>new rig
>6600K air cooled clocked to 4.6
>r9 390
>1080p 75hz panel
>max out gta 5 at 75fps with gpu not even reaching 70c a d cpu not reaching 50c
>paid 980€ for all of this
Feels good man.
>>53462765
Not bad. I payed 600€ for a FX-8350 and a HD 7970 (including mobo, ram...) the summer of 2013. Feels good
>supermicro X8DA3
>2x X5570
>24gb ddr3 ecc
>all for $500
it's amazing
Who the fuck cares, stop posting your personal blog on this board asshole
Nice thumbnail dickhead
>>53462901
Oh Jesus, I just GIS'd the larger image and saw her face.
Nevermind, I know why now you decided for a thumbnail.
>>53462859
Why not X5670? 12 cores/24 threads are much juicer.
>>53464649
He'd have to spend 200 more
>>53462841
>payed
Would it be a bad idea to purchase a rig with a graphics card now, knowing that the next AMD gen (r9 4xx) is coming out in Q2/Q3 and that the next Nvidia gen is coming out certainly soon after?
I guess my question is, is buying hardware at the end of a generation lifetime worth it?
>>53466550
There are people who buy hardware way after their generation ends so.
>>53462765
>playing video games
>>53466690
ok that doesn't mean it's a good or a bad idea.
I guess my question is, does the price suddenly go down once the new gen is released? Is there a sizeable enough difference between the two gens to justify waiting?
>this graph
lmao every time
>>53466720
>implying videogames aren't just benchmarks for those sweet GPGPU applications
>>53466727
>does the price suddenly go down once the new gen is released?
Not for new hardware, but people who can buy brand new generations of hardware will sure as hell sell their old stuff for cheap.
>>53466690
>dat graph tho
>>53466822
this graph tho
>>53466727
That depends on what you want to buy and how long you want to wait. I got a GTX 560 for 115 CAD in 2013.
Prices WILL drop on new hardware and you WILL see people selling last's generation stuff as they buy the new cards. This generation is a special one, too, because there's a big incentive to upgrade in DX12. It's not like the past few generations where there were incremental performance gains-- this time there are entirely new feature sets to be had from an upgrade, so we're going to see many more people upgrading and fewer people buying DX11 cards.
I promise that waiting 'til summer will get you a better deal. But if you need something now, then there are still pretty decent options.
>>53466893
>>53466801
thanks for the answers
I guess about the dx12 issue, buying an AMD card with the GCN arch should be pretty future-proof, right?
>>53466938
My 7770 supports DX12 if that answers your question.
>>53466690
>>53462765
>6600K
A8 or i5?
>>53466972
i know that all recent AMD cards support DX12, just asking if the rationale "buying AMD now is more future-proof than nvidia because AMD cards all fully support the DX12 spec" is a good one or not. But thanks for your answer.
