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** NEW AMD R7 & R9 SERIES NOW IN STOCK & AVAILABLE!! **

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Hi there


We have the new R9 270X/280X in stock now along with R7 240/250/260X also in stock, to help you understand these new cards:-

  • R280X is HD 7970GHz re-badged with various different OC's, performance is identical to HD 7970GHz on same drivers / clock speeds.
  • R270X varies in clock speeds a lot, to some being heavily tuned and highly overclocked 7870 XT's, expect stock 7950 performance more or less from an overclocked out the box R270X, of course a HD 7950 overclocked will outperform this card.
  • R260X performance sits around HD 7790 levels but it has the new True HD Audio feature and is a brand new card.
  • R240/R250 series are very low power cards at a great price point





Here are some of the cards:-



Asus Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £319.99 inc VAT

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The ASUS ROG MATRIX R9 280X continues the ROG tradition of catering to overclockers who want the fastest and smoothest performance. It meets extreme tuning needs, utilizing a TOP-selected GPU factory-set to 1100MHz. For hardware-level overvolting, customers get VGA Hotwire and the TweakIt interface, with one-press 100% fan speed settings. DIGI+ VRM digital controllers and Super Alloy Power components form the basis of massive 20-phase power delivery. Exclusive GPU Tweak has been enhanced for ROG duty, adding GPU loadline calibration and VRM tuning to an already full range of parameters.

DIY modification of voltages on MATRIX R9 280X becomes simple by removing the need for complicated and risky soldering. Just connect wires from dedicated headers on compatible ROG motherboards to VGA Hotwire connectors on MATRIX R9 280X, after which you can change voltages directly on the hardware level through the ASUS UEFI BIOS or via the Windows-based Ai Suite II.

TweakIt provides flexible overclocking control even when gaming or running benchmarks! The + and - buttons put overvolting adjustments at your fingertips, with more power translating into the faster and smoother gaming you crave and the winning edge you require for intense multiplayer and competitive benchmarking.

Instantly trigger the dual 100mm fans to 100% speed regardless of driver settings. This proves very useful in extreme overclocking and other heavy workload scenarios where rapid heat evacuation and max cooling are a must.

The Safe Mode button resets the graphics card back to default frequencies and BIOS settings. This is a very useful feature for hardware enthusiasts and experimental tuning - think of it like the motherboard's clear CMOS function.

MATRIX R9 280X is built with carefully-designed massive 20-phase power delivery, unmatched by any other graphics card for the ultimate in performance and spectacular power delivery. This ensures ample room for experimental performance tuning, as its DIGI+ VRM digital voltage regulation design augments precision overclocking capabilities, which are further supported by the use of hardened Super Alloy Power capacitors, chokes, and MOSFETs. These components are forged under extreme pressure and temperatures to increase reliability, power output, and overall card lifespan while eliminating bothersome choke buzzing noise, unlike much tamer reference cards. All these and more enable the absolute best in overclocking potential and experience.

ASUS DirectCU thermal design utilizes all-copper heatpipes so heat is removed efficiently. DirectCU II generates 6X greater airflow yet performs 3X quieter than reference in idle and full load thanks to dual 100mm sound-dampening fans.

A color-coded LED MATRIX indicator at the back of the ROG MATRIX graphics card gives real time and easy-to-understand visual display of the current GPU workload, with colors changing dynamically depending your card’s work load.

Easily fine-tune core and memory clocks, voltages, and fan settings intuitively via sliders or manual value entry. MATRIX R9 280X arrives with a new ROG edition of GPU Tweak, which adds detailed GPU loadline calibration and VRM frequency tuning, allowing for the most extensive control and adjustment parameters for maximum overclocking potential.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- GPU Boost Speed: 1100MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6400MHz
- Load / Idle Board Power: <300W / <3W
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 8-pin
- 20 Phase super alloy design
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 4x DP
- 3yr Warranty


Only £319.99 inc VAT.

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HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £233.99 inc VAT

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HIS R9 280X IceQ X² features iPower for more voltage; more overclocking, Boost Clock is faster, IceQ X² is Cooler & Quieter, user-friendly iTurbo, Long Lasting Design, OC equipment. iPower design allows the card to carry more voltage, expanding overclocking capability to a new level!

IceQ X² is one of the quietest coolers, making the card quieter than the reference cooler. The card is below 28dB when watching movies, surfing Facebook, working. The card remains quiet whether you are gaming, online socializing, entertaining or working.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 850MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1000MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6000MHz
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 8-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 2yr Warranty


Only £233.99 inc VAT.

