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March 24, 2014 1:11:47 PM

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3fjJw

What do you think about my GPU? I don't plan on overclocking since I wouldnt know what I am doing. But I might!

My main question is should I get the Classified or the plain SuperClocked ACX cooled one?

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March 24, 2014 1:18:09 PM

Unless there is a major price difference I wouldn't change it, I'd stay with the classified, you will most likely run a much higher stable boostclock out of the box with the Classy.
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March 24, 2014 1:21:38 PM

the classified is made for overclocking. you will never see its full potential until you water block it. if you will never water block with a decent 240 rad and d5 style pump, you will never be able to hold the full 1.35v core and 1.5ghz+ core clock that it is more than capable of. if your just going air, you can get the regular acx cooler model to hold at least 1.2ghz with 1.212v and that is good decent overclock. if the price differences are only $10-15, then just get the classified since it will hold a better resale value down the road if you want to sell it.
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March 24, 2014 1:24:38 PM

nikoli707 said:
the classified is made for overclocking. you will never see its full potential until you water block it. if you will never water block with a decent 240 rad and d5 style pump, you will never be able to hold the full 1.35v core and 1.5ghz+ core clock that it is more than capable of. if your just going air, you can get the regular acx cooler model to hold at least 1.2ghz with 1.212v and that is good decent overclock. if the price differences are only $10-15, then just get the classified since it will hold a better resale value down the road if you want to sell it.


It is around a $30 dollar difference which really doesn't bother me. With the Classy should I attempt to overclock to around 1.2ghz? Or should I avoid overclocking all together since I really don't know what I am doing?
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March 24, 2014 4:38:41 PM

shoomee said:
nikoli707 said:
the classified is made for overclocking. you will never see its full potential until you water block it. if you will never water block with a decent 240 rad and d5 style pump, you will never be able to hold the full 1.35v core and 1.5ghz+ core clock that it is more than capable of. if your just going air, you can get the regular acx cooler model to hold at least 1.2ghz with 1.212v and that is good decent overclock. if the price differences are only $10-15, then just get the classified since it will hold a better resale value down the road if you want to sell it.


It is around a $30 dollar difference which really doesn't bother me. With the Classy should I attempt to overclock to around 1.2ghz? Or should I avoid overclocking all together since I really don't know what I am doing?


It will run near that clock speed out of the box, my 780Ghz states the boost clock is 1071, but the card always runs at 1163mhz without ANY oc done by me, so I'm sure the classy will reach that speed or perhaps even exceed it. With such a small price differences there is no reason not to get it.

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March 24, 2014 6:43:09 PM

I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.
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March 24, 2014 8:45:34 PM

PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?

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March 25, 2014 4:00:42 AM

shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.
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March 25, 2014 10:11:51 AM

PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


And I said "I really have no idea what I am doing when it comes to overclocking"
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March 25, 2014 10:20:40 AM

PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


Actually after reading more I may go with the Asus. Others have said that I would need liquid cooling. Do you think that overclocking to about 1.0ghz for someone who hasnt overclocked would be dangerous?
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March 25, 2014 1:01:16 PM

shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


Actually after reading more I may go with the Asus. Others have said that I would need liquid cooling. Do you think that overclocking to about 1.0ghz for someone who hasnt overclocked would be dangerous?


Not at all, it's a piece of cake. There was a time I had never overclocked before too. Just use the ASUS GPU Tweak software that comes with the card or download MSI Afterburner. It's really simple and you can't hurt your card really. It will crash before you can cause any damage.
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March 25, 2014 1:07:48 PM

shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


Actually after reading more I may go with the Asus. Others have said that I would need liquid cooling. Do you think that overclocking to about 1.0ghz for someone who hasnt overclocked would be dangerous?


Its not hard to OC the card to that, but what you have to understand is that the asus card wont get a binned chip, so you might be able to oc it that high and you might not. Whereas the cards like the MSI Lightning, EVGA Classified, GIgabyte GHz etc are all binned chips, meaning that they will guarantee the stock clock of 1ghz plus a little extra on boost, where as the Asus card overclocked might not even get you to the base clock of a classified. As far as water, whoever told you that lied, you need it to get the more extreme overclocks, but for the average user it is still a beast card, the 30$ difference you mentioned is nothing when you get a guaranteed 1ghz that you're after vs a card that "might or might not" be able to OC that high. Although Asus is good and extremely reputable, in this case I wouldn't count the classified out, at all.
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a b K Overclocking
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March 25, 2014 1:35:22 PM

what i dislike about the asus card is it uses a digi+ asp1212 voltage controller which is voltage locked. although it will overclock decently at 1.212v, thats the limit. 1.15v is usually the stock voltage for all the cards. the classified is capable of 1.35v core and 1.80v memory, and at that core and memory voltage, you will hit 90c core very quickly why any stock air cooler. water is the only way to properly cool the core and vrm's with that high of voltages.
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March 25, 2014 3:27:12 PM

maxiim said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


Actually after reading more I may go with the Asus. Others have said that I would need liquid cooling. Do you think that overclocking to about 1.0ghz for someone who hasnt overclocked would be dangerous?


