old OCUK build and need new graphics please

toosmiles · 8 Nov 2017 at 23:29

my spec-
Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz 23 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock P67 Professional (CPUSocket) 31 °C
Graphics
2250W (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (XFX Pine Group) 48 °C
Storage
1863GB Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 ATA Device (SATA) 22 °C
232GB Crucial CT250BX100SSD1 ATA Device (SSD) 26 °C
not after anything fantastic as dont play that much really but would like to play some of the latter games releases
cheers

Danny75 · 8 Nov 2017 at 23:40

RX 560 or GTX 1050Ti for casual gaming. Not that much choice really. So £100-150. If you want to treat yourself then GTX 1060 3GB for £175-ish. I think over £200 for GTX 1060 6GB or RX 580 8GB is a bit wasted if not going to play much.

toosmiles · 8 Nov 2017 at 23:43

Danny75 said:
RX 560 or GTX 1050Ti for casual gaming. Not that much choice really. So £100-150. If you want to treat yourself then GTX 1060 3GB for £175-ish. I think over £200 for GTX 1060 6GB or RX 580 8GB is a bit wasted if not going to play much.

may treat myself lol,thanks for the advice

Danny75 · 8 Nov 2017 at 23:49

toosmiles said:
may treat myself lol,thanks for the advice

From the cheapest OcUK have available today, this one would be my choice:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EX OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £179.99

Total: £190.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)

RMA is UK-based. When my 680 broke down, they replaced with a 970 which is still going strong. I would nearly always go with KFA2 if choosing from the budget/2 year warranty card selection.

toosmiles · 8 Nov 2017 at 23:54

Danny75 said:
From the cheapest OcUK have available today, this one would be my choice:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EX OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £179.99

Total: £190.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)

RMA is UK-based. When my 680 broke down, they replaced with a 970 which is still going strong. I would nearly always go with KFA2 if choosing from the budget/2 year warranty card selection.

perfect thanks

toosmiles · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:33

amd r9 290 ive been recommended any good?

Danny75 · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:38

toosmiles said:
amd r9 290 ive been recommended any good?

On a par with GTX 1060, trades blows, depends on the games. You'll need to find out which model, blower/reference types can be hot and loud. Ones with two fans or more less loud but still hot, draw a lot more power than the 1060. A two or more fan RX 580 would be better than R9 290 if going with AMD, imo.

Which power supply do you have?

toosmiles · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:46

Danny75 said:
On a par with GTX 1060, trades blows, depends on the games. You'll need to find out which model, blower/reference types can be hot and loud. Ones with two fans or more less loud but still hot, draw a lot more power than the 1060. A two or more fan RX 580 would be better than R9 290 if going with AMD, imo.

Which power supply do you have?

thanks danny,ive got the above card in my basket ready to buy and looking for some faster memory now
thanks for the replys,ill check psu in the morning

mistersprinkles · 10 Nov 2017 at 04:07

Do we not know how forums work, sir?

Old OC build and require new memory upgrade
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Why is this a separate thread???