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AngelOfBodom
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Hey guys! I currently have an RX 480 4GB, and I personally love it. It gets the job done (1080p 144hz). While it may seem weird as to why I want a new one, I'm essentially giving it to a friend for his birthday (big AMD person). So it's time to upgrade!!! 

 

Any recommendations? Looking to spend less Than $300. It's mainly gonna be used for gaming at the settings I mentioned and maybe a multi monitor set-up for school. 

 

*I'm not brand loyal, so either company is fine with me if the price is right* hoping to find one from Microcenter, but willing to wait a day or so from Amazon. 

 

Rig: 6700k, EVGA 16GB 3000RAM, ASUS Z170AR, Corsair 600wPSU

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Budget?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3 minutes ago, AngelOfBodom said:

Hey guys! I currently have an RX 480 4GB, and I personally love it. It gets the job done (1080p 144hz). While it may seem weird as to why I want a new one, I'm essentially giving it to a friend for his birthday (big AMD person). So it's time to upgrade!!! 

 

Any recommendations? It's mainly gonna be used for gaming at the settings I mentioned and maybe a multi monitor set-up for school. 

 

*I'm not brand loyal, so either company is fine with me if the price is right* hoping to find one from Microcenter, but willing to wait a day or so from Amazon. 

 

Rig: 6700k, EVGA 16GB 3000RAM, ASUS Z170AR, Corsair 600wPSU

I'd personally wait for VEGA, but it might be a disappointment at the same time.  On the other hand, you could go ahead and get a 580 which might give you a bit of a boost over the 480.

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Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

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Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

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A 580/1060 or a used 980ti (1070 if you get it on sale or stretch your budget a little), not much more you can get at that price. 

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PC:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 
Motherboard:  ASUS Maximus VIII Hero 
GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2

 

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Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns
Mouse: Logitech G502 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver 

Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz

 

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I'd say wait for mid end Vega and either buy it or 1070 after it's price to got hit by Vega

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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13 minutes ago, AngelOfBodom said:

Hey guys! I currently have an RX 480 4GB, and I personally love it. It gets the job done (1080p 144hz). While it may seem weird as to why I want a new one, I'm essentially giving it to a friend for his birthday (big AMD person). So it's time to upgrade!!! 

 

Any recommendations? Looking to spend less Than $300. It's mainly gonna be used for gaming at the settings I mentioned and maybe a multi monitor set-up for school. 

 

*I'm not brand loyal, so either company is fine with me if the price is right* hoping to find one from Microcenter, but willing to wait a day or so from Amazon. 

 

Rig: 6700k, EVGA 16GB 3000RAM, ASUS Z170AR, Corsair 600wPSU

Rx 480 8GB? xD

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On 5/31/2017 at 9:44 PM, nerdslayer1 said:

used 980ti, 1070 is a bit out of your price range. 

The store doesn't have a 980 ti =< if it did I would probably go with it. It does have a few 980s at $200

Used gigabyte g1 980ti for about $315 sound like a good deal?

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