GPU deliberation

[matio57]

In the final stages of choosing my first build and I've been a watching every video going on youtube and I need to choose a GPU to slot into this build. TechDeals reccomends a 1060 3Gb, others say a 1050ti and with the mining craze and the fact I'm UK not US I have no Idea what I should be spending on a GPU and which is the right one for me! I'm looking to keep the budget around the £1200 mark inc. monitor so I have ~£550 to spend on GPU and a monitor but if spending a bit more now means it will last longer then I'm ok with that I just want what every gamer wants which is value for my money. I plan on AAA gaming, bit of DotA 2 and some CAD work thus the R5 instead of a R3

 

The Vega 56 that launches tomorrow is gonna be $399 so hopefully may be able to get one at £310.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OC 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card, 768 Core, 1316MHz GPU, 1430MHz Boost - £142.99

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING ACX 2.0 Single Fan 3GB GDDR5 VR Ready Graphics Card, 1152 Core, 1506MHz GPU, 1708MHz Boost - £214.99

Asus GeForce GTX 1070 Asus Turbo 8GB GDDR5 VR Ready Graphics Card, 1920 Core, 1506MHz GPU, 1683MHz Boost - £362.99

8GB Gigabyte GTX 1080 OC WindForce3 OC GDDR5X VR Ready Graphics Card, 2560 Core, 1632 MHz GPU, 1771 MHz Boost - £489.98

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB GDDR5 VR Ready Graphics Card, 1280 Core, 1506MHz GPU, 1708MHz Boost - £269.48

8GB PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Devil, 14nm Polaris, 2304 Streams, 1380MHz Boost, 8000MHz GDDR5, 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D - £294.98

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M9qRWX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M9qRWX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£178.95 @ Aria PC) 

GPU: ????? HELP ????
Motherboard: MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£83.66 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£133.20 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.57 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £673.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-13 19:27 BST+0100

 

 

I want to get as much as possible from Scan.co.uk as they have a good finance option for me and their prices are similar to the above. 

The 500Gb WD Blue SSD is an extravagence but its in a deal that includes a copy of Wildlands which equates to about £40 off as I was going to be buying that anyway.

 

Any advice on which is the best GPU to go with this build would be fantastic. Oh and monitors too  

[austin2118ace]

The first thing you should decide is the resolution and refresh rate you are looking for on your monitor.
That will correlate to what GPU you should buy to push that resolution and framerate and how you will need to divide up your remaining money

[matio57]

9 hours ago, austin2118ace said:

The first thing you should decide is the resolution and refresh rate you are looking for on your monitor.
That will correlate to what GPU you should buy to push that resolution and framerate and how you will need to divide up your remaining money

I am trying to decide, but I'm not sure which is the best for my money. Various people say 1080p is becoming superceded by 1440p. Is it smarter to go better gpu and monitor now e.g. a 1070/Vega 56 and a 1440p monitor or go cheaper and get a 1080p with a 1050ti or a 1060 3gb or 6gb?

[matio57]

Plus Vega has Freesync and G-sync is waaayyy out of my price range so I think I'd rather go for that, is it overkill for a 1080p?

I'm gonna go for the WD Blue as I said cos of the free Wildlands, but do you reckon 2Tb is needed for the HDD??

And I'll stick with the CoolerMaster case, its going to sit on top of my desk so I'm happy to spend a little more and I like the all black.

Is there any significant benefit of a fully-modular PSU compared to the semi-modular one I chose?

And RAM I was going to just get the cheapest that works in the ASrock with >DDR4-3000 for when I order.