A Good GPU For The Money

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DecapitatedApple

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So I have been thinking of building a PC and I am stuck on a graphics card.

My budget is around $750

So I was thinking about buying the R9 270x, or the R9 280x, or the 7870, or the 7950, or their GTX counterparts. I was also thinking about the 770 but that costs $300. I really don't know what's best for the money. Can anyone help? The CPU I am building this around is the FX6300.

First build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZpC1

Second build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/DecapitatedApple/saved/2LbC

Third build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/DecapitatedApple/saved/2LbI

And the monitor resolution is going to be 1920x1080, which I assume is regular?
 
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Edit: Sorry, didn't see that you're in Canada, updated info.

I think your 2nd build would be best, but I agree with nikoli707 above, get an Evo, OC your fx 6300 to 4.2Ghz+ and you have yourself a capable PC, the 3TB HDD is good for the money, but if you don't need that much space just get a 1TB to save a bit on cash, since the 7870 tahiti is priced higher in canada, for your GPU if it comes to between 270x and 7870 tahiti/7950, just get whichever is cheapest out of the bunch, would not recommend going lower than those 3 for a new PC though.

But to me it seems your RAM is priced a bit high, but I'm not totally sure of the pricing conditions where you live so if you can get a cheaper set of 1600 then totally go for it.
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DecapitatedApple

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ok here I shall post a pcpartpicker linker
 
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you have a few items that are overpriced, especially the ram... but the case and hard drive are a tad overpriced. as far as that 7870xt you have in the second build... i just saw that card the other day on sale for like $130. dont use pc parts picker to buy stuff. use techbargains.com
 
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DecapitatedApple

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Thanks for pointing that out. May I ask why I shouldn't use pcpartpicker. So which card would you recommend for my current budget?

 
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pcpartpicker isnt updated quick enough for daily deals... as many of the items you have on there go on daily deals for like 20-30% less than the prices you got.

the $120 fx6300 is fine... but you should get a $25-30 hyper 212 cooler to go with it and overclock it to like 4.5ghz
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484
here is that tahiti chip amd 7870xt which is just a gimped 7950... its actually a really good card and for that price its an amazing bang for buck and should max out every game at 1080p except for crysis 3 and battlefield 4.... just lower the anti-aliasing for those games a little.

case for $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153
see the promo code?
3tb hard drive for $100 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1310560&srkey=TSD-3000AS2
make sure the motherboard your looking at getting can support this size drive
 
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Edit: Sorry, didn't see that you're in Canada, updated info.

I think your 2nd build would be best, but I agree with nikoli707 above, get an Evo, OC your fx 6300 to 4.2Ghz+ and you have yourself a capable PC, the 3TB HDD is good for the money, but if you don't need that much space just get a 1TB to save a bit on cash, since the 7870 tahiti is priced higher in canada, for your GPU if it comes to between 270x and 7870 tahiti/7950, just get whichever is cheapest out of the bunch, would not recommend going lower than those 3 for a new PC though.

But to me it seems your RAM is priced a bit high, but I'm not totally sure of the pricing conditions where you live so if you can get a cheaper set of 1600 then totally go for it.
 
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DecapitatedApple

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Can you suggest better ram for a cheaper price?
 
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