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[J0Y]

Is the R9 290 overclocked better than the GTX 780 overclocked?

Also, are SunFlower and TeamGroup good brands?

 

[GiraffePencils]

Is the R9 290 overclocked better than the GTX 780 overclocked?

Also, are SunFlower and TeamGroup good brands?

290 vs 780 is subjective depending on games you play and features (mantle/physx) but generally 780 is less power hungry and quiet.

Both of those are good brands

 

[J0Y]

So it doesn't matter too much which one I choose, just get whichever is cheaper?

 

[ShivP]

Yeah, but also take into account upcoming/current features like the Mantle thing for AMD, ShadowPlay etc for Nvidia and just go by that - personally I would go Nvidia but that's just me

 

[ShivP]

Also, if you wanted an i7 you could get something like this for about £100 more - comes with a water cooler also, and you would need to spend more for your personal choice of case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 EX OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (78XNH5DN8MSU) £395.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £163.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £1,120.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[J0Y]

The i7 isn't better for gaming than the i5 so I'm lead to believe? If I changed i7 to i5 that saves me £70.00. Could that £70.00 improve any thing else?

I think I prefer GTX 780 over R9 290. Is that motherboard/cooler better than the others listed?

Thanks.

 

[GiraffePencils]

The i7 isn't better for gaming than the i5 so I'm lead to believe? If I changed i7 to i5 that saves me £70.00. Could that £70.00 improve any thing else?

I think I prefer GTX 780 over R9 290. Is that motherboard/cooler better than the others listed?

Thanks.

I've owned i5's and i7's and there's nothing i've seen or heard about that shows a significant difference in gaming.
780's good, less power and runs cooler, also nvidea is always on the ball with drivers.
70?.....fans? fan controller? headset....pocket money? lots to do with 70 quid

 

[J0Y]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £409.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £399.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-50G) £389.99
Total : £1,209.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Which would be the best to pick out of these for overclocking? I'm in favour of the GTX 780 because it runs cooler/quieter so may be better overclocked?