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Started by saberispro | | 9 answers
Sapphire Radeon R9 280X vs gtx 760
whats better for a mmo gamer that plays runescape, guildwars, and wow?

Sapphire Radeon R9 280X or gtx 760

also whats a good cpu i should get that will last a long time for gaming?
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September 15, 2014 4:54:28 PM

Nice thanks man, could i possibly see your specs?

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September 15, 2014 4:48:18 PM

Something like this would work well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $901.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-15 19:45 EDT-0400

The SSD will help with boot up of the OS and applications. Its pretty sweet but is optional so if you wanted more graphical power you could drop that and get a R9 280x. If you wanted a GTX 760 it would be about $20-30 more and a GTX 770 would be about $100 more. I believe the r9 280 performs on par with the gtx 760 so it is up to you. If you prefer Nvidia features then go for the gtx 760, it is a great card and what I have in my system right now with no complaints (but the R9 cards were more expensive at the time I bought it so that was a major factor).
September 15, 2014 4:44:16 PM

Nahh, I think $800-$1000 is a very good budget since that is when you can start affording the i5 processors and a good video card.
September 15, 2014 4:37:39 PM

Is a 900$ build overkill for a online gamer?
September 15, 2014 4:32:18 PM

Actually if you could do a build for 900$ that would be great haha :D 
September 15, 2014 4:31:41 PM

Yeah US, i have 2 monitors already, but i need everything else, including the OS yeah. and thanks man
September 15, 2014 4:29:28 PM

Sure, I can put something together for you. Did you need the OS price included in that 1k budget? Are located in the USA?
September 15, 2014 4:24:37 PM

Idk why but i like nvidia cards better than amd, same for intel. I guess it's just like playstation or xbox haha. Do you think you could throw me a build together for 1000$ max? But i guess if it leads to amd being better i guess i'll go with it..
September 15, 2014 4:14:16 PM

R9 280x comes out on top for pretty much everything over the gtx 760. For the CPU, you will want either an i3 or an i5 processor since they tend to be better than AMD processors for MMOs, especially older ones.

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