- Jul 25, 2010
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My current setup:
i5 3570k
Sapphire 7870 XT (Tahiti LE)
Corsair 650W PSU
ASRock z77 Extreme4 motherboard
Cooler Master HAF 922 case (5 fans; exhaust are top 200mm and rear 140mm; intake are 140mm bottom, 200mm front, and 200mm side).
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU cooler (2 fans, push/pull)
I kept telling myself I would buy a second Tahiti LE card later this month. They sold out and were discontinued. I said, "no worries, buy a 7950 on Black Friday." Then they were discontinued and sold out.
I have a second PC that has a MSI GTX 760 in it, and I could always swap my Tahiti LE card into that one, take the 760 out, buy a second 760, and do SLI... but I would need to upgrade my PSU.
Which isn't a bad thing; there's a couple of good deals on Newegg right now that I might take anyway, just to upgrade my PSU.
So now I'm left with the question: what's the better option? Do I keep my Tahiti LE card, and troll eBay/reddit for a used Tahiti LE card? Do I grab a second 760 right now? Or should I avoid the hassle of multi-card setups and wait for the 290 partner boards with better coolers, or just ditch the red team altogether and pick up a 770 or 780 during the Black Friday sale?
It's all so confusing.
i5 3570k
Sapphire 7870 XT (Tahiti LE)
Corsair 650W PSU
ASRock z77 Extreme4 motherboard
Cooler Master HAF 922 case (5 fans; exhaust are top 200mm and rear 140mm; intake are 140mm bottom, 200mm front, and 200mm side).
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU cooler (2 fans, push/pull)
I kept telling myself I would buy a second Tahiti LE card later this month. They sold out and were discontinued. I said, "no worries, buy a 7950 on Black Friday." Then they were discontinued and sold out.
I have a second PC that has a MSI GTX 760 in it, and I could always swap my Tahiti LE card into that one, take the 760 out, buy a second 760, and do SLI... but I would need to upgrade my PSU.
Which isn't a bad thing; there's a couple of good deals on Newegg right now that I might take anyway, just to upgrade my PSU.
So now I'm left with the question: what's the better option? Do I keep my Tahiti LE card, and troll eBay/reddit for a used Tahiti LE card? Do I grab a second 760 right now? Or should I avoid the hassle of multi-card setups and wait for the 290 partner boards with better coolers, or just ditch the red team altogether and pick up a 770 or 780 during the Black Friday sale?
It's all so confusing.
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