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Choosing a 980......

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Looking for the Best 980 for the price.

 

Taking into account:

 

1. Cooling potential

 

2. Power Consumption. (Some use more than others?)

 

3. Overclocking Capability.

 

4. Customer Support (bear in mind I am living in New Zealand)

 

5. and maybe Aesthetics but that's not absolutely necessary.

 

Before anybody posts anything, I've been looking at the Fury. and would rather save the money and OC the 980. if I get like 2-3 fps less then I have saved myself $150 since the lowest price of a Fury is $1000.

which would go towards games and the like. plus I get myself a nice Keyboard and a nice mouse.

 

will only play on 1080p.

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From where the hell are you buying these? A r9 fury for 1000 dollars and a 980 for 800 dollars!

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IMO, the EVGA one. Why? Personal experience with an ACX cooler.

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800$ for a 980?  :blink:

 

You can get a badass 980Ti for that Money, which you should buy anyway.

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I have two Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980s in my build, or as I like to call them, the GGGGG980s. :P

But I don't recommend the Windforce or G1 gaming cards from Gigabyte if you care about noise, cause those cards will get loud. The fans spin at up to 4200rpm.

I would rather get a EVGA card with a ACX 2.0 cooler. The fans are better which makes it much quieter. Cooling performance is also great.

 

 

 

 

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This is actually nzd, unfortunately, PC components are ludicrously expensive here 

Eh, the price seems to be okay though (nzd)

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Everyday build:

CPU: Intel Core i7 5960x - GPU(s): 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX2.0+ (SLI) - Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 - Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X99 - RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR4 4x8GB (2666MHz) - Storage: Intel 750 Series 1.2TB + 4TB WD Black - Case: Corsair 760T White - PSU: SeaSonic 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified - OS: Windows 10 Pro - Wireless Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E - Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB - Mouse(s): Corsair Gaming M65 RGB + Logitech MX Master - Headphones: Sennheiser PC363D

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WhyK99 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474247-r8-my-build/

 

Weekend build:

CPU: Intel Core i7 5930k - GPU(s): 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX2.0+ (SLI) - Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 - Motherboard: ASUS X99-Deluxe - RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 4x8GB (2666MHz) - Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB m.2 & 2TB Samsung 850 Evo - Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv - PSU: SeaSonic SnowSilent 1050W 80+ Platinum Certified - OS: Windows 10 Home - Monitor: Dell S2716DG 144hz - Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB - Mouse: Corsair Gaming M65 RGB - Headphones: Sennheiser PC363D

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YYK93C

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From where the hell are you buying these? A r9 fury for 1000 dollars and a 980 for 800 dollars!

New Zealand

 

I hope you mean a 980ti? If yes, then I'd go with a Windforce card. Dat best overclocks like MAAAAAD. Just make sure the Hobbits deliver on time xD

I mean 980. Not ti

 

800$ for a 980?  :blink:

 

You can get a badass 980Ti for that Money, which you should buy anyway.

A 980ti is 1200Nzd +. Even up to 1500 for the top end.

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Unless you super care about nvidia features and such I would recommend the 390x that performs just below to equally to the 980 in most games.

http://www.playtech.co.nz/afa.asp?idWebPage=39235&CATID=1022&ID=25839&SID=125417295

Found this one for $100 nzd cheaper in my first google search

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I recently bought the Asus 980 Strix OC edition and based on my experience with it thus far, it gets my recommendation. Ridiculously quiet and very fast. No coil whine at all. Out of the box it boosts itself to 1304 steady and rarely runs warmer than the mid 60's. I was able to OC it to about 1550mhz on the core and 8004mhz on the memory (that's +1ghz over stock!) and this is without adding any voltage. I'm confident it would crack 1600 on the core by backing off on the memory and adding voltage. ;) 

 

Build quality is top-notch and the whole card is just really well designed. The cooler, mid-plate and support brackets built in are really solid so there's no card droop/sag when installed on a vertical motherboard, what so ever. 

 

Most of the cards on the list are probably just as good in many ways. I just REALLY like this Strix and believe it to be one of the best. ;)

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

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Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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Laptops:

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EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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