Recommendation for Budget Graphics Card

[Bookhugger]

Hello wonderful people of the LLT forum! I seek advice.

 

About 3 months ago one of my friends made Austin Even's $300 gaming PC. He is now looking to upgrade, with a budget of $200. If anyone could recommend a graphics card within that price range that is compatible with his motherboard it would be most appreciated. 

 

You can see the build components here: http://austinnotduncan.com/builds/boson/

 

-So far he's upgraded from that to another 4gb stick of ram.

-Also, there was a mix up with the PSU and he ended up with a 750W power supply. 

 

Also, I'm not to sure but i think the Motherboard he has only supports PCI-E 2.0.

 

Thank you for any and all help!

 

-Bookhugger

[Hunter259]

I'm willing to sell you my 770 for $200 

Either get an old high end card or get something like a 290 or a 960

[Bookhugger]

I'm willing to sell you my 770 for $200 

Either get an old high end card or get something like a 290 or a 960

Are the 290's and 960's

compatible with the motherboard?

[ELSknutson]

R9 380 or R9 280

[Swndlr]

I'm willing to sell you my 770 for $200 

Either get an old high end card or get something like a 290 or a 960

I would have actually bought it off of you if only it was 2GB

[Sam Z Man]

Buy used buy used buy used buy used buy used buy used.

 

And upgrade CPU as well.

[Hunter259]

I would have actually bought it off of you if only it was 2GB

You can use a 4gb and a 2gb. Only prob is you only get the lower of the two I do believe.

[Swndlr]

You can use a 4gb and a 2gb. Only prob is you only get the lower of the two I do believe.

AFAIK it has to be 2 identical cards, so it has to be 2x 2GB 770's

Only thing that can vary with SLI is the vendor, so you can SLI a 2GB EVGA 770 and a 2GB Asus 770 but not a 4GB EVGA and 2GB any other 770.

[Bookhugger]

Buy used buy used buy used buy used buy used buy used.

 

And upgrade CPU as well.

He has the best CPU that his motherboard supports.

I figured that a graphics card would improve performance the most for $200. 

[Sam Z Man]

He has the best CPU that his motherboard supports.

I figured that a graphics card would improve performance the most for $200. 

 

get a 7950 for 120$ used

[Skyway]

how about a 960?  All pcie 3.0 graphics cards will work fine with pcie 2.0

[Hunter259]

Absolutely. Psst- Buy my 770 

[Sam Z Man]

how about a 960?  All pcie 3.0 graphics cards will work fine with pcie 2.0

 

A 7950 is identical to a 280 which performs the same as a 960 but a used 7950 costs 100-120$.

[mroz10]

Buy a used 290.

[SImoHayha]

Hello wonderful people of the LLT forum! I seek advice.

 

About 3 months ago one of my friends made Austin Even's $300 gaming PC. He is now looking to upgrade, with a budget of $200. If anyone could recommend a graphics card within that price range that is compatible with his motherboard it would be most appreciated. 

 

You can see the build components here: http://austinnotduncan.com/builds/boson/

 

-So far he's upgraded from that to another 4gb stick of ram.

-Also, there was a mix up with the PSU and he ended up with a 750W power supply. 

 

Also, I'm not to sure but i think the Motherboard he has only supports PCI-E 2.0.

 

Thank you for any and all help!

 

-Bookhugger

Jeez I would upgrade the CPU first lol....I think that is going to bottleneck anything it has in it.

 

But maybe a R9 270 would do nicely. It's quite powerful for a card.

[Bookhugger]

how about a 960?  All pcie 3.0 graphics cards will work fine with pcie 2.0

Really? That's excellent! In that case I had suggested the he go with a sapphire radeon R9 R70 and save alittle money to put towards a new motherboard down the road. Thoughts?

[reutrel]

All of these are newegg

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487035&cm_re=gtx_760-_-14-487-035-_-Product : [gtx 760]

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125614&cm_re=gtx_770-_-14-125-614-_-Product  [gtx 770]

 

The 770 is only $16 over his 200 limit.

[SImoHayha]

Really? That's excellent! In that case I had suggested the he go with a sapphire radeon R9 R70 and save alittle money to put towards a new motherboard down the road. Thoughts?

I would get an R9 270. That way he could get a better mobo. Ask him what motherboard he has.

[Bookhugger]

I would get an R9 270. That way he could get a better mobo. Ask him what motherboard he has.

He has a Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H.

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

Sell the Athlon and Mobo and 240 for about 40-60$?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pfq8P6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pfq8P6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $178.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 00:33 EDT-0400

 

then any money gotten from selling the athlon + mobo + 240 , go get a used 7850.

 

then that would do good

then if need's be you can go upto a i5 4460 (with skylake around the corner hopefully prices for them will drop if your friend wants to go up a notch) or a 7950/7850 crossfire.

 

however ....what kind of 750W PSU?....if it's cheap brand i would not do any upgrade until it is replaced.

[Bookhugger]

Sell the Athlon and Mobo and 240 for about 40-60$?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pfq8P6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pfq8P6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)

Total: $178.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 00:33 EDT-0400

 

then any money gotten from selling the athlon + mobo + 240 , go get a used 7850.

 

then that would do good

then if need's be you can go upto a i5 4460 (with skylake around the corner hopefully prices for them will drop if your friend wants to go up a notch) or a 7950/7850 crossfire.

 

however ....what kind of 750W PSU?....if it's cheap brand i would not do any upgrade until it is replaced.

He has a Corssair TX750, is that good enough quality?

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

He has a Corssair TX750, is that good enough quality?

 

Should be fine :3.

[Bookhugger]

Sell the Athlon and Mobo and 240 for about 40-60$?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pfq8P6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pfq8P6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)

Total: $178.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 00:33 EDT-0400

 

then any money gotten from selling the athlon + mobo + 240 , go get a used 7850.

 

then that would do good

then if need's be you can go upto a i5 4460 (with skylake around the corner hopefully prices for them will drop if your friend wants to go up a notch) or a 7950/7850 crossfire.

 

however ....what kind of 750W PSU?....if it's cheap brand i would not do any upgrade until it is replaced.

So my friend is kinda skeptical with the websites, do you know if they are reputable?    

[Skyway]

Superbiiz is based in California and Outlet PC is based in Nevada.  At least they are in the US.  I think you'd be alright

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

also i don't believe PC Part picker would put them on their site if they were shady. however

 

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-I3-4160-Processor-Hyper-Threading-BX80646I34160/dp/B00LV8U0VE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435988282&sr=8-1&keywords=i3+4160

 

http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-DDR3-Motherboard-H97-ANNIVERSARY/dp/B00N9399TS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435988317&sr=8-1&keywords=asrock+h97+anniversary+atx+lga1150+motherboard

 

there's amazon links if it helps :3. but usually PCpartpicker selects who sells the components cheapest from a select group of retailers i believe.