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paul3000

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Hello everyone,

Currently I'm buying parts for my new build. Already have 550watt EVGA G2 PSU, and am going to buy a mini-itx H170 mobo with an i5 6500. Part of me (perhaps the old gamer in me) wants a GTX 970 but I'm guessing I can get by with something a little more frugal. I'm definitely a more casual gamer now and just want a pretty good experience gaming at 1080p. Most of my time is going to be spent playing Fallout 4 and Heroes of the Storm. I also have a large backlog of games on steam that I want to play, mostly indie games but Borderlands 2 and other stuff. So to be realistic I'm not playing brand new AAA titles.

So if I'm looking for a good card and a good bang for my buck what am I looking at? Ideally high graphics or so for what I'm playing.

As a note my current system has a PNY 750 Ti OC 2gb that I got for cheap to replace my 4850HD.
 
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4gb cards are better for games with heavy graphics like shadow of mordor (just an example) I would highly recommend a 4 gb card. your psu should work fine, but if you want to be safe I would go with a 650watt. Remember, the psu is supplying power to your whole pc so don't cheap out on it. but yes 550 watts should be fine. And if you get a 970 or 390 I would probably upgrade the psu but that's my opinion.
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The gtx 970 should work fine. Another great card would be the r9 390 or r9 390x. If these are to expensive maybe look into a gtx 960.
 
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If you intend to stay at 1080p then I think you could get away with taking a step down. Maybe a R9 380 or GTX 960, both sub $200 and will perform quite well. Just a decision between team red and green. I'd recommend the 960 for 1080p gaming, you would only need the higher Vram for multiple displays or higher resolutions.
 
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that's why I don't prefer the 960. 2gb of vram isn't enough to run good graphics.
 
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At 1080p it would be fine for now considering Nvidia has higher stock clock speeds, but in the future with DX12 I don't see 2GB ever being seen again.
 
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4gb cards are better for games with heavy graphics like shadow of mordor (just an example) I would highly recommend a 4 gb card. your psu should work fine, but if you want to be safe I would go with a 650watt. Remember, the psu is supplying power to your whole pc so don't cheap out on it. but yes 550 watts should be fine. And if you get a 970 or 390 I would probably upgrade the psu but that's my opinion.
 
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