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May 25 2015 06:42am
I´m building this desktop computer to: work (word/excel use), corel painter w/ Wacom Intuos Pro tablet usage, gaming (mainly Blizzard games), and listening to music (also have a Sennheiser HD 598 headphones).

So, the build is:

Coolermaster CM 690 III
Intel Socket 1150 i5 4690K 3.5GHz
Asus Z97-K / USB 3.1
Asus GTX960 STRIX OC 2GB DDR5 128 bits (looking for alternatives with the same performance but 256 bits)
SSD Samsung 850 Pro 256Gb
DDR Western Digital Black 1TB
XFX Modular Pro 650W XXX Edition
Drive DVDRW Asus DRW-24F1ST
Cooler Thermalright True Spirit 90M
DDR3 G.Skill RipJawsX CL9 8Gb (2x 4Gb) 1600Mhz
Asus Xonar DGX
Microsoft Windows 7 Pro SP1 64bit
Microsoft Office Home
UPS APC Back-UPS ES 550VA

Thanks in advance!

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May 25 2015 07:01am

Get a GTX 970
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May 25 2015 08:27am
Quote (Ghot @ 25 May 2015 13:01)
Get a GTX 970


Thanks. Thought on buying it also. Might have to accept that gfx cards doubled the price in the last couple years.
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May 25 2015 08:37am
Quote (kebramar @ May 25 2015 09:27am)
Thanks. Thought on buying it also. Might have to accept that gfx cards doubled the price in the last couple years.




Generally with Nvidia ya want to go with the x70 or x80 versions.
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