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Liam / Wombat wrote:i'd spend the little extra to upgrade to the 970. pretty much the best $ to performance card out there miles ahead of the 960 only performs just under the 980/ti. ill be getting one for myset up until new PC time mid year and the new navidia pascal stuff comes out.

I agree with this

I did the same thing recently Sui. Back in Sept I build a mid-range PC, seeing my old one was well out of date. I couldn't run ARMA3 on my old machine. I had to do it on a budget of NZ$ 2100 but I picked up the monitor for my XMAS pressie. It's not a high end machine, but it runs ARMA3 nicely at high detail 1080p. Run between 40 and 60 FPS on the TTS server. I would recommend going for the 970 GTX over the 960. I nearly bought the 960, but decided to reduce cost in a couple of other areas to get the higher spec card. CPU is a good one for what it is.

Now have
Case: Corsair Carbide Air 240 (Great small case)
Mobo: Asus Z97M-Plus (Micro ATX for the small case)
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k 3.5GHz
GPU: GTX 970 G1 Gaming
RAM: 16 GB GSkill (2x8GB)
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G1 650W
KB: Logitech Gaming KB
MS: Logitech G502
HDD: Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB SSD
Screen: 27" AOC i2757FH @ 1080P

Nah, in my mind it's more important to have a good setup to support a GPU upgrade in the future. Why spend more potential Titan money on a 970 when you can just get the 960 @4gb. Better yet... Chris Roberts that shit and go Full Blown Dual Titan

Yeah, I'm sticking with the 960. As I said earlier, it's a placeholder for the next series.

To some extent, I agree, which is why I got a machine that'd support a bigger card if / when I needed to get one. It does depend on what the budget. I had a pretty tight budget... which stretched a little for the new monitor

[Reavers]Diablous wrote:From recent experience, just shell out for a bigger SSD. You tell yourself that 128gb is fine, it's only the OS... a few updates and programs later; I got a 500gb and turned the 128gb into a dedicated HD for the most frequently used games.

Beat me too it.

Your wife may be pissed you're spending over 2k on a pc, but you will be pissed after you install GTAV and realise you have room for fuckall else.

Ive sorta have to eat my prior statement as ive just bought a 960 4g OC ( mainly because of the bargain price ) as a stopgap untill new pc time later this year.

Placed the order today-

Intel Core i5 6500 3.0ghz quadcore
MSI B150 Bazooka Mobo
Geforce 970GTX 4GB
8GB DDR4
250gb SSD
2TB HDD

Plus case, 600w psu, monitor for $1928.

Nice work Sui grats on the build.

I'll be redoing mine when I get some spare cash

It's a canvas. I'm eyeing off one of those 1tb SSDs. $475 at the moment.