Snappshoota
[H]ard|Gawd
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Well Tossing a rig together friday, I was planning on just getting a mobo/CPU/ram and calling it a day..
But I know Ill be itching to fire up a few games while I wait for funds to replenish and grab a 7850.
So since im buying from the local Micro center, I was searching for a card ~100.00 bucks.
Came across an Open Box Gigabyte 7770 for right at 108.00. Figured Id just get that, but then just now I came across, a refurb'd GTX 280 SC for 88.00.
I know the 7770 will be a bit faster and has DX 11, and what not.. But,
Two reasons why im debating this;
Roughly save 20 bucks, getting the 280.
And Open box vs refurb'd
Now I plan on (if everything works out right with funds, for maybe a a few weeks) using one of said cards, then just either selling, or tossing in spare basement PC. Plan on playing some COD's and maybe a little bit of BF3. (will be using a super tiny 17" 1024x768 monitor in said time frame)
Rest of system is this:
Asrock Z77 Pro 3
i3 3225
8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600
OCZ StealthXstream 2 600W
Any insight?
But I know Ill be itching to fire up a few games while I wait for funds to replenish and grab a 7850.
So since im buying from the local Micro center, I was searching for a card ~100.00 bucks.
Came across an Open Box Gigabyte 7770 for right at 108.00. Figured Id just get that, but then just now I came across, a refurb'd GTX 280 SC for 88.00.
I know the 7770 will be a bit faster and has DX 11, and what not.. But,
Two reasons why im debating this;
Roughly save 20 bucks, getting the 280.
And Open box vs refurb'd
Now I plan on (if everything works out right with funds, for maybe a a few weeks) using one of said cards, then just either selling, or tossing in spare basement PC. Plan on playing some COD's and maybe a little bit of BF3. (will be using a super tiny 17" 1024x768 monitor in said time frame)
Rest of system is this:
Asrock Z77 Pro 3
i3 3225
8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600
OCZ StealthXstream 2 600W
Any insight?