Newegg.com Deals 9/20

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COMPUTER HARDWARE DEALS


All OCZ Internal SSDs
10% off with "HARDOCPX919A"
Promo Expires on 9/23/12 or while funds last

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
$94.99 - $10.00 promo code "HARDOCPX919B" = $84.99 with free shipping
Promo Expires on 9/25/12

MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$519.99 - $52.00 promo code "HARDOCPX919C" (10%) - $20.00MIR = $447.99 with free shipping
Promo Expires on 9/25/12

XFX Double D FX-787A-CDBC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition Black Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
$269.99 - $27.00 promo code "HARDOCPX919D" (10%) - $30.00MIR = $212.99 with free shipping
Promo Expires on 9/25/12

Kingston HyperX XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KHX16C9B1RK2/8X
$41.99 - $5.00 promo code "HARDOCPX919E" = $36.99 with free Egg Saver shipping
Promo Expires on 9/25/12

GeIL EVO CORSA Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model GOC316GB1600C10DC
$64.99 - $5.00 promo code "HARDOCPX919F" = $59.99 with free Egg Saver shipping
Promo Expires on 9/25/12

GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10660) Desktop Memory Model GB316GB1333C9DC
$68.99 - $13.00 promo code "HARDOCPX919G" = $55.99 with free Egg Saver shipping
Promo Expires on 9/25/12

Prices subject to change without notice.

 

[bamaland101]

would really like to see a 30-60gb ssd for under $35 shipped for once.. without having to deal with rebates..

 

[wtourist]

If you do find one at that price it will be sold out by the time you see it.

Anyone have an opinion on the XFX 7870 at $213?

 

[Sn0_Man]

If you do find one at that price it will be sold out by the time you see it.

Anyone have an opinion on the XFX 7870 at $213?

If it didn't have a MIR I'd call it a great deal (see: [H] reviews of 660Ti). However, every time I see a MIR I just shake my head.

 

[MissJ84]

When are you going to start listing the Plextor M5 Pro 256GB? Plextor says you already have them

 

[Earley]

If you do find one at that price it will be sold out by the time you see it.

Anyone have an opinion on the XFX 7870 at $213?

That's a screaming deal, IMO. I just bought two ASUS 7870 DirectCU II GHz Editions that were 209.99 after MIR and free shipping. Great prices on 7870s lately.

 

[Darksword]

How does 7870 CrossFire compare to a 7970 Ghz Edition?

 

[poee]

I was right about to buy the Galaxy 670 4GB for $440 ($420 after MIR).

But now here's the [H] deal for the MSI 680 2GB for only about $30 more.

I know there's a small performance difference between the 680 and the 670, and in most games the 4GB frame buffer will not improve anything. But my main game lately is a heavily modded Skyrim with various hi-res texture replacements. I have to disable a lot of eye candy to get it to run on my ancient 4870X2, of course. But everywhere I look for comparisons between 2GB, 3GB, and 4GB cards say that 2GB is sufficient for all but the extreme resolutions with multiple monitors -- except in the case of a heavily-modded Skyrim, which benefits from the additional VRAM even on a single card/single 1200p display.

The only question I have is if this is the future of gaming? I'm not basing my purchase decision on a single game title, no matter how often I'm playing it now. But if hi-res texture packs are the new standard for modding... if these high VRAM requirements for detailed textures are going to be the new thing on PC -- and not merely a sign of poor texture optimization in Skyrim specifically -- then I want the additional VRAM more than the <7% performance difference between 670/680. (As can be seen by my sig, I'd prefer to buy for the long-term. Like ~3 years. This will be the first upgrade to my rig since April 2009 other than storage.)

 

[hank123]

I was right about to buy the Galaxy 670 4GB for $440 ($420 after MIR).

But now here's the [H] deal for the MSI 680 2GB for only about $30 more.

I know there's a small performance difference between the 680 and the 670, and in most games the 4GB frame buffer will not improve anything. But my main game lately is a heavily modded Skyrim with various hi-res texture replacements. I have to disable a lot of eye candy to get it to run on my ancient 4870X2, of course. But everywhere I look for comparisons between 2GB, 3GB, and 4GB cards say that 2GB is sufficient for all but the extreme resolutions with multiple monitors -- except in the case of a heavily-modded Skyrim, which benefits from the additional VRAM even on a single card/single 1200p display.

The only question I have is if this is the future of gaming? I'm not basing my purchase decision on a single game title, no matter how often I'm playing it now. But if hi-res texture packs are the new standard for modding... if these high VRAM requirements for detailed textures are going to be the new thing on PC -- and not merely a sign of poor texture optimization in Skyrim specifically -- then I want the additional VRAM more than the <7% performance difference between 670/680. (As can be seen by my sig, I'd prefer to buy for the long-term. Like ~3 years. This will be the first upgrade to my rig since April 2009 other than storage.)

I use over 2gigs of video ram on my 3 monitors. If you only go for a 2 gig card you may short yourself.

And long term 7970 cheaper and look at more stats, cant beat the price.