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1 hour ago, SupaKomputa said:

nvme is pcie on m.2

The according to the ASUS website it does support M.2 PCIe mode

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2 minutes ago, Inversion said:

Power is a concern. Right now I'm in my parent's house and they have solar, and I won't pay extra for power in halls but when I move into a flat probably in second or third year, I will be paying for my power.

yeah okay then older cards are not a good option for you. if i had to guess i'd say my 290X pulls about 250 - 300W so... and that's just the card. my rig when gaming pulls 500W or more. 

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1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

yeah okay then older cards are not a good option for you. if i had to guess i'd say my 290X pulls about 250 - 300W so... and that's just the card. my rig when gaming pulls 500W or more. 

Yeah I use a lot less than that. My CPU under full load uses only 80W and I reckon my GPU uses less than 150W right now under load and I don't want something massively more powerful which is kind of why I've not really looked at AMD cards. Love AMD CPUs but their GPUs are normally pretty power hungry

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or you can buy a used 1060 and then sell it when 2060 arrived.

with 2070 $599, i predict 2060 would be around $399.

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1 minute ago, Inversion said:

Yeah I use a lot less than that. My CPU under full load uses only 80W and I reckon my GPU uses less than 150W right now under load and I don't want something massively more powerful which is kind of why I've not really looked at AMD cards. Love AMD CPUs but their GPUs are normally pretty power hungry

they perform alright though... 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-AMD-R9-290X/3165vs2166

 

so you get something back for the power consumption... 

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Just now, firelighter487 said:

they perform alright though... 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-AMD-R9-290X/3165vs2166

 

so you get something back for the power consumption... 

True but that's also quite an old card that will cost me more in the long run. I'd rather stick to 10 series, 20 series or maybe wait for Navi

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3 hours ago, Inversion said:

True but that's also quite an old card that will cost me more in the long run. I'd rather stick to 10 series, 20 series or maybe wait for Navi

i was just saying you get something back for the power consumption. 

 

but yes at your budget go with a newer card. 

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