Help on Graphics card

[tristen008]

Hi
Can someone recommend a good graphics card for my pc i want to upgrade my current one.
These are the specs of my current pc:
Power Supply - Corsair Builder Series CX500 High Performance 80 plus
Processor - AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) 8MB Cache Quad-Core
Motherboard - MSI 970A-g46 970GX AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz High Performance RAM
HDD - 1TB Seagate 7200RPM
Graphics Card - MSI Twin Frozr GTX 660 2Gb 192bit DDR5 Overclocked card

My price range is between $350-$450

Thanks

 

[emdea22]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125471R very good price/performance

 

[Eduello]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125471R very good price/performance

+1 for that, but you'd need to get a better power supply (as you would for any other +300$ card).

 

[emdea22]

Not really, depends how old his current PSU is.

 

[Eduello]

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5586/msi-geforce-gtx-780-3gb-twin-frozr-gaming-oc-overclocked-video-card-review/index23.html

According to this, a full system with the MSI version uses about 470W and the Gigabyte can't be far off. This is the test setup: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5586/msi-geforce-gtx-780-3gb-twin-frozr-gaming-oc-overclocked-video-card-review/index3.html

The corsair CX series isn't that great so using the current PSU is not a good idea since the CX 500 can only provide 456 watts on the 12V rail.

 

[simmons33]

The Corsair CX500 has 38 Amps on its +12V Rail ( 456W/12V = 38A)

Most 780s Ive seen require at least 42Amps to be available so that may be a problem

http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards

Id feel 10x safer to go up to a 600W

 

[emdea22]

Well then, corsair can go eat a lemon. My seasonic s12II 520 can handle 560w on the 12v rail TESTED

 

[simmons33]

Well then, corsair can go eat a lemon. My seasonic s12II 520 can handle 560w on the 12v rail TESTED

The CX Series are not meant to be the most Amazing PSUs anyway. XD

 

[emdea22]

Well if CX series are not meant to be amazing the VS series must be used as firecrackers on new years eve

 

[simmons33]

Well if CX series are not meant to be amazing the VS series must be used as firecrackers on new years eve

You've made my day

 

[emdea22]

glad to hear it