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I just want to play battle field 3-4/ call of duty ghosts/ World of Tanks mild gamer about 3hours a day when not busy and watch some movies once in a while im building my first desktop excluding all other parts which of these graphic cards should I choose an why?? using i7 4770k CPU I personally think I should get R9280x

ASUS R9290-4GD5 Radeon R9 290 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card $399.99

ASUS R9280X-DC2T-3GD5 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card $309.99

ASUS GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $339.99

ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $259.99
 
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If money is no issue, the 290 would be nice, but if you'd like to save some money, and sacrifice a little quality in game, but not a ton, I would say the 770 or 280x would be the way to go. Personally, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia so I'd say the 770, however, with mantle coming out the 280x at a lower price than the 770 and the slightly better specs on it, I'd say the 280x probably has the best performance to price ratio.

You'll still be playing on almost full ultra settings, maybe have to turn aa down a bit but should be just fine.

as Dom said though, it's a huge card, make sure there's room for it, with adequate cooling inside.
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Are you using more than one monitor? If not then you don't need much video ram. Even Two monitors at 1920x1080 23" would do well with 2GB.

Having said that the higher Bitrate of the R9 290 is nice (512)
The R9 280x is well reviewed just make sure you have enough room in your case, it's a big card!
 
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I agree here. The 290x is the superior card, hands down with its brother the 290 close behind. But unless you are running 4k, or multiple monitors at 1080p or above it is then not worth it. Below that, save the money on hardware that will never be used, and buy a 7950 instead. Great card and will last a long while, cheap too. Not overkill for less than 2 monitors.
 
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If money is no issue, the 290 would be nice, but if you'd like to save some money, and sacrifice a little quality in game, but not a ton, I would say the 770 or 280x would be the way to go. Personally, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia so I'd say the 770, however, with mantle coming out the 280x at a lower price than the 770 and the slightly better specs on it, I'd say the 280x probably has the best performance to price ratio.

You'll still be playing on almost full ultra settings, maybe have to turn aa down a bit but should be just fine.

as Dom said though, it's a huge card, make sure there's room for it, with adequate cooling inside.
 
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ill be using 1 monitor right now will get second one after I save again :p and thanks a lot guys im getting the R9280x sounds great an for reasonable price and im just gonna show you my build do you think this case will hold everything?? and keep it cool, will i probably need to buy lots of fans ? an I have optical drive and 320gb hard drive from old acer computer will they be compatible


CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($69.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor ($152.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $1429.58
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 21:29 EST-0500)
 
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Yep should fit, 2 or 3 fans should be the least that you need, you can get more, but you wont have to. The drives should work as long as they are SATA cables and not IDE. I would get a new HDD anyway, as you would like more storage. My system is a few months old and I dont download much, already at 250 gigs.
 
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yeah there all sata and will the Samsung evo 120gb work good for computer hard drive ? with the 320 gb as well bc I don't download most stuff on computer memory I use external hard drives I just plug in through usb ports for movies music ect

 
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Yeah the Samsung is a good drive. There are slightly faster/bigger ones but the price point goes WAY up from there.
Good drive for performance/reliability/price.
And I agree with everyone else you should be fine with two or three fans.
If you are going to overclock you should seriously consider liquid cooler for your CPU.
 
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okay thanks a bunch guys and yeah im going to use that extra 100 from the 290 and get nice liquid cooler an fans any referral's ? and yeah I plan to overclock but I don't know how to yet where a good place to start learning
 
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thanks an that's what I had on my list first but though it was to much (h100i) and I hate youtube sometimes :p to many silly ppl or you get the 10 year olds that pop us tryin to explain overclockin lol
 
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lol You just have to avoid those little kids :p it'll take patience but it's not something you want to try to learn in 5 minutes, or you could end up messing things up and damaging your precious PC haha

but yeah, the h100i is hefty but when you're overclocking you definitely want something that's beyond great rather than something that might fail you. cooling is a major deal when it comes to OCing
 
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ohh yeah im going to spend a couple days learning and searching up overclocking I don't want to fry nothing and that's good I know she will be nice an cold now

and Dom_79 love your profile picture just noticed it IM ONLY HALF EVIL :D 333 my fav number
 
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Thank you!
 
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