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Hitchhiker355

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It's my first time building a rig (also first time with windows), and I'm having trouble deciding between two graphics cards:
Radeon R7 260X
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GeForce GTX 750
I'm looking to game/stream/edit videos and music, and I'm wondering which one is better. Also, if there is a site that I can directly compare their features (I've been having a lot of trouble finding one), I'd appreciate a link. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JTGNBm is an example of what I'm thinking for my rig. Any advice (general or specific) on that would be appreciated as well. Thanks.
 
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I would go with a 750 Ti. It will beat the 260X in most games while using less power and producing less heat. If you want to spend a bit more, go with something like a r9...
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I would go with a 750 Ti. It will beat the 260X in most games while using less power and producing less heat. If you want to spend a bit more, go with something like a r9 270.

Also, I would change that PSU to an EVGA B1. The CX series isn't very high quality and isn't recommended.
 
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I guess it depends if I can downgrade the RAM without noticeable performance issues. Although, I would prefer a newer GPU, I'm kinda uncomfortable about getting a refurbished or older card as I feel too inexperienced to make the most of one. Thanks all.
 
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Getting 4GB RAM won't decrease gaming performance in the meaning of FPS decrease. 4GB is still enough for gaming and you could start to struggle if you have other resource hungry programs open while playing a game at the same time. I only upgraded to 8GB a few months ago and only because I had a chance to do it for cheap.

Also you can always add more RAM later if you need it for much less than you can upgrade a GPU. (RAM upgrade could be a bit tricky as it's always recommended to get a matched pair but I'm sure you'll be able to find the same like yours even a couple of years from now).

So tl;dr - get the better GPU and don't worry about the RAM imo.
 
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I may have pasted the wrong links:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161442&cm_re=270x-_-14-161-442-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127794&cm_re=270x-_-14-127-794-_-Product

Both are brand new 270X's with similar price to the 270 you linked.
 
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I still stand my ground that 4GB RAM is sufficient if you are not doing some extreme multitasking. If you are going to play a game surely you don't need to have a browser with 150+Tabs open, stream, compile, upload, download, run 2 becnhmarks in the background etc. It just doesn't make sense.
 
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Alright, think I'll go with 4GBx2 of RAM, and get a cheaper GPU. (Updated: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9sHsvK ). It looks like now my choice for GPU is between:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487024
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125497&cm_re=GV-R726XOC-1GD-_-14-125-497-_-Product
or comparable GPUs. Since I'm looking for something that can game/video and music edit/stream, is one of those better for more than just gaming? Also, any advice on comparable GPUs (not looking to go over $120 at this point) would be much appreciated. Also, cause I'm probably going to have to overclock, would the GTX 750Ti be better or is that irrelevant? Again, any general/specific advice on the GPU and overall rig is welcome. Thank you all for your patience, this has been very helpful. :)
 
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True, but I do plan to multi-task quite a bit (obviously not to that extent ;-P). If you think 4 RAM and a more expensive GPU is better, feel free to link a GPU (and preferably RAM as well) that is under $200 (combined) that will perform better. I appreciate the response, and I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time. :)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9sHsvK for rig so far.
 
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