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Best card to upgrade too?

viatrophy

viatrophy

viatrophy

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Hi :)

Hope everyone's had a lovely Christmas and New Year!

The last time I built a computer was around 2 years ago, and have yet to upgrade it since due to lack of funds. Thankfully, good ol' Santa brought me some luck and have a fair bit of money to spend on upgrading the graphics card in my computer.

The current set-up for the computer is:
Asus P5K Motherboard
Intel C2D E6750 @2.66
2GB Ram
Asus 8600GT 512MB
Colors IT 600W PSU
(+12V = 30A)

It was a fairly decent rig when it was built but its falling quickly behind these days.

I've got around £100-110 to spend on upgrading the graphics card, what would I be able upgrade to that the computer would still power? If need be, I'm fine spending the money half/half on a new PSU and a graphics card as I could attempt to sell the 2 other parts.

If you need any more information, let me know and I'll supply it. :)
 
For about £15-20 more you could get an ATI 5770, but it depends on what you use the machine for.

If you game, then go for a 5770.
 
Yeah I use it for games mainly. My biggest problem is whether or not the power supply would actually power the graphics card. Around a year or so ago I bought a 9800GTX+ and had to send the bugger back because the power supply apparently wouldn't power it.

I've got another small problem... I have a X-Clio A380 Case (which is bloody massive) and the extra 6-pin cable from the PSU doesn't reach the card, is there anyway round this?
 
you could get a ati 5750 or a 5770, they the 5770 uses about 130w at full load. if the cable doesnt reach, you could buy an extension.
 
If you can stretch your budget, I would highly recommend you try to get the 5770 Vapor-X. It uses even less watts than the already fantastic reference 5770's (11 idle 100ish full load). Has really great cooling that is totally silent at all times, overclocks way further than any other, and seems to have been altered as the framerates in some games are much higher than a normal 5770, close to 5850 in COD:WAW. Although to be fair there aren't many games it comes out much higher in, and the 4890 beats it in many games still.
 
I think you'll struggle for around £120. Decent Corsair PSU would be around £70-80.
 
As a curve ball, second hand 4850 (£45ish) and a second hand Corsair/Seasonic/Whatever (again £40ish) and well under budget. Won't be as good as the 5770, but a good upgrade from your current card, and the whole system will benefit from the PSU.
 
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