I have the option of buying two "open box" 5830 cards for £135 all in. Currently in the process of building a PC, which I do every 3 years. Is this preferable to buying a single 6870, which was my original choice?
I know they will perform better, but on balance, will it be worth the extra power used and heat generated?
Rest of my system is a fairly typical 2600k build with a Gigabyte Z68 MB and XFX Core 650w PSU.
Point too consider is that once I've built a system, I keep it for three years, and generally speaking, I don't add anything to the build (save for storage).
I know they will perform better, but on balance, will it be worth the extra power used and heat generated?
Rest of my system is a fairly typical 2600k build with a Gigabyte Z68 MB and XFX Core 650w PSU.
Point too consider is that once I've built a system, I keep it for three years, and generally speaking, I don't add anything to the build (save for storage).