GPU upgdrade time....

[jamie045]

So guys as the title says the time has come im due to do my first GPU upgrade. so i wanna ask you guys whats a reasonably priced card to go with my system? i do understand its more than likely im going have to upgrade my psu also so any help there would be great also. TIA

My specs:
i5 4690
16gb ram
500w psu (cooler master)
Readeon 7870 2gb gpu
H81M-P33 motherboard

 

[Rookie_MIB]

Well.... what games are you looking to play, and what resolutions/framerates are you looking to play them at?

Also, reasonably priced is relative. For Elon Musk, reasonably priced is dual Titan X-P's...

 

[jamie045]

well they main games i play are Player unknown battle grounds, league of legends, minecraft. Im after a card that can play any game i choose in a medium graphical setting. as long as the game play is smooth and doesn't look like a potato im happy also i play at 1080p res

 

[DRagor]

rx 580 will do you a great service at 1080p. As for PSU, get the Corsair CXM 550.

 

[CRO5513Y]

rx 580 will do you a great service at 1080p. As for PSU, get the Corsair CXM 550.

^ This for sure. League and Minecraft will run easy on that Graphics Card on the highest settings for both. PUBG is a little unoptimised at the moment but it will handle Medium settings fine. Just a pre-warning best to run PUBG on AA + PostFX = Ultra (120% Res scale as well if you want..) and leave everything else on Very Low settings for the strategic advantage, higher settings like Foliage and Textures just make it harder to see players and such. Hope this helps

 

[jamie045]

rx 580 will do you a great service at 1080p. As for PSU, get the Corsair CXM 550.

^ This for sure. League and Minecraft will run easy on that Graphics Card on the highest settings for both. PUBG is a little unoptimised at the moment but it will handle Medium settings fine. Just a pre-warning best to run PUBG on AA + PostFX = Ultra (120% Res scale as well if you want..) and leave everything else on Very Low settings for the strategic advantage, higher settings like Foliage and Textures just make it harder to see players and such. Hope this helps

yes it helps for sure! do you think its even worth upgrading my psu if im only getting 50w more out of a new one? as it well help alot on the budget. thanks for the reply btw

 

[CRO5513Y]

rx 580 will do you a great service at 1080p. As for PSU, get the Corsair CXM 550.

^ This for sure. League and Minecraft will run easy on that Graphics Card on the highest settings for both. PUBG is a little unoptimised at the moment but it will handle Medium settings fine. Just a pre-warning best to run PUBG on AA + PostFX = Ultra (120% Res scale as well if you want..) and leave everything else on Very Low settings for the strategic advantage, higher settings like Foliage and Textures just make it harder to see players and such. Hope this helps

yes it helps for sure! do you think its even worth upgrading my psu if im only getting 50w more out of a new one? as it well help alot on the budget. thanks for the reply btw

I think the main concern would be that your Power Supply is older and low quality in general. If you could list the model of the Power Supply it would help but if it comes down to it, yes your 500w PSU should handle it fine.

 

[DRagor]

Another problem might be required power connections for GPU. Does your PSU has 8-pin PCIe plug?

 

[jamie045]

rx 580 will do you a great service at 1080p. As for PSU, get the Corsair CXM 550.

^ This for sure. League and Minecraft will run easy on that Graphics Card on the highest settings for both. PUBG is a little unoptimised at the moment but it will handle Medium settings fine. Just a pre-warning best to run PUBG on AA + PostFX = Ultra (120% Res scale as well if you want..) and leave everything else on Very Low settings for the strategic advantage, higher settings like Foliage and Textures just make it harder to see players and such. Hope this helps

yes it helps for sure! do you think its even worth upgrading my psu if im only getting 50w more out of a new one? as it well help alot on the budget. thanks for the reply btw

I think the main concern would be that your Power Supply is older and low quality in general. If you could list the model of the Power Supply it would help but if it comes down to it, yes your 500w PSU should handle it fine.

Coolermaster Elite Power RS500 500W Power Supply (PSU) ErP. thats what i get when i enter the product number does that help lol?

 

[jamie045]

Another problem might be required power connections for GPU. Does your PSU has 8-pin PCIe plug?

knew it would be too good to be true it has a 6 pin PCIe connector. thanks for the heads up

 

[CRO5513Y]

rx 580 will do you a great service at 1080p. As for PSU, get the Corsair CXM 550.

^ This for sure. League and Minecraft will run easy on that Graphics Card on the highest settings for both. PUBG is a little unoptimised at the moment but it will handle Medium settings fine. Just a pre-warning best to run PUBG on AA + PostFX = Ultra (120% Res scale as well if you want..) and leave everything else on Very Low settings for the strategic advantage, higher settings like Foliage and Textures just make it harder to see players and such. Hope this helps

yes it helps for sure! do you think its even worth upgrading my psu if im only getting 50w more out of a new one? as it well help alot on the budget. thanks for the reply btw

I think the main concern would be that your Power Supply is older and low quality in general. If you could list the model of the Power Supply it would help but if it comes down to it, yes your 500w PSU should handle it fine.

Coolermaster Elite Power RS500 500W Power Supply (PSU) ErP. thats what i get when i enter the product number does that help lol?

It does indeed, sadly the Power Supply only has a 6 PIN PCIe connector so it won't work with a RX 580 as they need a 8 PIN PCIe connector. So you might have to get a lower GPU unless you can upgrade the Power Supply.

Here is the link to the PSU specs > https://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-cooler-master-rs500-dual-rail-120mm-quiet-fan-atx-12v-v23-psu

*Edit* Wow that timing.. guess you just already got that 😛

 

[jamie045]

id like to thank everyone for there help i now know what i need. great advice guys thank you so much