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Out of the loop and in need of a new card!

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Looking at building a new desktop after solely using my laptop for the last 3 years and I really haven't been following what's hot and what's not for quite some time :p

Budget will be £150 ideally though can stretch a bit more if worth it and I don't mind going the second hand route if I'll get a much better performing card over new.

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Have increased budget to £250ish

Gaming wise it will be primarily used for Elite Dangerous / Battlefield 4 for now and Fallout 4 soon at 1080p

PC will also be used for a lot of video editing mainly 1080p but eventually 4K as well.

Will be running a 5820k with 16gb RAM and will likely be picking up a 750w PSU.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations :)
 
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Just to clarify I won't be gaming at 4k as I generally use my TV these days, would only require 4k whilst reviewing/editing video footage (monitor would be used for this) but that won't be for awhile yet if that makes much difference?

Budget can be stretched to £200 if need be but would rather keep it to £150 if possible :)

Which 290x would you recommend?

Ideally I'd like something with a larger cooler to keep noise and temp down, cheers :)
 
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Thanks the suggestions so far, I've decided to up my budget to £250 (£275 a push) as I'm struggling to find anything second hand and I'm only needing a graphics card to compete the system now lol

Looking at 390 / 970 now as best bet I assume?

From a quick look online it appears the 390 has a slight performance advantage but consumes nearly double the power of the 970?
 
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