Sanctorum wrote Don't get that 480, it's a reference card. Reference cards suck, especially the 480. The single 6-pin on reference 480's are holding them back, if you get a 480, wait for aftermarket variants. Otherwise, get an aftermarket GTX 1060. GTX 1060 releases on the 19th, and we should have aftermarket models available immediately. Aftermarket 480s should be available on the 14th.

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Get the Cryorig M9i from Newegg for $20. $310 left for GPU, should be able to get a nice aftermarket 1060/480 for less than $280 easily though. 480GB SSD. 2TB HDD for mass storage. XFire support if you go with the 480.

Some alternative case choices;
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You can see my review of the H440, and Zayev's review of the Enthoo Pro in the Hardware Reviews sticky at the top of this section.

Woops, didnt even notice it was a reference card.

Dinkleberg wrote Woops, didnt even notice it was a reference card.

Pretty sure there are only reference 480s available currently. Some aftermarket cards, like Sapphire NITRO have popped up on some sites for pre-orders but none are currently available as far as I'm aware. Should be available on the 14th though. Then again, 470s were supposed to be available on the 14th, but now it looks like closer to end of month.

Sanctorum wrote

Dinkleberg wrote Woops, didnt even notice it was a reference card.

Pretty sure there are only reference 480s available currently. Some aftermarket cards, like Sapphire NITRO have popped up on some sites for pre-orders but none are currently available as far as I'm aware. Should be available on the 14th though. Then again, 470s were supposed to be available on the 14th, but now it looks like closer to end of month.

Good to know. Thought Sapphire was an aftermarket. Thanks for the info.

I wont fk it up now.

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There's some aftermarket 480s for pre-order. UK so useless for OP, but just posting them for reference. No information on clock speeds. That NITRO cooler is pretty damn good looking tho.