Which AMD card should choose?

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ryderbg

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Hello! In my local store there are only few R9s left. I cannot decide which is better so I need help.
The cards are:
PowerColor R9 390x
Gigabyte R9 Windforce Fury
Sapphire R9 Nano
Sapphire R9 Nitro Fury
Sapphire R9 Tri-X Fury
Sapphire R9 Nitro 390x
ASUS R9 Strix Fury

So, I am using 1080p right now, but have plans for upgrading to 4K. I stopped on R9 high-end graphics because just sold my HD7950 and I am very happy with AMD cards.
Also I have a tiny issue with the PSU which is Cooler Master 600W (combo deal with the case K350).
Can you give me advice which card can fit the case (Cooler Master K350) and the PSU Cooler Master 600W?

Current System:
Gigabyte Z97p-d3
i7-4790k
8gb Corsair Vengeance
Samsung EVO 840 120gb
WD Blue 1tb
 
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Your friend is wrong. "By the numbers" it may seem ok (PS your pic doesn't work) but that PSU is VERY low quality, it will not keep up the power those GPU's need. It will give...
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I wouldn't use any of those with a Coolermaster 600w PSU unless it was a V or VS series (and if you got it in a combo deal, its not one of those its one of the much lower end models). The lower Coolermaster models are not up to the power demands of the big AMD cards.

First can you budget in a PSU upgrade?
 
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Since your planning on 4k I would highly recommend waiting for AMD and Nvidia's new cards to come out. Should be announced the beginning of June. They are suppose to be a big leap compared to what is currently out, I would imagine designed with 4k in mind.
 
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About the PSU - a friend told me to send a picture of PSU's specs and after checking them he said would be enough for the any of these cards. But it has one 8-pin and one 6-pin. https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/13101531_10205510605475607_1254960254_n.jpg?oh=7ace75d9af603ad7f93979a4438580cc&oe=572531DE
Also I think Gigabyte R9 Fury system recommendation is 600W and Sapphire R9 Nano - 500W.
Why Gigabyte's version want less power than Sapphire and ASUS?

About the waiting. Now I am using i7-4790k's GPU and it is cool but still integrated.
 
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Your friend is wrong. "By the numbers" it may seem ok (PS your pic doesn't work) but that PSU is VERY low quality, it will not keep up the power those GPU's need. It will give you problems sooner than later.

The R9 Fury is different than the R9 Nano, the Nano is a Fury designed for low power systems.
 
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I'd hold off, at least for a few days until we get a little solid info on the new stuff coming out, high end parts like that don't tend to sell that well, so stocks-at least in a local store-probably won't drop too suddenly.
Those big Furys DO like good case ventilation and a good PSU, the R9 390X DEMANDS both, I'd be very reluctant to run a R9 390X off the current power supply.
The R9 Nano is a bit of an oddball, it's effectively a R9 Fury X throttled by the BIOS to keep its power and temperature down while using a tiny cooler and a single 8 pin PCI-E power lead. Given good cooling (mines under a full, custom watercooling system) it'll run almost as fast as the big Fury X, but the stock single fan cooler can easily allow it to reach its temperature limits, causing it to lower its clocks which can lead to some minor stuttering.
 
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