- May 1, 2015
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Hi everyone,
I've almost settled on a build, but as always the choice of graphics card remains the toughest.
I aim to play at 1080p with a good fps. Fps and future proofing matter the most to me.
I've already seen that the 770 has about a 5-10fps advantage in many games (except those optimized for AMD). However, a second hand 770 is 170£ here, which is the same as a new MSI 280X on Amazon. I'm also wondering if the 3GB and 384-bit memory bus provides extra future proofing on the 280X or if that won't really matter by that time.
It would also be great if you could have a look at my build specs to see if I'm bottlenecking somewhere. My aim is to stay around the 450£ mark which is tough since I'm already at 469£. I want to avoid going past 500£ :/
AMD FX6300 Black Edition 76£
HyperX FURY Series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz CL10 50£
Gigabyte SKT-AM3 78LMT-USB3 Motherboard 40£
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue 43£
Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU 58£
MSI 280X or GTX 770 (unspecified version) 170£
Case 27£
Kingston 120GB SSD for the OS (already purchased)
Copy of Windows 8.1 (already purchased)
Monitor, keyboard, mouse (already purchased)
I'm won't be making this build any time soon though, just planning ahead. I will probably buy all the parts around September/October. By that time hopefully some parts will be cheaper and I could spend the extra cash on a better graphics card.
I've almost settled on a build, but as always the choice of graphics card remains the toughest.
I aim to play at 1080p with a good fps. Fps and future proofing matter the most to me.
I've already seen that the 770 has about a 5-10fps advantage in many games (except those optimized for AMD). However, a second hand 770 is 170£ here, which is the same as a new MSI 280X on Amazon. I'm also wondering if the 3GB and 384-bit memory bus provides extra future proofing on the 280X or if that won't really matter by that time.
It would also be great if you could have a look at my build specs to see if I'm bottlenecking somewhere. My aim is to stay around the 450£ mark which is tough since I'm already at 469£. I want to avoid going past 500£ :/
AMD FX6300 Black Edition 76£
HyperX FURY Series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz CL10 50£
Gigabyte SKT-AM3 78LMT-USB3 Motherboard 40£
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue 43£
Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU 58£
MSI 280X or GTX 770 (unspecified version) 170£
Case 27£
Kingston 120GB SSD for the OS (already purchased)
Copy of Windows 8.1 (already purchased)
Monitor, keyboard, mouse (already purchased)
I'm won't be making this build any time soon though, just planning ahead. I will probably buy all the parts around September/October. By that time hopefully some parts will be cheaper and I could spend the extra cash on a better graphics card.
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