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I have an AMD a10-5800k with a 6670 1GB ddr3 setup running at the momemt. I bought the PC on a budget a few months ago and I am wondering if I should upgrade. I am wanting to play more games and recording minecraft is a bit more laggy.

 

I was thinking this card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642

Also if you know of a card that is better please let me know. Keep in less that $150 and AMD or Nvidia I don't care.

 

My Specs:

AMD A10 5800k  APU(Stock)

MSI FM2 A75E35 Mother Board

G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB at 1866

Corsair CX430 Builder Series PSU

Gigabyte Radeon 6670 1GB DDR3 (Running in Hybrid Crossfire aka Dual Graphics)

NZXT Source 210 Case

 

 

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Please do not say that I could have got more Power getting a CPU and a discret GPU I was on a budget at the time. Thanks!!!

CPU Intel I7-4770k - Motherboard MSI G45 Gaming - RAM G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB !866MHz - GPU Sapphire Dual-x R9-270x Crossfire - Case Fractal Design R4 - Storage SSD-120GB Kingston HyperX 3K + HDD-500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue - PSU Corsair CX750 - Display Asus VH236H 23inch - Cooling Corsair H100i - Keyboard Razer Black Widow 2013 - Mouse Razer Death Adder 2013 - Sound Astro A40s - OS Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

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I have an AMD a10-5800k with a 6670 1GB ddr3 setup running at the momemt. I bought the PC on a budget a few months ago and I am wondering if I should upgrade. I am anting to play more games and recording minecraft is a bit more laggy.

 

I was thinking this card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642

Also if you know of a card that is better please let me know. Keep in less that $150 and AMD or Nvidia I don't care.

 

My Specs:

AMD A10 5800k  APU(Stock)

MSI FM2 A75E35 Mother Board

G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB at 1866

Corsair CX430 Builder Series PSU

Gigabyte Radeon 6670 1GB DDR3 (Running in Hybrid Crossfire aka Dual Graphics)

NZXT Source 210 Case

 

 

Note..

Please do not say that I could have got more Power getting a CPU and a discret GPU I was on a budget at the time. Thanks!!!

should be fine, awesome cards for budget only warning thing to keep in mind it will burn out if you do stuff like modding skyrim up the wazzo or super intensive stuff (happened to my first one :( )  

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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I would go as far and say you would be way happier spending a bit more than that...maybe get a gtx660 or r9 270x

 

 

the hd7770 is last gen low end technology. A good GPU will make you happy and if you've already been running that system for a while maybe you can hold out another month for the extra money

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I would go as far and say you would be way happier spending a bit more than that...maybe get a gtx660 or r9 270x

 

 

the hd7770 is last gen low end technology. A good GPU will make you happy and if you've already been running that system for a while maybe you can hold out another month for the extra money

Agreed BUT it will be more expensive as you have said, he/she may not have the money.

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I have the money just I am not sure that my APU will handle a card that Powerful. And I am trying to stay a bit lower priced. And it is a He btw lol

CPU Intel I7-4770k - Motherboard MSI G45 Gaming - RAM G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB !866MHz - GPU Sapphire Dual-x R9-270x Crossfire - Case Fractal Design R4 - Storage SSD-120GB Kingston HyperX 3K + HDD-500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue - PSU Corsair CX750 - Display Asus VH236H 23inch - Cooling Corsair H100i - Keyboard Razer Black Widow 2013 - Mouse Razer Death Adder 2013 - Sound Astro A40s - OS Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

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I have the money just I am not sure that my APU will handle a card that Powerful. And I am trying to stay a bit lower priced. And it is a He btw lol

your apu will be able to handle any gpu, the bottlenecking issue only applies to old low end tech that is supposed to work with high end tech that is a few generations newer :)

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125455 - Radeon HD 7790 for $149 (minus S/H). It's basically two 7770s.

I doubt I could find a 7850 for a decent price, so that's my recommendation.

lol its not 2 7770's its a cut down 7850

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Asus Zenith III Extreme

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Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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lol its not 2 7770's its a cut down 7850

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131547&clickid=weeSMETXJUwtxeq0VwXNR2WUUkTy1RxNQTT%3Axs0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

$149 7850 2GB (-$30 MIR) for $119 + S/H.

-_- Happy? Na-nanana-na na (the url). Get this, OP. I guess I didn't try very hard to look for a good solution.

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I went with the R9 270X

CPU Intel I7-4770k - Motherboard MSI G45 Gaming - RAM G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB !866MHz - GPU Sapphire Dual-x R9-270x Crossfire - Case Fractal Design R4 - Storage SSD-120GB Kingston HyperX 3K + HDD-500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue - PSU Corsair CX750 - Display Asus VH236H 23inch - Cooling Corsair H100i - Keyboard Razer Black Widow 2013 - Mouse Razer Death Adder 2013 - Sound Astro A40s - OS Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

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