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Thread ID: 115181	2011-01-06 05:54:00	Recommendations For GFX Card & PSU	icow (15313)	Press F1

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1167593	2011-01-06 05:54:00	As some of you may know I have recently built a new PC. I'm looking at buying a gaming gfx card and this means upgrading the 450w PSU. Prepared to spend about/under $300. PSU price as cheap as possible but still able to run the card and maintain quality. Note: Quad Core CPU uses 140w. Also I have little room between the audio jacks and the pci-e slot so the card can "hang over" only on one side (if that makes sense). PC specs in my sig and I intend to go to 6 or 8gb RAM (if that is useful or not also to stop people from telling me to buy more RAM and cut back on the Card).	icow (15313)
1167594	2011-01-06 07:39:00	You're not going to get a decent power supply & gaming gpu for under $300 total - not anything near current gen anyway. You could maybe find a second hand 512mb 8800GT/9800GT or 4830 or something on trademe for $120. A decent 650W PSU is gonna be $160 - $200. If you actually want a decent setup for playing more recent, demanding games, you will need to look at more like $450, to get a 650W PSU and a 5770 - that would, imo, be the minimum entry level gaming card atm. A GTX460 or 5850/6850 would be preferred, but they're about $300 - $350, plus the PSU.	inphinity (7274)
1167595	2011-01-06 08:41:00	You're not going to get a decent power supply & gaming gpu for under $300 total - not anything near current gen anyway. You could maybe find a second hand 512mb 8800GT/9800GT or 4830 or something on trademe for $120. A decent 650W PSU is gonna be $160 - $200. If you actually want a decent setup for playing more recent, demanding games, you will need to look at more like $450, to get a 650W PSU and a 5770 - that would, imo, be the minimum entry level gaming card atm. A GTX460 or 5850/6850 would be preferred, but they're about $300 - $350, plus the PSU. Sorry If I didn't make it clear but the $300 is for the card. PSU I don't really care about (price wise). I was thinking the gtx460 looked good. Do you know if there is a great performance difference between the 460 and 465?	icow (15313)
1167596	2011-01-06 08:50:00	$309 www.computerlounge.co.nz (Card is 21.6CM long, so make sure you have plenty of room in your case) $129 www.computerlounge.co.nz (No Power Cable) What case are you using?	Netsukeninja (13296)
1167597	2011-01-06 09:00:00	PSU looks good but I should probably spend more and get a big one to future proof.. But it looks like it will out do a 460????????? :confused: (maybe I can't read)	icow (15313)
1167598	2011-01-06 10:48:00	I dont think there is much of a difference between the 6850 and the 460. Crysis and Metro2033 were roughly neck and neck between the 2 cards.	Netsukeninja (13296)
1167599	2011-01-06 19:00:00	I intend to go to 6 or 8gb RAM ( to stop people from telling me to buy more RAM and cut back on the Card). I'd never tell anyone, ever, to cut back on VGA if they were going to be gaming. That should be the number one priority, then CPU. Then RAM. The 6850 seems to fit your price range. ANd forget price on PSUs, good way to end up with ****. Get yourself a 650w or better - 750w Corsair or Enermax.	pctek (84)
1167600	2011-01-06 20:54:00	www.computerlounge.co.nz and one of these two www.computerlounge.co.nz www.computerlounge.co.nz	inphinity (7274)
1167601	2011-01-06 21:54:00	That should be the number one priority, then CPU. Then RAM. Too right, the world needs more people like you, with sound tech advice! :clap	Chilling_Silence (9)
1167602	2011-01-06 22:02:00	PSU looks good but I should probably spend more and get a big one to future proof.. But it looks like it will out do a 460????????? :confused: (maybe I can't read) Remember PSU watts rating isn't everything. In fact it's pretty much nothing. Look at the current (Amps) available on the 12v rails, that's what matters. (note that on multirail PSUs, the 12v combined capacity is often less than the sum of the individual rails)	Agent_24 (57)
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