200 Budget Card

[2danny9]

Hi forum,

I want some of your ideas on what AMD card to go with a:

*8320
*M5A97 EVO R2
*Be quiet 530W Modular PSU
*2x4GB Corsair Vengeance at 1600

(REST OF SPEC in my signature).

Thanks for looking!

 

[bemused_fred]

Is this £200 or $200? And how many PCIe power connectors does that PSU have?

 

[2danny9]

Of course,

Apologies all (using my phone to do this).

£200

The PSU has 1*6 Pin and 1*6(+2) GPU PCI-E connectors.

 

[bemused_fred]

Are you quite sure you want an AMD card for £200? There's currently a really hot offer on the GTX 670, which is going for about £200. I can't think of an AMD card that can beat it for price-performance.

However, if you really really want AMD, then I'd probably recommend the Gigabyte HD 7950, which has 2 PCIex6 power connectors, and is almost as capable as the GTX 670.

 

[2danny9]

Are you quite sure you want an AMD card for £200? There's currently a really hot offer on the GTX 670, which is going for about £200. I can't think of an AMD card that can beat it for price-performance.

However, if you really really want AMD, then I'd probably recommend the Gigabyte HD 7950, which has 2 PCIex6 power connectors, and is almost as capable as the GTX 670.

No no no I am good with AMD or nvidia. Sorry its just the phone. 🙁

Sorry for 200 smackers the GTX 670 is the one to go?

It says max power consumption is 170W. I think I am pushing the PSU closely? What do you think?

Thanks for the post sir,

Dan

 

[bemused_fred]

No no no I am good with AMD or nvidia. Sorry its just the phone. 🙁

Sorry for 200 smackers the GTX 670 is the one to go?

It says max power consumption is 170W. I think I am pushing the PSU closely? What do you think?

Thanks for the post sir,

Dan

Welp, the FX 8320 gets up to about 180 watts at load, so with both processors, that's about 350 watts. Even if you overclock both (and with the power requirements of other system parts) you should be fine....