Final Input on Selections again.... ($1200)

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  • Budget = Around 1200
  • I Live in the USA. Looking to buy all from newegg.com or amazon
  • Looking to be able to play bf4 on ultra highest settings, never min about 50-60 fps (give or take haha)
  • Want to overclock to around 4.2-4.5
  • No water cooling
  • OS = Thinking of booting off a "free" disk of windows (torrents? IS IT POSSIBLE?) Probably getting a free copy from a friend though

If you Game- Yes.

  • I would like to play at full 1080p, ultra all settings 60 fps (dream on...). 
  • Would be playing at 1080p
  • BF4, CoD Ghosts?, Chivalry, DAYZ, League of Legends, CS:GO, Garry's Mod, ARMA II. Etc. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/23R62

Is the psu enough for overclocking and all that?

So I PLAN on waiting for the r9 290 non-reference. Worth it or no?

 

ALSO HERE ARE MY PERIPHERALS:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Z2zG

Monitor is a gift, razer stuff was picked up off a craigslist deal. No joke, $85 for all of it....

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i wouldnt bother with the 290s till they put out some none reference coolers for them, other wise that is a good system and you can push the 8350s much further then that on a h100i, i had mine at 4.6 on an evo 212.

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Awesome. Yeah I planned on waiting, every one says late november is when they're coming out?

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To be honest, i really dont know. Nothing has been set in stone yet. 

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Think I'd be able to get one before Christmas? Or what's a GPU that performs the same or better for that price?

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i would hope they put some out before Christmas but like i said i dont know. I have a 280x matrix and that thing is great for gaming but it isnt the Hawaii chip. 

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Is it just me or am I having DeJa Vu?  I've seen this post before lol.

There have been rumors of AMD letting GPU makers sell R9 290/Xs with their coolers after November.  Nothing's confirmed, though.

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You have seen it before, just my budget went up! Haha

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You should be able to reach 4.3-4.5ghz with a cheap cooler like the Hyper 212 EVO.  You can use the money you saved to up your ram to 16GB and never have to upgrade for a looong time.

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So its not worth getting the h100i?

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Q. Regarding the 290/290x, when can we expect to see vendor based cooling solutions?

A. I'm not certain when you'll see third-party solutions, I'm afraid.

Even AMD doesn't know. In the same Q&A they mention a G-Sync alternative coming soon.

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I would go for more RAM.  If you like having even more overclocking headroom, the h100i is also a great option.  Depends on what you want.

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AMD does not think it is necessary to have better coolers on their 290 and 290x saying that every component on the cards was made to run at 95c throughout the lifetime of the product. Even if better coolers didn't improve performance, wouldn't more people be likely to buy them if they had lower temps?

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If AMD's reference cooler was quiet, I'd buy one.  If  they say that it was made to run at 95c, I'd be fine.  I'm just kind of wary about the noise, so I went with a much cheaper HD 7950.

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Yeah I've heard some sound tests, kind of ridiculous how loud they are... I wish they were quieter or the freaking non-reference cards would come out already

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But you think 16 gbs of ram over the h100i?

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Yup.