Graphics/ Upgrade question

[leemar90]

Hello,

Brought everything for my build a couple of weeks ago..

i5-3570k
Gigabyte z77-D3H
PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD
Old WD 640gb sata 2 Hard drive

Currently have my old ATI 4850 in because I lacked funds for the Graphics card then, and its letting me run borderlands on pretty much high settings which suprised me, but now its time for me to get a shiny new graphics card.

Im torn between the AMD 7850, 7870 and 7950, with the good deals on games. Would spending the extra ~£80 on the 7950 be justified? Because it is obvious I will be getting a huge improvement anyway, I might as well be running on onboard gfx

I do have enough for the 7950, but was thinking about getting a sata 3 harddrive instead of my old 640GB (which I ripped out of my old external HDD, its really noisy and years old) currently using for data and games, the SSD just has windows installed on.

Lastly I have a Zalman z9 plus case, Will I encounter any problems fitting in a larger card?

Many thanks for any help

 

[leemar90]

I would go for the 7950, if you don`t like the games you can always sell them. And it will fit in the Zalman , no problem.

Did you get the B grade Gigabyte Z77-D3H, i mentioned in your other thread.

Yeah I got the B grade z77, I couldn't spot anything wrong with it at all, even had the leads. Got the CPU cooler that was recommended too, only had the thermal paste missing. Runs very cool I haven't overclocked yet though because I'm new to Ivybridge, I've read some guides but I'm abit clueless to be honest.

I think I will keep the games, I dont own any which is a bonus.

I also managed to find the store last time, took about 3 hours to get there and back, but should be quicker now they have moved location, I will head down this weekend, thanks a lot. 7950 it is!

 

[leemar90]

Yep, every single thing I brought was on offer

Only other things I want are Mechanical Keyboard and a g5, but they will wait until xmas I think

 

[leemar90]

Yep, no B-Grades wish I had access to the members market