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Hello Everyone,

 

I am on the stage of deciding what GPU to buy. It is the only missing part on my new built rig.

 

PROC:  i7 4790

MOBO: Asus Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition

RAM: 2x 4GB 1866

PSU: 520W 80 Plus Bronze

 

-I am not playing high graphics games (game I play is League of Legends)

-I am more on multi task, multi windows (I plan to install virtual machine)

-I use chrome, skype, bluestacks+bot (clash of clans), MU Online (5 windows)

-I run my pc 24/7 doing the following mentioned above non stop.

 

My question is, how do i decide which GPU to buy. What is enough and a little bit of more for those process mentioned.

Should I get a 128bit or 256bit?

Should I get a 2gb or 4gb or 8gb?

My budget is about 200-300 Can go less or more, but budget is not my issue. 

My issue is I want to maximize my performance but enough + lets say 20% extra for what I am doing.

 

I hope techie people can give me some advise and points on making my decision.

 

Thank you very much,

 

-G

 

 

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Hello Everyone,

 

I am on the stage of deciding what GPU to buy. It is the only missing part on my new built rig.

 

PROC:  i7 4790

MOBO: Asus Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition

RAM: 2x 4GB 1866

PSU: 520W 80 Plus Bronze

 

-I am not playing high graphics games (game I play is League of Legends)

-I am more on multi task, multi windows (I plan to install virtual machine)

-I use chrome, skype, bluestacks+bot (clash of clans), MU Online (5 windows)

-I run my pc 24/7 doing the following mentioned above non stop.

 

My question is, how do i decide which GPU to buy. What is enough and a little bit of more for those process mentioned.

Should I get a 128bit or 256bit?

Should I get a 2gb or 4gb or 8gb?

My budget is about 200-300 Can go less or more, but budget is not my issue. 

My issue is I want to maximize my performance but enough + lets say 20% extra for what I am doing.

 

I hope techie people can give me some advise and points on making my decision.

 

Thank you very much,

 

-G

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Have you already built the system? If not, what's your overall budget and what's your location?

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R9 390 for around $300USD is the best choice for that price range.

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Welcome to the Forum!

 

Have you already built the system? If not, what's your overall budget and what's your location?

He said $300, for now I'm assuming USD.

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I'd say an R9 380.

Over a 390?

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a 380, a 390 is overkill for LoL and your PSU might not be able to handle it. Even a 370/950 would be more than enough for LoL.

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a 380, a 390 is overkill for LoL and your PSU might not be able to handle it. Even a 370/950 would be more than enough for LoL.

Someone's running a 290 with a 400W PSU, it should be fine. :P

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Welcome to the Forum!

 

Have you already built the system? If not, what's your overall budget and what's your location?

 

Thank you!

 

Yes I already built it, just GPU is missing.

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Someone's running a 290x with a 400W PSU, it should be fine. :P

*290 Also, its a 290 with a i3, not a i7 4790

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R9 390 or if you can get a gtx 980 on craigslist for 300 like i did recently. 

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He said $300, for now I'm assuming USD.

 

Yes it is USD sorry for not stating

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Someone's running a 290x with a 400W PSU, it should be fine. :P

 

Thank you.

 

Follow up questions:

 

If I get r9 380 or 390

 

Should I get a 128bit or 256bit?

Should I get a 2gb or 4gb or 8gb?

 

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a 380, a 390 is overkill for LoL and your PSU might not be able to handle it. Even a 370/950 would be more than enough for LoL.

 

Seems to me gaming is very much a secondary concern . He is mainly going to be  using the system for 'multi tasking', gaming being very much an also ran.

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Yeah i could fully recommend a 380 :), (4GB version). Will work really nice with LOL and all that.

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Seems to me gaming is very much a secondary concern . He is mainly going to be  using the system for 'multi tasking', gaming being very much an also ran.

 

correct @soup

 

basically gaming is not my top priority. I might play LoL once in a while, or might try new games.

BUT my main function is to use it 24/7 multitasking different applications.

 

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Hello Everyone,

 

I am on the stage of deciding what GPU to buy. It is the only missing part on my new built rig.

 

PROC:  i7 4790

MOBO: Asus Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition

RAM: 2x 4GB 1866

PSU: 520W 80 Plus Bronze

 

-I am not playing high graphics games (game I play is League of Legends)

-I am more on multi task, multi windows (I plan to install virtual machine)

-I use chrome, skype, bluestacks+bot (clash of clans), MU Online (5 windows)

-I run my pc 24/7 doing the following mentioned above non stop.

 

My question is, how do i decide which GPU to buy. What is enough and a little bit of more for those process mentioned.

Should I get a 128bit or 256bit?

Should I get a 2gb or 4gb or 8gb?

My budget is about 200-300 Can go less or more, but budget is not my issue. 

My issue is I want to maximize my performance but enough + lets say 20% extra for what I am doing.

 

I hope techie people can give me some advise and points on making my decision.

 

Thank you very much,

 

-G

given your use case, I'd go with a 960 that had a zero fan mode, so that it would run silently at your average gaming load from League of Legends.

the GTX 960 Strix from Asus advertises to run silently playing League of Legends and Starcraft, and it gets my personal recommendation. it is available from newegg for $201 and has a $20 mail in rebate. I've always gotten my rebates, but they take about 2 months to be processed, which would bring it down to $181. it is available here: 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121913&cm_re=gtx_960-_-14-121-913-_-Product

you could go with a higher performance card, but the 960 will already do 300+ frames in LoL at max settings, so I don't really think you need it, and would be better served buying yourself something else nice like saving up for a fancy monitor.

 

edit: it is also available in a 4gb model, which would be my chioce as I run at 1440p with high res textures on various games, but I can confirm that 2gb is still plenty for 1440p on LoL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121928&cm_re=gtx_960-_-14-121-928-_-Product

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