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Which GPU?

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R34V3R

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In the next month or so I will be ordering a rig which forum members helped me piece together. Will be used primarily for gaming.

CPU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN

MOBO - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-167-MS

PSU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN

RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

Case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-161-AN

For the GPU, I decided to go with the refurbed gtx 480 because of it's very low price, but they seem to have stopped selling them. I've been looking around at other cards in the same price range (Around £170 I think it was) to replace it but I don't know which to go with. Reckon it'll probably be a 470, 560 ti or 6870 but am really unsure of how they stack up against each other.
 
Don't really plan on crossfire, and won't be updating the card for a while, the psu is fine just for that right? Also am probably gonna go with a 560 ti, it's a bit cheaper and means PhysX is an option. Cheers guys
 
Don't skimp on anything for a gaming pc, spend the maximum amount you can afford then add another couple of hundred quid to that. your CPU and Ram are fine but consider either p67 or z68 mobo and don't try to save on your GPU. remember most of the time you only get what you pay for.
 
spankingtexan said:
Don't skimp on anything for a gaming pc, spend the maximum amount you can afford then add another couple of hundred quid to that. your CPU and Ram are fine but consider either p67 or z68 mobo and don't try to save on your GPU. remember most of the time you only get what you pay for.
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I'm using a MSI P67A-C45, only thing it lacks is crossfire support which I won't be needing. You reckon the 560 ti then?
 
whats your top end budget wise for the whole pc?

motherboard wise I would say this as its future proof, in a few years add an ivy bridge cpu and a pci-e3.0 graphics card without needing to get a new motherboard.

have you considered

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-041-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-043-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

cases are better(well they are double the price) and the cooler is better than the cooler that comes with the cpu so you can oc the cpu further/keep it cooler at equal clock speeds, can't buy a k cpu and not oc it.
 
fowler002 said:
£640 is an odd figure, people usually go x00 or x50 not x40 :)

go on streatch it to £750, you know you want to ;)
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Haha It's just the figure I saw when I added a card to the basket, i'd spend upwards of a grand if it were up to me, but I'm not the one paying for the majority of it xD


Marine-RX179 said:
The MSI P67A-GD53 is a better board and with Crossfire and SLI support at x8/x8, and it doesn't cost much more:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906
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I don't need the crossfire/sli support, is board much better than it warrants the extra money?

I'm gaming at 1024 x 768 atm, but soon after I get the rig I'm probably gonna upgrade to one of overclocker's cheaper 1080p monitors.
 
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