I have a slight predicament..

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:46

I was all up for buying myself the MSI R9 290X Lightening on Friday as it was £259.99 i think, bargain right?

But it's gone back up to £289.99.. To which i could get a GTX 970 for that?

I understand that the 970 has been having problems of only using 3.5GB of the 4Gb or something?

What shall i do? I'm a bit lost of what to do now

jetpaczx · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:48

I am facing the exact same issue...

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:50

It sucks, I have no idea what to do

and this has totally screwed up the other parts i was going to buy with the left over money

stulid · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:51

The 290X is quicker than a 970 I think.

Gripen90 · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:54

Go with 290X.

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:57

May i ask, what grounds do you say this? Without sounding rude.

I'd love to have the cash to blow on the KFA2 980 at £400

almighty15 · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:58

Go with the 290x... And I have a pair of GTX970's.

MrMD · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:01

Get a 290x

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-351-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Faster than a 970,same price,comes with free games.

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:02

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

I was going to get this one, also free games and from benchmarks seems to be the fastest

The Vapor X does look much nicer though

pastymuncher · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:16

Have you guys seen the gpu deals in Gibbo's thread?

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:19

I have indeed which makes me want that 980!

I'll probably go for the vapor X posted above. looks the best, even though i would like a black and red one but hey ho

LtMatt · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:22

savagesam117 said:
I was all up for buying myself the MSI R9 290X Lightening on Friday as it was £259.99 i think, bargain right?

But it's gone back up to £289.99.. To which i could get a GTX 970 for that?

I understand that the 970 has been having problems of only using 3.5GB of the 4Gb or something?

What shall i do? I'm a bit lost of what to do now

Ask in customer services, i expect they will do you a special price on the MSI 290X Lightning. Link to this thread.

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:24

AMDMatt said:
Ask in customer services, i expect they will do you a special price on the MSI 290X Lightning. Link to this thread.

Really? I'm also looking to buy a new PSU, couple of HDD's, SSD and some other bits so that would be very kind of them. I'll ask. Thanks for the recommendation.

LtMatt · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:30

savagesam117 said:
Really? I'm also looking to buy a new PSU, couple of HDD's, SSD and some other bits so that would be very kind of them. I'll ask. Thanks for the recommendation.

Well seeing as you just missed the special deal and you're buying other parts

SiDeards73 · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:21

If im building a complete system and getting all the parts from OCUK i often ask for a discount in the customer services dept, and more often than not i get one

Thats why OCUK is the best vendor in the UK imo

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:26

They definitely are, when i got my system, I paid £60 for my RAM and the next day it went down to £50, rung them up and they refunded the £10 without even battering an eye lid. Never had any problems with them.

Would never buy from anyone else if I'm honest, even if i can get it cheaper

jetpaczx · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:33

Hey Matt when we getting the 300 series

Divine Pain · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:42

AMDMatt said:
Well seeing as you just missed the special deal and you're buying other parts

I second this. I remember i missed out a cpu deal but i asked in CS and 5UB honored the deal for me. I like 5UB x

savagesam117 · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:51

jetpaczx said:
Hey Matt when we getting the 300 series

Q2, that's what the thread says..

pastymuncher · 27 Jan 2015 at 21:23

savagesam117 said:
I have indeed which makes me want that 980!

I'll probably go for the vapor X posted above. looks the best, even though i would like a black and red one but hey ho

Before you go and buy it, which Corsair 450w psu have you got? That card is pretty hungry for power and some reviews have total system power draws of 430w with that card. There's a chance that you don't actually have that much on the 12v rail and even if you do that's too close to the limits of the psu for me.