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So I'm trying to find a good graphics card within my budget, my budget is £250/$418. I've been looking at the EVGA GTX 660 TI 3GB but it seems it's unavailable on amazon? So I'm looking for a good card that will give me good FPS on BF3/NFS/Minecraft(Sorry but I do play a lot of it)

 

If you could supply me with links to images of benchmarks it would be very helpful!

 

NOTE: I'm planning on getting a good 650W power supply shortly after I get my card.

 

Current rig:

 

CPU - Core i5-3470 clock @ 3.20 (With stock fan)

Graphics Card - Zotac GTX 610 (I want to upgrade to a EVGA GTX 660 3GB)

RAM - 8GB (Does me well)

Motherboard - ASUS P8H61-MX

Hard drives: 1.5tb Seagate Barracuda + I have a home center with 4TB

Power Supply: ATX-500 (500W)

Cooling - I do not have any cooling except the fans on my current graphics card, PSU and CPU.

 

I know I don't have the best rig but I'm doing what I can to upgrade it,

Fatal

Case: Carbide 300R

CPU: i5 4690K @ 3.90GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3

Mobo: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming

GPU: R9 290 Tri-X

PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA NEX650G

Storage: 4TB NAS

Drive 1: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM

Drive 2: WD 500gb 7200RPM

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Keyboard: Vengeance K50

Headset: Vengeance 1500 V2

Mouse: R.A.T 5

Monitor: LG 24EN33

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either 770 or 280x with that budget

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For 250GBP get this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Nvidia-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/dp/B00D3ES1Q0

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This one will do. I've had no problems with Gigabyte's products so far.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Nvidia-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/dp/B00D3ES1Q0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397241556&sr=8-1&keywords=Gigabyte+GeForce+GTX+770

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650w is overkill for a single 660 Ti. You could sli 660 Ti's off of a good 650w. 

You could get a 280x http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9280xgaming3g

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Wow just measured my case and there is NO WAY this card is fitting in that case.. Hahahah shit.

Case: Carbide 300R

CPU: i5 4690K @ 3.90GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3

Mobo: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming

GPU: R9 290 Tri-X

PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA NEX650G

Storage: 4TB NAS

Drive 1: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM

Drive 2: WD 500gb 7200RPM

___________________________

Keyboard: Vengeance K50

Headset: Vengeance 1500 V2

Mouse: R.A.T 5

Monitor: LG 24EN33

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Wow just measured my case and there is NO WAY this card is fitting in that case.. Hahahah shit.

what case do you have?

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

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/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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what case do you have?

Doesn't even say on it, it's that bad. Almost as bad as my PSU.

Case: Carbide 300R

CPU: i5 4690K @ 3.90GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3

Mobo: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming

GPU: R9 290 Tri-X

PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA NEX650G

Storage: 4TB NAS

Drive 1: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM

Drive 2: WD 500gb 7200RPM

___________________________

Keyboard: Vengeance K50

Headset: Vengeance 1500 V2

Mouse: R.A.T 5

Monitor: LG 24EN33

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Doesn't even say on it, it's that bad. Almost as bad as my PSU.

you couldn't even power a £250 gpu in that with that psu then. get a decent 500w psu that is 80+ bronze and a decent sized case and a £170 gpu.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-BX

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BitFenix-Merc-Alpha-Tower-Chassis/dp/B005JRICNG/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1397249065&sr=1-2&keywords=pc+case

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-500B-BRONZE-Power-Supply/dp/B00DZ6R9GE/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1397249115&sr=1-5&keywords=500w+psu

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-DirectCU-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00DBPKEOI/ref=sr_1_20?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1397249248&sr=1-20&keywords=gtx+660ti

 

sorted you out there

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

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/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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Heres what I'm buying in order.

 

1st. Corsair Carbide Series 300R = £63

2nd. GeForce GTX 770 = £245

3rd. Power Supply not too sure what to get = £70

4th. SSD

5th. Work on cooling etc

Case: Carbide 300R

CPU: i5 4690K @ 3.90GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3

Mobo: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming

GPU: R9 290 Tri-X

PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA NEX650G

Storage: 4TB NAS

Drive 1: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM

Drive 2: WD 500gb 7200RPM

___________________________

Keyboard: Vengeance K50

Headset: Vengeance 1500 V2

Mouse: R.A.T 5

Monitor: LG 24EN33

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