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    Anyone heard of Visiontek? Not familiar with the brand.

    Amazon has the R8 380 for $175. Never heard of the brand before they seem to do some of the lower budget cards it seems. Looking for a new card but dont want to burn myself on what seems like good deal. Would it be worth it to go for it?
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    First time upgrading a 5year Dell prebuilt PC. Have a ~$230 Amazon Budget. Any tips?

    Yeah was checking out the R9 380 as well. While I do have funds to get it, that extra bit of money also means lil more with taxes. Adds up lol. I'll probably wait until a nicer deal on the PSU from newegg, saw some earlier since that can help. Also yeah the ram mobo and cpu have no real issues...
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    First time upgrading a 5year Dell prebuilt PC. Have a ~$230 Amazon Budget. Any tips?

    Got a prebuit Dell PC XPS 8100 about 5 years ago and just got some Amazon Credit from a gift, so figured might be a good time to get a new GPU mainly, or other upgrades. Was going to upgrade earlier on the year but heard that AMD was releasing their new 300series so decided to wait. I've $230 in...
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    First time upgrading a 5year Dell prebuilt PC. Have a $200+ Amazon Budget. Any tips?

    Bumping rather than making a new topic. Still been waiting around for a good deal, but just wondering on imput for these two upgrades. They seem to fit the case fairly well, and are still around budget. Haven't heard much of Zotac tbh, but seems to be fine. Any suggestions on a heatsink as well...
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    First time upgrading a 5year Dell prebuilt PC. Have a $200+ Amazon Budget. Any tips?

    Got a prebuit Dell PC XPS 8100 about 5 years ago and just got some Amazon Credit from a gift, so figured might be a good time to get a new GPU mainly, or other upgrades. Was going to upgrade earlier on the year but heard that AMD was releasing their new 300series so decided to wait. I've $200 in...