Begin Building first PC

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Bruxel said:

adriane23 said:
All I did was hold the case occasionally to get rid of any static build up. My brother did the same, so you should be fine without a static wrist band. They're cheap though, so buy one if it's convenient for you to get one.

How much did you get your 7850 for? I've been thinking about upgrading my 7770 to a 7850 or 7870, but I may just go with the 7970 next Summer.

yea thats a good idea to touch the case. I paid $200 for the gpu. 7970 i would imagine being quite a beast, I'd do it to if i had the money lol

Woah, woah, woah, $200 for a 7850??  I've been watching gpu prices a fair bit lately and that sounds like a major ripoff

Just last week actually, the MSI 7850 was going for a measly $110 after rebate (http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/104494/newegg---msi-radeon-hd-7850-2gb-gddr5-pci-express-3.0-video-card-amd-silver-reward-bundle-2-select-games)

Hell, even the XFX 3gb 7950 with limited lifetime warranty was cheaper than $200 (only $180 after rebate, and it came with the gold rewards instead of silver so 3 free games instead of 2.  I believe it also came with a Crysis 3 voucher at the time of the deal, so 4 games in total) last week (http://slickdeals.net/f/6345472-xfx-double-d-fx-795a-tdkc-radeon-hd-7950-black-edition-3gb-179-99-ar-newegg)

I'd return that gpu if I were you

There's been lots of good deals lately on the higher tier 7xxx series cards lately.