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R9 380 offers slightly higher raw render throughput.

 

Check the benchmarks here.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html

 

It beats 960 in all games.

I see. Told him to go r9 380 712€ over gtx 960 683€. Dunno how strict his budget is. Thanks for help everyone anyway. All i wanted to get best possible hardware for his money! Final build:  http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GNkfqs

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My friend has 700€ to put on hes gaming pc. In Finland our prices are really high and this build costs 678€ in Finland without windows or optical drive. And he wont order them from like germany like I did.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mNzPP6

I did this kinda fast, do you have any suggestions? You think that motherboard is way too cheap for that cpu?

He trusts way too much on what i say since i have pretty high end pc. Some of the parts i picked were on sale in the website he was going to order them so that affected my decisions.

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I have a suggestion, use the right link. Also, please follow your own threads.

Oh i used the wrong link, thanks for telling.

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go used.

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Remove that 960 and add R9 380.

 

Also that case includes PSU which I don't recommend.

 

Get a different case and PSU from EVGA G2/GQ/GS or Seasonic ones!

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Remove that 960 and add R9 380.

 

Also that case includes PSU which I don't recommend.

 

Get a different case and PSU from EVGA G2/GQ/GS or Seasonic ones!

The case hes ordering doesnt have psu, i just couldnt find same case in pcpartpicker without the psu, maybe im just blind. Any reason for going r9 380 over 960? Im more nvidia fanboy myself. lol

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The case hes ordering doesnt have psu, i just couldnt find same case in pcpartpicker without the psu, maybe im just blind. Any reason for going r9 380 over 960? Im more nvidia fanboy myself. lol

380 is 15% faster than a 960.

 

Look for Source 210 or S340 from NZXT. Those are great cases. But if you want cheaper ones look here http://de.pcpartpicker.com/parts/case/#sort=a8&page=1

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380 is 15% faster than a 960.

 

Look for Source 210 or S340 from NZXT. Those are great cases. But if you want cheaper ones look here http://de.pcpartpicker.com/parts/case/#sort=a8&page=1

So no one sees anything wrong with the cpu, motherboard pair? I first took better case and pcpartpicker gave me

 

Compatibility Check: Case has front panel USB 3.0 ports, but the MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard does not have onboard USB 3.0 headers.

 

So i tought i would just cheapout on case too, only problem i saw with that, was that the psu isnt modular so it will be kinda mess, or you have to use some time with cable ties.

 

But lets say hes going to order this build, maybe swap the r9 380, it wont be complete disaster?

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So no one sees anything wrong with the cpu, motherboard pair? I first took better case and pcpartpicker gave me

 

Compatibility Check: Case has front panel USB 3.0 ports, but the MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard does not have onboard USB 3.0 headers.

 

So i tought i would just cheapout on case too, only problem i saw with that, was that the psu isnt modular so it will be kinda mess, or you have to use some time with cable ties.

 

But lets say hes going to order this build, maybe swap the r9 380, it wont be complete disaster?

This one has USB 3.0 headers

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£145.96 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£37.19 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £475.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 18:38 GMT+0000
 
Get a case with front USB 3.0 ports.
 
Which PSU you're talking about? Get anything from EVGA G2/GS/GQ or Seasonic ones. If the PSU isn't modular, Cable ties are your friend.
 
960 is still a great card.
 
But performance wise R9 380 beats 960. And it's just 5 bucks more.

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This one has USB 3.0 headers

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£145.96 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£37.19 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £475.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 18:38 GMT+0000
 
Get a case with front USB 3.0 ports.
 
Which PSU you're talking about? Get anything from EVGA G2/GS/GQ or Seasonic ones. If the PSU isn't modular, Cable ties are your friend.
 
960 is still a great card.
 
But performance wise R9 380 beats 960. And it's just 5 bucks more.

 

In pcpartpicker the gtx 960 cards have like 1300MHz core clock and all radeon r9 380 cards have like little under 1000, im i missing something?

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This one has USB 3.0 headers

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£145.96 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£37.19 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £475.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 18:38 GMT+0000
 
Get a case with front USB 3.0 ports.
 
Which PSU you're talking about? Get anything from EVGA G2/GS/GQ or Seasonic ones. If the PSU isn't modular, Cable ties are your friend.
 
960 is still a great card.
 
But performance wise R9 380 beats 960. And it's just 5 bucks more.

 

ATM it looks like this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7mb2XL here in finland r9 380 is like 30€ more and it will go over 700€ if i swap gtx 960 to it with this setup. toughts? Thats some random case but atleast it has front panel usb 3.0 ports.

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In pcpartpicker the gtx 960 cards have like 1300MHz core clock and all radeon r9 380 cards have like little under 1000, im i missing something?

R9 380 offers slightly higher raw render throughput.

 

Check the benchmarks here.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html

 

It beats 960 in all games.

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R9 380 offers slightly higher raw render throughput.

 

Check the benchmarks here.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html

 

It beats 960 in all games.

I see. Told him to go r9 380 712€ over gtx 960 683€. Dunno how strict his budget is. Thanks for help everyone anyway. All i wanted to get best possible hardware for his money! Final build:  http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GNkfqs

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I see. Told him to go r9 380 712€ over gtx 960 683€. Dunno how strict his budget is. Thanks for help everyone anyway. All i wanted to get best possible hardware for his money! Final build:  http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GNkfqs

Swap that PSU to a Seasonic one.

 

The one is in my build.

 

EVGA 500B is a terrible PSU. Worst one.

 

Made little changes.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.34 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£40.35 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£20.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £496.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 20:14 GMT+0000
 
Consider getting this.

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