Picking the right GPU

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

it's kinda hot here during summer time. living in a tropical country

its not a huge difference. like your room isnt going to raise 3 degrees or anything like that but if you were going to run 2 or 3 of them though it would be very noticeable. nothing a good breeze wont fix.  

[squishyy]

Just now, thorbrantly101 said:

get the seasonic one. i have had corsair ones overheat on hybrid mode and get pretty loud. also they use pretty crappy caps in the cables to smooth out ripple. 

what's hybrid mode?

[Qwerty2323]

Just now, squishyy said:

it's kinda hot here during summer time. living in a tropical country

That is why I am so happy with my new pc skylake and nvidia card so much less heat...

I used to hate summer too much heat to even last over 2 to 3 h at pc but now so much better...

[SeanAngelo]

28 minutes ago, squishyy said:

I can't decide whether to get a gtx 970 or r9 390. Is getting an 8gb Vram better than 4gb?

r9 390

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

what's hybrid mode?

hybrid mode on powersupplys is when if its under a certain load it will turn the fan off to be more quiet. from experience with corsair though it kind of wonky though

[squishyy]

1 minute ago, Kirky2k15 said:

unbelievably the 950 pro is $177 at new egg right now so depends how much that 850 evo is

 

The sm951 is strangely more expensive than 950 pro in the us anyway

 

in the UK the SM951 is £108 and the 950 pro is £137

 

 

oh shit. haha i'll look into that maybe next year after building this plan  

[squishyy]

Just now, thorbrantly101 said:

hybrid mode on powersupplys is when if its under a certain load it will turn the fan off to be more quiet. from experience with corsair though it kind of wonky though

what kind of corsair psu did you have problems with?

[squishyy]

2 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

r9 390

I'm sticking with the r9 390  just thought of giving nvidia a chance that's why i'm asking here in the forums haha

[Pandora]

1 minute ago, squishyy said:

what kind of corsair psu did you have problems with?

cx 750 (know to be crap) rm650x (cap in the cable overheated and melted the plastic. corsair rma is pretty good though. 

[squishyy]

4 minutes ago, Qwerty2323 said:

That is why I am so happy with my new pc skylake and nvidia card so much less heat...

I used to hate summer too much heat to even last over 2 to 3 h at pc but now so much better...

I've been reading about r9 390s and there are some manufacturers with bad performing coolers. looking into MSI and Sapphire r9 390s, reviews said they have good cooling fans and sapphire has the better one.

[squishyy]

1 minute ago, thorbrantly101 said:

cx 750 (know to be crap) rm650x (cap in the cable overheated and melted the plastic. corsair rma is pretty good though. 

what did they do with your rm650x? maybe you just had badluck with the psu you got  I know the CX and VS versions are crappy. I was supposed to get the AX ones but damn expensive haha that's why i looked into the rmx

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

what did they do with your rm650x? maybe you just had badluck with the psu you got  I know the CX and VS versions are crappy. I was supposed to get the AX ones but damn expensive haha that's why i looked into the rmx

they replaced all the cables and the psu. they said that the psu was faulty and was putting too much stress on the cap in the 24pin cable. im just lucky it didnt take out the motherboard.

[othertomperson]

35 minutes ago, squishyy said:

I can't decide whether to get a gtx 970 or r9 390. Is getting an 8gb Vram better than 4gb?

 

No. The additional vram would be a useful thing to have if you were looking at gaming at 5K, but no number of either of these cards are going to be doing that comfortably.

 

These cards are basically the same. The 390 tends to be clocked to give it a slight edge out of the box, but the 970 is notoriously overclockable -- it can usually beat a 980 at stock (but of course the 980 can itself be overclocked a lot too).

[squishyy]

1 minute ago, thorbrantly101 said:

they replaced all the cables and the psu. they said that the psu was faulty and was putting too much stress on the cap in the 24pin cable. im just lucky it didnt take out the motherboard.

so you still got the same psu but with new cables? maybe it was just badluck that the psu you got have a faulty connection on the cap haha

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

so you still got the same psu but with new cables? maybe it was just badluck that the psu you got have a faulty connection on the cap haha

no they basicly replaced everything. but ya it was just bad luck.... that nearly killed my system. 

[squishyy]

Just now, thorbrantly101 said:

no they basicly replaced everything. but ya it was just bad luck.... that nearly killed my system. 

how'd you notice that the pins melted?

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

how'd you notice that the pins melted?

it wasnt the pins it was the plasic srouding on the cable. and i noticed when i went to open my side pannel and found plastic sticking to it.

[SeanAngelo]

12 minutes ago, squishyy said:

I'm sticking with the r9 390  just thought of giving nvidia a chance that's why i'm asking here in the forums haha

amd*

[squishyy]

Just now, thorbrantly101 said:

it wasnt the pins it was the plasic srouding on the cable. and i noticed when i went to open my side pannel and found plastic sticking to it.

oh my bad, i was gonna edit my reply to change pins to the plastic surrounding the cables but then you replied hahahaha alright, now i don't know what psu to get

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

oh my bad, i was gonna edit my reply to change pins to the plastic surrounding the cables but then you replied hahahaha alright, now i don't know what psu to get

seasonic is a legend. go for that. i would trust seasonic with my life support system.

[squishyy]

Just now, SeanAngelo said:

amd*

my HD5570 can still run 2013 games like tomb raider and far cry 3 on lowest settings with playable frame rates  that's why I trust amd HAHAHA

[squishyy]

Just now, thorbrantly101 said:

seasonic is a legend. go for that. i would trust seasonic with my life support system.

haha alright. you think the seasonic x-750 will be good enough? or get the platinum one? HAHA

[Pandora]

3 minutes ago, squishyy said:

haha alright. you think the seasonic x-750 will be good enough? or get the platinum one? HAHA

you could get a seasonic psu with a plastic rating and it would still be more reliable then most of the competition 

[squishyy]

1 minute ago, thorbrantly101 said:

you could get a seasonic psu with a plastic rating and it would still be more reliable then most of the competition 

I'll get this one http://dynaquestpc.com/product/seasonic-p-660-platinum-660w-full-modular-psu/

 

660W would be enough for my build,right?

[Pandora]

Just now, squishyy said:

I'll get this one http://dynaquestpc.com/product/seasonic-p-660-platinum-660w-full-modular-psu/

 

660W would be enough for my build,right?

should be plenty.