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MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £249.95 inc VAT

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MSI's GAMING lineup gets a big expansion with all new AMD SKUs in the shape of the R9 280X GAMING, R9 270X GAMING and R9 270 GAMING. Kept cool by the familiar Twin Frozr IV Advanced, the MSI GAMING graphics cards come bundled with the MSI GAMING APP, which is an easy tool that takes all of the fuzz out of overclocking and gives a simple one-click solution to get more performance out of your graphics card. Stability and lifetime are never an issue either. With custom PCBs designed for higher efficiency the GAMING cards remain cooler while the Military Class 4 components used ensure high stability while gaming.

Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1000MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6000MHz
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 3yr Warranty


Only £249.95 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £251.99 inc VAT

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High-end graphics card use more power, which means they get hotter quicker. With the innovative Vapor-X, we were the very first to apply aerospace-industry vapor chamber technology to graphics cards. It's a pioneering way to accelerate heat away from the graphics chips into the rest of the cooling system.

Sapphire Vapor-X technology is used in conjunction with a heatpipe and fan assembly. The vapor chamber accelerates the heat away from the graphics chips into the rest of the cooling system. How? Inside the vapor chamber, a liquid coolant is vaporized at the hot surface. The resulting vapor moves across the chamber where it condenses at a cooled surface. Then the liquid is returned to the hot surface to aid in superior cooling.


Features:-
- 2nd generation Vapor-X technology
- Factory overclocked
- Quiet and efficient cooling
- UEFI support

Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 950MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1070MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6200MHz
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 2yr Warranty


Only £251.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £269.99 inc VAT

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The SAPPHIRE R9 280X TOXIC features SAPPHIRE Vapor-X technology which is a sophisticated integration of digital power IC, DirectFet, and four new Black Diamond heatsink chokes on a high density 10 layer PCB. This technology is capable of supplying 60 Amps power per phase on demand, which is 20 Amps more than the HD 7970 reference design. With a suitable PSU! Compared to the reference board, Sapphire's Vapor-X technology provides more headroom for overclocking with a power efficiency of over 90%. Sapphire provides efficient power whenever the GPU needs it.

The new Tri-X cooling technology is a combination of the optimized cooler module, new 10mm heatpipe and Triple fan. As a result, the new cooler is 20% quieter than the previous Toxic HD 7970 GHz Edtion.


Key Features:-
- Triple Fan cooler, 30% more airflow and 20% quieter than the previous Toxic HD 7970 6GB card.
- Optimize dual module design, the new fin and heatpipe placement improves the airflow offer 50% more efficiency in heat dissipation.
- Anti-Dust bearing, Enhance the reliability for the fan cooler.
- Memory cooling, the cooler module also cools the memory chip for the best stability and offers more OC headroom.

Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1100MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1150MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6400MHz
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 8-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 2yr Warranty


Only £269.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW















HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ X2 Boost 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £155.99 inc VAT

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HIS R9 270X IceQ X² features Boost Clock is faster, IceQ X² is Cooler & Quieter, user-friendly iTurbo, Long Lasting Design, Boost Clock is faster. The card has the latest Boost Clock technology, providing extra performance for the most demanding games and applications!

IceQ X² is one of the quietest coolers, making the card quieter than the reference cooler. The card is below 28dB when watching movies, surfing Facebook, working. The card remains quiet whether you are gaming, online socializing, entertaining or working. The super large 2x 86mm dual axial fans draws massive amount of cool air to cool the GPU directly. The Q&C fan blade increases air velocity make cooling more efficiently while keeping noise level at minimum. The fan is extremely durable with a life span of up to 50,000 hours. The 5x 6mm wide heatpipes optimize cooling performance by removing heat from the core area. The extra large 60 x 62 mm copper heatsink provides a large area to dissipate heat efficiently. The card also carries memory and mosfet heat sinks to provide extra heat dissipation from these areas. The card also features fan control and monitoring, you are able to read fan speed & Asic temperature from iTurbo or other softwares.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1000MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1280
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 2yr Warranty


Only £155.99 inc VAT.

