Do i go with R9 390, or rx 480?

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Heartbeatx

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Hello! I had an r9 390 which i bought about 4 months ago. It died after about 3 months (PSU maybe? it fried my soundcard too :c) and i sent it back. However i have not got a replacement yet and now the Rx 480 has come out so im thinking if i should ask Sapphire and/or the store if i could get an Rx 480 instead as it is slightly cheaper (rx 480 is 2.2k DKK and r9 390 is 2.4k DKK)
Should i ask? Rx 480 might be better because of the lower power consumption and might not get killed my my psu.

TL;DR: r9 390 died, should i ask for rx 480 as replacement instead or just go with r9 390?

Thanks
-HeartBeatx

(psu is an XFX core edition pro 750w)
 
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I'd wait for non reference designs of RX 480 (not just coolers) if i were an AMD fanboy.
As a normal human being, I'd would wait for the GTX 1060 announcement this week.
Nvidia managed to jump further with this refresh. Definitely on power consumption. seems like performance too.
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Hello,
Well your psu is a good one, for 750 watts, i shouldnt really be a problem. I have no idea though how the hell your gpu was fried. I was once running a radeon 6870 on a 400 watt psu! Its minimum was 500watts and it got fried too after 2 years. I also recommend the rx 480, less power consumption and much more reliable.

Good day
 
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Heartbeatx

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My psu is not very good, its not the watts that matter much. There are 2 series that XFX make and one of them is good and the other is... not so much. I have the not so good one. :s
 
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Heartbeatx

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I have been away for a bit, however i have read that it is mainly very cheap motherboards that get fried, should i be super concerned about that as i have an Asus p9x79-le then?
 
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Heartbeatx

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Oh alright thank you. It will hopefully take a few weeks before sapphire sais something so i can get a non reference model :p
 
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I'd wait for non reference designs of RX 480 (not just coolers) if i were an AMD fanboy.
As a normal human being, I'd would wait for the GTX 1060 announcement this week.
Nvidia managed to jump further with this refresh. Definitely on power consumption. seems like performance too.
 
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