Quote (Mitchymo @ May 21 2013 01:56pm)
Well the one I posted (
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=555) is definitely reliable, more so than Passmark
and it was a direct comparison of base 680 vs base 7970 (the ones in our builds).
680 came out on top overall, 7970 had its moments though! If I were doing an absolute budget build, I could reduce the cost of my build by $40 and choose the 7970 without sweating it.
But in our current builds, there is room for the slight upgrade with the 680, so that's why I chose it.
I have the exact same price as Dolar's, with higher performance, and more power for future OC/upgrades (and you'd be hard pressed to power that 7970 on a 500w PSU, as the 7970 sucks way more power than the gtx 680).
shogun , batman , portal 2 , bf3 , sc2 , skyrim , civilisation V are the games that it's better in your link.
but who plays those games? except bf3 & sc2 , i doubt there's plenty of people playing those games.
there's also a problem , the resolution isn't the 1920 x 1080 ( which i expect the screen resolution to be) in any benchmarks, so we're back to step 1.
Quote (Mitchymo @ May 21 2013 02:24pm)
That is interesting, but overall the 680 prevailed: (from the article)
the electricity bill will go up by 20$ tops by the end of the year, that means 2 pizzas less per year
Quote (Mitchymo @ May 21 2013 01:35pm)
Well.. As of now, both of my builds are superior, and OP should pay close attention to who he listens to on this subforum because a lot of you are useless trolls. Only two people I respect on here thus far are Dolar and Urbanshaft (urban because he's been around here a LONG LONG time).
Awaiting Dolar's new builds though, as I'm sure he'll be able to do very well improving on some of the parts I did better on.
i'm not going to bother making a pc part picker build. my pc part picker builds are never serious, i just do them for people that really insist on that.
Quote (EpicDude @ May 21 2013 06:19pm)
Update :
Buying on
May 22th. *Last day of the sales
Since theres a
two way option going on here, I'd like to list some more specific uses/details here.
#1. I would put
Gaming Performance First
#2. OverClock 2 day/ week (not so important)
#3. Streaming 3day/week (not so important)
#4. Buying with ME (memory express) because it has 25% price beat
#5. Case doesnt really matter, Good air flow, see through, Cheap, LED light would be great
#6. Balance Rig. Not planning on Crossfire it.
#7. 12% tax in Canada
#8. already owned 24" and 27" Samsung Screen
#9. keyboard, mouse, Headset is excluded on the budget
#10. Thank You So Much for Helping me out guys! Competition always gives the best result. But please be peaceful with it. Don't overwork for a stranger on the internet.
change the power supply to this one if you don't mind having a non modular power supply :
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX41859do some research to pricebeat the parts.
if you save 40$ + , change the power supply to this one :
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX37754 if you're not confident enough that 500w will provide enough power.