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After little help in the PC build thread I thought I would open it up here :)

I have now purchased the following

Intel BX80646I54460 Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA1150 22nm Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor Edit Excl. VATR2,279.82
PowerColor AXR9 280X 3GBD5-T2DHE/OC TurboDuo RADEON R9 280X 3GB 384bit PCI Express 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card - Includes Dirt Rally (Digital Code) Edit Excl. VATR2,981.58
Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A B85 LGA1150 DDR3 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard Edit Excl. VATR1,084.21
Super Flower SF-500P14XE(HX) Golden Green HX 500W 80 Plus Gold Certified Desktop Power Supply Edit Excl. VATR876.32
Corsair CC-9011077-WW Carbide 100R Silent Edition Mid-Tower ATX Desktop Chassis Edit Excl. VATR676.32
Western-Digital WD10EZEX Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache Sata6G 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive Edit Excl. VATR657.02
LG GH24NSBO Internal SATA 24x Super-Multi DVD Rewriter Edit Excl. VATR174.56
G.Skill F3-1600C9D-8GAB 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz 1.5V CL9 Dual Channel Ares Desktop Memory Edit Excl. VATR700.88
TP-Link Archer T2U AC600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 Retail Packaging Keyboard & Mouse Combo Edit


Only thing I am worried about is whether I should change the R 9280x to something else - I have the cash but should I? Would probably mean beefing up from the 500w Super Flower.

Price difference between R9280x and R9290 is R800.00
 
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ild-Thread?p=16181528&viewfull=1#post16181528

DrewChan said:
Thoughts please R11494
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ponder said:
Please use VAT inclusive pricing as it makes it easier to compare things.

Option 1:

R934 - MSI Intel H81-P33 ATX Motherboard
R1850 - Intel® Core™ i5-4590 Processors (6M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)
R228 - Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler
R732 - Corsair Value Select A - 8GB DDR3 DRAM Desktop Memory - 1600Mhz
R5599 - Galax 97NQH6DNB4TX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 256-bit PCI-Express 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card
R849 - Super Flower SF-500P14XE(HX) Golden Green HX 500W 80 Plus Gold Certified Desktop Power Supply
R749 - WD Blue 1TB 3.5 inch SATAIII Hard Drive - 64MB Cache
R767 - Corsair Carbide Series Chassis - 200R Black
R11708


Option 2:

R934 - MSI Intel H81-P33 ATX Motherboard
R1850 - Intel® Core™ i5-4590 Processors (6M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)
R228 - Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler
R732 - Corsair Value Select A - 8GB DDR3 DRAM Desktop Memory - 1600Mhz
R5299 - PowerColor PCS+ AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE Radeon R9 390 8GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card
R1599 - Super Flower SF-750F14MG Leadex 750W 80 Plus Gold Certified Fully Modular Desktop Power Supply
R749 - WD Blue 1TB 3.5 inch SATAIII Hard Drive - 64MB Cache
R767 - Corsair Carbide Series Chassis - 200R Black
R12158

Substituting the HDD with a 256GB SSD will increase the price of the above builds by ~R700.
I did not include a wifi adapter & mouse/kb combo.
Both builds have a MUCH better GPU.
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Never heard back from you.
 
DrewChan said:
Sorry Ponder missed that completely
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No worries, have a look and see what you think ;)

That thread does look like a wall of builds & I only quoted one line from you, so easy to miss.
 
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DrewChan said:
After little help in the PC build thread I thought I would open it up here :)

I have now purchased the following

Intel BX80646I54460 Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA1150 22nm Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor Edit Excl. VATR2,279.82
PowerColor AXR9 280X 3GBD5-T2DHE/OC TurboDuo RADEON R9 280X 3GB 384bit PCI Express 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card - Includes Dirt Rally (Digital Code) Edit Excl. VATR2,981.58
Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A B85 LGA1150 DDR3 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard Edit Excl. VATR1,084.21
Super Flower SF-500P14XE(HX) Golden Green HX 500W 80 Plus Gold Certified Desktop Power Supply Edit Excl. VATR876.32
Corsair CC-9011077-WW Carbide 100R Silent Edition Mid-Tower ATX Desktop Chassis Edit Excl. VATR676.32
Western-Digital WD10EZEX Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache Sata6G 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive Edit Excl. VATR657.02
LG GH24NSBO Internal SATA 24x Super-Multi DVD Rewriter Edit Excl. VATR174.56
G.Skill F3-1600C9D-8GAB 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz 1.5V CL9 Dual Channel Ares Desktop Memory Edit Excl. VATR700.88
TP-Link Archer T2U AC600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 Retail Packaging Keyboard & Mouse Combo Edit


Only thing I am worried about is whether I should change the R 9280x to something else - I have the cash but should I? Would probably mean beefing up from the 500w Super Flower.

