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dylanmoody
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My friend is building a PC within the next month with an i5-4460 and 8 GB of RAM. He does light gaming (Smite, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guilds Wars 2) and he is looking to me for help on suggesting a graphics card for his build. He doesn't want to spend too much but doesn't necessarily have a budget in mind. He wants the cheapest card that he can play Guild Wars 2 (the most graphics intensive game he plays) on max settings at at least 60 frames per second. If you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.3 GHZ GPU: MSI GTX 980 OCV1 4GB RAM: Avexir Core Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 PSU: Cougar SL600 600W Mobo: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Case: Rosewill Stryker M Mid Tower Storage: ADATA 240GB SSD, Toshiba 3 TB 7200 RPM HDD

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Budget & Location

 

Budget is important for asking questions like this. 

 

We live in the United States and if I had to guess his budget, I would say at the most $175 but probably more around $100-150.

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.3 GHZ GPU: MSI GTX 980 OCV1 4GB RAM: Avexir Core Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 PSU: Cougar SL600 600W Mobo: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Case: Rosewill Stryker M Mid Tower Storage: ADATA 240GB SSD, Toshiba 3 TB 7200 RPM HDD

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I was thinking about the 750 Ti myself. Another thing that I thought of, what wattage power supply would be sufficient enough? I know he doesn't need much but I don't want to suggest anything overkill either.

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.3 GHZ GPU: MSI GTX 980 OCV1 4GB RAM: Avexir Core Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 PSU: Cougar SL600 600W Mobo: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Case: Rosewill Stryker M Mid Tower Storage: ADATA 240GB SSD, Toshiba 3 TB 7200 RPM HDD

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