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austinaa

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I am pretty new to the PC gaming community, and have used this forum for the past year or so with finding out information, but this time I needed to ask a question.

I built my first gaming rig about a year ago, I didn't pick the best parts for the money, and would like to upgrade.

I play maybe 30 hours a week currently max, if even that, and needed some clarification on a few video cards.

First off, I have a 630W PSU, to be exact it is a Antec Neo Eco 620c, with a i5 3570k, not overclocked (I plan to OC when I get my new heatsink finally installed.) Along with a ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M mobo, and 16GB of RAM. I only plan to use 1 monitor, but would love to upgrade to two within the next year and prefer higher resolutions. Now with the background info out of the way...

I want to play BF4 more, but I have a 560ti and have to run it on low to medium quality to maintain frames. I also want to play a few other new games and not worry about my frames and keep the quality looking good.

My first question is, is there a big difference between http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130949 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130944 ? The specs look pretty much the same. Would those be decent enough combined with my set up to play BF4 with nice quality and future-proof it for the next 2-3 years?

Also, when looking at cards that say "600W recommended" is my PSU too weak to run those? I really didn't plan on spending that much for a card that said that, I am mostly just wondering. Thanks to those who read and respond!
 
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First of all. DONT buy the 4GB version of the 760, its pratically pointless since the 760 cant fully utilize 4GB. Your paying that price for an R9 280x which is infact fabulous and requires 550W minimum.

Though you did mention 1 monitor... its this 1080p? If so I'd suggest the 770 since it outperforms the 280x at 1080p gaming, though the 280x dominates at 2 monitors because of its 3GB of Vram compared to the 770's 2GB. Do take notice however the 770 requires 600W minimum and costs a bit more than the 280x.

If you get the 280X I'd suggest the Sapphire Vapor-X:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202045
...Holy shit I just saw they raised the prices to $379... maybe cause they went out of stock earlier.. Your best...
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First of all. DONT buy the 4GB version of the 760, its pratically pointless since the 760 cant fully utilize 4GB. Your paying that price for an R9 280x which is infact fabulous and requires 550W minimum.

Though you did mention 1 monitor... its this 1080p? If so I'd suggest the 770 since it outperforms the 280x at 1080p gaming, though the 280x dominates at 2 monitors because of its 3GB of Vram compared to the 770's 2GB. Do take notice however the 770 requires 600W minimum and costs a bit more than the 280x.

If you get the 280X I'd suggest the Sapphire Vapor-X:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202045
...Holy shit I just saw they raised the prices to $379... maybe cause they went out of stock earlier.. Your best bet is to get the 770 then..

I'd suggest the MSI N770 Lightning: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127742
Or the better CS(customer service) EVGA 770: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130921

Though do take notice the lightning is the more powerful of the two and probably the most power 770 of them all.

However! your PSU is 630W and has 48A on the 12v+ Rail, the 770 requires a minumum of 600W and 42A.

Your PSU isn't the best of the best but it'll surely do fine with the 770 just do not overclock your CPU or anything else with that PSU, try to get a HX,TX,XFX or Seasonic PSU before you try that, they're more better built
 
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Thanks for the great feedback!
I do plan to stick to 1080p for a good while, and would like to bump up and overclock my cpu, so by doing so I am assuming I would knock out the 770 option, since I do not want to upgrade my psu just yet.

Your overall suggestion in my case would be the 770?
I know this isn't the place, but do you think I'd be able to pull off a 770 and at least get my i5 3570k to at least 4GHz on my current psu?
 
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Overclocking? nope not gonna happen. But you can easily use the 770 with your current build. With the 770 your reaching the boundaries of your PSU. Though this is my opinion I honestly don't see the hype with overclocking things. My Core i7 2600k is clock at 3.4Ghz stock and I honestly don't see no need to OC it becuase it works well already, maybe in 4 or so years I will but it seems pretty pointless but this is just my opinion. Im sure people will boast about all the benefits but to me it's useless. Not to mention the amount of time you have to stress tests clock configs to get a proper stable clock aswell as do a stress test on the stable Overclock which could add 4-8 hours to your build. Remember though this is just my opinion, I don't need anyone scolding me about my opinion.

In conclusion.. you can use the 770 just fine your current PSU, just don't try overclocking till you get a better built PSU thats above 700W
 
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