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What's a good R9 390?

MattTheMayor
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Making a build for my friend, since he's gaming on some demanding games, I'm thinking of slapping in a 390. I was wondering which 390 is good. I was trying to get the sapphire version, but it seems sold out, unless someone can give me a link :D. All the other brands (ASUS, MSI, XFX) have bad reviews of massive coil whine, overheating, and bending the pci slots (guessing no backplate)

 

USD looking for any 390 or equivalent of a card for under 350.

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Powercolor pcs+ if you don't want to spend a ton.

Not the best customer support, but amazing cooler, quite and very well performing.

 

If you can throw some money at it, sapphire, which have amazing customer support, and the best cooler, period.

 

If you want a middle ground, the msi version is a solid mix of the two, while inbetween the two in price.

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Sapphire nitro version (best) seems to be sold out most places currently and msi one is linked below

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390gaming8g

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202148 out of stock

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/ Tier Breakdown (My understanding)--1 Godly, 2 Great, 3 Good, 4 Average, 5 Meh, 6 Bad, 7 Awful

 

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PowerColor, Sapphire or MSI are all good.

- CPU: Intel i7 3770 - GPU: MSI R9 390 - RAM: 16GB of DDR3 - SSD: Crucial BX100 - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB -

 

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anything other than ASUS or Gigabyte

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XFX makes good AMD cards. Decent coolers, too.

MSI are OK, DO NOT buy an Asus AMD GPU, and Powercolor also has nice coolers.

I used to be quite active here.

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Sapphire nitro version (best) seems to be sold out most places currently and msi one is linked below

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390gaming8g

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202148 out of stock

this seems to be the nitro right?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202164&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

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Yep it's one of them, and the coolers are very nice, good thing one of the models is in stock

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/ Tier Breakdown (My understanding)--1 Godly, 2 Great, 3 Good, 4 Average, 5 Meh, 6 Bad, 7 Awful

 

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Sapphire Radeon9 (R9) 390 NITRO.

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Powercolor pcs+ if you don't want to spend a ton.

Not the best customer support, but amazing cooler, quite and very well performing.

 

If you can throw some money at it, sapphire, which have amazing customer support, and the best cooler, period.

 

If you want a middle ground, the msi version is a solid mix of the two, while inbetween the two in price.

@thekeemo Sapphire has good customer support? Wut?

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@thekeemo Sapphire has good customer support? Wut?

Sapphire = EVGA of AMD

- CPU: Intel i7 3770 - GPU: MSI R9 390 - RAM: 16GB of DDR3 - SSD: Crucial BX100 - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB -

 

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Sapphire = EVGA of AMD

Not when it comes to costumer support.

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Im putting a Sapphire R9 390 in mine as well, definetly go with Sapphire.

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Not when it comes to costumer support.

Never owned a Sapphire product so I can't really say anything on that In terms of support I reckon XFX has the best for AMD.

- CPU: Intel i7 3770 - GPU: MSI R9 390 - RAM: 16GB of DDR3 - SSD: Crucial BX100 - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB -

 

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Never owned a Sapphire product so I can't really say anything on that In terms of support I reckon XFX has the best for AMD.

Probably MSI followed by XFX followed by Sapphire 

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Probably MSI followed by XFX followed by Sapphire 

I'd still say XFX has better support.

- CPU: Intel i7 3770 - GPU: MSI R9 390 - RAM: 16GB of DDR3 - SSD: Crucial BX100 - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB -

 

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Msi has the best version right now. Unless sapphire comes out with a vapour x model.

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I agree with the Sapphire NITRO R9 390 http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-11244-01-20G-Radeon-NITRO-Graphics/dp/B015DXHEAW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1445839242&sr=1-1&keywords=390+nitro right now. XFX does not manufacture quality GPU's though. Their cooling is less than sufficient and especially for the VRM's. For AMD cards go Sapphire, they tend to be the most reliable manufacturer of AMD cards and have great support.

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Not when it comes to costumer support.

 

I've only ever had great custom support from them, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Then again, I've only had to RMA once with them, because every other sapphire card I've had or used for clients has yet to fail or give problem. And we're talking about literally 20+ cards here, ranging from 270's to 295x2s, and my own personal Fury X

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Nitro 390 owner checking in here.Its godlike

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