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Should I get an SSD or GPU?

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Well, depends what you do.  SSD upgrade will be noticeable everywhere.  GPU upgrade will be noticeable only in games.  I'm using basically an underclocked GT 640 right now and I get along pretty well with it, it'll hold me over until my main rig is finished (way down the road hehe).  Everyone has different standards though I suppose.  I don't think sticking with the GTX 650 for a little while longer is the end of the world.  And I really like the snappiness an SSD brings.

 

I thought Aus prices were bad man....look at places that ship internationally cause shipping something half way across the world is cheaper then that lol

See, this is the cheapest one! http://www.pp.co.nz/products.php?pp_id=AA47016

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O wow, if 680's are still 1000, then I would just get the ssd. The cheapest thing I could say is worthwhile would be a 7870, but that will probably still be expensive! Find a friend in the states to buy a GPU and ship it ;)

Until you realize the shipping is a couple hundred bucks, followed by Customs.

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See, this is the cheapest one! http://www.pp.co.nz/products.php?pp_id=AA47016

He was talking about a 680 FYI

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Why is the SSD bad?

I forgot to add that you should save up for a new GPU. 650 to 660 performance gain doesn't justify the price in my opinion.

 

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Saving for a 660 when you have a 650 makes little sense to me. Keep saving for something with more power, maybe you'll get lucky with a sale or something. Black Friday/ Cyber Monday is only a month away. Save the SSD for last.

We don't have those days over here, and

 

He was talking about a 680 FYI

well, then thier just above $800 cheapest one.

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Until you realize the shipping is a couple hundred bucks, followed by Customs.

yeah, my PC specs cost about $2500 here.  So pretty expensive. To build a gaming pc costs around $5000

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Over here they are around $1000

Amazon dude. You can get stuff so much cheaper, shipping is sometimes free on orders a certain size. And they aren't $1000. I've seen them on NZ sites for a little over $600 recently. And that's in NZD

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The GPU I would get is a GTX 660 or an r7 260x

Then I would save up a bit more so you can afford a 280x, that wouldn't really be much of an upgrade
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Amazon dude. You can get stuff so much cheaper, shipping is sometimes free on orders a certain size. And they aren't $1000. I've seen them on NZ sites for a little over $600 recently. And that's in NZD

WHERE O_O

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Then I would save up a bit more so you can afford a 280x, that wouldn't really be much of an upgrade

Thanks!

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Imo save for a GTX780,780Ti,790 or Titan or else get the SSD.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

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7970's are better then a 680...

Hahahah.... Not they're not. Stock 680 > Stock 7970.

GTX 680 was Nvidia's response to 7970. 680 has always been faster. Only the factory OCs are faster, such as Ghz Editions.

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Hahahah.... Not they're not. Stock 680 > Stock 7970.

GTX 680 was Nvidia's response to 7970. 680 has always been faster. Only the factory OCs are faster, such as Ghz Editions.

When overclocked a 7970 will blow the 680 out of the water
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When overclocked a 7970 will blow the 680 out of the water

I know. That's why I said stock, and that overclocked ones are faster...

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Hahahah.... Not they're not. Stock 680 > Stock 7970.

GTX 680 was Nvidia's response to 7970. 680 has always been faster. Only the factory OCs are faster, such as Ghz Editions.

LOL have you heard of VRAM and OCing?

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Yes, it is quite good.

Thanks, if I were to find an Intel SSD for the same price, would you say the Intel SSD would be better?

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Amazon dude. You can get stuff so much cheaper, shipping is sometimes free on orders a certain size. And they aren't $1000. I've seen them on NZ sites for a little over $600 recently. And that's in NZD

I don't know about NZ but Amazon doesn't seem to ship computer parts to Australia. 

 

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I don't know about NZ but Amazon doesn't seem to ship computer parts to Australia. 

they don't

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Until you realize the shipping is a couple hundred bucks, followed by Customs.

No way is shipping that much! Can't be more than like 30 bucks. My parents business ships larger boxes all over the world, don't think shipping is EVER more than that. But I have no idea what customs would be, but it can't be THAT much either, or that entire country's importing would just be non-existent. Maybe it is that bad, I just can't imagine how it can be that hard to ship a 5 pound box...

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$180 NZD for a 120GB SSD. WTF! Why on earth would you shop at noel leeming lol. You can get something way better like the samsung 840 Evo at $150.. And something else for even cheaper. Use things like pricespy.co.nz computerlounge.co.nz (computer lounge are the best guys out there) and pbtech.co.nz

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$180 NZD for a 120GB SSD. WTF! Why on earth would you shop at noel leeming lol. You can get something way better like the samsung 840 Evo at $150.. And something else for even cheaper. Use things like pricespy.co.nz computerlounge.co.nz (computer lounge are the best guys out there) and pbtech.co.nz

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