Posted October 18, 2015 I am getting my first gaming PC and I dont know what video card to get to go with my system The specs at the minute are- CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 200R COMPACT GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) AMD FX-8320 Eight Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+) Motherboard Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AM3+ (ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s) Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB) Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, mDP - 3D Vision Ready 2nd Graphics Card NONE 3rd Graphics Card NONE 1st Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE Should i get the GEFORCE GTX 970 or the AMD Radeon R9 290??? I would get the GTX 980 but i dont have the money at the moment so i am just looking at these two CPU's. If someone could help me out with this i would be very appreciative! Thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 970 over the 290 but i would recommend the r9 390 adn since this looks like its from a prebuilt site make sure you upgrade to a somewhat decent psu... what are the options they offer? CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz Motherboard: Asus z170-a Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970 Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400 PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 well you got some terminology wrong but the 970 is better than the 290 soo, go with the 970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($313.98 @ Newegg) Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($90.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $775.16 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 13:53 EDT-0400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 Author At the minute the PSU i am going with is a CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY (non modualr) i know i should get a fully modular but i dont have the money, i will upgrade the PSU in around 9 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 its not about modular or non modular those prebuilt sites dont give you good options, it sucks... ok change of plans, get the cheapest POS they offer and then just buy your own either seasonic xfx or evga (g2 or gs series) and use the one they gave you as a doorstop CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz Motherboard: Asus z170-a Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970 Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400 PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 I am getting my first gaming PC and I dont know what video card to get to go with my system The specs at the minute are- CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 200R COMPACT GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) AMD FX-8320 Eight Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+) Motherboard Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AM3+ (ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s) Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB) Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, mDP - 3D Vision Ready 2nd Graphics Card NONE 3rd Graphics Card NONE 1st Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE Should i get the GEFORCE GTX 970 or the AMD Radeon R9 290??? I would get the GTX 980 but i dont have the money at the moment so i am just looking at these two CPU's. If someone could help me out with this i would be very appreciative! Thankyou! You should look into the r9 390, the cooling is a lot better and it beats the gtx 970. And even though you probably don't need it, it has 8gb of vram. Finally it is cheaper than the gtx 970 and you get more performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 Author I am looking in to buying and building it myself but i feel like i would do something wrong, i have watched a lot of Linus' build guides but for me i dont know what to go with cause i can only spend around £790/£800 (dont know about dollars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 I am looking in to buying and building it myself but i feel like i would do something wrong, i have watched a lot of Linus' build guides but for me i dont know what to go with cause i can only spend around £790/£800 (dont know about dollars) it is easy if you want a test, take the pc you have now (if you have one) take it apart and put it back together ... if you can do that you can build a pc. it really is very easy to do as long as you can follow instructions and take your time plus.... that feeling you get when it posts the first time... so much better than the feeling you get opening up the box they shipped the prebuilt in and praying nothing broke in shipping CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz Motherboard: Asus z170-a Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970 Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400 PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 Author Would something like this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tXYvJx be good enough to run CSGO and Battlefield 4 and games of that nature?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 Would something like this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tXYvJx be good enough to run CSGO and Battlefield 4 and games of that nature?? yes but heres a much much better build, i put the os as 20 bucks because you can get a windows key on reddit softwareswap much cheaper PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£257.50 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.11 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£33.40 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.27 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£235.79 @ More Computers) Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.31 @ Aria PC) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.60 @ CCL Computers) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.12 @ Ebuyer) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 3-Pack (64-bit) (£20.00) Total: £833.83 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 19:32 BST+0100 CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz Motherboard: Asus z170-a Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970 Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400 PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 At the minute the PSU i am going with is a CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY (non modualr) i know i should get a fully modular but i dont have the money, i will upgrade the PSU in around 9 months Corsair VS are EXTREMELY low quality and likely to kill a gaming PC Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280 3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD RedCelestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VTWindows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 i fail put the wrong cpu.. you dont need a i7 for gaming also heres a windows 10 key for 20 bucks http://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/ PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.00 @ Amazon UK) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.11 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£33.40 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£48.99 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£235.79 @ More Computers) Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.31 @ Aria PC) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.60 @ CCL Computers) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.12 @ Ebuyer) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 3-Pack (64-bit) (£20.00) Total: £755.05 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 19:38 BST+0100 CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz Motherboard: Asus z170-a Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970 Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400 PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 Author Do you think this is a good build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zby6Hx I am just getting a few to pick from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2015 Moved to New Builds and Planning. "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan. "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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