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Terial

Terial

Trakanon Raider
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Vid card just blew up literally fan blade flew out if it. Nvidia gtx 460.
Anyone have suggestions for a good replacement? Been a while since I researched vid cards.
thanks in advance
 
Gaige

Gaige

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Ya hard to just throw something out without a budget, but I'd say a 650 Ti Boost maybe considering you had a 460 to begin with.
 
Terial

Terial

Trakanon Raider
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Budget is ~ 200 and under
specs:
INTEL i7-960 3.20GHZ 8M
KINSTON HYPER X DDR3/1600MHz 2 GB MEMORY
Win7 64bit

That should cover it
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Gaige

Gaige

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$200 is gonna be a GTX 760 or a Radeon 270, maybe a 270X if you up your budget by $30 ~ $50.
 
Jait

Jait

Molten Core Raider
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Gaige_sl said:
$200 is gonna be a GTX 760 or a Radeon 270, maybe a 270X if you up your budget by $30 ~ $50.
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Think you got your prices reversed.

760 will run you 225-250, you can get a 270x under 200.

But he's right, get the 760
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Gaige

Gaige

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Ichu

Ichu

Molten Core Raider
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Yeah AMD cards are a crapshoot atm. The GTX 760 outperforms the 270x anyways, so as long as the Radeon prices are all messed up the 760 is a solid choice.
 
Gaige

Gaige

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Brand hardly matters. Nvidia normally makes the boards the retailers just do the coolers and the warranties. My GTX 580 was a Zotac and I had it for a year and the guy I sold it to is still using it.

Zotac's have a two year warranty with an option to extend it to three years.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760 AMP! Edition 2GB Review
 
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TecKnoe

Molten Core Raider
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from the digging i did when buying my monitor, since i FPS alot and i dont like to have any disadvantages, anything under 5ms is fine for fps, 2ms is ideal and often used by the pros at tournaments.

over 5 i guess you start to see issues with ghosting in fps.
 
Tmac

Tmac

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Hey guys,

I'll be building my first comp since '04 (college) and wanted a bit of feedback from you guys.

I've been using laptops since graduating and I'm tired of playing game as the lowest settings. However, I'm not going for max settings w this build.

My budget:
$500 - $600

My needs:
I need the works. All the way from case to RAM.

I've been following the thread and assume that my base price should be the CPU, spend half on the mobo and twice on the GPU.

I'm going to try to find deals to cut my costs even more.

Thanks!
 
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Silence_sl

shitlord
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Tmac47_sl said:
Hey guys,

I'll be building my first comp since '04 (college) and wanted a bit of feedback from you guys.

I've been using laptops since graduating and I'm tired of playing game as the lowest settings. However, I'm not going for max settings w this build.

My budget:
$500 - $600

My needs:
I need the works. All the way from case to RAM.

I've been following the thread and assume that my base price should be the CPU, spend half on the mobo and twice on the GPU.

I'm going to try to find deals to cut my costs even more.

Thanks!
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The works, as in monitor, keyboard and mouse, too?
 
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Silence_sl

shitlord
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CPU:Newegg.com - Intel Core i3-4130 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 54W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4400 BX80646I34130
MB:Newegg.com - ASUS Z87-K LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gbs USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL - Newegg.com
PSU:CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Newegg.com
HDD:Newegg.com - Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb Internal Hard Drive, Blue - All Desktop Hard Drives
GPU:GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Newegg.com
Case:Antec NEW SOLUTION SERIES VSK-4000 Black SGCC steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Newegg.com
OS: $100. Windows 7 or 8.

Total: $686.

This is the best I can do. All top quality components from north to south. No junk here, this isn't a penalty box that you hate to use.

Future upgrades: Haswell quad core. SSD. More HDD's. Moar ram.
 
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