On a budget right now but want to upgrade GPU help

[mike63701]

Hello, as the title says im on a budget but i want to upgrade my GPU my outdated HD 5570 not cutting it no more want to know whats the best GPU i can run with my specs really have no preference on Brand i just want performance (bang for my buck) that i can afford my budget is 170-220 $ playing on a 42" i want good fps and picture!(if that's not to much to ask)
My spec's
Operating System

Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium
Processor & Chipset

Number of Processors Installed 1
Processor Manufacturer Intel
Processor Type Core i5
Processor Model i5-2300
Processor Core Quad-core (4 Core)
Processor Speed 2.80 GHz
Cache 6 MB
64-bit Processing Yes
Hyper-Threading No
Chipset Manufacturer Intel
Chipset Model H67 Express
Memory

Standard Memory 8 GB
Maximum Memory 16 GB
Memory Technology DDR3 SDRAM
Memory Standard DDR3-1333/PC3-10600
Number of Total Memory Slots 4
Memory Card Reader Yes
Storage

Number of Hard Drives 1
Total Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA/300
Hard Drive RPM 5400
Optical Drive Type DVD-Writer
Optical Media Supported DVD-RAM/±R/±RW
Controllers

Controller Type Serial ATA
Network & Communication

Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Input Devices

Keyboard Yes
Pointing Device Type Mouse
Interfaces/Ports

HDMI Yes
Total Number of USB Ports 10
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 10
Network (RJ-45) Yes
Audio Line In Yes
Audio Line Out Yes
VGA Yes
Software

Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium
Operating System Architecture 64-bits

Power Description

Maximum Power Supply Wattage 300 W ( I REPLACED WITH A 450W )

thank you in advance
mike

 

[mhd lord]

U can go for GTX660 which has a close performance to gtx 580 . It costs ~230$

 

[Sunius]

I agree with MHD LORD. GTX 660 is the best GPU in your price range.

 

[mike63701]

thank you for your input i am indecisive still, i really like what i have seen and read about a XFX Double D Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 and a MSI TF 2GD5 GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 i just have to have one with double fans = coller GPU and faster overclocking potential !

 

[digitalmiget]

get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161411, its better than gtx660

 

[djangoringo]

Power Description

Maximum Power Supply Wattage 300 W ( I REPLACED WITH A 450W )

It depends on what psu, a good psu 450w will do for a 7850 or 660 gtx(recommended, it's better than the 7850), both only require a single 6 pin pcie connector.
The 7870, although better needs more juice and two 6 pin cpie connectors, i wouldn't recommend it.
So what's your psu brand and specs ?

 

[mike63701]

It depends on what psu, a good psu 450w will do for a 7850 or 660 gtx(recommended, it's better than the 7850), both only require a single 6 pin pcie connector.
The 7870, although better needs more juice and two 6 pin cpie connectors, i wouldn't recommend it.
So what's your psu brand and specs ?

Currently i have the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817702010
but a few weeks after i get the card i am replacing it with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151107

 

[djangoringo]

The one you have is a decent psu, it can do for a 7850 or 660 gtx, no problems at all.

The seasonic is overkill for those gpus, if you need to replace get this one :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&Tpk=xfx%20550w
It will do even for a 7950/7970 or 670 gtx.


or a psu for crossfire or sli (660 gtx or 7850) :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104164

 

[mike63701]

well the seasonic my be overkill right now but in the future i will be getting a new motherboard and grabing a another card to sil/xfire

 

[djangoringo]

650w will do for crossfire or SLI with 660 gtx or 7850(see the two psus for that).
If for 7870 a 750w will do like this :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104165

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207015

 

[mike63701]

650w will do for crossfire or SLI with 660 gtx or 7850(see the two psus for that).
If for 7870 a 750w will do like this :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104165

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207015

i like the XFS will never EVER buy a Rosewill PSU (herd a lot of bad things about them)

 

[mike63701]

thank you guys for you info needed and taken very well ill be going with the GTX 660 and later on grab another for SLI

@djangoringo thank you for your help i will be getting the XFX PSU at a later date

 

[mike63701]

ok well funds to upgrade fell short for the GTX 660 my budget is now 180$ so whats best for that price?

 

[djangoringo]

Rosewill has good quality psus, but never mind that, i don't understand will you buy now the new psu ?
Cause you can perfectly have a 7850 or 660 gtx single with the BFG Tech GS-550.
Anyway within that price only the 7850 :

1GB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

2GB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131473

 

[mike63701]

Rosewill has good quality psus, but never mind that, i don't understand will you buy now the new psu ?
Cause you can perfectly have a 7850 or 660 gtx single with the BFG Tech GS-550.
Anyway within that price only the 7850 :

1GB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

2GB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131473

No im going to upgrade the GPU now later when im ready to xfire ill upgrade the PSU im going with the

XFX Double D Radeon HD 7850 1GB it will be a vast improvement on my HD 5570 has a nice price and xfire will be cheaper + nice lifetime warrente and a free game! thank you for your help