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Best GPU for this rig....

Banzai_Joe

Banzai_Joe

Banzai_Joe

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Hi all,
so the gaming rig below is being built next week as a project by and for a work experience student.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £53.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x TOSHIBA TS-T633 8x Slim SLOT IN DVD±RW DL Drive - OEM £26.99
Total : £426.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).





Have £200 for a gpu that will fit into the case. Max build budget is £600. He already has a Samsung Pro 250GB SSD and a Corsair HX-650 psu.
He wants the best bang for buck, considering that BF4 and the new 8000 cards will be out in a few months, but obviously cant wait that long.
AFM cooler is not needed.

Just want advice on the best card to fit the case and for performance in games please.

Thanks
 
Ok, so what's the most important factor between 7870 and 7950? (barring the price)
Core? Quite a few 7950's are LOWER than 7870's, why is that?
Memory? 3gb on the 7950 is obviously better, but would BF4 require that much?
Stream Processors? More on the 7950, but still....?
 
Thanks LtMatt.
So no takers for nvidia then?
Just wondered, personally i always buy and build with AMD cards, but itsn't BF4 optimised using nvidia?
The student has expressed his love of the BF franchise ya see?!
 
tribz, i was actually thinking the same thing.
AFAIK. the 'K' series just give HD4000 onboard graphics, over the non-K having HD2500, unless i'm wrong.
And with a discreet GPU he won't need onboard.
Can the drive cage be removed? He'll only be using 1 x SSD in there and a slot loaded dvd-rw (see basket).
 
Hmmm....the GTX 670 does seem to batter the 7950 is almost all cases that i can find.
But would it suffer in BF4 due to 2gb of vram instead of 3gb that the 7950 had?
Which is the quieter of the 2 cards generally, without clocking?
 
I don't think the kid will overclock the card, unless he really wants to play around.....and risk it.....considering his limited knowledge.

So at stock settings.........???
 
He may decide to overclock the card, but only as long as the stock cooler attached to the gpu can handle it, as it's going into a pretty small case.
 
Good call, thanks.
The case was only an initial choice for a small and cheap mini-itx case.
Budget doesn't allow the the likes of the sugo range etc (like mine)
 
Thanks.
Nothing has been bought yet, but the budget iis pretty tight.
May have to move to m-atx for cheaper cases and better handling of gpu's.
 
Just wondering whether moving to an AMD cpu like the FX-6300 or 8320 with a 7950 would work out just as good a performer for less money, bearing in mind the GPU doing 'most' of the work.
 
So, looks like this is what's going to be ordered.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Thermaltake Armor A30 LAN Gaming Case - Black £79.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £53.99
Total : £507.84 (includes shipping : £16.60).



Any other thoughts on matching the GPU with this board and case?
 
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