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Thanks for your suggestion but 7950 is already phased-out in our country

Im from the Philippines and I can't decide which components should I buy (Im going to convert the price into USD) Here are my Option Option A - Crucial M500 120GB SSD - $95 - WDC 1TB Caviar Blue HDD - $65 - Coolermaster Devastator KB & Mouse - $60 - MSI R9 270x 2GB OC(non-Free BF4 Ed) - $250 Total: $470 I still have few bucks for After Market Cooler Planning to sell the GPU in a few months for R9 290 non-reference or Maxwell Card(estimated price will be $550) Option B(kb and mouse edition) - Crucial M500 120GB SSD - 95$ - Coolermaster Devastator KB & Mouse - $60 - Sapphire R9 280X Dual-X(Non-Free BF4 Ed) - $350 Total: $505 Gonna save the remaining $25 for HDD upgrade Im not gonna upgrade the GPU, im going to buy an 1TB HDD and Aftermarket cooler instead not sure if R9 280X is enough for upcoming games Option C(1TB HDD edition) - Crucial M500 120GB SSD - 95$ - WDC 1TB Caviar Blue HDD - $65 - Sapphire R9 280X Dual-X(Non-Free BF4 Ed) - $350 Total: $510 Gonna save the remaining $20 to replace my generic Mouse and Keyb Same with Option B, will gonna buy a Gaming Keyb and Mouse and Aftermarket cooler not sure if R9 280X is enough for upcoming games Current specs of my Rig Processor: Intel 3570K Motherboard: P8Z77-M Pro HDD: 500GB WDC Caviar Blue Ram: 2X4GB DDR3 Gskill Ripjaws PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W Bronze GPU: non Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler KB & Mouse: Generic 5$ mouse and kb Will gonna play at 1080P reso only Iv'e been idle in gaming since August and decide to Upgrade my Rig Which Option should I choose? TIA

it's decided then. Imma wait for hawaii. im playing TF2 right now and im happy that my Intel HD4000 can handle it. Thanks guys.

Do you think it is worth to wait for Hawaii cards? I'm only spending approx. 300$ for Graphics card(even if I have more budget) I'm planning to get GTX 760 which is cost aroung 12k(in our country) or 300$ Should I wait or get the 760? Thanks in advance

AMD Radeon R9 280X is a successor to Radeon HD 7970 Source: http://videocardz.com/45608/amd-radeon-r9-280x-replace-hd-7970-features-3gb-gddr5-memory kinda confusing name IMHO

oh so basically i really need to buy a dedicated sound card(w/ S/PDIF) in order to use the DTS Decoder of z906 I thought when you say "DTS Encoder" it can convert analog sound into digital lol. silly me

Hi guys im new here in this forums also advance sorry for my english grammar. English is not my native language But anyway into topic I'm planning to buy this kind of setup(Logitech z906 and Asus Xonar DX sound card) is it a good pair? planning to use this with more on movies than gaming most of my movie files has DTS Encoded Audio and afaik, Logitech Z906 has DTS Encoder does this mean i can enjoy DTS encoded Auio in my movie file while using my Onboard's analog connection? or should i buy an asus xonar DX to enjoy my movie file my max budget would be PHP 18K(aprox 430$) im a bit prone if im gonna buy a dedicated sound card or use my onboard's audio My motherboard is Asrock Z77 Pro 3 Thanks in advance guys! More power :D BRO Fist