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I want to buy a GPU for around £200 that can fit and work well in the Hadron Air. What I mean by 'work well' is that I don't want it to be too noisy or to have massive heat issues. 

 

I want to play games at 1080p with 60FPS. I will be playing Splinter Cell, GTA, Battlefield and so on.

Also it will be paired with a Xeon 1230v3. Is this good for gaming?

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I want to buy a GPU for around £200 that can fit and work well in the Hadron Air. What I mean by 'work well' is that I don't want it to be too noisy or to have massive heat issues. 

 

I want to play games at 1080p with 60FPS. I will be playing Splinter Cell, GTA, Battlefield and so on.

Also it will be paired with a Xeon 1230v3. Is this good for gaming?

The R9-280x or GTX 770 will do the trick.

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GTX 760

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n760tf4gd5oc

 

Or R9 280x

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr928xoc3gd

 

 

OR for an extra £30

 

GTX 770

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n770tf2gd5oc

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gtx 760 is nearlY as good as the r9 280 but needs less power

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The R9-280x or GTX 770 will do the trick.

Are there any recommendations for a certain brand? I am shopping at scan.co.uk

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R9 280X hand down.

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Are there any recommendations for a certain brand? I am shopping at scan.co.uk

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Are there any recommendations for a certain brand? I am shopping at scan.co.uk

This is the cheapest one, http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-280x-dual-x-oc-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-870mhz-boost-1020mhz-2048-streams-dp-2x

 

But get a bit more expensive one (a few pounds)

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-gigabyte-radeon-r9-280x-rev2-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1100mhz-2048-streams-dvi-hdmi-

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Are there any recommendations for a certain brand? I am shopping at scan.co.uk

MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, EVGA, Palit.

 

I would probably get this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-gigabyte-radeon-r9-280x-rev2-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1100mhz-2048-streams-dvi-hdmi- as @Erik4boss said.

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I'm worried about the heat as that sort of GPU will just throw the heat out into the case. Especially when the AMD cards are known for their heat.

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Errrrrrm... I don't think the Gigabyte one will fit will it? It looks like the reference 780 etc is pretty much the limit in the case he has?

 

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You can have cards up to 267mm (although I imagine that's quite a tight fit).

 

The R9 280X from XFX is quite good. Although maybe a blower cooler would be better given the spacing.

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You can have cards up to 267mm (although I imagine that's quite a tight fit).

 

The R9 280X from XFX is quite good. Although maybe a blower cooler would be better given the spacing.

I don't think the XFX card will fit because of the extra height and the PCI-E connectors on the top so it will not allow me to close the side panel. I cant find on the internet if the MSI cards fit. I only see people using reference GTX 780's or the GTX 770 ACX cooler which is £247. (So expensive for a 770)

 

I dont think many cards will fit except the EVGA ones for obvious reasons.

 

Edit : Should I just get an i5 4570/90 instead of the Xeon 1230v3 if it is just for gaming? I know I will not do any editing or 3D work. 

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I don't think the XFX card will fit because of the extra height and the PCI-E connectors on the top so it will not allow me to close the side panel. I cant find on the internet if the MSI cards fit. I only see people using reference GTX 780's or the GTX 770 ACX cooler which is £247. (So expensive for a 770)

 

I dont think many cards will fit except the EVGA ones for obvious reasons.

 

Edit : Should I just get an i5 4570/90 instead of the Xeon 1230v3 if it is just for gaming? I know I will not do any editing or 3D work.

get the cheapest of these
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Although the hadron air is a nice looking case, the way it is built makes it unwise to use a fan style cooler, so you really have to stick to reference design blower cards. These are going to be louder, so I don't know how you feel about that, as you said you want a quiet pc.

 

Heat is going to be an issue in this case, so you really should be going nvidia over amd. A reference gtx760 might be good, and you might save a few bucks, but if you are prepared to stretch a little more for a 770 reference then maybe this Zotac Card: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-zotac-gtx-770-overclocked-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1072mhz-boost-1124mhz-cores-1536-

 

With regards to the processor, that is a good CPU, but it is unnecessary for gaming. Pick up a 4670k or 4690k instead - not only will you be able to overclock, it is clocked higher, it is cheaper, and it will most likely perform better in games. 

 

4670k: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-intel-core-i5-4670k-s-1150-haswell-quad-core-34ghz-38ghz-turbo-1200mhz-gpu-34x-ratio-84w-retai

4690k: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-4690k-s1150-haswell-4-core-35ghz-39ghz-turbo-5-gt-s-dmi-12ghz-gpu-34x-ratio-84w-retail

 

The money you save on the CPU, will offset the higher cost for the GPU.

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