So i was meant to be getting a PowerColor 390 8gb, but the item is end of the line and they aren't getting anymore in, so i need a replacement. The item was $449.99 aud, and every other version of 390 is at least $500+ I'm not sure about 970's so i don't really know what to do
Most of the 970's are $20~ more, but i'd rather pay that extra rather then more since money is tight for me at the moment.
I need help.. please
GTX970 and 390 are basicly very close to eachother in terms of performance.
Some games run better on the GTX970 other on the 390.
But overall at 1080p they trade blows, depending a bit from game to game.
Okay, what brand would you recommend? A lot of them are the same prices.
EDIT: There's also a Sapphire 8GB R9 390 Nitro card that's about $30 more than the original 390 price?
(By the way the psu is also a little messed up, so i may need your help on that too if that's okay :P
Wenn it comes to R9-390´s
- Sapphire 390 Nitro
- Msi 390 Gaming.
Wenn it comes to GTX970.
- EVGA FTW ACX2.0+
- EVGA ACX2.0+ superclocked.
- Msi GTX970 gaming
One last thing about the GPU's which one would you pick if it was your system?
Which games do you like to play mainaly, and at what resolution?
If it was my choice.
Everything's going to be at 1080p until i get a higher res monitor (by then i'll probably get a new gpu too anyway) and i'm not sure, mostly the new-ish titles such as assassins creed or the battlefield series
Both of those 2 gpu´s would be a good choice.
just grab whichever is cheaper.
Fallout4 runs better on a GTX970 for example, but Shadow of mordor runs better on the 390.
You could look up some benchmark compairissons on youtube or so.
Well i live in Australia, and i believe EVGA is terrible over here, if i can even find it that is. So the Nitro it is.
But onto the psu... I originally planned on getting the EVGA SuperNOVA 750W but since i don;t want to buy from this company because god knows how long shipping is, i found the Corsair CS750M for the same price, do you know much about this psu and should i switch it out for this or keep to my original plan?
EVGA psu will be better.
But idk what the rest of your hardware is, but basicly a decent 650W psu would also be more then enough with a single gpu setup.
EVGA Supernova 650W G2 or GS for example, are decent units.
Okay. My hardware is kind of a mess i think :P It's a Intel Xeon e3-1231 v3, gigabyte b85m-d3h-a, 8gb of corsair vengence ram. the ssd and hdd aren't that important I don't know if i'm missing something
Thats basicly decent.
A decent 650W psu will be fine.
But would a 750w psu be better for the future though? i'd prefer not to have to buy another one when i upgrade to a new cpu/gpu etc, i'm terrible with computers especially the psu..
No. GPUs are getting more efficient. Not less. Unless you were going multi-GPU in the future (which I recommend 850W+ plus for) there is no need for more than 650W.
Okay, i'm convinced (that was easy) Just gotta decide on the psu since the stores in my area unless i go into the major city don't sell evga psu's or anything evga for that matter. So is corsair the way to go? or is there a new mystery challenger i should be buying instead?
I'm personally an ASUS video card fan and a Corsair power supply. I have heard bad things about the CS line though. I would shoot for a gold rated PSU too.
Here is my suggestions. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3GcQLk
Corsair makes excellent PSUs. There is Seasonic which are also excellent but more money. Cooler Master's stuff is decent.
The CS and CX stuff are fine. I've used nearly 14 of the suckers across multiple builds never had a problem and neither do most people. Gold rated isn't really a necessity for a gaming rig. Bronze is fine here but of course gold is better but more money.
BTW on the GPU front, Asus's AMD GPUs have been pretty crap lately
I'll go with the corsair psu then. and for the gpu would you agree in saying the sapphire 390 nitro would be good? (I can't get any evga products)
Thats the best R9-390 there is, so yes.
Alright, thank you very much for helping me out with all of this, now hopefully this damn company will refund me so i can get this stuff.