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jorockstar84

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Hi guys, i'm back with a question. I'm currently building another PC (smaller than my actual one which is in a Full Tower. So: Pain in the a** to move) for lan party. I went with small form factor:

-MSI FM2-A75MA-P33
-AMD Athlon X4 750K
-Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX case

Now what left is the PSU, GPU and a hard drive that i will choose after the two firsts. The cheaper Newegg's have on their website is a Seagate Barracuda 500G at 50$ atm. Oh and my budget is going around 500$ for the parts i ask. So what should i choose for GPU mainly. I'm looking for a card that is not necessary running crysis 3 at ultra, but let say half of the game oh next year at 60Hz on 1080p. I am not playing all the big games, let's say i won't be much playing BF4, but probably Watch dogs, GTA V and planetary annihilation. It's not a big deal if my computer cannot run them at max. Anyways i have my other computer that can run them all. I'm not sure if i want to spend the whole 500 on those three components so maybe give three choices of GPU (the best i could get, the middle and lowest that would still do what i'm asking it to).

Thank you for taking time to answer me. :thup:

PS: Maybe suggest what PSU i should get ;)

Edit: full build:

-MSI FM2-A75MA-P33
-AMD Athlon X4 750K
-Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX case
-Mushkin Enhanced 8GB DDR3 1600
-1080p 60Hz screen
 
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I'd grab a GTX 770 or + Corsair 600 watt PSU. That should total around $400 if you can get them on sale at Newegg.

You may see a bit of a processor bottleneck if you do not overclock.
 
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Great, i'll try for an aftermarket cooling then. Thanks

Edit: Isn't the 770 a bit overkill? Or what could i get less with still good performance on the AMD side? (I would like a cheaper card. With the aftermarket cooling i found (Enermax ETS-T40-TB) + the HDD it goes over the 500). My first choice before posting here was in the R7 series from AMD and if i remember right in the nVidia side i was around the 650 Ti.
 
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If you wait for Newegg sales, you should be able to pick up a 770 for ~$350, and a 600 watt Corsair PSU for ~$50.

An R9 280x would also be a good option. Both of those cards will run newer games at high or max settings fluidly.

If you'd rather save some cash, I suggest either a GTX 760 ($250 - $320) or R7 270x (~$200).
 
Ok good, because at the moment:

-CORSAIR CXM series CX600M 600W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply : 74.99
-Enermax ETS-T40-TB : 35.99
-Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 : 49.99$
-Shipping: 9.82$
-MSI N770-2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 (the less expensive): 329.99$
-Shipping: 12.85$
 
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