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matto97
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Should you get the OC addition of it that comes pre overclocked and ect or save 10-20 $ and overclock it your self?

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only pay a premium for a cooler, not an overclock that you can easily do yourself

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only pay a premium for a cooler, not an overclock that you can easily do yourself

Yeah was thinking that but thought i would check just to make sure there isn't actually any other changes they do to the card.

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only pay a premium for a cooler, not an overclock that you can easily do yourself

This. And even then unless it's a 200 series Radeon card, paying more than a 20-30 dollar premium over reference is generally a waste (my msi card for example only cost 9.99 over reference msrp.)

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Yeah was thinking that but thought i would check just to make sure there isn't actually any other changes they do to the card.

There are some, but most are basically unimportant in todays market, and really the cooler is the only thing you are paying for.

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To me, it depends on the price, sometimes the OC edition goes on sale for the same price/cheaper than the regular edition.. might as well buy that instead, they also often have a much better cooler on them.

And if the price difference is only $10 to $20, honestly I'd just buy the OC edition. At least I know it's rated to work at that speeds.

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Should you get the OC addition of it that comes pre overclocked and ect or save 10-20 $ and overclock it your self?

Did your GPU die or something cause I can't help but notice your extreme lack of one when the rest of your system is balling.

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Did your GPU die or something cause I can't help but notice your extreme lack of one when the rest of your system is balling.

Nah its a new build that has everything but HDD and GPU xD getting them next week :D

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