Help give my machine a boost

bobboberts · 27 May 2015 at 19:30

I'm currently running i5-4670K with a Matterhorn Pure heatsink, G1 Sniper Z87 board, Team Vulcan 8GB 1600mhz RAM, a Superflower 650W gold rated PSU and a Sapphire 270X inside a BitFenix Ronin case.

The 270X was always a short-term card (does anybody know what I could sell it for?) and I'm looking at either the KFS2 Black or G1 970s, but I also want to finally get an SSD for the OS drive and a heatsink that will give me a performance boost (but quieter, as the default fan on the Pure is pretty loud). I intend to push the CPU, but not planning on overclocking the GPU massively.

Budget is around £4-500, so what should I be looking at?

new boy · 27 May 2015 at 19:36

980ti coming out in a week or so + new AMD card coming soon, might get more card for your money then, but as with anything tech related, you can wait forever for the next thing.

bobboberts · 27 May 2015 at 19:41

I have put off buying a new card until now as I've been awaiting the new AMD range to see what performance they offer and any affect on prices they have across the board, but as at today I could get one of those cards and sell Batman for ~£20 so get the card for around £270. Is it likely AMD will have anything to compete with that?

And I'm sure Gibbo mentioned a week or so ago that the 980ti won't impact 970 prices - and the current 980 range is way over the top (and I only game at 1080p so it wouldn't be worth the cost).

new boy · 27 May 2015 at 19:42

bobboberts said:
I have put off buying a new card until now as I've been awaiting the new AMD range to see what performance they offer and any affect on prices they have across the board, but as at today I could get one of those cards and sell Batman for ~£20 so get the card for around £270. Is it likely AMD will have anything to compete with that?

And I'm sure Gibbo mentioned a week or so ago that the 980ti won't impact 970 prices - and the current 980 range is way over the top (and I only game at 1080p so it wouldn't be worth the cost).

Grab a 970 then, its going to be a huge boost over the 270x, I cant see you regretting it.

bobboberts · 27 May 2015 at 19:47

Indeed. Any thoughts on the other bits I'm looking for?

new boy · 27 May 2015 at 20:07

I'd keep an eye out on this week only and today only for the other bits. That samsung 850 250gb SSD looks like good value @ £80, but depends on weather you can manage with that? As for coolers, I bought a Noctua D-14 ages ago, and its insane in every way. Completly uncessacary, but at the time it was the best, and I;m sure its still up there now. Point is, its like £65 or whatever, but amazingly cool and quiet, is that what you want, or would you rather save £20 or so for 100MHz?