Can I use a water cooling solution for a HAF 912 case?
Can I use a water cooling solution for a HAF 912 case?
caknight :
good to know,r9 280x are about $100 on ebay what about crossfire?
As somebody who's been doing SLI for about 10 years now I don't presently recommend crossfire/sli to anyone unless they have the time to tinker to get newer games working. Most game dev's really are not giving mgpu the support it deserves in favor of making single gpu optimizations for consoles. There's a mythical mention of DX12 providing its own mixed mgpu options but I've yet to really see it. For 1080p good single gpu will do just fine. Plus if you add a second card you're all but guaranteed to have to upgrade your PSU.
On that note, I agree with Justiceinacan. If you can afford it go for a 1070, you'll be set for a couple years at least in 1080p/50-80fps-maybe more and also some 1440p/30-40fps options to boot. I almost got a pair of those. There's a lot of good reviews showing the 1070's kicking butt at 1080p. The other advantage is if you decide to upgrade your PSU down the road you'll be able SLI should it look favorable again.
If you're on a budget a 1060 will cut it, but you really need to get one the 6gb models. 1080p may not fully eat 3gb but its really close on quite a few AAA titles and its usually good to think ahead as things rarely use less down the road. You might have to dial back a few settings here and there but they mostly hold 40-60fps in even the more demanding games.
I like the 980ti's, I almost broke down and got a pair while waiting for Pascal, but unless the price is ridiculously low, the newer cards are a better buy.