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HarryDre
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I am getting a refund on my £700 laptop because it totally sucks, so I have decided I am going to build my first gaming PC! I just can't decide what is the best GPU for the money to run a single monitor. I thought about getting a GTX 770 but there are people who suggest getting other cards and I'm just not sure and a little confused now, whats the best GPU for the best price that runs games one high with 60+fps?

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I assume you're looking at 1080p? AMD cards are more cost effective but lack some of the features and improvements Nvidia cards offer. Look at 280x, 290 for AMD or 780, 780TI from Nvidia. Keep in mind Nvidia's 900 series will be out soon as well.

CPU: AMD 5950X    MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero    RAM: HyperX Predator 64GB    GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti FE    SSD: Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB    
PSU: EVGA 1200w P2    COOLING: EK AIO Elite 360    CASE: Fractal Design Torrent    DISPLAY: LG CX48 4k OLED    AUDIO: HIFIMAN Arya SE

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£800-£1000

Is that for the entire build or just the video card?

CPU: AMD 5950X    MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero    RAM: HyperX Predator 64GB    GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti FE    SSD: Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB    
PSU: EVGA 1200w P2    COOLING: EK AIO Elite 360    CASE: Fractal Design Torrent    DISPLAY: LG CX48 4k OLED    AUDIO: HIFIMAN Arya SE

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£800-£1000

What he said:

 

Is that for the entire build or just the video card?

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under 130 pounds: r7 265
under 160 pounds: r9 270 or 270x
under 200 pounds: r9 280 or 285
under 260 pounds  r9 280x
under 360 pounds: r9 290

and if whole build
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£236.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£65.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£45.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£299.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £881.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 08:46 BST+0100

edit again: you probably don't need a i7. so you can downgrade to i5.

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Is that for the entire build or just the video card?

Entire build
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Entire build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£202.77 @ PC World Business)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.00 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£299.15 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.54 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.48 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £840.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 08:52 BST+0100

just changed to an i5.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£202.77 @ PC World Business)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.00 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£299.15 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.54 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.48 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £840.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 08:52 BST+0100

just changed to an i5.

This is a pretty good start. Do you already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse? If not that will add more. If you do, I would get a better rated PSU and maybe different case but that's up to you. I would also recommend a Samsung 840 EVO SSD instead.

CPU: AMD 5950X    MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero    RAM: HyperX Predator 64GB    GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti FE    SSD: Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB    
PSU: EVGA 1200w P2    COOLING: EK AIO Elite 360    CASE: Fractal Design Torrent    DISPLAY: LG CX48 4k OLED    AUDIO: HIFIMAN Arya SE

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This is a pretty good start. Do you already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse? If not that will add more. If you do, I would get a better rated PSU and maybe different case but that's up to you. I would also recommend a Samsung 840 EVO SSD instead.

oh I'm just helping out if thats directed to me xD.

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oh I'm just helping out if thats directed to me xD.

No, I meant the OP. I was just saying what you had was a good start for him.

CPU: AMD 5950X    MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero    RAM: HyperX Predator 64GB    GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti FE    SSD: Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB    
PSU: EVGA 1200w P2    COOLING: EK AIO Elite 360    CASE: Fractal Design Torrent    DISPLAY: LG CX48 4k OLED    AUDIO: HIFIMAN Arya SE

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No, I meant the OP. I was just saying what you had was a good start for him.

oh okay i was a little confused

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And for the cooler I'd get Varpor or Tri-X or Windforce for AMD's GPU's and for nVidias Windforce, Evga's acx.

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@HarryDre if you don't need Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor too:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£111.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£299.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £935.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 09:33 BST+0100
 
Can replace the GPU with this one if you want to go Nvidia (which I would do, I prefer Nvidia's feature set and cooler cards): http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx780dc2oc3gd5
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under 130 pounds: r7 265

under 160 pounds: r9 270 or 270x

under 200 pounds: r9 280 or 285

under 260 pounds  r9 280x

under 360 pounds: r9 290

and if whole build

 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£236.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk) Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£65.40 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£45.00 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£299.15 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.48 @ Amazon UK) Total: £881.92Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 08:46 BST+0100

edit again: you probably don't need a i7. so you can downgrade to i5.

I don't know where you're getting your 290 but Aria are selling a 290 tri x for £270 at the moment http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/newsletter?productId=59704&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sapphire+Radeon+R9+290+Tri-X+OC+4096MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card&utm_campaign=newsletter050914

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good catch. with these builds sometimes i'm working with CAD, USD, pounds or the euro. so I just switch between them and edit according to the budget. sometimes I miss these things.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£202.77 @ PC World Business) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£77.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£58.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£45.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £779.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 09:49 BST+0100

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