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Sapphire R9 280 good?

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  • AMD
  • R9 280
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  • EVGA
  • FX-6300
  • 650W
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  • Sapphire
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September 26, 2014 3:46:12 AM

Would you say its a good deal for 180 bucks? Im trying to make a 650$ computer and so far ive managed to get a FX-6300, a Gigabyte 970 motherboard and a 650W SuperNova PSU.. I just wanted to know if this would be a great addition for 180$ or is there a better gpu for the money..

P.S. Shopping at my local Microcenter of Brentwood

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September 26, 2014 3:50:51 AM

R9 280 is a great card for $180, I'd buy it even for $200 over GTX 760, it's closest competitor. It outperforms the 760 in almost every game by a margin. Great value for money. Go for it!
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September 26, 2014 4:17:18 AM

FX-6300
GA-970A-UD3P
EVGA SuperNova 750W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU
R9 280 Sapphire Dual-X
Zalman Z9 ATX Case
Crucial Ballistix XT 2x4GB 1600Mhz
WD Mainstream 1TB 7200rpm HDD

So would you say this is good then?

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September 26, 2014 4:51:25 AM

Your build looks good.

To help save. I always recommend getting a Seagate Barracuda I currently have 3 in my current system. They run great.

Are you planning on overclocking or run Crossfire at all in the near future? If not I would recommend downsizing your PSU if possible and maybe switching to a 80+Gold Modular. I have a 750W (non-modular) just sitting at home not doing anything that I now kinda of regret not switching out for something smaller and modular.
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September 26, 2014 4:58:29 AM

HertzKnight said:
Your build looks good.

To help save. I always recommend getting a Seagate Barracuda I currently have 3 in my current system. They run great.

Are you planning on overclocking or run Crossfire at all in the near future? If not I would recommend downsizing your PSU if possible and maybe switching to a 80+Gold Modular. I have a 750W (non-modular) just sitting at home not doing anything that I now kinda of regret not switching out for something smaller and modular.


Yeah maybe a bit.. might try to get the 6300 to 4.5Ghz or something. And the Western digital is actually cheaper or about the same price as the barracude (little over $52 after tax) I would get a barracuda but Ive had a couple in the past and i had the problem where they make that chirping noise and are extremely slow then die.. Kinda killed it for Seagate for me.
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September 26, 2014 5:47:43 AM

The system looks great for the price, good job!
Well, Seagate is my preferred choice TBH, I have a 7 year old 360GB Barracuda (which was like 2TB in '07) and it still runs top notch w/o any performance drops, I'm satisfied with its Barracuda and Constellation lines, as well as their External HDDs.
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September 26, 2014 6:02:01 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
The system looks great for the price, good job!
Well, Seagate is my preferred choice TBH, I have a 7 year old 360GB Barracuda (which was like 2TB in '07) and it still runs top notch w/o any performance drops, I'm satisfied with its Barracuda and Constellation lines, as well as their External HDDs.


I would get the Barracuda but i think its like 57$ here and the Western Digital mainstream desktop HDD's are (i heard) Cavier Blues without the warranties or whatever and thats why there cheaper.. so im not sure.. And BTW, sorry for being a jack*ss in that other post. Thanks for the replies too.
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September 26, 2014 6:05:13 AM

Fair enough, both are great HDDs, just my 2 cents that they are not crap, so if you get Seagate cheaper, get it. Anyways, WD Blue is as good.
PS: No worries :) 
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September 26, 2014 11:23:38 AM

No worries man. At this point which ever is cheaper. I was just making sure that you would stretch your dollar to the max. I used both WD and Seagate. Both are very good solid ones. I mainly use the Barracudas, since I picked them up at 30 a pop. I still say get a better PSU especially if you want to overclock. Here is a toms hardware list of PSUs.
PSU List



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