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GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Radeon R7 370/360 

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You could wait for EVGA B-Stock to get new cards and you can get great cards for pretty cheap

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($202.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $202.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-27 21:57 EST-0500

 

Or if you have a little bit more money...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($283.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $283.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-27 21:57 EST-0500

My new Gaming PC.

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Case: Coolmaster CM690III, Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR, CPU: I5 6600K 4.6Ghz, OS: Windows 10 HP 64 bit, RAM: X1 8GB G.Skill DDR4, GPU: Galax GTX 960 (Overclocked), Storage: Kingston V300 SSD 120GB(OS), X2 1TB 5400RPM HDD, 500GB Samsung 7200RPM HD, PSU: Cougar RS 750 Watt, Peripherals: Logitech G910 Orion Spark,  World Of Tanks Edition 2014 DeathAdder Razer Mouse And Mouse Pad, Sennheiser HD 518. , Palsonic tftv6042fHD, Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

 

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1 minute ago, Go_On_Shadow said:

380x is the best performer imo, I would say go with a good brand like MSI or ASUS 

dont forget sapphire. they are essentially the evga of amd

If you think all console gamers are "console peasants" then you dont belong to the pc master race

 

but the fan boys on the other hand...

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4 minutes ago, Mcmole said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($202.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $202.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-27 21:57 EST-0500

 

Or if you have a little bit more money...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($283.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $283.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-27 21:57 EST-0500

I would not recommend Powercolor at this time!  I had the 290 PCS+ and it has been tied up in RMA since early December...  and i have spent + $40 on shipping for RMA, I would have been beter off getting a better Repped brand.

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZczbWZ ~$950

Computer w/ Peripherals: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ ~$1650

Case: Blue s340 painted black CPU: 4790K OC to 4.5MHz Cooler: Dark Rock 3 GPU: Powercolor R9-290 MOBO: z97 MSI Gaming 5 RAM: Fury HyperX 2x8GB 1866Mhz PSU: Corsair rm750x Storage: 250GB 850 EVO & 1TB WD Black HeadPhones: HD598 SE Speakers: MAckie CR4 SE Keyboard: K70 Cherry-Brown Mouse: G9x Fans: Prolimatech Vortex 140mm

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1 minute ago, ryanmmax said:

I would not recommend Powercolor at this time!  I had the 290 PCS+ and it has been tied up in RMA since early December...  and i have spent + $40 on shipping for RMA, I would have been beter off getting a better Repped brand.

Interesting. Ive only really heard pretty good things about the brand. Doesn't sound like them... Sorry to hear about that.

My new Gaming PC.

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Case: Coolmaster CM690III, Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR, CPU: I5 6600K 4.6Ghz, OS: Windows 10 HP 64 bit, RAM: X1 8GB G.Skill DDR4, GPU: Galax GTX 960 (Overclocked), Storage: Kingston V300 SSD 120GB(OS), X2 1TB 5400RPM HDD, 500GB Samsung 7200RPM HD, PSU: Cougar RS 750 Watt, Peripherals: Logitech G910 Orion Spark,  World Of Tanks Edition 2014 DeathAdder Razer Mouse And Mouse Pad, Sennheiser HD 518. , Palsonic tftv6042fHD, Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

 

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13 minutes ago, Mcmole said:

Interesting. Ive only really heard pretty good things about the brand. Doesn't sound like them... Sorry to hear about that.

Well, I guess it comes down to expectations...  I had the 290 PCS+ and after 6 months 2 fans went bad and were grinding.  I asked for replacment fans and they said I needed to mail in the card.  So I did for $20, and 9 weeks later I got a reference 290x.  The 290x is a "better" card, LOL it sounds like a jet engine and their IO plate is even more restrictive then the Reference design.  The card would spin up to 85% fan speed playing games with FPS capped at 60.  I RMA'd it again, $20 more dollars and now I  am waiting on a replacement.

 

Maybe they will surprise me this time, but I have a bad feeling.  They told me the first time that it would be 15 business days.  Then they told me they did not have my card in stock so it would take an extra week.  Then they told me it would take another week.  Then Another WEEK!!!  THen they didnt even send me the same card???   What was I waiting for ???   Now they said they will send me my original type of card?  How?  they didnt have it in stock 2 weeks ago or the 6 weeks before that.

 

So yeah i think they are going to send me my original card that has the bad fans, I did use a blue sharpy and put dots on all the lables and fans so I would know what they replaced if they sent the same card

 

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZczbWZ ~$950

Computer w/ Peripherals: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ ~$1650

Case: Blue s340 painted black CPU: 4790K OC to 4.5MHz Cooler: Dark Rock 3 GPU: Powercolor R9-290 MOBO: z97 MSI Gaming 5 RAM: Fury HyperX 2x8GB 1866Mhz PSU: Corsair rm750x Storage: 250GB 850 EVO & 1TB WD Black HeadPhones: HD598 SE Speakers: MAckie CR4 SE Keyboard: K70 Cherry-Brown Mouse: G9x Fans: Prolimatech Vortex 140mm

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