Recent content by EngineerFred

I'm at this point trying to find the eventviewer logs of a few known events to post here. It's a gaming PC that I'm not nearby often, so I'll post the log of an event when I can.

So the 290s I saw for 200$ earlier were a steal? Oh well, they're gone now.

I just built a new gaming PC, stats as follows: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wysb7P The R9 290 and case were used. Every other component was new. This computer, once to a few times a day, will spontaneously shut down and restart. It has never happened while I was using it, so I doubt strain on...

Ebay is an interesting option. What would good prices be for a used 970? 290? 390? 280? 960?

A GTX970 is the "right" card to get for an i5 4690k build right now... Open box is much better than refurbished, and the 285 is better than the 7950... but that particular 7950 when I look in other places on the web has good user reviews, while that particular 285 has terrible reviews since it...

From newegg: Open box PowerColor TurboDuo Radeon R9 285: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131595R for 150$ Refurbished Sapphire Radeon 7950: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202169&cm_re=7950-_-14-202-169-_-Product for 140$ The 285 is a slightly better...

Then I'll probably choose the (235$)390 over the (175$)290x, as the savings do not seem to justify the performance loss with additional noise and heat. Noise is important as I intend to have the computer in a room other people work in. I'm certainly leaning towards the R9 390 with a good...

Aha. Now coolers make more sense. The $235 XFX R9 390 in question has a decent cooler then, compared to the reference 390(searched on google image). The 390 seems to have less of a cost disadvantage when I factor a cooler(quiet is important) into the 290 cost. And I would expect the 390 to be...

Thor20, thanks for the cooler tip. So that's some added cost right there. Does that apply to the R9 390s? If I use one of those, will I *have* to switch the cooler out as well? Shenanigans, I agree the 970 is better, the question is whether the 970 is worth 50% more for someone on a tight...

I'm building a gaming computer. I was planning on going with the GTX970, but I saw the R290 X for 195$ pre rebate, and 175$ after a 20$ rebate. The rebate applies to only items on newegg, which is in this case fine with me. The card in question...