GFX Card / System Upgrade

[Tunnix]

Hi,

I have a friend who is looking to upgrade his GFXs (currently onboard!) and looking for a few different suggestions for different price bands, that will be compatible with his current set up.

Currently he has:

MSI a55m-e33 FM2+ Mobo
AMD A8-6600 3.9Ghz CPU
Onboard GFX (Radeon 8750HD)
8GB DDR3 RAM
350 Watt PSU.

He's looking to run games like BF4 and similar.

ANy suggestions for GFX cards within the following price brackets, that are compatble with his current setup:

_________

£50-60

_________


£75 - £120

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£175 - £220


Any further advise / recomendations would be appreciated!


Many thanks,

Tunnix

 

[CinderzFTW]

50-60 quid card out of the question unless going secondhand, then a gtx570ish would be good if you can get one that cheap... i did for my missus

75-120... gtx750ti

anything else is a NO!

Power unit needs upgrading before going anything above the 750ti

 

[Tunnix]

If opting for something like this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-019-VX

(VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5)

What kind of wattage would be needed on the PSU?

Thanks again

 

[CinderzFTW]

280 is going to be bottlenecked by your processor pal... i wouldn't go above an 270

 

[Tunnix]

So would this one be okay, in cobo with his current CPU?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-242-MS

Thanks again.

 

[humbug]

So would this one be okay, in cobo with his current CPU?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-242-MS

Thanks again.

Not that card, this is the same card but lower clocked so less power and cheaper... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-245-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

Besides that its difficult to call with a 350 Watt PSU, which PSU is it?

 

[CinderzFTW]

I wouldn't risk putting any GPU alongside a 350W psu... get rid of it and get something along the lines of the corsair cx600

 

[Simon Belmont]

I wouldn't risk putting any GPU alongside a 350W psu... get rid of it and get something along the lines of the corsair cx600

He won't need 600watt. 450watt would do the job.

 

[CinderzFTW]

im just thinking about headroom for future upggade