Its not hard to OC the card to that, but what you have to understand is that the asus card wont get a binned chip, so you might be able to oc it that high and you might not. Whereas the cards like the MSI Lightning, EVGA Classified, GIgabyte GHz etc are all binned chips, meaning that they will guarantee the stock clock of 1ghz plus a little extra on boost, where as the Asus card overclocked might not even get you to the base clock of a classified. As far as water, whoever told you that lied, you need it to get the more extreme overclocks, but for the average user it is still a beast card, the 30$ difference you mentioned is nothing when you get a guaranteed 1ghz that you're after vs a card that "might or might not" be able to OC that high. Although Asus is good and extremely reputable, in this case I wouldn't count the classified out, at all.



Prices: Evga Superclocked with ACX 529.99, Evga Classified 569.99, Asus 499.99

I just looked up all of these prices so they are exact. $40 difference :p  The only reason I wouldn't get the classified is because I may need 16gb of Ram for video editing. Or should I get the classified then wait a while and get another 8gbs of ram?
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March 25, 2014 3:39:00 PM

shoomee said:
maxiim said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


Actually after reading more I may go with the Asus. Others have said that I would need liquid cooling. Do you think that overclocking to about 1.0ghz for someone who hasnt overclocked would be dangerous?


Its not hard to OC the card to that, but what you have to understand is that the asus card wont get a binned chip, so you might be able to oc it that high and you might not. Whereas the cards like the MSI Lightning, EVGA Classified, GIgabyte GHz etc are all binned chips, meaning that they will guarantee the stock clock of 1ghz plus a little extra on boost, where as the Asus card overclocked might not even get you to the base clock of a classified. As far as water, whoever told you that lied, you need it to get the more extreme overclocks, but for the average user it is still a beast card, the 30$ difference you mentioned is nothing when you get a guaranteed 1ghz that you're after vs a card that "might or might not" be able to OC that high. Although Asus is good and extremely reputable, in this case I wouldn't count the classified out, at all.



Prices: Evga Superclocked with ACX 529.99, Evga Classified 569.99, Asus 499.99

I just looked up all of these prices so they are exact. $40 difference :p  The only reason I wouldn't get the classified is because I may need 16gb of Ram for video editing. Or should I get the classified then wait a while and get another 8gbs of ram?


Well if there are budget constraints that you have to abide by and you're wanting to do video editing, then you should definitely stick to said budget and buy what fits within. At that point if you're looking for video editing you'd wanna step up to a 4770k along with the 16gigs of ram, and since you're at 1080p you could look at a 770 as well, its a fantastic performer at 1080p. Figure out exactly what you want to do with your rig otherwise you'll end up wasting a lot of money if later on you find out that you have to step up from the i5 to an i7 or the GPU you chose is just not cutting it for exactly what you want.
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March 25, 2014 3:45:26 PM

maxiim said:
shoomee said:
maxiim said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
shoomee said:
PCGameFan2 said:
I agree with nikoli, if you're not putting the Classy under water then you should just go with the ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWV3NM6 which is the best model if you're staying with an air cooler. The DCUII is the most efficient on the market.

With the money you save you can just upgrade your SSD to 480-500GB.


Without even double checking the specs that card runs at about 860mhz right? Much lower then the classified or even the superclocked EVGA ACX. Maybe cooler but overall less speed. Correct?



Out of the box it does comes clocked slightly under the EVGA but it will easily surpass the EVGA if you overclock it. The ASUS has better components than the EVGA SC and will reach higher clocks with the air cooler.


Actually after reading more I may go with the Asus. Others have said that I would need liquid cooling. Do you think that overclocking to about 1.0ghz for someone who hasnt overclocked would be dangerous?


Its not hard to OC the card to that, but what you have to understand is that the asus card wont get a binned chip, so you might be able to oc it that high and you might not. Whereas the cards like the MSI Lightning, EVGA Classified, GIgabyte GHz etc are all binned chips, meaning that they will guarantee the stock clock of 1ghz plus a little extra on boost, where as the Asus card overclocked might not even get you to the base clock of a classified. As far as water, whoever told you that lied, you need it to get the more extreme overclocks, but for the average user it is still a beast card, the 30$ difference you mentioned is nothing when you get a guaranteed 1ghz that you're after vs a card that "might or might not" be able to OC that high. Although Asus is good and extremely reputable, in this case I wouldn't count the classified out, at all.



Prices: Evga Superclocked with ACX 529.99, Evga Classified 569.99, Asus 499.99

I just looked up all of these prices so they are exact. $40 difference :p  The only reason I wouldn't get the classified is because I may need 16gb of Ram for video editing. Or should I get the classified then wait a while and get another 8gbs of ram?


Well if there are budget constraints that you have to abide by and you're wanting to do video editing, then you should definitely stick to said budget and buy what fits within. At that point if you're looking for video editing you'd wanna step up to a 4770k along with the 16gigs of ram, and since you're at 1080p you could look at a 770 as well, its a fantastic performer at 1080p. Figure out exactly what you want to do with your rig otherwise you'll end up wasting a lot of money if later on you find out that you have to step up from the i5 to an i7 or the GPU you chose is just not cutting it for exactly what you want.


It will most likely just be minor video editing for youtube videos. (Let's plays) Possibly some use in the lesser version of Sony vegas.
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