Aesthetics OR Performance

[Mrbluee]

Well...... Ive got two options either buy a computer with beautiful Aesthetics and a Mid range graphics card gtx 770 (The whole design is Red and Black and all the parts look beautiful together

OR I can buy a ugly computer with a 7990 also my parts are not top of the range except the graphics card, Also I may have sacfriced alot for the graphics card.

 

Which one should I buy 7990 build or 770 Build

[WoodenMarker]

Ask Linus?

 

Make it look nice AND perform well. Otherwise, you're doing it wrong.

 

Edit: Also, I'm pretty sure I composed a build for you already in one of your topics with a 7970 CF that looked quite nice.

[Ilumic]

performance ;D 

[CoolBeans]

What is your budget for the build, and I would go performance but if you are playing at 1080P all you need is something like a 7970

[Coombzy]

well for a start the 7990 will be outdated within less than a year if AMD release the 9990 next year so the 770 build or actually wait for the R9 or 9XXX

[Skanic]

You should go for the 7990 because a case is cheap you can always get a better looking case afterwards. And there are cheap good looking cases out there too.

[Lord Pantaloons]

Both, that's what I did.

[SpenceSouth]

I'd second waiting for the 9000 series.  What does the rest of your build consist of?  Perhaps, we can recommend a rig that does both if we know your budget.

[sabot]

Performance for sure.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

You don't necessarily have to sacrifice on either. But yeah, even though I disagree you should probably wait for the 9000 series...

[Mrbluee]

Budget is around £1000 I dont mind paying more for better though

[WoodenMarker]

Budget is around £1000 I dont mind paying more for better though

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/52564-can-someone-build-me-a/

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1zdcc

[mgsstar]

I would go with the performance side, but I would personally wait for the 9000 series to release before buying a new system.

[grayperview]

Performance, and just put it in a case you can't see inside....

[SheriffHD]

tbh, with red and black theme, its basically the easiest theme to pull off, as its a rather common color used in components. so you can still go for the better performance route and still make it look good with your colors of choice.

[Nicolas]

Performace

 

 

 

Although you can go for performance instead of looks, but you can have looks too if you go say same manufacturer for mobo and gpu and stuff like that

 

For example I just ordered the part for my first build and I didn't have much of a budget, so I went performance over looks, but I got msi gd65 and an msi 760 with corsair vengeance ram with black heat spreader, which should match pretty good since everything is back and red

 

 

But yeah go for performance and find a way to make it look good

[kaneandtaker]

Performance all the way man, do you build a rig to admire it? You build it to game on it!

[BigD1970]

I would say ugly is irrelevant since u can buy another case down the line.U are probably one of the only ppl who sits next to ur tower so id say performance will be what u truly want.

[ologiic]

I prefer performance more, aesthetics are nice and all but they aren't gonna you good FPS

[WoodenMarker]

tbh, with red and black theme, its basically the easiest theme to pull off, as its a rather common color used in components. so you can still go for the better performance route and still make it look good with your colors of choice.

Meh, I'm pretty sure just black is the easiest theme.

[SheriffHD]

Meh, I'm pretty sure just black is the easiest theme.

 

actually, i dont think so.....its fairly hard to find something that is 100% black, components  usually have accent colors all over the place msi usually has blue, asus red gold or blue, gigabyte and asrock tend to do black, but with asrock they tend to use a brown pcb, so black i think is actually a hard one to properly pull off. but you can get away with some of it. im just picky i guess.

[WoodenMarker]

actually, i dont think so.....its fairly hard to find something that is 100% black, components  usually have accent colors all over the place msi usually has blue, asus red gold or blue, gigabyte and asrock tend to do black, but with asrock they tend to use a brown pcb, so black i think is actually a hard one to properly pull off. but you can get away with some of it. im just picky i guess.

It's even harder to pull off something that's 100% black/red.

[KneesWeak]

Well...... Ive got two options either buy a computer with beautiful Aesthetics and a Mid range graphics card gtx 770 (The whole design is Red and Black and all the parts look beautiful together

OR I can buy a ugly computer with a 7990 also my parts are not top of the range except the graphics card, Also I may have sacfriced alot for the graphics card.

 

Which one should I buy 7990 build or 770 Build

770 

[Air tree]

It's even harder to pull off something that's 100% black/red.

Really? i think that's one of the most easy colour schemes to pull off. what do you think is the hardest components to find in those colours then?

[Emkryan]

If a 770 is considered low end for you then go for aesthetics. Have it powerful and look good doing it