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Shauni
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JingleHell
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HotCookies
Greece149 Posts
My current specs: i5 2500k, z68 ,4gb ddr3 1333mhz, gts 250 , 500gb Seagate. My mobo supports both sli and crossfire. Budget could range from 200-300euro. So what are your suggestions? | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 12 2012 07:07 HotCookies wrote: Hello guys i am looking for a new gpu with good value for money. I am playing games like starcraft2,battlefield3,dota2 and diablo III soon so i would like to be able to play smoothly on high settings. My current specs: i5 2500k, z68 ,4gb ddr3 1333mhz, gts 250 , 500gb Seagate. My mobo supports both sli and crossfire. Budget could range from 200-300euro. So what are your suggestions? Do you have any actual need for maxed AA/AF, or is a small amount all you care about? Beyond the basic levels, it makes a lot less difference, especially with high pixel density, and it costs a TON to max it. If you just do some AA/AF, price/performance will be much better than if you max it. | ||
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HotCookies
Greece149 Posts
I play on 1680x1050 if that helps. | ||
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Shauni
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On May 12 2012 07:07 JingleHell wrote: It certainly should, since the drives are out of the way of the airflow. The more isolated and directed airflow is, the better, as a rule. Unless it's isolated and directed idiotically. But where there's less restriction, there's going to be better performance. And that's pretty unrestricted airflow to the CPU cooler. Although I'm not sure how I feel about the lack of an exhaust, it might let a little more hot air rise to the GPU. That's only a guess, though. Well, which is it that's best for thermal performance? Directed airflow through harddrive bay or open space airflow? Maybe the harddrive cage doesnt fit there anymore though. And yeah, exhaust fans are usually the most important fans, it'd probably improve chassi temperature a bit if he just had one for CPU and the other one as the exhaust. What PSU is he using? I thought the tj08e and ps07b were mostly good for fanless PSUs since it's not isolated from the rest as in most chassis. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 12 2012 07:22 HotCookies wrote: Not maxed AA/AF for sure then :p I play on 1680x1050 if that helps. Then you shouldn't need anything resembling 200-300 euro. Where you buying through? | ||
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Greece149 Posts
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HotCookies
Greece149 Posts
MSI GTX 560s (PCI-Express , GDDR5 , 1 GB) - 190 euro I could get a 1920x1080 but i am kinda used to my monitor :p | ||
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
much better prices off there http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?adp=0&aid=43022&agid=1004&apop=1 http://www2.hardwareversand.de/1024 MB/45198/XFX RADEON HD 6870 900M 1GB DDR5 DUAL DP HDMI DUAL DVI.article hd6870 at 143€ | ||
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JingleHell
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
I know shipping from other countrys in france doesn't cost that much (got some jewelry from the US some time ago, even that was relativly cheap (~30$ if i remember right)) | ||
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Greece149 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On May 12 2012 07:27 Shauni wrote: Well, which is it that's best for thermal performance? Directed airflow through harddrive bay or open space airflow? Maybe the harddrive cage doesnt fit there anymore though. And yeah, exhaust fans are usually the most important fans, it'd probably improve chassi temperature a bit if he just had one for CPU and the other one as the exhaust. What PSU is he using? I thought the tj08e and ps07b were mostly good for fanless PSUs since it's not isolated from the rest as in most chassis. Directed airflow is better. Having the hard drive cage should direct more of the air from the front fan to the CPU cooler, and I think you're right that results have been confirmed with this design, that leaving the cage in is better. Exhaust fans are the most important in a typical layout compared to other chassis fans, but here I'd have a hard time believing that the air coming from the CPU cooler here would have trouble finding its way out of the gaping holes in the back or those two vented slots, especially since airflow goes front to back pretty strongly because of the front fan. Power supplies are isolated here (except if they have some small venting in the sides), as long as they're oriented with the bottom intake facing up, outside of the chassis. | ||
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
dunno if it is the case in greece, but i can only have high doubts warranty shouldn't be an issue, it would just take more time to get taken care of maybe | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 12 2012 08:10 Myrmidon wrote: Directed airflow is better. Having the hard drive cage should direct more of the air from the front fan to the CPU cooler, and I think you're right that results have been confirmed with this design, that leaving the cage in is better. Exhaust fans are the most important in a typical layout compared to other chassis fans, but here I'd have a hard time believing that the air coming from the CPU cooler here would have trouble finding its way out of the gaping holes in the back or those two vented slots, especially since airflow goes front to back pretty strongly because of the front fan. Power supplies are isolated here (except if they have some small venting in the sides), as long as they're oriented with the bottom intake facing up, outside of the chassis. Exactly this. I only mentioned the exhaust as a slight aside. I guess the level of it mattering would largely depend on the HSF static pressure. But on a good tower cooler, probably going to be good enough that yeah, it would still be moving good on the back side and getting out. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
i have a seasonic psu and the fan does not spin until ~25% load iirc. with a larger case with more dead air, the problem is the majority of them use 120mm fans and for quiet computing, they simply dont have the pressure to effectively move air throughout the whole of the case, so exhaust fans are all but a requirement to keep airflow moving. | ||
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