I was buying an r9 295x2, but the one that showed up was faulty and I had an awful experience with the company that supplied it so got a refund. But, now that card has done one of its little price hike dances again and is £100 higher than when I bought the faulty one 3 weeks ago. That's when I realised I could buy a gtx 980 and a new cpu for the same price.
So my question is, get another r9 295x2 or should I try something different? I've got no real experience with intel cpus or frankly anything that isn't AMD so I'd really appreciate the advice on a wider range than I would normally look at. I'm happy to swap out parts in my current build for things that will go together happier but if possible would prefer to stick to some of what's already there. An upgrade rather than an entirely new build.
What's going on under the hood:
Mobo: Asrock extreme 6+
CPU: A10 7850k (happy if this needs to go)
Ram: Cruicial 16gb (2x 8gb)
Hard drive: 1x Samsung 250gb SSD (system stuff)
1x 3TB forget the brand HDD (probably upgrading this to the Samsung pro SSD later in the year unless something with sparkles comes along)
Case: Fractal define R4 - 2 fans (happy to add more fans, unenthusiastic about things that involve water)
PSU: Superflower 1600w titanium (this is only a few weeks old so lets not throw it away)
OS: Windows 7
I don't have anything to cool other than the case fans at the moment which is another reason I was interested in the r9 295x2 because of it's liquid cooling and my lack of enthusiasm to set up liquid cooling myself. I use the computer for gaming and graphics software. I doubt I will bother with a 4k monitor anytime in the relevant future so standard 1- 2 screens is about where I am looking at.
So my question is, get another r9 295x2 or should I try something different? I've got no real experience with intel cpus or frankly anything that isn't AMD so I'd really appreciate the advice on a wider range than I would normally look at. I'm happy to swap out parts in my current build for things that will go together happier but if possible would prefer to stick to some of what's already there. An upgrade rather than an entirely new build.
What's going on under the hood:
Mobo: Asrock extreme 6+
CPU: A10 7850k (happy if this needs to go)
Ram: Cruicial 16gb (2x 8gb)
Hard drive: 1x Samsung 250gb SSD (system stuff)
1x 3TB forget the brand HDD (probably upgrading this to the Samsung pro SSD later in the year unless something with sparkles comes along)
Case: Fractal define R4 - 2 fans (happy to add more fans, unenthusiastic about things that involve water)
PSU: Superflower 1600w titanium (this is only a few weeks old so lets not throw it away)
OS: Windows 7
I don't have anything to cool other than the case fans at the moment which is another reason I was interested in the r9 295x2 because of it's liquid cooling and my lack of enthusiasm to set up liquid cooling myself. I use the computer for gaming and graphics software. I doubt I will bother with a 4k monitor anytime in the relevant future so standard 1- 2 screens is about where I am looking at.
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