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ill be changing my ram and mobo :) have the parts just havent done the swap cause im waiting for the last of my watercooling parts. using a p8z77v deluxe which im swapping for a sabertooth z77 and some corsair vengeance ram that im swapping for patriot black mamba edition ram :) mainly to get the colour scheme all correct before i watercool it 

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my next upgrade is to a FX6300 and probably a gigabyte mobo, I already have the ram for it sitting next to me in my drawer

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I'm upgrading from my 660 Ti to a 7970...can't wait to get it in the mail!

 

What's your next (or current) PC upgrade going to be? 

 

Aww so jealous, all I have at the moment is Intel's HD 2000 which is pretty good considering where I came from but still want to play Modern Warfare on full.

 

Next upgrade in my work in progress has to be the RAM, I'm thinking of Corsair Vengeance Black 8GB DDR3-1600, should do the trick

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I just need 3 more things and I will be set for the next 2-3 years. 
-1080 P monitor
-Better mouse, using a $6 Logitech M100 with my $120 Corsair K90 right now lol
-SSD, just a 64GB or 128GB one for the OS, but I'm going to wait for prices to fall a bit more. 

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More then likely I will probably get one 770 or a 780 and one 8950 or a 8970 when they come out. Test them out and see which one will be my choice of card.

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660ti to a 7970 is a strange upgrade... Please tell me you either sold or returned that 660ti, otherwise upgrading to a 7970 isn't worth it at all.

 

Anyway, I usually will buy a gpu and then skip a year. For instance, I had a 5870 and I upgraded to a 7950 about a year ago. So, my next upgrade will be a 9950/9970 (assuming AMD continues with their annoying numbering system). Unless the 700/8000 series ends up being drastically better than the current generation which it likely won't be, then I will wait it out. My 7950 should be able to play games fine for the next year or so.

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Next upgrade would be GPU, currently have a 560ti. I was thinking about finding another one for cheap and putting them in SLI, still thinking about it. Anybody know if the performance is good from personal exprience? If not I'll just save for a single GPU solution.

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4k tv

my 55in samsung 1080p tv has really low pixel density = [

luckily i only play minecraft so its not horrible...

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either the asus gtx 680 top 4gb or the sapphire 6gb 7970 still havnt made my mind up

 

currently running a oven ( GTX 480) - some runs in borderlands 2 it got upto 90.c

still going strong though

Its all about those volumetric clouds

 

 

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I've had it for less than a year already but probably from my Coolermaster V8 to a custom loop. I'll probably hand the Coolermaster V8 down to my buddy when I build him a computer for graduation.

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currently running a oven ( GTX 480) - some runs in borderlands 2 it got upto 90.c

still going strong though

 

lol my 470 is 90 degrees in every game ever! Crysis 3 on med-high? 90 degrees. Minecraft? 90 degrees. It's like the fan will only spin enough to whip it down to 90 no matter what.

 

Regardless, it sounds like a freight train.

 

I did however manage to record some sustained peak temps in certain games between 84 and 88 simply by swapping the thermal paste! Woo!

 

(Can you tell that I'm excited for the 770?)

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I'm inclined to agree with Villain - changing from an already great current generation card to one that is slightly better and also the same generation makes no sense whatsoever, monetarily speaking.    You'd be much, much better off getting an addition 660 ti to run in SLI if you really want the extra performance. 

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60/64GB SSD for boot 

Possibly a 2TB HDD for media storage

Dell UD..something something monitor (the IPS one) 

A new GPU, depending on what comes out first. 

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lol my 470 is 90 degrees in every game ever! Crysis 3 on med-high? 90 degrees. Minecraft? 90 degrees. It's like the fan will only spin enough to whip it down to 90 no matter what.

 

Regardless, it sounds like a freight train.

 

I did however manage to record some sustained peak temps in certain games between 84 and 88 simply by swapping the thermal paste! Woo!

 

(Can you tell that I'm excited for the 770?)

I've had it go higher in benchmarks but yeah there not real world conditions

current on idle is 58.c

Its all about those volumetric clouds

 

 

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