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My First budget build... where to go next?

JakeySRi
By JakeySRi
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hi guys, new to all this so go easy

decided to have a go at entry level PC gaming and have built my first rig

on a tight budget so go easy

although my hardware isnt the newest on the market its enough for what i need.  

 

MOBO; MSI 970 Gaming

CPU; FX6300 @ 4.2gHz

RAM; 12gb DDR3 1600mHz Hyperx 

SSD; Kingston 120gb (os only)

HDD 1.5TB SATA7200rpm

GPU Asus GTX750TI 2GB

PSU  Atnc 550W PSU

 

as mentioned   its not great  but it does everything i want it to do

but ive now got "the bug" and want more! 

 

where would you go next?  i was thinking of changing my GPU for a MSI RX470 8GB

is the card any good? how much of a performace increase can i expect compared to the 750ti? 

 

thanks 

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That is a very good upgrade, can you afford RX 480? The performance increase will be huge.

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470 crushes 750ti but i recommend u go for rx480 so that u can play most games at highest settings and trust me u will thank me later 

 

And buy 8 gb ram its more than enough. With that exyra cash buy rx480

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Look for second hand gpus. A lot of the 900 series gpus like the 970, 980 are going as cheap as a 480 or less for better performance.

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thanks for your fast replys guys.  would a AMD GPU work better with a AMD processor? or is that some theory iv just sort of made up to myself lol 

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8 minutes ago, ClownFace1511 said:

Look for second hand gpus. A lot of the 900 series gpus like the 970, 980 are going as cheap as a 480 or less for better performance.

Not really - not to mention DX12/Vulkan performance on Maxwell is crap

 

2 minutes ago, JakeySRi said:

thanks for your fast replys guys.  would a AMD GPU work better with a AMD processor? or is that some theory iv just sort of made up to myself lol 

No, that doesn't affect anything. I'd say either a RX 470 or 480 (depending on what you can afford)

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5 minutes ago, JakeySRi said:

thanks for your fast replys guys.  would a AMD GPU work better with a AMD processor? or is that some theory iv just sort of made up to myself lol 

Actually to be honest with you

AMD uses intel processor's to test there GPUs

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2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Not really - not to mention DX12/Vulkan performance on Maxwell is crap

And how many DX 12 and Vulkan titles are there to be exact?

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1 minute ago, abhigyan001 said:

And how many DX 12 and Vulkan titles are there to be exact?

Relevance?

 

Do you think there won't be any?

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4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Not really - not to mention DX12/Vulkan performance on Maxwell is crap

 

 

Im pretty sure dx12 should not be a factor when purchasing a gpu it only offers about 8 to 13 frames extra in 1080p in my personal testing (gtx970 and rx480) 

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1 minute ago, jello77 said:

Relevance?

 

Do you think there won't be any?

I don't think there would be anydecent ones pretty soon. Q2 2017 Maybe.

 

Also. OP says he wants to upgrade so........

 

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14 minutes ago, abhigyan001 said:

And how many DX 12 and Vulkan titles are there to be exact?

Close to 2 dozen actually.

 

10 minutes ago, abhigyan001 said:

I don't think there would be anydecent ones pretty soon. Q2 2017 Maybe.

 

Also. OP says he wants to upgrade so........

 

You are wrong. There already ARE quite a few good ones available

 

11 minutes ago, HmmR said:

Im pretty sure dx12 should not be a factor when purchasing a gpu it only offers about 8 to 13 frames extra in 1080p in my personal testing (gtx970 and rx480) 

That's actually a sizeable amount. Not sure why you want the OP to buy a less powerful GPU

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16 minutes ago, abhigyan001 said:

And how many DX 12 and Vulkan titles are there to be exact?

not that many now, but remember that they were released not too long ago, unlike DX11 which was years. there aren't as many dx12/vulkan titles now, but that number WILL increase, which will make his point more relevant.

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14 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

not that many now, but remember that they were released not too long ago, unlike DX11 which was years. there aren't as many dx12/vulkan titles now, but that number WILL increase, which will make his point more relevant.

OP says he wants to upgrade. 

Also, you never know whether those titles will perform good on AMD or NVIDIA.

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Is there a noticeable difference between AMD & Nvidia cards? 

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