Custom Details Intel Core i5 4670K Haswell 3.4Ghz Socket 1150 Gigabyte/Asus intel B85 chipset Motherboard 8GB(4gb x2) DDR3-1600 High Performance 1TB Reliable/Performance Harddrive Samsung SH-224DB SATA 24X Dual layer DVD Writer Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 OC 2Gb GDDR5 Advanced Memory Thermaltake Chaser A31 Mid Tower Thunder Blue No PSU 650W Continuous 80 Plus Silver Efficient Power Supply Windows 8 disc and license 64bit OEM (PC Add-on ONLY) TP-LINK TL-WN821N Wireless-N 300Mbps USB Adapter $1481 Thoughts? |
LiMiT (16997) | ||
| 1355297 | 2013-10-20 22:47:00 | Looks good, will certainly do the Job, for gaming @ 1080P will max settings on pretty much anything and if you have to drop them at all it won't be enough to make the game look bad. To summarise the advice so far - well my take on it; i5, good 8GB - plenty of RAM for the near future GTX 760 - best bang for buck Nvidia card and a great choice, 7970 an even better card from AMD but more expensive as well and prob overkill for single screen gaming. Make sure the PSU is a good reliable brand (Corsair, Antec, Silverstone, Seasonic, possibly others check if unsure) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1355298 | 2013-10-21 00:20:00 | Hmm I'm also thinking of upgrading my Gtx 760. 7970 seems a good upgrade right? I'm sorry but I can't see this being a logical upgrade choice. The 7970 is better, yes, but not significantly. The 7970 is only like 5 - 8 % faster than the GTX760. To get a meaningful increase, you would need to look at a GTX780 or better, or a 7990 or better, imo. The GTX760, like the x60 series tends to be, is fantastic bang for buck, and it gets pricey to make a significant step up. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1355299 | 2013-10-21 03:15:00 | I'm sorry but I can't see this being a logical upgrade choice. The 7970 is better, yes, but not significantly. The 7970 is only like 5 - 8 % faster than the GTX760. To get a meaningful increase, you would need to look at a GTX780 or better, or a 7990 or better, imo. The GTX760, like the x60 series tends to be, is fantastic bang for buck, and it gets pricey to make a significant step up. +1 |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1355300 | 2013-10-21 03:40:00 | The power supply brand is FSP | LiMiT (16997) | ||
| 1355301 | 2013-10-21 03:50:00 | Well if it's similar to this one www.hardwaresecrets.com it's probably pretty decent. The one in the review has a bronze rating but they remarked that it was much more efficient than normal for a bronze and used the same platform as a gold rated model so it may have been re certified silver at some point, certainly searching raider 650 on FSP's site leads to a silver rated supply. I suspect you'd be pretty happy with that machine. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
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