Downgrade from 390X to GTX 970 [What's The Difference?]

Jonas_10 · Jul 4, 2016

Hey, I'm a little bit short on money now so I was thinking about downgrading my GPU. The reason for that is because the website I bought my GPU from has a 45 day return policy. If I downgrade My Sapphire R9 390X to a MSI GTX 970 I can save 150$ wich is money I need. So the big question is: What performance drop can I expect?

My specs

CPU: Intel Core i5 6400 @ 2.7Ghz (3.3Ghz Turbo)
MB: MSI B150M Gaming M3 Socket 1151 Skylake
Ram: Crucial 16 GB 2133Mhz DDR4 (4x4GB)
GPU: Sapphire R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 (O.C.)
PSU: EVGA Supernova 850W G2 80+ Gold
CPU Cooling: Corsair H60i Aio Liquid Cooler
Storage: Corsair Force LS 240GB (BOOT) Corsair Force LS 480GB (DATA STORAGE)

Am I going to experience a significant performance drop? The games I play are GTA V, CS:GO, The Crew, Chivalry Medieval Warfare and I am going to play Battlefield 1.

Answers and help is highly appreciated! :pt1cable:

Gam3r01 · Jul 4, 2016

Its a very marginal performance decrease, under 10%.

Vetsku · Jul 4, 2016

There's probably not going to be a significant perfomance drop man. The 970 is a great GPU.

sizzling · Jul 4, 2016

You could easily use a cheaper air cooler and not notice the difference and a good 500w PSU would be plenty, encase you want to save elsewhere.

filippi · Jul 4, 2016

1080p? Go ahead! But why spend money in Corsair H60i AIO for a i5-6400 ? Stock cpu cooler is free!

Jonas_10 · Jul 4, 2016

sizzling :

You did not solve the question i clicked wrong, could you delete and post again so that it1s unsolved? Please? Thank you

Gam3r01 · Jul 4, 2016

Fixed.

Jonas_10 · Jul 4, 2016

filippi :

The intel stock fan sounds like a plane engine, thats why

Jonas_10 · Jul 4, 2016

sizzling :

I bought the PSU on sale for a very good price and the intel stock fan sounds like a plane engine ;-)

filippi · Jul 5, 2016

Jonas_10 :

Get the Sapphire R9 390X and you will never listen the stock intel cooler again

But serious if you need silence then water cooler is not the way to go.
Try the excellent Noctua NH-C14 Lower Noise Heatsink.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2562

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Sockets-Heatpipe-2x140mm-Bearing/dp/B004DUMQVY?ie=UTF8&tag=pcpapi-20

Final warning: In a gaming build there is really no point in get the slower i5-6400 if you could get the i5-6500 for 15 bucks more.
If its about money you should adopt the regular storage solution: OS SSD + Data HD.

Jonas_10 · Jul 5, 2016

filippi :

I will keep the i5 6400 as it's quite good, I've seen into the benchmarks and it's almost no difference to the i5 6500. I am so happy with the H60i as it's quiet, keeps my cpu surprisingly cool (22*C Normal, 38*C Full Load) using the noctua NH-1 Thermal paste. And here in Norway the 6500 would cost me 43$ more so no thank you

The price difference is this:

Core i5 6400 1833,- Kr

Core i5 6500 2190,- Kr

Differnce= 360,- Kr = 43.1$

filippi · Jul 5, 2016

Jonas_10 :

filippi :

I will keep the i5 6400 as it's quite good, I've seen into the benchmarks and it's almost no difference to the i5 6500. I am so happy with the H60i as it's quiet, keeps my cpu surprisingly cool (22*C Normal, 38*C Full Load) using the noctua NH-1 Thermal paste. And here in Norway the 6500 would cost me 43$ more so no thank you

The price difference is this:

Core i5 6400 1833,- Kr

Core i5 6500 2190,- Kr

Differnce= 360,- Kr = 43.1$

I see. The turbo will near gaming performance anyway. Its is sure a great build mate. Congrats!

Gam3r01 · Jul 5, 2016

I dont think anyone is realizing this is an existing build.

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