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What Would Be The best Gamming GPU for This PC?

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June 5, 2014 3:50:17 PM

Okay So Im Buying This Computer I want for gamming. Here's the specs.

iBUYPOWER SOURCE SERIES NE641FX Desktop PC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

AMD FX-Series FX-8320 (3.50GHz)
8GB DDR3 1TB HDD
Windows 8.1 64-Bit
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1GB
Power Supply 400 Watt

Okay I love this pc because of the CPU. But The GPU isnt the best. I do alot of video editing and video recording. I also game. I was looking into some cards that was good but within my budget, My Budget is 160$. What GPU would be the best for gamming.

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June 5, 2014 3:57:44 PM

Leshaun said:
Okay So Im Buying This Computer I want for gamming. Here's the specs.

iBUYPOWER SOURCE SERIES NE641FX Desktop PC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

AMD FX-Series FX-8320 (3.50GHz)
8GB DDR3 1TB HDD
Windows 8.1 64-Bit
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1GB
Power Supply 400 Watt

Okay I love this pc because of the CPU. But The GPU isnt the best. I do alot of video editing and video recording. I also game. I was looking into some cards that was good but within my budget, My Budget is 160$. What GPU would be the best for gamming.


PC's like these are highly over priced and they always cheap out on important components like the PSU. I wouldn't recommend buying this PC. For $650 you can buy something like this :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($200.00 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $624.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-05 18:53 EDT-0400)

This would outperform the iBuyPower PC by 30-40% and it has quality components you can rely on. Also you have 3-5 year warranties on most of the components individually. On the iBuyPower PC there is a 1-year parts and labour warranty - and it's on the PC as a whole not the components. So if your PSU dies on you, you have to send the entire machine back to have it serviced. And most of the time if you upgrade a component you void the warranty.

There are tons of tutorials on Youtube and else where that can teach you how to build a PC yourself. It's really easy and only takes a few hours of your time.

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June 5, 2014 4:01:59 PM

anthony8989 said:
Leshaun said:
Okay So Im Buying This Computer I want for gamming. Here's the specs.

iBUYPOWER SOURCE SERIES NE641FX Desktop PC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

AMD FX-Series FX-8320 (3.50GHz)
8GB DDR3 1TB HDD
Windows 8.1 64-Bit
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1GB
Power Supply 400 Watt

Okay I love this pc because of the CPU. But The GPU isnt the best. I do alot of video editing and video recording. I also game. I was looking into some cards that was good but within my budget, My Budget is 160$. What GPU would be the best for gamming.


PC's like these are highly over priced and they always cheap out on important components like the PSU. I wouldn't recommend buying this PC. For $650 you can buy something like this :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($200.00 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $624.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-05 18:53 EDT-0400)

This would outperform the iBuyPower PC by 30-40% and it has quality components you can rely on. Also you have 3-5 year warranties on most of the components individually. On the iBuyPower PC there is a 1-year parts and labour warranty - and it's on the PC as a whole not the components. So if your PSU dies on you, you have to send the entire machine back to have it serviced. And most of the time if you upgrade a component you void the warranty.

There are tons of tutorials on Youtube and else where that can teach you how to build a PC yourself. It's really easy and only takes a few hours of your time.



But What About The OS System? Thats the thing about building a pc is worrying about the OS system because thats more money right?
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June 5, 2014 4:04:41 PM

Thats only 80 dollars, and you get MUCH more performance this way. The money you were going to spend on an upgrade gets you the OS, a better overall system, and a card nearly double the performance of the one you would have.
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June 5, 2014 4:06:01 PM

Gam3r01 said:
Thats only 80 dollars, and you get MUCH more performance this way. The money you were going to spend on an upgrade gets you the OS, a better overall system, and a card nearly double the performance of the one you would have.


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June 5, 2014 4:06:19 PM

Add on $85-$100 for the OS. Still a better deal and more performance for your money.
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