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Well I'm planing to build

 

Here's my planned build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dMdZsY

 

so I wondering which one would be better. Gtx 960 consumes less power but I've read that it's extra 2gigs is pretty much useless because the card itself is not strong enough. But which one us future proof? Not gonna upgrade my pc for like 4-5 years. I don't need 60 fps on ultra. A decent playable 40fps on medium 3/4 years later will do.

 

 

Also what's the point of those expensive metal boxes called cases? Do they just look cool?

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BTW, what the heck is a 980x?

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You must mean the R9 380X?

 

It's much better, the R9 380 is the direct competitor of the GTX 960 and still performs better.

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Isnt the 380 the 960 competitor? i thought the 960 ti and 380x were supposed to be competing.

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of course, the 960 ti isnt out yet

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soo ehh, whats a 980x? probably what you meant was 380, well get the 380 because of the better preformance and the increase in RAM will help

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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If i were you, I would go for a higher quality supply and a lower end, maybe Haswell CPU. That extra CPU power won't help you anywhere and a i5 4460 is probably a better way to go, just because you can get a better GPU because of the leftover cash.

CPU: i5 4690 GPU: Powercolor R9 390 RAM: 2X4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill Ripjaws X Case: NZXT S340 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H CPU Cooler: Some cooler I took off of an old Socket 775 Mobo

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Just now, stilldonthaveapc said:

guys it was a silly mistake supposed to be a 380x

then definatly 380X, its way better :)

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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380x. easy choice unless you want Nvidia features. And you wouldn't be asking if you did, so 380x.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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3 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

why are you comparing a cpu to a gpu?

He isn't. the 380x and 960 are both GPU's.

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Get the 380X, a 2GB 960 will not get you very far in the future, it's more powerful now, and that performance gap will only increase as games use larger textures. 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, jascraft123 said:

He isn't. the 380x and 960 are both GPU's.

Weeeeeeell, they're both graphics cards. The 380x had the Tahiti GPU and the 960 the Maxwell GPU.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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4 minutes ago, jascraft123 said:

He isn't. the 380x and 960 are both GPU's.

that post was made before the typo was fixed. the i7 980x is a cpu

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2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

I don't know if that last part about cases is serious.

Nope, probably talking about a C70, I have one and it's an awesome case.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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16 minutes ago, jascraft123 said:

of course, the 960 ti isnt out yet

And it never will be.

 

OP, the 380X shits on the 960, no contest.

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960 is really bad, it's even worse than a 760. 380x is much better

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Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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