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Graphics Card for sons PC £200 budget

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Hi guys, after a bit of help.

My son has £200 to spend on a new graphics card but I am unsure of which to tell is best for him.

I am gunna give him my i5 3570k married to 8 gig RAM.

I have drawn a list up of three.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-324-AS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-285-AS



He wants to play Battlefield 4. Will any of these do the job.

His screen is a TV with a couple of HDMI and PC in has full 1080p.

The top\first one reads well and has good reviews plus it would look good on his blue Asus mobo. ( it has to look good as well as perform )

Cheers
 
I would advice you to get the cheapest 280X or 7970 you can find.

Given that the 7950s are at £210 here, makes sense.
 
Panos said:
I would advice you to get the cheapest 280X or 7970 you can find.

Given that the 7950s are at £210 here, makes sense.
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Thanks for that reply.

I had a look round the site and saw this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-422-OE

It is the game he wants, the spec of the CPU and RAM are similar and the graphics card goes for a R9 280X.

Looking at them the cheapest one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-091-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

So is this worth the few extra pounds ? £40 over his budget, which he gave himself but I know he has a bit more he could spend.

Would any of the cheaper one run a new top end game or is that just false economy, is the extra money really worth spending ?
 
tnx said:
Update...

Going to order the Gigabyte R9 280 X.

Checked his billy no make PSU. Totally not up to the job so gunna treat him to
a nice Cirsair PSU.

A RM 750.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-154-CS

Also gunna let him sort of have my i5 3570K married with my Corsair H100.

Damn now I need new things.... :D
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sounds like you are passing things along so you can upgrade your system? ;P

good choice with the 280X, makes a lot more sense than a 7950
 
I had a similar discussion on a PSU to go with a 280X over at http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18558532, managed to talk me out of the RM 750 I also was going to go for (I'm a fan of corsair stuff too)
I'm now going for the Seasonic 550w gold instead, on sale this week to also, pretty sure I read somewhere Seasonic make/made some of the corsair PSU's...

Also some one also stated that "Corsair released a statement saying there's a fault with the 750 + 850w version of the RM power supply causing it to shutdown in high ambient temperatures as the fan doesn't switch on." (I've not verified this though.)
 
Beermonster0 said:
I had a similar discussion on a PSU to go with a 280X over at http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18558532, managed to talk me out of the RM 750 I also was going to go for (I'm a fan of corsair stuff too)
I'm now going for the Seasonic 550w gold instead, on sale this week to also, pretty sure I read somewhere Seasonic make/made some of the corsair PSU's...

Also some one also stated that "Corsair released a statement saying there's a fault with the 750 + 850w version of the RM power supply causing it to shutdown in high ambient temperatures as the fan doesn't switch on." (I've not verified this though.)
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That problem sounds worrying.

The bits are ordered and paid for.

If that does happen I feel their warrenty will stand, I will make sure I keep all reciepts etc, just in case.

Thanks for the info.
 
tnx said:
I have just Googled " Corsair RM750 problem"

Found this

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=123484

It does worry me. I think I will contact OC UK. And ask if they have had any units returned do o this problem.

I may evn ask for a different unit before it is dispatched.
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They have been fine, but if your really worried go with a BeQuiet 850W, exceptional units and roughly same price. :)
 
I have just sent this to OC UK


Hi OC UK

Just last night i placed an order or a GPU and a PSU.

Since ordering I have found inormation regarding the PSU and a particular problem with the Corsir RM 750 and how the fan does not switch on causing the PC to shut down.

This is worrying me. I would like to ask if infact you are aware of this matter ?
What are the options I have. Is it infact too late for you to dipatch a different PSU.
I would ask that if a different PSU can be sent then it would need to be at least 750 W unit with two 8 pin GPU connectors or two 6+2 pin onnectors.
It would need to an equally priced unit and one with an eually good name.

If this is not possible can I ask where I would stand if the Corsair unit was affected. I hope a full refund or replacement unit would be dipatched at no extra cost to me.

The poblem was mentioned within the OC UK Forums and on this site

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=123484

Having looked for an alternative unit I have seen the following units

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-SS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-202-CM&tool=3

The first one would be my prefered option but is slightly over my oiginal payment. I could and would be willing to pay the difference.

I do hope you can help me in this matter.

If you feel the need to contact me by phone please do so.

XXXXX XXXXXX

Thanks for reading
 
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