Which card for my build?

[millermilla]

Hi,

Having gained plenty of advice on here I am planning the setup below.

I am left with about £150ish in the budget for a GFX card and wondered what would be best? I prefer NVIDIA cards which for the budget means I will be looking at a GTX950/960.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x 8Pack Approved - Intel Core i5 6400 @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Quad Core Gaming Bundle = £329.95
  • Memory:Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8)
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £26.99
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £51.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR)= £43.99
• 1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99
• 1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)= £26.99

Total: £574.85
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Panos]

Get a used 780 or or something like that. Anything less and going to be waste of nice system.
Except you plan to upgrade later on.

 

[millermilla]

Get a used 780 or or something like that. Anything less and going to be waste of nice system.
Except you plan to upgrade later on.

I would be a little worried about a second hand card, where would be the best place to buy?

I don't mind upgrading in the future. The plan was to get a motherboard / cpu that I can upgrade and will last a few years.

 

[Panos]

The Power Supply unit is also small, for anything tbh.

 

[flowrider99]

OCuk have a 4gb GTX960 on offer for just under £140.

 

[Zethor]

Assuming you will use it for gaming, your system isn't balanced.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-579-in.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...annel-kit-black-hx424c15fbk2-8-my-228-ks.html

Add the £80 you've just saved and get 970 or a 390 and a better PSU.

 

[AlamoX]

i suggest 380 159£ or 380X 189£
these gpus are freesync compatible, one of the major gaming features in 2015, so if you are going to buy a monitor along side that build you could go for the AOC 165£ 1080p, 1ms, 144hz freesync, without breaking your bank.