Advice on card please...

[lgevans]

I am building a new machine which is for general use and gaming.

It's going to be a mini itx build with Asus Z87I PROFESSIONAL Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX, haswell i5-4670K, Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB 1600.

The sticking block for me at the moment though is which GPU to go for. Gaming wise I tend to stick to ARPGs (D3, Grim Dawn) and MMOs.

I have in mind either a GTX 670 or GTX 760. The important things for me is a quality card, as quiet as possible (no WC), and hopefully last a good year or two. I play on 1 monitor at 1080p.

Can I please get some advice on a card and any recommendations on a card from OC please.

 

[arc@css]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-305-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

 

[Something Else]

GTX 670 no doubt!

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It is a better card than a 760, the 760 is a slightly cut down 670 with an overclock to make it seem better. Go for the 670 and enjoy it for the bargin it now is!

 

[lgevans]

Thank you for the advice. Thats the card I am leaning toward. It's going in a bitfenix prodigy case. Are these cards very noisy?

 

[Marine-RX179]

Thank you for the advice. Thats the card I am leaning toward. It's going in a bitfenix prodigy case. Are these cards very noisy?

Should be fine. The thing about noise is that the lower temp the card is, the lower the noise (if you use custom fan profile).

Now I'm not going to lie to you...I got a Prodigy PC for another system, and in terms of graphic cooling, it's hardly getting any cool air from the front intake due to how the graphic card is standing on the edge of the case. It rely pretty much solely on the vent holes on the side panel to get cool air to the graphic cooler. I've tried using the windowed panel with no vent hole and temp is at least 5C higher than the default sidepanel with vent holes...so if you are not using the windowed panel, you got nothing to worried about.