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[QUOTE=PonceDeLeon;48221543]i would go for a AMD at 1440p. perhaps a 290x or a 390[/QUOTE] I've honestly not considered AMD cards much, in what ways are the 290x and 390 better than the 970? And are the driver problems as bad as I've seen people make them out to be or is it just overreactions?
they're better in terms of price vs. performance. The 970 will perform better, but not necessarily $250 better than the 290x or the 380.
From what I can see, the 290x and 390 are roughly the same price as the 970 wherever I look, give or take $20 or so. [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] Oh, I just noticed your above post. I'll definitely look into the 380 too, cheers.
[QUOTE=kobalt;48225599]From what I can see, the 290x and 390 are roughly the same price as the 970 wherever I look, give or take $20 or so.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127878"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127878[/URL] alternatively, if you really wanna go with Nvidia for whatever reason the GTX 960 is in the same price range too.
[QUOTE=kobalt;48225599]From what I can see, the 290x and 390 are roughly the same price as the 970 wherever I look, give or take $20 or so. [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] Oh, I just noticed your above post. I'll definitely look into the 380 too, cheers.[/QUOTE] AMD products seem to have funky pricing and availability down under.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48225717]AMD products seem to have funky pricing and availability down under.[/QUOTE] Really? I just compared their prices on Amazon and the 390 and 970 are both around $350, with the 390 being just a bit more expensive. [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Schmaaa;48225610][URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127878"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127878[/URL] alternatively, if you really wanna go with Nvidia for whatever reason the GTX 960 is in the same price range too.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I've been looking at that too, there are so many cards it's all so confusing.
[QUOTE=kobalt;48225830]Really? I just compared their prices on Amazon and the 390 and 970 are both around $350, with the 390 being just a bit more expensive. [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] Yeah, I've been looking at that too, there are so many cards it's all so confusing.[/QUOTE] They may have done a better job with the R9 300 series, but it's usually pretty bad.
On idle, my temps keep going ape [IMG]http://i.gyazo.com/a09d6a8a682cb3f080606dc3e55280ba.png[/IMG] Could it just be reading it wrong? Feels pretty cool at the back of my case..
Could be, are your load temps fine? Because those are the only ones that matter.
Got another SSD. Here's how to mount one. [video=youtube;7mS8uR3-1OY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mS8uR3-1OY[/video]
So I'm looking to pick up an SSD for a clean install of Windows 10 when it rolls around. I browsed through a few of them but can't tell what one would be a good drive to go for. I'm willing to spend at most around $100 and would like a minimum of 120GB on it. So between those two points there are a lot of choices; I would appreciate some input on what ones are reliable and are a good deal. I'm leaning more towards the larger sizes so I can put a few slow loading games onto it.
$99 will probably get you a nice Crucial 256Gb.
I saw that one but I also saw this one that seemed to have better speeds but a lot fewer reviews / ratings. [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct250mx200ssd1[/url]
It's a fairly new SSD, but doesn't really offer much above the MX100. Choose whichever is cheaper.
Should I buy a 64GB SSD and use it for my windows installation? Use the other 2Tb for whatever
[QUOTE=joshdasmif;48234281]Should I buy a 64GB SSD and use it for my windows installation? Use the other 2Tb for whatever[/QUOTE] I would do AT LEAST 128. You'll be surprised how little 64GB is.
Even 128 can be a bit of a squeeze. 64 must be hell.
[QUOTE=redBadger;48212335]My 980 OC'd on 1080 max only hits about 45-55 on GTAV. I can hardly imagine a 960[/QUOTE] You're doing something wrong. If you're gonna out like 800 bucks on a monstrous card then you should probably get your moneys worth with tweaking settings at least. GTA V has some hitches in it, MSAA is abnormally intensive (don't use it, or don't go higher that 2x + MFAA) the fixed-distance depth of field in very high+ PP is ugly, gameplay intrusive and very performance insensitive, "Ultra" grass settings are ridiculously expensive, good 10-20 fps drop when near grass sprites. If you set grass to high, set PP to high, and set MSAA to 2x (+MFAA) or outright off (ie: fxaa instead), and everything else at max settings, then you should be doing 60 fps at all times. You'll have performance to spare, so you'll be able to do some resolution scaling on top of that (which is cheaper and better than the MSAA) I've got 2x 960s, and play at 3840 x 1620 (downsampled) resolution with almost everything at very high/ultra and still get a flat 60 fps, it's all about just killing those few performance hogs in the settings.
Oh come on it's not even $800 in Canada
[QUOTE=Levelog;48238452]Oh come on it's not even $800 in Canada[/QUOTE] At base price no (at least for the cheaper manufacturers) but even with the cheaper variants with shipping and taxes you're always going to breach the 770-800 dollar mark with a purchase of that price.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;48238490]At base price no (at least for the cheaper manufacturers) but even with the cheaper variants with shipping and taxes you're always going to breach the 770-800 dollar mark with a purchase of that price.[/QUOTE] Are your shipping and taxes that bad? Because you can get a gigabyte one for $600
Uh, isn't [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125682]This[/url] 499,90 after rebate with $3 shipping? I know it's newegg but it seems solid. 100 off the $600, and 800 dollars for a 980 these days is just ludicrous.
