If I can get the 290 and the 380X for roughly the same price, which would be preferred?
290 is better on stock, I don't know about overclocking the 380X. As I said you should wait for the 960 ti to be released. Here is a nice chart of GPU power, it is based on its raw power, so this isn't 100% accurate for gaming
Also, if I got the new mobo would I have to overclock to get better use out of it, or would it's stock clock rate be okay? I've never overclocked anything and with my PSU and fan I'm a little concerned about pushing anything to its limits.
No, you cannot overclock the 6400. Intel are bitches about this. You can only overclock CPU's with a "k" in their name on a Zxxx chipset. The 3.3Ghz of the 6400 are nothing to be concerned of for gaming (base clock is 2.7Ghz but it powers up to 3.3Ghz under load). If you plan to do more heavy things on it like video editing invest about 100$ more for a 6600k and a Z170 board.
Especially when the reviews for my PSU look like this:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...2#.VlpsrokrK70
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/26...diablotek-good
http://www.amazon.com/Diablotek-Seri...ews/B0009MIP8I
looks like you've got a china cracker there. Ouch.
EVGA really cares about their hardware quality, you got my faith on buying this.
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Originally Posted by Mongius
290 is better on stock, I don't know about overclocking the 380X. As I said you should wait for the 960 ti to be released. Here is a nice chart of GPU power, it is based on its raw power, so this isn't 100% accurate for gaming
Ah alright, I'm just wondering because I found the 290 for $220 w/ a $20 Rebate compared to the 380X's $230 flat. I'm not sure how long either part will be keeping that price so I was wondering if you think the 960 Ti is really worth waiting with the prices as they are now.
Originally Posted by Mongius
No, you cannot overclock the 6400. Intel are bitches about this. You can only overclock CPU's with a "k" in their name on a Zxxx chipset. The 3.3Ghz of the 6400 are nothing to be concerned of for gaming (base clock is 2.7Ghz but it powers up to 3.3Ghz under load). If you plan to do more heavy things on it like video editing invest about 100$ more for a 6600k and a Z170 board.
I only plan to use it for gaming, trying to run things like JC3 and GTA V with high settings and a decent framerate.
Originally Posted by Mongius
looks like you've got a china cracker there. Ouch.
Yeah, my old PSU broke down and I believe it was a Corsair, I had a friend of a friend repair it for me for really cheap and I can see why now.
Originally Posted by Mongius
EVGA really cares about their hardware quality, you got my faith on buying this.
Alright, I will probably pick this up on Monday to see if it goes down any more for Cyber Monday.
Also, thanks a ton for your help with this stuff.
Also also, as far as Motherboards go, should I be going for an ATX board or a micro ATX board? My case can fit both, but I was just wondering if one is superior to the other in ways other than space.
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I'm not sure how long either part will be keeping that price so I was wondering if you think the 960 Ti is really worth waiting with the prices as they are now.
The reasons for the pricing are many. AMD wants to ditch the 290 and 290X so they can rebrand their Hawaii GPU's as 390 and 390X with 8Gb VRAM. The 290 will one day just die out like my 7970/280X. The 380X just got released so it's overpriced. When the counterpart product (960 ti) releases the price of the 380X and 380 will drop aswell by ~20-30$.
I only plan to use it for gaming, trying to run things like JC3 and GTA V with high settings and a decent framerate.
6400 is all that pleases your needs.
Also, thanks a ton for your help with this stuff.
np m8
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The 950 is just a crippled 960 like with the 980 and 970. Nvidia needs to fill the huge gap between 960 and 970 So there is literally zero reason to buy or make a 950 ti now. And even if they would, the 950 ti were a less-crippled-but-still-crippled 960. Because simply breaking parts of an already existing GPU is cheaper than creating a new one from scratch.
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