Best bang for the GPU buck is a lightly used HD 7970 off Ebay or Amazon. At their current prices, nothing else has the computing power to touch what you can get from one of those. If you have a specific project goal in mind, there may be a different card that would serve you slightly better, but if you're just looking for best credits for the dollar... HD 7970.
Hi Dr Pop,
Is this the card your talking about here ?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202008
That looks good.
I'll be putting a couple of reference 7970s up for sale soon if anyone is interested. One MSI, one Sapphire. They are both 925MHz. stock core clock but both will do 1125MHz. on stock voltage. Never tried to run them higher. AFAIK they are both voltage unlocked.
You'll never know what you're living for until you know what you're willing to die for.
PM sent.Originally Posted by nanoprobe
Yes, that's the card! Massive crunching power for the price. However, JPM says that style leaves heat in the case, whereas the "reference design" GPUs like Nanoprobe is selling have one fan at the end of a "tunnel" built into the card that exhausts the hot air out of the case. I think the card you linked to is more sexy - in fact, I almost bought that exact model - but then JPM schooled me on the designs, so I ended up getting a reference design one instead.
PM replied.
You'll never know what you're living for until you know what you're willing to die for.
I just wanted to thank all you guys on the great pc advice.
Here is what I bought and who recommended it:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge - recommended by zombie67
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116501
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 - recommended by DrPop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157297
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2 x 8GB) - recommended by DrPop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148561
Case: AZZA Solano 1000 - recommended by DrPop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811517004
Power supply: OCZ ZT Series 750W Fully-Modular - recommended by DrPop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341052
Monitor: BenQ GW2750HM Glossy Black 27" - recommended by DrPop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824014300
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 128GB for C drive - recommended by Fire$torm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147192
Storage drive: Western Digital 1TB 7200 RPM - recommended by Fire$torm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533
Optical drive: ASUS DVD/CD read writer: recommended by DrPop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135305
Mouse: Logitech Wireless Laser Trackball: recommended by c303a
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104407
Keyboard: AZIO Large Print Tri-Color Illuminated Keyboard - I like the big letters and night lights
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823839013
Windows 7 64 bit - recommended by Fire$torm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823839013
Video card: SAPPHIRE 7970 - recommended by JP Myers, DrPop and Fire$torm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102961
A team machine ! Thank you everyone.
I hope to have it up and crunching this weekend.
Excellent! That ought to be perfect on the front lines of the upcoming POGs challenge!
@DrBackJack - what a sweet rig!You're going to love that thing. And perfect for a little gaming on the side when you need a break from serious hardcore crunching 24/7!
But I don't see any results being posted here so we can see what it is doing.
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