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CPU: Intel Pentium G3258/MOBO: MSI H81M-E33/GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270x/RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB DDR3-1600mhz/HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB/Case: Corsair Spec-01/PSU: EVGA 500B 80-plus bronze 500 Watts/OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

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Switch the 260X out for this.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr92803gbd5t2dheoc

Als, that gold rated power supply... Switch it out for a modest Bronze one to save some dough.

Other than that, lookin good.

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Switch the 260X out for this.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr92803gbd5t2dheoc

Als, that gold rated power supply... Switch it out for a modest Bronze one to save some dough.

Other than that, lookin good.

 if you cant afford the r9 280, a r9 270 is still going to better than the r7 260x and around the same price as it

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Ive heard a little of both sides about powercolor so would it be a worthy buy? Also, the gold rated psu is on sale for just as much as the bronze cx 430, and is semi modular. Thanks for the feedback!

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Powercolor is a fine vendor. If you cant afford it right now, just save up a tad more, and then jump at it. The performance difference is huge when compared to the 260X.

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Is the 750 ti better than the 270?

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