From personal experience, the R9 280-X is horrible.. Its performance is outstanding for the price is( about $329 when I got mine). Ever since the first month after I got mine, i've had nothing but problems, problems, and more problems.. I've taken it to countless pc shops and they all said the same thing - It's a defecting product, the whole series of the 280 is just bad in reliability.. My advice is to get a 770 and stick with it...