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Should I wait for the 950?

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So... I have an HTPC and I wanted to put in a GPU for a lot of time but when I built it inside an areocool ds cube and it has a cx430 as a powersupply with an i3 4130 (it shouldn't be a bottleneck), anyway I was keeping an eye on the 750 Ti for a while now, since it has a low power consumption and low temps (in theory). But now I'm not sure if I should wait for the 950, but I see that it has an 8pin connector so the power consumption must be higher.

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So... I have an HTPC and I wanted to put in a GPU for a lot of time but when I built it inside an areocool ds cube and it has a cx430 as a powersupply with an i3 4130 (it shouldn't be a bottleneck), anyway I was keeping an eye on the 750 Ti for a while now, since it has a low power consumption and low temps (in theory). But now I'm not sure if I should wait for the 950, but I see that it has an 8pin connector so the power consumption must be higher.

Wait for the 950. Even if it has an 8pin a CX430 is going to be fine

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Or get some R7 265, cheaper and faster.

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Check to see if 950 is worth the price and if not check a super cheap used 750 Ti because price drops  B)

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As I said heat and power consumption is the most important thing, so... no.

That thing is cool and uses barely any power.. Although it uses more power than a 750 Ti

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Just an FYI you might eventually be able to get a level a bit below the 750 (non ti) with just the CPU with the Skylake i3 assuming it has the iris pro 6200 it is getting fairly impressive benchs for an igpu:

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5775c-i5-5675c-broadwell,4169-6.html

 

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Something to consider as well since you can't go much lower in power than no GPU at all

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