Looking to upgrade!

[Mackyy]

Hi,

So I'm looking into upgrading my GPU. I currently have an MSI Gaming 750ti.

I've been looking at the 960, due to my power supply restrictions this is as powerful as I think it can go for me.

Does anyone have any suggestions to get more power at a similar price point?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

 

[10thmtnarty]

What's your psu brand, model, and wattage? Actually, list everything.

 

[disturbed force]

What is your psu?

 

[Mackyy]

FX 6300
2 x 4gb hyperx
430w bronze corsair

 

[10thmtnarty]

Go to pcpartpicker.com and fill out as much as possible. Seeing as it's a tier 3 or lower psu (don't know for sure, need the model for that), I would recommend upgrading that first. The fact that it's only 430w tells me you should upgrade like, yesterday. Also, are you running a stock cpu cooler?

 

[disturbed force]

With that psu having 1 6+2pin pcie connector the 960 is your best option without a psu upgrade.

 

[disturbed force]

Go to pcpartpicker.com and fill out as much as possible. Seeing as it's a tier 3 or lower psu (don't know for sure, need the model for that), I would recommend upgrading that first. The fact that it's only 430w tells me you should upgrade like, yesterday. Also, are you running a stock cpu cooler?

It would be a tier 3 cx430 psu I believe, and it should be fine running his system. The card will draw about 130w leaving 300w for the 6300 and the rest of the system, unless the 6300 is oc'ed to 5ghz+ it should be okay.

 

[10thmtnarty]

Alright. I'm still learning, just taking guidelines from what others have told me.

 

[Mackyy]

Running hyper212 at stock speeds, don't have a good enough mobo to do over locking.

 

[disturbed force]

You are good to go with the 960 then, it's the strongest card you can get with your psu. What mobo do you have? I would suggest giving the 6300 as big of a oc you can without raising the volts if you think your mobo can't handle more volts.