- May 3, 2011
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I'm itching for a hardware upgrade.. The plan was to wait until next year and buy a Broadwell/Maxwell setup, but it's clearly going to be a while before they're introduced to the market. Now I'm wondering if there isn't a point in upgrading my 24'' 1080p Samsung to a 27'' 1440p, and my GB 670 WF3 to a 1440p-capable card (780, 290, 290X) instead of waiting for that long.
Due to exams I better wait until mid-January before buying anything, or I'll wind up not studying sufficiently
The idea is this will give me something to ponder over the holidays!
My current setup is in sig, and I currently only plan to change monitor and GPU as the benefits of 4670k over 2500k seem marginal at best (I predominantly play BF4, as well as an assortment of other current-gen games).
Gaming is really the only taxing thing I use my PC for, so it is with that in mind I'm choosing parts.
I'll be buying the parts in Denmark, from either www.komplett.dk or www.proshop.dk for an amount equivalent to ~$5-600 (that is, twice that total for 1x GPU and 1x monitor), or something like DKK 3500-4000.
For reference, the Asus 780 DC2 costs DKK 3500, the same as the Sapphire TRI-X 290, and the Sapphire 290X is 4500, which is more than I'm willing to spend.
I have been wondering of couple of things:
1. My PSU, the SeaSonic G-550, has 45A on the 12V rail, which I do believe is sufficient for basically any single GPU (according to various reviews I've read), but please do let me know if that isn't the case.
2. I do plan on overclocking the GPU as much as it's able - my 670 crashes the drivers if the core is clocked higher than 1098 MHz, which is a little pitiful.. With that in mind, is there any point in for instance going with a 780 MSI Lightning over a Gigabyte or Asus, when the MSI is ~400 DKK (10%) more expensive? I won't tamper with cooling solutions other than what ships with the card (i.e. no water).
3. In terms of the monitor, it appears there are really only two alternatives (according to various forums) - the Dell U2713HM or Asus PB278Q - the Dell costs ~DKK 3500 and the Asus ~3900. I've read Dell has a great return policy for dead pixels and such, as well as great colour accuracy out of the box (I don't own or plan to acquire a colorimeter). For that reason I feel inclined to go with Dell (at least if those are indeed my only options).
Here's a link to one of the websites I mentioned, with search parameters already entered:
http://www.komplett.dk/search?bn=10...min=229.0&q=*:*&subcategory=10488_PCI-Express
I do believe all the relevant information is included above, but if not, I'll do my best to answer any questions
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Due to exams I better wait until mid-January before buying anything, or I'll wind up not studying sufficiently
The idea is this will give me something to ponder over the holidays!
My current setup is in sig, and I currently only plan to change monitor and GPU as the benefits of 4670k over 2500k seem marginal at best (I predominantly play BF4, as well as an assortment of other current-gen games).
Gaming is really the only taxing thing I use my PC for, so it is with that in mind I'm choosing parts.
I'll be buying the parts in Denmark, from either www.komplett.dk or www.proshop.dk for an amount equivalent to ~$5-600 (that is, twice that total for 1x GPU and 1x monitor), or something like DKK 3500-4000.
For reference, the Asus 780 DC2 costs DKK 3500, the same as the Sapphire TRI-X 290, and the Sapphire 290X is 4500, which is more than I'm willing to spend.
I have been wondering of couple of things:
1. My PSU, the SeaSonic G-550, has 45A on the 12V rail, which I do believe is sufficient for basically any single GPU (according to various reviews I've read), but please do let me know if that isn't the case.
2. I do plan on overclocking the GPU as much as it's able - my 670 crashes the drivers if the core is clocked higher than 1098 MHz, which is a little pitiful.. With that in mind, is there any point in for instance going with a 780 MSI Lightning over a Gigabyte or Asus, when the MSI is ~400 DKK (10%) more expensive? I won't tamper with cooling solutions other than what ships with the card (i.e. no water).
3. In terms of the monitor, it appears there are really only two alternatives (according to various forums) - the Dell U2713HM or Asus PB278Q - the Dell costs ~DKK 3500 and the Asus ~3900. I've read Dell has a great return policy for dead pixels and such, as well as great colour accuracy out of the box (I don't own or plan to acquire a colorimeter). For that reason I feel inclined to go with Dell (at least if those are indeed my only options).
Here's a link to one of the websites I mentioned, with search parameters already entered:
http://www.komplett.dk/search?bn=10...min=229.0&q=*:*&subcategory=10488_PCI-Express
I do believe all the relevant information is included above, but if not, I'll do my best to answer any questions
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
