Hey guys! So let me tell a little story before I get to the main topic.
So around Sept. last year I built my first gaming computer. It was awesome to say the least, but i experienced what every other computer geek has to experience. Problems. I got a lot of problems with my rig, hardware problems, software problems, a blue screen here or there. Needless to say I guess I'm kind of "grateful" for those problems as they taught me a lot about computers and how to fix issues that I wouldn't have learned how to fix other wise. Fast forward about a year later and my gpu starts acting up. It was my Msi 7870. It was artifacting in League of Legends and I just wanted to upgrade. I couldn't rma my msi card becuase I lost the S/N so I just had to dish out the cash on a new upgrade. The one I bought was a gtx 760 by evga. I loved this card, until THIS ONE starting making a buzzing sound 24/7 which acx coolers are notorious for. Plus I was starting to get issues with World of Warcraft artifact wise. I know every gpu has problems with at least one game and although it doesn't mean the gpu is broken I still wanted it replaced, as the coil whine with that card was getting annoying. ( maybe I just have bad luck with GPU's?) So I get the replacement and I sold it ( well, I am in the process of selling it ) for around 215$. The replacement Evga sent me has never been used by me so its brand new in a sense. To be honest the replacement card Evga sent me is probably perfectly fine and wont give me any problems if I use it. I just want to get a different card as I'm finding out that I really liked Amd's cards more. So for a new card my budget is around $240. I can NOT go above that. I have a few options in mind and was wondering if I could have some help deciding which card to get.
-http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-02-40G/dp/B00FLMKREQ/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406312322&sr=1-10&keywords=amd+r9+270x
-http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-04-20G/dp/B00FLMKN6I/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406313380&sr=1-6&keywords=amd+r9+270x
-http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Radeon-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-GV-R928WF3OC-3GD/dp/B00J41A5GK/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406313430&sr=1-2&keywords=amd+r9+280
If you have any other suggestions that fit the budget please tell me! One main thing I want is for the card to be known for silence. I hate noise and want to avoid it if possible. One last question before I leave. I know if I get an Amd card I have to uninstall the Nvidia drivers. Can I just uninstall them from the control panel or do I have to go through a grueling process of uninstall every little fingerprint left by Nvidia? Also, I know this is really off topic but does anyone know of a backup software? I have had to clean install win7 about 5 times due to small viruses and such and just want to back up everything so in case anything happens I can just restore everything from an image. As of right now I am almost positive my computer is virus free, I even switched to Fire fox from Chrome because Chrome kept giving my a PUP
( note Chrome gives me this pup on multiple computers as it seems to be linked to my google chrome account weird huh?) and even though it doesn't do anything I just want the peace of mind knowing nothing remotely bad is on my computer. Besides Firefox is more customizable anyway. Sorry for this rant type thread but you'll have to excuse my adhd mind set of getting off track. If you can offer any kind of help I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in Advance!
So around Sept. last year I built my first gaming computer. It was awesome to say the least, but i experienced what every other computer geek has to experience. Problems. I got a lot of problems with my rig, hardware problems, software problems, a blue screen here or there. Needless to say I guess I'm kind of "grateful" for those problems as they taught me a lot about computers and how to fix issues that I wouldn't have learned how to fix other wise. Fast forward about a year later and my gpu starts acting up. It was my Msi 7870. It was artifacting in League of Legends and I just wanted to upgrade. I couldn't rma my msi card becuase I lost the S/N so I just had to dish out the cash on a new upgrade. The one I bought was a gtx 760 by evga. I loved this card, until THIS ONE starting making a buzzing sound 24/7 which acx coolers are notorious for. Plus I was starting to get issues with World of Warcraft artifact wise. I know every gpu has problems with at least one game and although it doesn't mean the gpu is broken I still wanted it replaced, as the coil whine with that card was getting annoying. ( maybe I just have bad luck with GPU's?) So I get the replacement and I sold it ( well, I am in the process of selling it ) for around 215$. The replacement Evga sent me has never been used by me so its brand new in a sense. To be honest the replacement card Evga sent me is probably perfectly fine and wont give me any problems if I use it. I just want to get a different card as I'm finding out that I really liked Amd's cards more. So for a new card my budget is around $240. I can NOT go above that. I have a few options in mind and was wondering if I could have some help deciding which card to get.
-http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-02-40G/dp/B00FLMKREQ/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406312322&sr=1-10&keywords=amd+r9+270x
-http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-04-20G/dp/B00FLMKN6I/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406313380&sr=1-6&keywords=amd+r9+270x
-http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Radeon-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-GV-R928WF3OC-3GD/dp/B00J41A5GK/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406313430&sr=1-2&keywords=amd+r9+280
If you have any other suggestions that fit the budget please tell me! One main thing I want is for the card to be known for silence. I hate noise and want to avoid it if possible. One last question before I leave. I know if I get an Amd card I have to uninstall the Nvidia drivers. Can I just uninstall them from the control panel or do I have to go through a grueling process of uninstall every little fingerprint left by Nvidia? Also, I know this is really off topic but does anyone know of a backup software? I have had to clean install win7 about 5 times due to small viruses and such and just want to back up everything so in case anything happens I can just restore everything from an image. As of right now I am almost positive my computer is virus free, I even switched to Fire fox from Chrome because Chrome kept giving my a PUP
( note Chrome gives me this pup on multiple computers as it seems to be linked to my google chrome account weird huh?) and even though it doesn't do anything I just want the peace of mind knowing nothing remotely bad is on my computer. Besides Firefox is more customizable anyway. Sorry for this rant type thread but you'll have to excuse my adhd mind set of getting off track. If you can offer any kind of help I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in Advance!
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