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MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £184.99 inc VAT

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The new MSI R9 270X HAWK, featuring the popular Twin Frozr IV Advanced cooler is setting a new standard for thermal performance. Sound Chamber testing showed the R9 270X HAWK nearly inaudible during benchmarking. In fact, measurement has shown that the sound level of the card barely increased from idle 20.64 dBA to full load (Furmark burn-in testing) 21.35 dBA. This excellent cooling performance puts the R9 270X HAWK in an great position for overclockers to overclock their graphics card to get more performance. The R9 270X HAWK comes with a powerful 13 Phase setup to allow anyone to overclock the R9 270X GPU to the max.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1150MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1280
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 3yr Warranty


Only £184.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £157.99 inc VAT

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The "dual" in Dual-X refers to the two highly advanced cooling fans that are coupled with multi-heatpipe technology to cool mid-to high-end graphics cards. The fans are amazing: each blade boasts a sleek airfoil shape that increases cool air throughput so they can run slower. Even when you're pushing the processing power to the limits. Even when your're overclocking.

The quiet-running fans work with multi-heatpipes and heatsinks that take away heat from the processor to the fans. Plus, dust repelling bearings radically reduce failure caused by the build-up of dirt. In short, its a quiet, efficient way of cooling your graphics card - even when you're pushing it to the limits.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1020MHz
- Core Boost Speed: 1070MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1280
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 2yr Warranty


Only £157.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW















Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £179.99 inc VAT

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High-end graphics card use more power, which means they get hotter quicker. With the innovative Vapor-X, we were the very first to apply aerospace-industry vapor chamber technology to graphics cards. It's a pioneering way to accelerate heat away from the graphics chips into the rest of the cooling system.

Sapphire Vapor-X technology is used in conjunction with a heatpipe and fan assembly. The vapor chamber accelerates the heat away from the graphics chips into the rest of the cooling system. How? Inside the vapor chamber, a liquid coolant is vaporized at the hot surface. The resulting vapor moves across the chamber where it condenses at a cooled surface. Then the liquid is returned to the hot surface to aid in superior cooling.


Features:-
- 2nd generation Vapor-X technology
- Factory overclocked
- Quiet and efficient cooling
- UEFI support

Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Core Boost Speed: 1100MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1280
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5800MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- 2yr Warranty


Only £179.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW















Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £109.99 inc VAT

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The new AMD R260X is the ultimate do it all card, great for media streaming, gaming and featuring AMD's new True HD Audio sound, which is only available on R7 260 and R9 290 models.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 1150MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 896
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 128 bit / 6600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x DisplayPort
- 2yr Warranty


Only £109.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R7 250 Boost 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £77.99 inc VAT

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Great performance at a very low price point with the latest features.


Specification:-
- Core Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 384
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 1GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 128 bit / 4600MHz
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x Analogue
- 2yr Warranty


Only £77.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R7 250 Boost 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Card @ £77.99 inc VAT

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Great performance at a very low price point with the latest features.


Specification:-
- Core Clock Speed: 1050MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 384
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR3
- Memory Width / Speed: 128 bit / 3600MHz
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x Analogue
- 2yr Warranty


Only £77.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost 4096MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Card @ £79.99 inc VAT

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Great performance at a very low price point with the latest features.


Specification:-
- Core Clock Speed: 780MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 320
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 4GB GDDR3
- Memory Width / Speed: 128 bit / 3600MHz
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x Analogue
- 2yr Warranty


Only £79.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card @ £65.99 inc VAT

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Great performance at a very low price point with the latest features.


Specification:-
- Core Clock Speed: 780MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 320
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 1GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 128 bit / 4600MHz
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x Analogue
- 2yr Warranty


Only £65.99 inc VAT.

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Some great cards, for more pictures check out each card on our website, AMD's new price points really do give them the best price for the performance levels you get, especially whilst were still running the older 7800 and 7900 series deals, the AMD 7900 series is now end of life, so we estimate by Christmas they shall no longer be available so be sure to grab a great deal on HD 7970 and HD 7950 whilst they are still about as they represent even better value for money. :)
 
Soldato
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Nice explanation of the models Gibbo

The 770 is no competition to a 280X @ £234, obviously Nvidia will respond to address this in time.
 
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Man of Honour
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Gibbo are you running down the stock on the 7 series cards now? i.e. are they EOL and the only likelyhood of new stock will be some special warehouse deals you do in the future? :)

Ooh ooh.. and is there still going to be a R280 (non X) which is a 7950 rebrand?
 
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Gibbo are you running down the stock on the 7 series cards now? i.e. are they EOL and the only likelyhood of new stock will be some special warehouse deals you do in the future? :)

This is correct.

HD 7950 is very low, all brands nearly sold out, apart from HIS which I took 1000pc off. :)

HD 7970 all nearly sold out bar the Asus models which again I took over 1000 off. :)

Once the above are gone, they shall be gone and the R9 280/270 will replace them.
 
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