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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
http://techreport.com/review/25466/amd-radeon-r9-280x-and-270x-graphics-cards http://www.anandtech.com/show/7400/the-radeon-r9-280x-review-feat-asus-xfx http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63522-amd-radeon-r9-280x-3gb-review.html | ||
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mav451
United States1596 Posts
And now the wait for the 290-nonX numbers haha. On that note - Anandtech's new "AMD Center" is hilariously gaudy looking. Seems like there are still some placeholders left-in-place. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On October 08 2013 06:00 Cyro wrote: Wha that's pretty normal prices Sammy kits went from £65 to £120 in a few months, and were £35 like a year ago, 1600 kits etc have hovered those kinds of prices for a while no? Yeah the prices are normal. It just felt expensive considering overall system price. :p Edit: New R9 cards look pretty nice. With the R9 280X in particular, it looks like Nvidia may have to lower prices on GTX 770 especially and perhaps 760 as well. R9 280X seems really damn cost efficient. | ||
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Monokeros
United States2493 Posts
On October 08 2013 12:25 skyR wrote: You'll need a new motherboard and new memory as well for a core i5. If you want an overclockable setup than that would be out of your budget but $300 would barely be enough for a non-overclockable setup (i5 ~$190, H81 ~$60, 4GB RAM ~$40). It'd be better just to save up a bit more money. So I'd need 8GB ram total? And I'm guessing I'd need a new power supply and heatsink too? If I had a budget of $700 it'd be doable then right? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
You could re-use your current power supply if it's a good one. You could re-use your heatsink as well provided the manufacturer provides you with the mounting bracket for LGA1150. Yes, $700 would easily get you all that. | ||
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Mysticesper
United States1183 Posts
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Lipko
Hungary22 Posts
I know that building my PC parts are almost always better but this build looks good imo. For 540 euros I can get the following setup: - Processor: Intel Core i5-4570S 2.9GHz - Motherboard: Asus B85M-G - Memory: 8GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz DDR3 - Hard drive: 1TB 7200 rpm (unknown brand) - Video card: nVidia GeForce GTX650 2GB DDR5 (unknown brand) - Case: Cooler Master Elite Knight - Power supply: Cooler Master 500W Is that i5-4570S any better than the i3-4130 what Incognoto suggested for me? I also don't like that there are so many components which manufacturers are unknown. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
S means Slow. Kingston RAM means 1.65v junk. 2GB GTX 650 is laughable. Elite is Cooler Master terms means cheap. unknown PSU means have fun when it blows up. | ||
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Lipko
Hungary22 Posts
On October 08 2013 16:56 iTzSnypah wrote: + Show Spoiler + Yes but it's terrible. S means Slow. Kingston RAM means 1.65v junk. 2GB GTX 650 is laughable. Elite is Cooler Master terms means cheap. unknown PSU means have fun when it blows up. My budget is around 500 euros so I can't really get any better video card. I mostly play sc2 and I think I don't really need a good video card. I thought the same about the processor and checked some benchmarks and that i3-4130 always did better than this i5-4570S. I didn't know that Kingston RAM is junk and am very surprised to hear that, I always though that they are prestigious brand among memories. Thx for the response, I will stick to Incognoto's build. | ||
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Monokeros
United States2493 Posts
On October 08 2013 14:28 skyR wrote: You don't need 8GB of RAM but your current RAM is DDR2 which is not used anymore so you need to buy new DDR3 RAM. You could re-use your current power supply if it's a good one. You could re-use your heatsink as well provided the manufacturer provides you with the mounting bracket for LGA1150. Yes, $700 would easily get you all that. My power supply is an Antec 650w ATX12V don't know if that'll be enough since I'm planning on upgrading my video card later on too. I'm pretty sure I'm going to want to replace my heatsink because right now the cooling on my computer is really bad I get into the 70C+'s really easily. So to sum it up it'd be: i5, 4GB of DDR3 Ram, H81 Motherboard, new heatsink, maybe power supply, and would I be able to reuse my current case, a Cooler Master Elite 330U, or would I be better off getting a new one? | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
On October 08 2013 17:09 Lipko wrote: I mostly play sc2 and I think I don't really need a good video card. I meant the 2GB part. It's an absolute waste for a GTX 650. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
With the R9 280X in particular, it looks like Nvidia may have to lower prices on GTX 770 especially and perhaps 760 as well. r9 280x's came in here at ~£240 We've had 7970's cheaper for like a month. Recently, the Asus Directcu ii TOP card on ocuk for £227, it's still there, competing with the £350 4gb 770's. This release changes nothing in UK market, anyone buying a new card now wouldn't pick up a 280x, they'd want the asus top 7970 260x too. Everything here is WORSE than the price:performance we saw in the last few months, wow | ||
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
On October 08 2013 21:06 Cyro wrote: r9 280x's came in here at ~£240 We've had 7970's cheaper for like a month. Recently, the Asus Directcu ii TOP card on ocuk for £227, it's still there, competing with the £350 4gb 770's. This release changes nothing in UK market, anyone buying a new card now wouldn't pick up a 280x, they'd want the asus top 7970 260x too. Everything here is WORSE than the price:performance we saw in the last few months, wow Don't expect price drops until the "older" stock is mostly cleared out. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
On October 08 2013 22:19 Rollin wrote: Don't expect price drops until the "older" stock is mostly cleared out. Best 280x models below £220? If it happens i'd be surprised | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
On October 09 2013 00:42 Cyro wrote: Best 280x models below £220? If it happens i'd be surprised ...HD 7000 has been heavily discounted for over a month to clear stock. Also you are paying extra to be an early adopter of a new card. Seriously just wait a month, R9 280X prices will drop a fair bit. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
It's confusing seeing stuff like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-322-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842 when their 7970 card is openly available for 0.7x the price | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
On October 09 2013 01:33 skyR wrote: I think Europe always gets screwed on pricing lol I was just confused by the flood of cards from ~£240-320 when good model of same card was available for £227. Seems like people who don't know what they are buying are getting screwed hard there What do you guys think of these? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-RT&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2666 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-RT&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2666 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-RT&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2666 Seems quite aggressive pricing, and reminds me of hyper 212 and hr-02 macho a lot | ||
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