Need help with chosing graphics card & power supply

prark · Apr 30, 2015

Hello! My first forum asking for help, so bare with me!

1 Year ago my moms boyfriend bought me a computer to my birthday. So, thing is. He gave me this shittie [Acer TC105 Aspire] That barely can run cs:go.
Now. Id like some help on chosing a new graphics card & a power supply.
What know about my current graphics card: It has no powersupply so i need to find out how and what im supposed to do with buying a new power supply or what.

I dont know much about computer so i'd really! appreciate some patience if i dont know what you mean the first time

NetworkExpert · Apr 30, 2015

Welcome to the fourms! great choice on coming to us.

Personally, If it is possible for you. I'd sell your current rig, and take the money and build your own rig.

To play decent games and upcoming ones, your going to need a certain amount of PSU (power supply) power, and depending
on the graphics card how much it takes.

the A10 CPU isn't something I'd rate for gaming at least for the future.

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I have used before a GTX 650 w/ a corsair 550W PSU and runs CS:GO prefectly fine at 60 FPS +

prark · Apr 30, 2015

I know i should just buy a new computer. But i dont have the money for it. Not even close. I have 300€ and i just wanna buy something for my computer.. Simply...

timeconsumer · Apr 30, 2015

Yeah, it's tough, money is tight. Sounds like your mom's boyfriend is a nice guy though. try these parts out.

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/YFQsCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/YFQsCJ/by_merchant/

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (€252.51 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€53.25 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €305.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 19:28 CEST+0200

prark · Apr 30, 2015

timeconsumer, can you find something cheaper that'll be able to run the game on 80-100 fps?

timeconsumer · Apr 30, 2015

Sure, you can always drop down to an R9 280 or GTX 960 and still get great performance. Although I don't know exactly what your FPS will be.

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/YmY8vK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/YmY8vK/by_merchant/

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (€213.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€53.41 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €267.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 20:36 CEST+0200

By the way, I chose part pickers German retailers, I didn't know where in the EU you are from, so you may find different prices. But in general a GTX 960 or R9 280 will perform very well in games like CS:GO. If you still need to spend a little less try an R9 270. For a PSU something made by a quality manufacturer like an XFX, Seasonic, Antec, Superflower in the 450w range will work well for you.

dragonslayyed11 · Apr 30, 2015

My graphics card is a GTX 550Ti and my PSU is an Antec Earthwatts 380w. I can run CS GO fine and these parts are pretty cheap. Hope I helped!

dragonslayyed11 · Apr 30, 2015

But for €300 you could get the corsair GS600 for $75 and a GTX 660 for around $150 total would be somewhere around $225 and you still have some cash.

Pilotso · Apr 30, 2015

Hold up a bit. There is absolutely no way a 280 or 280x can run on a 450w psu. I would go with a 960 and a 430/500 psu. It's enough to run any game these days.

timeconsumer · Apr 30, 2015

Pilotso :

Whoops. I kept the same PSU from the GTX 960 build. Good catch. It could probably run fine, but I wouldn't risk it.

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