Which brand should I buy for the R9 280x?

XxKINGxX40 · Oct 19, 2013

What's the difference between MSI, Asus, XFX, Gigabyte, and Sapphire?

Which one should I buy for the 280x?

asalikus · Oct 19, 2013

1. Asus
2. Sapphire
3. XFX
4. MSI
5. Gigabyte

They all give similar performance but Asus, Sapphire and XFX are always the most solid choices from many perspectives.

Gam3r01 · Oct 19, 2013

Sapphire has the best overall build quality and some of the best cooling on the market. In just about anything AMD go for sapphire. The Toxic looks like a good buy, that or the Vapor-X

Tradesman1 · Oct 19, 2013

Asus, great OCing, great cooling, quality components, think NewEgg has already sold out of the CU and the Matrix twice - they're going fast

Mombasa69 · Oct 19, 2013

XxKINGxX40 :

The Sapphire R9 280X Toxic, the best by far, and not to mention you can clock it above and beyond the great factory oc, by another 10%, which will make it as fast as a 780, that costs twice as much.

But most important... IT LOOKS DAMN SEXY!

XxKINGxX40 · Oct 19, 2013

Hey guys, if I get 2 Sapphire R9 280x Toxic or Vapor-x, will my Corsair RM 750 support them? Or do I just get 2 of the normal Sapphire R9 280x ?

Alex Leyzar · Oct 19, 2013

Nop, you need a 1000W PSU for Toxic 280x Crossfire

asalikus · Oct 19, 2013

Yes, you will be fine, Alex Leyzar is a troll so don't listen to him.

XxKINGxX40 :

Tradesman1 · Oct 19, 2013

I'd want 800-850Watt

Alex Leyzar · Oct 20, 2013

Im not trolling anything at all, i was quoting what Sapphire says.
Here is a link for you.
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1227&pid=2023&psn=&lid=1&leg=0#
You do w/e you want.

asalikus · Oct 20, 2013

The problem with those sites is that they give way too much watts to avoid bad PSU(s). I'm having a hard time explaining this but a cheap 1000w PSU gives out the same power as quality 750w PSU.

Alex Leyzar :

The Q6660 Inside · Oct 20, 2013

I would go for any of these PSUs. @Alex, that was a typo, heck, AMD had shown dual 7970GHz(s) in their "Fixer 2" videos running on an AX860.
XFX ProSeries 850W, Corsair HX850, Corsair RM850, CM V800, Corsair AX860, Corsair AX860i and Seasonic X850-KM3.

XxKINGxX40 · Oct 22, 2013

asalikus :

Hey right now I have 1 Radeon R9 280x. I was planning to buy another one in around a year to make it crossfire. But, i was also thinking about buying the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and OCing my AMD FX 8350. If I do that, will my PSU have enough power to run another R9 280x?

The Q6660 Inside · Oct 22, 2013

XxKINGxX40 :

asalikus :

Hey right now I have 1 Radeon R9 280x. I was planning to buy another one in around a year to make it crossfire. But, i was also thinking about buying the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and OCing my AMD FX 8350. If I do that, will my PSU have enough power to run another R9 280x?

It will likely have enough, go to 4.4 and you are good.

XxKINGxX40 · Oct 22, 2013

The Q6660 Inside :

XxKINGxX40 :

It will likely have enough, go to 4.4 and you are good.

Thanks!

The Q6660 Inside · Oct 22, 2013

XxKINGxX40 :

The Q6660 Inside :

XxKINGxX40 :

It will likely have enough, go to 4.4 and you are good.

Thanks!

No problem

adi93desai · Apr 4, 2014

i wanted to buy gpu, sapphire dual x r9 280 x,, or xfx r9 280x(regular edition, black edition not available in india) fits in my budget.. which one should I go for?. as vapor and toxic doesn't fit in my budget .

Which brand should I buy for the R9 280x?

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