Reddit mentions of R9 290 Tri-X - 4 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express - graphics card

I've done a lot of research into this price range over the last few days, and I just bought an R9 280X for the equivalent of 230€ in the UK.

People will say R9 290 without realising the price. The cheapest I could find for you is this Sapphire R9 290, at 285€.

The prices and quality of the other graphics card around 250€ is not great in EU. I'd say the next best value for money is the Sapphire R 280 for 190€.

> Belgium

There is an used 290 for 260 eur, a 30% increase of performance compared to the 280X

With 520w you will do good

What is the difference between these two R9 290 Sapphire Tri-x GPUs?

First one.

Second one.

First one says OC (does it mean it's already overclocked? I don't think I want that), the other one says UEFI.... What does that mean and which one should I get? The price is practically identical.

Sorry about the german language, I'm ordering from amazon.de and I don't think you can switch to english there.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor | €180 @ Amazon.it
Motherboard | ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | €84 @ Amazon.it
Memory | Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | €74 @ Amazon.it
Storage | Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive | €71 @ Amazon.it
Video Card | Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card | €272 @ Amazon.it
Case | NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case | €78 @ Amazon.it
Power Supply | SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | €79 @ Amazon.it
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) | €99 @ Amazon.it
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | €937

I could trim it down some more. You could get a 970 instead of the 290 but the budget would probably pass the €1000 mark.

If you get a typical 1TB drive you could fit an SSD as well.