Upgrade Advice

mtnorris

mtnorris

mtnorris

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Basically I have about £200 to spend (can stretch to £250 though) and thought something for my pc! I do a lot of 3d work with autodesk programs like revit so rendering heavy and play some games, csgo and dayz in particular, so raising my fps in both would be nice.

Specs :

case - Antec 300
mobo - Asus m4a88td-v evo/usb3
CPU - AMD phenom II x6 1090t (currently at 3.2 GHz but can easily get 4.0)
HS - Akasa venom
RAM - 12GB (2x2 @ 1600 and 2x4 @ 1600)
PSU - OZC 500W
GPU - Powercolor 5830 PCS+ 1024mb
SSD - Agility 3 240gb
HDD - Something 1TB (although probably gonna remove due to not using it)

I have a personal preference for AMD graphics cards due to them being far better for rendering per £.

So would be great to have some ideas on upgrades!

Thanks in advance x
 
mtnorris said:
Thats a pretty good price for a 7850, but is "b-grade" not a tad risky with a 3 month warranty?
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The 3 month warranty is with OCUK, after that, you still have what ever warranty is left with Gigabyte. But check with CS, just to be on the safe side.
 
Good plan, will try and see why its b grade too, cos i'd only sell the games if its those missing or just out of box etc. Not really willing to settle for a inferior card though.
 
mtnorris said:
Good plan, will try and see why its b grade too, cos i'd only sell the games if its those missing or just out of box etc. Not really willing to settle for a inferior card though.
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I don`t think the games will be included, but again you can always ask.
 
If you've got £200 to spend i would just buy a new gpu as you get the full warranty and any games that come bundled with it also if you can stretch to £250 theres some 7950's on offer this week
 
[WU-TANG]GZA;23443749 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
Total : £251.39 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Taking games into account it's more like £200 tbh. BEAST of a card
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This was actually my first thought really, any ideas if the card will fit in my antec 300 though? The sizes suggest they wouldn't but I see many posts saying it would...
 
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