Inexpensive card to complete my build

[William Thomas 1]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/x33pt6

Is my build. I have everything but a video card. I am seriously thinking about surviving without a video card for the time being as I do very little High Intensity gaming.

Civ 5
XCOM EU
Endless Legend are pretty much my most demanding games.

I am planning on buying XCOM 2 and if I buy this card, I know I can run that... Will this card last me at least 18 months or so at low tier gaming?

Thanks for your input.

Bill

 

[JUICEhunter]

The Gtx 950 for $120 is all the hotness right now:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2957-RX

 

[William Thomas 1]

The Gtx 950 for $120 is all the hotness right now:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2957-RX

PowerColor Radeon R7 360 DirectX 12 AXR7 360 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131669

Thanks for the input. Is it worth $58 more? The card is $80 and the GTX is $138 with shipping ($18 for standard is ridiculous). Thoughts?

Bill

 

[JUICEhunter]

So both gpus are priced well and provide similar performance per dollar, so your budget is the final factor.

You can also look for gtx 750 (non ti) which has similar pricing/performance as 360.

 

[William Thomas 1]

Damn. Decided to pull the trigger on the GTX 750 and the price is back up to 160... sigh.

any other steals in that performance range... max price 130ish...

Bill

 

[JUICEhunter]

Sure, does that do anything for ya?!

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3753-RX

 

[William Thomas 1]

would be great except that EVGA charges almost $20 to ship their products... not sure that will make up for the discount at all. Does having an extra fan really matter? What should I be looking at... also, the 750ti's only support up to DX11 right?

Thanks tons JUICE for sharing your knowledge,

This a good deal?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-GeForce-GTX-950-DirectX-12-GTX-950-2GD5-OC-2GB-128-Bit-GDDR5-PCI-Express-3-0-/291619994225?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

or perhaps this?

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Overclocked-Graphics-GV-N950WF2OC-2GD/dp/B013XFK0YO?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIKBZ7IH7LXTW3ARA&&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B013XFK0YO&tag=wwwbookcompar-20&ascsubtag=56b5a57648308f0d2468dfa0

 

[maxalge]

would be great except that EVGA charges almost $20 to ship their products... not sure that will make up for the discount at all. Does having an extra fan really matter? What should I be looking at... also, the 750ti's only support up to DX11 right?

Thanks tons JUICE for sharing your knowledge,

This a good deal?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-GeForce-GTX-950-DirectX-12-GTX-950-2GD5-OC-2GB-128-Bit-GDDR5-PCI-Express-3-0-/291619994225?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

or perhaps this?

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Overclocked-Graphics-GV-N950WF2OC-2GD/dp/B013XFK0YO?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIKBZ7IH7LXTW3ARA&&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B013XFK0YO&tag=wwwbookcompar-20&ascsubtag=56b5a57648308f0d2468dfa0

both are good choices


go with whichever you like the looks of best, or feels better on your wallet XD

 

[coozie7]

Looks like you've designed a quiet rig, so I'd opt for the slightly more expensive Gigabyte-it should be a little quieter.

Just a little note off topic; If you HAVE designed this system to be as quiet as possible, consider adding a better CPU cooler into the build, nothing huge and expensive, Noctua NH-D9L NH-U9S or the common Coolermaster 212 Evo are all (fairly) inexpensive and run much quieter under load than the stock Intel part.

 

[JUICEhunter]

Both really good deals, if possible find a 950 for a good price too, it's quite a bit faster.