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JEMC on 21 August 2015

I agree with m0ney, get the 840 Pro model, go for the 850 models or find a good alternative.

After all, the top end are so close that you won't find any difference between them.



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HoloDust on 21 August 2015

Yeah, 840 is bit old, though it's pretty decent SSD (have one myself). I don't like EVGA much and would always go for Gigabyte G1 970 due to great thermals:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,9.html



mtu9356 on 21 August 2015
HoloDust said:
Yeah, 840 is bit old, though it's pretty decent SSD (have one myself). I don't like EVGA much and would always go for Gigabyte G1 970 due to great thermals:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,9.html

I changed the SSD and 970.  I've been looking at which 970 is best for oc'ing, and I think its MSI.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GFfqnQ



slab_of_bacon on 21 August 2015

The build is looking good!



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HoloDust on 21 August 2015
mtu9356 said:
HoloDust said:
Yeah, 840 is bit old, though it's pretty decent SSD (have one myself). I don't like EVGA much and would always go for Gigabyte G1 970 due to great thermals:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,9.html

I changed the SSD and 970.  I've been looking at which 970 is best for oc'ing, and I think its MSI.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GFfqnQ


MSI is fair choice, though it runs 8 degrees hotter than G1, even though it's clocked slightly less than G1:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_review,8.html

As for OC, at least according to Guru3D, G1 overclocks better, but differences are really small either way.

BTW, nice choice of case, I have FD R4 and they are very quite indeed, paired with SeaSonic PSU (I generally try to go with either them or Antec for PSU).