Price difference between R9280x and R9290 is R800.00
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The 280x is fine. rather change that Hard drive for an SSD.
 
Chevron said:
The 280x is fine. rather change that Hard drive for an SSD.
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Been considering adding a 250gb, I only game at 1080, although I do have an Oculus I like to tinker with and apparently it eats GPUs, my current 7850 barely handles
 
Chevron said:
Yeah for 1080p you can drop down to:
http://www.wootware.co.za/msi-r9-27...xpress-3-0-256-bit-desktop-graphics-card.html

A 750ti is worse than a 7850:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
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I have an HD7970 and play at 1080p, and the 280X is a rebadged HD7970 GHz Edition. It's a competent card, but can no longer max out most new graphically demanding games and achieve a decent framerate. I definitely wouldn't recommend downgrading.
 
DrewChan said:
After little help in the PC build thread I thought I would open it up here :)

I have now purchased the following

Intel BX80646I54460 Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA1150 22nm Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor Edit Excl. VATR2,279.82
PowerColor AXR9 280X 3GBD5-T2DHE/OC TurboDuo RADEON R9 280X 3GB 384bit PCI Express 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card - Includes Dirt Rally (Digital Code) Edit Excl. VATR2,981.58
Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A B85 LGA1150 DDR3 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard Edit Excl. VATR1,084.21
Super Flower SF-500P14XE(HX) Golden Green HX 500W 80 Plus Gold Certified Desktop Power Supply Edit Excl. VATR876.32
Corsair CC-9011077-WW Carbide 100R Silent Edition Mid-Tower ATX Desktop Chassis Edit Excl. VATR676.32
Western-Digital WD10EZEX Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache Sata6G 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive Edit Excl. VATR657.02
LG GH24NSBO Internal SATA 24x Super-Multi DVD Rewriter Edit Excl. VATR174.56
G.Skill F3-1600C9D-8GAB 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz 1.5V CL9 Dual Channel Ares Desktop Memory Edit Excl. VATR700.88
TP-Link Archer T2U AC600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 Retail Packaging Keyboard & Mouse Combo Edit


Only thing I am worried about is whether I should change the R 9280x to something else - I have the cash but should I? Would probably mean beefing up from the 500w Super Flower.

Price difference between R9280x and R9290 is R800.00
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Very bad copy and paste job. I have decided to ignore these posts instead.
 
Bryn said:
I have an HD7970 and play at 1080p, and the 280X is a rebadged HD7970 GHz Edition. It's a competent card, but can no longer max out most new graphically demanding games and achieve a decent framerate. I definitely wouldn't recommend downgrading.
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+1

You need to look at the R9 390 & GTX 970 these days.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-graphics-card-upgrade-guide-update-3
[video=youtube;vSDQzlKDYq4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSDQzlKDYq4[/video]
 
DrewChan said:
Thanks Ponder, think that 970 is a little out of my price range but might try scrape for it
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Stick with the 280x or maybe look at the 380. The 380 supports more DX12 features than any nVidia card out now.
 
DrewChan said:
Thanks Ponder, think that 970 is a little out of my price range but might try scrape for it
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The pricing is not far off from the build in your OP, for a few hundred more you get a huge boost in performance. You could even save a bit more by going with a cheaper chassis, a CM 280K is R500 which saves you R267. This is on par with the cost of the build in your OP.
 
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Changed to a R9 290 for R4200, R800 up from the R9 280x,

Just hope the 500w Super flower will handle
 
DrewChan said:
Just hope the 500w Super flower will handle
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Not good enough. You should aim for a minimum of 600-650W I reckon.

That 500W will be close to max load with the system stressed.
 
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