MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8GB ONLY £212 (AFTER CASHBACK) !!

southernorth · 28 Nov 2016 at 16:00

Thanks for the clarification Mahonyy.

Also, do any of you know when the price discount will expire? (as it's currently £254.99 from £269.99)

Cheers

orbitalwalsh · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:49

dates have been pushed back to 9th Jan

https://uk.msi.com/Promotions/all/current

but form states December still

so at OCUK price £269.99 equals £216

southernorth · 29 Nov 2016 at 16:23

orbitalwalsh said:
dates have been pushed back to 9th Jan

https://uk.msi.com/Promotions/all/current

but form states December still

so at OCUK price £269.99 equals £216

Some competitors have it at the old price still (£254.99). A shame really, usually OCuk have good pricing. Especially annoying as yesterday I inquired with their pre-sales team on if the price would change soon, with them saying they had no plans to. Yet the very next day it changed.

Temujin · 29 Nov 2016 at 16:28

I figured it would probably return to regular pricing after the cyber monday stuff was taken out of the equation, this morning it was still 255 but then all the cyber monday banners were still up too.

I ended up buying it last night as it was too good an offer to miss. I'd expect most other places will be back to regular pricing by tomorrow too so may be worth taking advantage whilst it's still at 255!

southernorth · 29 Nov 2016 at 16:33

akaFonzie said:
I figured it would probably return to regular pricing after the cyber monday stuff was taken out of the equation, this morning it was still 255 but then all the cyber monday banners were still up too.

I ended up buying it last night as it was too good an offer to miss. I'd expect most other places will be back to regular pricing by tomorrow too so may be worth taking advantage whilst it's still at 255!

I was certainly expecting the change of price soon, but not after they said there were no immediate plans. Would have thought it would end of today/tomorrow.

pandem0nium · 30 Nov 2016 at 12:49

Got mine. Surprised how quiet it is at full load. Overclocks well as well.

Nasher · 30 Nov 2016 at 13:08

Undervolt it and it can probably go even higher.

beany_bot · 30 Nov 2016 at 13:14

Not very happy about these 480 deals if I am being honest. Constantly pushing down the value of my 390x! Stop it!

southernorth · 30 Nov 2016 at 16:05

pandem0nium said:
Got mine. Surprised how quiet it is at full load. Overclocks well as well.

What overclock have you got to, and how loud would you say it is? barely audible or not etc

cheers

Temujin · 30 Nov 2016 at 17:07

Had mine delivered today, still at work though. Looking forward to going home and having a play, may even get the OC on my cpu pushed a little bit to see if i can get some better performance. Looking forward to seeing how much quieter it's going to be than my 7950 iceq =D

pandem0nium · 30 Nov 2016 at 20:13

Nasher said:
Undervolt it and it can probably go even higher.

I haven't tried undervolting yet, but it tops out at about 1360 on stock volts.

pandem0nium · 30 Nov 2016 at 20:20

southernorth said:
What overclock have you got to, and how loud would you say it is? barely audible or not etc

cheers

1410 / 2250 is about top at max volts in afterburner.

Really bloody quiet. And semi passive fans is a big plus. Coming from nanos with loud little fans.

Bantu · 1 Dec 2016 at 09:20

I'm really happy with the noise on mine. There is a tiny bit of coil whine, but it's not noticeable unless i really listen out for it.

As for fans. I ran a few benchmarks yesterday at stock clocks. Temps topped out at 72C with almost no noticeable fan noise. Very very happy!

Reppyboyo · 1 Dec 2016 at 10:18

Im quite tempted but Im already on a GTX 970, last I read there is near no performance benefit between them in DX11 at least.
hmmm

beany_bot · 1 Dec 2016 at 10:19

Reppyboyo said:
Im quite tempted but Im already on a GTX 970, last I read there is near no performance benefit between them in DX11 at least.
hmmm

lol me too even though my card is near as makes no difference identical performance. Got to love a deal!

Nasher · 1 Dec 2016 at 13:14

Reppyboyo said:
Im quite tempted but Im already on a GTX 970, last I read there is near no performance benefit between them in DX11 at least.
hmmm

I went from a 970 to a rx480 (my 970 developed issues) with no other system changes. In my personal experience the 480 (mine is a XFX GTR xxx) is a bit quicker in most, but not all dx11 games I've tried. DX12 on the 480 is a massive leap through. E.g. The 970 struggles to run Hitman smoothly on max settings, the 480 breezes through it.

2StepSteve · 1 Dec 2016 at 13:40

Gibbo, any chance of price matching a competitor on this card? You'd get a sale from me today if so.

hawky525 · 1 Dec 2016 at 14:13

2StepSteve said:
Gibbo, any chance of price matching a competitor on this card? You'd get a sale from me today if so.

I'm also interested in a price match...hopefully Gibbo can deliver

southernorth · 1 Dec 2016 at 15:15

On the rebate form it says:

"Please cut out the MSI barcode label (showing the S/N) from the colour box"

Does that mean the big red box itself that says MSI? As in, we're all going to have a hole in our boxes and missing our serial numbers from there too?

Mahonyy · 1 Dec 2016 at 15:31

southernorth said:
On the rebate form it says:

"Please cut out the MSI barcode label (showing the S/N) from the colour box"

Does that mean the big red box itself that says MSI? As in, we're all going to have a whole in our boxes and missing our serial numbers from there too?

That's what I think so too, but I'd hate leaving my box with a hole just to get the serial number..

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** MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8GB ONLY £212 (AFTER CASHBACK) !! **

MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8GB ONLY £212 (AFTER CASHBACK) !!