But if you go to the [url=http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125682].ca site[/url] it is over $700 Canadian, which hypno-toad is.
Can somebody take a look at this build for me. I want a $1600-$1700 gaming build that can run modern games on high settings and whatnot. Windows 10 needs to be included. [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vgwr8d]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vgwr8d/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k]Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a]Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($148.99 @ B&H) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml16gx3m4x1600c8]Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($149.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-internal-hard-drive-cssdf240gbls]Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($114.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2003fzex]Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($119.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42986kr]EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card[/url] ($499.99 @ Newegg) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr5bk]Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($89.99 @ Newegg) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-rm650]Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($107.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Operating System:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-kw900140]Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)[/url] ($109.95 @ B&H) [b]Total:[/b] $1670.87 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-18 15:42 EDT-0400[/i] Am I missing anything? What could I add/modify?
Have you looked into DDR4 Memory? I dont think its too much of a price difference.
I think my top fan is losing its bearings as it will create a buzzing noise after a while and if you shine a light at it, you can tell its not running at "full speed" like the others. Can anyone suggest a good 140mm replacement? Or would buying 2x 120mm fans in it's place be better?
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;48239062]Can somebody take a look at this build for me. I want a $1600-$1700 gaming build that can run modern games on high settings and whatnot. Windows 10 needs to be included. [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vgwr8d]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vgwr8d/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k]Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a]Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($148.99 @ B&H) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml16gx3m4x1600c8]Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($149.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-internal-hard-drive-cssdf240gbls]Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($114.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2003fzex]Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($119.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42986kr]EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card[/url] ($499.99 @ Newegg) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr5bk]Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($89.99 @ Newegg) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-rm650]Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($107.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Operating System:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-kw900140]Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)[/url] ($109.95 @ B&H) [b]Total:[/b] $1670.87 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-18 15:42 EDT-0400[/i] Am I missing anything? What could I add/modify?[/QUOTE]just gaming? if so an i5 would suit you better. also, this is a much better ssd [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&cm_sp=Homepage_HD-_-P4_20-147-372-_-07182015[/url] [editline]18th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=mark6789;48239333]Have you looked into DDR4 Memory? I dont think its too much of a price difference.[/QUOTE]that mobo doesnt support it. [editline]18th July 2015[/editline] and im pretty sure only x99 platforms support ddr4 currently.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820[/url] Even better SSD.
[QUOTE=Bugga12;48239735][url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820[/url] Even better SSD.[/QUOTE]wouldnt say it's better, but they are equally as good really, and in the same price brackets. the mx200 is actually only $5 more too.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;48238437]You're doing something wrong. If you're gonna out like 800 bucks on a monstrous card then you should probably get your moneys worth with tweaking settings at least. GTA V has some hitches in it, MSAA is abnormally intensive (don't use it, or don't go higher that 2x + MFAA) the fixed-distance depth of field in very high+ PP is ugly, gameplay intrusive and very performance insensitive, "Ultra" grass settings are ridiculously expensive, good 10-20 fps drop when near grass sprites. If you set grass to high, set PP to high, and set MSAA to 2x (+MFAA) or outright off (ie: fxaa instead), and everything else at max settings, then you should be doing 60 fps at all times. You'll have performance to spare, so you'll be able to do some resolution scaling on top of that (which is cheaper and better than the MSAA) I've got 2x 960s, and play at 3840 x 1620 (downsampled) resolution with almost everything at very high/ultra and still get a flat 60 fps, it's all about just killing those few performance hogs in the settings.[/QUOTE] Show me your settings window. I have literally everything as high as it goes. Including advanced settings [editline]18th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=hypno-toad;48238490]At base price no (at least for the cheaper manufacturers) but even with the cheaper variants with shipping and taxes you're always going to breach the 770-800 dollar mark with a purchase of that price.[/QUOTE] I spent around 550 on mine before it went down in price [editline]18th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Pantz Master;48239062]Can somebody take a look at this build for me. I want a $1600-$1700 gaming build that can run modern games on high settings and whatnot. Windows 10 needs to be included. [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vgwr8d]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vgwr8d/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k]Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a]Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($148.99 @ B&H) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml16gx3m4x1600c8]Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($149.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-internal-hard-drive-cssdf240gbls]Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($114.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2003fzex]Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($119.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42986kr]EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card[/url] ($499.99 @ Newegg) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr5bk]Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($89.99 @ Newegg) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-rm650]Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($107.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Operating System:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-kw900140]Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)[/url] ($109.95 @ B&H) [b]Total:[/b] $1670.87 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-18 15:42 EDT-0400[/i] Am I missing anything? What could I add/modify?[/QUOTE] This is fine but save the money and yet your free windows 10 on an iso
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