Curious what I should upgrade first on my new Acer Predator ag3 605ur1a?

Bushido0216 · Nov 10, 2014

I know the psu is quite limiting-500w. But should I upgrade the gpu first-comes with a Radeon R9 255-? Would a R9270x work? Or maybe a Radeon R9 290? Or further yet should I buy more Ram? Thank you for your time

fkr · Nov 10, 2014

an r9 290 wouild work

a gtx 970 uses a little less power and would be safer.

need to know the make model of that PSU first

Winly · Nov 10, 2014

I will go the GTX 970 route. very solid GPU and lower power consumption.
Also I dont know about your RAM since you didnt post your specs.

fkr · Nov 10, 2014

if you have 4 gigs of ram you are okay and 8 can be helpful. 4 is the minimum

delaro · Nov 10, 2014

i7-4770 Good to go

8 GB That is fine for gaming you wont need more for a few years

Radeon R9 255.. this needs to be upped. If your going to upgrade go for a 4gb GPU your going to see more games coming out that ask for it.

ASUS Radeon R9 270X Overclocked 4GB $174.99
http://www.microcenter.com/product/437007/Radeon_R9_270X_Overclocked_4GB_GDDR5_Direct-CU_II_TOP_Edition_PCIe_Video_Card

MSI Radeon R9 290 GAMING 4GB $269
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127774&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

A SSD would be nice as well.

Samsung MZ-7TD250BW 840 Series 250GB SATA 6GB/s Internal SSD $150
http://www.outletpc.com/sr6396-samsung-mz-7td250bw-840-series-250gb-ssd.html?utm_source=sr6396-samsung-mz-7td250bw-840-series-250gb-ssd&utm_medium=shopping%2Bengine&utm_campaign=pcpartpicker&utm_content=Samsung%2B-%2BHard%20Drives%20%26%20SSD%20%3E%20SSD%20SATA%20Drives

For the R9 270X you can use your power supply as it is a decent quality,for the R9 290 you would need around a 650 watt.
A 970 GTX would work with your power supply but that is over $300.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Bushido0216 · Nov 10, 2014

Thank you everyone for not only your quick responses, but also your tech insight. I think the 8gb of ram will carry me for at least a year... regarding the GPU I would like to get the 970 GTX-sadly will have to wait a few months till I can afford it though

. What about the GTX 750 Ti- or is it more worth it in a year or two year run to save up and just buy the 970 GTX?
Thank you once again everyone... regarding the PSU's exact specs other than 500W-I will know exactly come Wednesday when I receive the computer.

delaro · Nov 11, 2014

You wont need more than 8 gb of ram for a few years, nothing out in gaming terms uses anywhere close to it now.

Winly · Nov 11, 2014

the GTX 750 Ti is a bit slow compare to the GTX 970. If you can get a Radeon R9 then go with that, it will hold you down for a few until you can save up and get a better card. about your PSU 500W will just do fine, depends on the quality of the PSU.

delaro · Nov 11, 2014

R9 280X,R9 290, R9 290X will not run on a 500 watt supply. A R9 280, R9 285 will push it to the limits but doable. Anything below a R9 270X will work fine.

Winly · Nov 11, 2014

delaro :

I was cheking the power requirements for those cards and you are 100% right.
The OP needs a PSU if he is going to get one of those AMD cards. perhaps this one can do the job
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045L5LGI/?tag=pcpapi-20

Bushido0216 · Nov 12, 2014

After delving into all of your insights I will most certainly go with the gtx 970-incredible power efficiency...but my question is which maker should I go with for the card-Asus,MsI, Evga? Also do you think using my computer with a 50in plasma-very nice Panasonic-just for playing games is a bad idea-burn in risk? I Will have my pc monitor for work on the side. Thank you once again

fkr · Nov 12, 2014

tvs suck for responsiveness. I mean really bad. however things do look good on the big screen and if you are not playing competitive fps and such the slow response is not that bad. that will really come down to personal taste.

Bushido0216 · Nov 12, 2014

Well for instance for now I will be playing CIV5 and Crysis 3-both firsts for a while...25 bucks together new. I really am stuck with the plasma because my monitor is a 4 year old 1680-1050 dell monitor.

Winly · Nov 12, 2014

Bushido0216 :

Gigabyte , MSI, ASUS or EVGA will do the job. I imagine your plasma TV have been use for quite sometime, so dont worry about it, during the first 100hrs is when you need to be delicated with it. after that its all good. I did 100hrs straight break-in or burn-in then I got a professional ISF calibrator do his job.

delaro · Feb 13, 2015

fkr :

Not really there are lots of LED TV's out there with response times at 1 ms to 5ms which is great, my LG has a 2.4ms response time which is better than some of my monitors.

http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-42LE5300-led-tv
LG 42LE5300
Response Time 2.4 ms
Contrast Ratio (DCR)3,000,000:1
Native Display Resolution 1920 x 1080

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