a month old 780 poseidon vs brand new 780 (asus or gigabyte)

yanis31 · Aug 5, 2014

i can get the poseidon for just a tiny bit less than the new regular ones would cost
and i can go and stresstest it before i buy etc.
- the crucial part - im pretty sure i won't watercool it... i already have a zalman cnps12x on my cpu
so investing all this money in a custom loop would be crazy... id rather get a 780ti or something
thoughts forum?

Shadowblade2652 · Aug 5, 2014

Get whichever is cheaper. If you DO decide to watercool, it'll save you the expense of buying a custom bracket.

I'd say poseidon since it doesn't change anything anyways since the fan is perfectly fine.

legend001523 · Aug 5, 2014

why not get a msi lightning or the matrix platinum? But the poseidon is for watercooling, the name of it literally suggests that

Shadowblade2652 · Aug 5, 2014

legend001523 :

Well he said it's a bit cheaper so why not? It's not like you sacrifice performance.

legend001523 · Aug 5, 2014

Shadowblade2652 :

I may have gotten confused by your reply, please expand it

yanis31 · Aug 5, 2014

yes - the poseidon is 2nd hand... but its practically new... normally it costs a TON more than a standard 780,
i will probably go for the poseidon if everything works out, it's got nice power delivery and stuff
- so i figured if im gonna drop such money on a graphics card it better be built to last
i always get scared about the componentry on expensive cards,
but maybe that's just because i used to own a three year old gtx580 windforce that overclocked like a beast and the pcb had lost it's blue tone to a more brownish one!
i still have such warm feelings for that card

legend001523 · Aug 6, 2014

yanis31 :

I think the poseidon can still overclock very well on air too, but not as well as on water obviously, still, if you get it for cheap it should be a bargain

yanis31 · Aug 7, 2014

Dun Dun Dunnnn!!!

yanis31 · Aug 7, 2014

Let's just recap here:

I now have a AMD cpu with a blue cooler on it and a Red Nvidia card... glad i didn't give in and buy the blue version of the Vengeance LP for 1 Eur less!

Shadowblade2652 · Aug 7, 2014

That's a nice define R4 you've got there

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