new gfx card advice

[mattux]

Hi what gfx card would be best bang for buck around £150.
Im not interested in benchmarks or overclocking just want to put it and play without heat problems etc.
It will be used with a 24" monitor for fps games in 1080p. I5 4670 stock 600w psu.
If I need to stretch the budget a bit then thats fine, was thinking geforce 760 or is that overkill?

Cheers

 

[RJC]

Do you know the make / model of your psu?


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[Marine-RX179]

If you are going to stretch to GTX760's budget, you'd be better off going for the R9 280 instead, which would be faster and has 1GB more vram.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842
In honesty unless budget is an issue, I wouldn't really recommend going for 2GB card anymore.

 

[mattux]

Sorry guys psu is ocz500mxsp 500 watt not 600 will it be ok?

 

[Fulax]

If you are going to stretch to GTX760's budget, you'd be better off going for the R9 280 instead, which would be faster and has 1GB more vram.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

Really good price for that 280. That would be my choice.

 

[arc@css]

^^ Smashing card for the money.

 

[mattux]

Thanks for the input everyone.
My concern is with my psu being only 500 watts, will it be ok bearing in mind everything is at stock speeds?

Cheers

 

[arc@css]

I think you'll be fine.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Thanks for the input everyone.
My concern is with my psu being only 500 watts, will it be ok bearing in mind everything is at stock speeds?

Cheers

The OCZ500MXSP (OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W) is rated at 36A for the 12v rail, so it can output up to 432W on the 12v rail so it would be fine, considering the VTX280x's TDP should be 250W, meaning the card isn't going to consume more than that and still leave you around 180W for CPU (which should consume more than 100W even when overclocked) and whatever else are on the 12v rail.