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Just RMA'd an XFX 7870 for some blue screen/performance issues. Was stuttering a lot in skyrim on high at 1080p. Anyways looking for some advice on a replacement.
PC specs are 2500k at 3.8GHz (stock cooler) in a gigabyte z68 mobo, 8gigs of vengeance ram, corsair 650w 80+ bronze PSU and using an old radeon 5830 video card.
Ive been looking at either a 7950, 7870xt or a 660 ti. Don't want to spend ~380 for a 7970 or 670, but i guess I haven't ruled it out. With the 7870xt out, is a 7950 even worth the extra 50 bucks? I play skyrim, bf3, borderlands, dota2, arkham city on a 24" 1080p screen
As far as heatsinks go, corsairs h60 is on sale for 45 bucks from tigerdirect. Is this worth it over a CM 212 evo or any air cooler in the 40 dollar range? I have an NZXT phantom case so room isn't an issue.
Any help would be much appreciated, looking to buy today or tomorrow.
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2013-02-13, 11:56 AM #1Blademaster
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Video Card/CPUHeatsink upgrade help
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2013-02-13, 12:16 PM #2Titan
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You'll gain exactly nothing from that 'upgrade' besides more empty space around the CPU socket. Temperatures will not go down, and noise might go up.
Originally Posted by bdecker12
Enhancement ~ Hand of A'dal, Grand Crusader, Light of Dawn, Dragonslayer, Firelord, Savior of Azeroth, Fearless, 6/13 25H
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2013-02-13, 12:32 PM #3Blademaster
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Oh sorry, I should have been more clear, I have the stock cooler currently. Trying to decide on the h60 or an equally priced air cooler. Are the cheaper closed loop coolers any good?
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2013-02-13, 12:39 PM #4Dreadlord
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No, in price vs. performance they're not. They're also more noisy in comparison to air coolers due to their inefficient nature. Originally Posted by bdecker12
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2013-02-13, 12:46 PM #5Blademaster
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Okay, air it is. What about GPUs? 7870xt vs 7950 or 660ti
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2013-02-13, 01:07 PM #6Bloodsail Admiral
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Is your vengeance RAM low profile? If not go for the H60. If they are, put the extra 20$ into the gpu.
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2013-02-13, 02:07 PM #7Herald of the Titans
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what other tittles beyond skyrim? also any plans for multimonitor gaming in the future/going SLI/CF for more performance? Originally Posted by bdecker12
most likely boils down to what gpu the main games you play favor.
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2013-02-13, 02:10 PM #8Blademaster
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I jumped on the sapphire 7870xt and the corsair h60. Came in under 300 bucks for both, and i wont have to ditch my vengeance ram due to it not being low profile.
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