Crazy new build/upgrade, I need some thoughts, ideas or feedback.

DEVOrulez

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Getting ready for a system upgrade. I have a i7-5820K six core sitting with these other parts, an ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 LGA 2011-v3, HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 Ram.

For cooling the CPU a CORSAIR Hydro Series H105 Extreme Performance 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler, and power supply a Rosewill Hive-1000, Hive Series 1000W Modular Power Supply.

Planning on reusing my existing Samsung 830 SSD, and a hybrid hard drive for data storage, also reusing a HAF 932 case, which is huge to start with.

Current video card is a 6970, which I am planning to upgrade to this video card the SAPPHIRE 100360SR Radeon R9 295x2 8GB 1024-Bit.

THOUGHTS? Ideas? I also considered the single 295X 8 gig Sapphire card, which is actually MORE than half the price of this one at 359, compared to under 600 for the 295x2 I mentioned above.
 

qwerty987123

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don't get a 295x2 as the latest amd 300 series gpus come out next week so if you wait then these will offer better performance and cooling than the 295x2 or the nvidia 980ti is the best value high end card currently available
 

DEVOrulez

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I researched the release already, supposedly, a re-release of the existing cards under a new name, and the true 300 series cards aren't coming anytime soon.

Possibly, not until its series 400, as they want to move all the old stock before releasing any "Real" new card. It appears the twin 295 is king for the next few months, at LEAST, perhaps longer.