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Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my pc a little bit, mainly the graphics card which is a sapphire radeon hd 7870. I'm also considering a new power supply but don't want to be spending massive amounts on one. My build is the following,

intel core i5 3570k
asus p8z77-v
sapphire radeon hd 7870
silverstone tech strider 400w
8 gb crucial ballistix ram (also hoping to add another 8gb but will depend on how much I have left over from the gpu and power supply)
 
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What is your budget? I suggest you an R9 390 gpu and a good quality 750w PSU (The PSU requirements are often exagerated you could probably go even go with a 650w 80+ gold PSU). The MSI R9 390 only draws 40-60w more power than a gtx 970, however it produces more heat.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($314.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $369.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-02 06:00 EDT-0400

P.S. If you want a PSU with better efficiency, get the EVGA SuperNova G2 750w, altough that is about 40$ more.
 
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Here you go:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.61 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £352.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-02 11:31 BST+0100

Changed the PSU with the one with better efficiency. You can add 8gb of your Crucial RAM model and you are good to go. Also, I suggest an SSD if you don't have one. (A Samsung 850 Evo 250gb I would chose, about 70 pounds). Also you can take the MSI R9 390X instead of R9 390 (I picked the R9 390 because it it the best price/performance high end gpu today).
P.S. Noticed you mentioned something about a heatsink... Are you talking about the CPU cooler? If you want to change it, I recommend Noctua NH-D14 or 15 for maximum performance but a Hyper 212 Evo would also be very good for you. Someone reccomended a COrsiar 760 psu but in my opinion it is overpriced. The one I recommended is the better way to go.
 
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I wouldn't go with a 980. Price/performance is poor. 390x is about as fast, and a good deal cheaper. Corsair AX PSU's are overpriced.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.29 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£319.96 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.94 @ More Computers)
Total: £475.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-02 20:24 BST+0100
 
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ohh but what about gameworks hahn 390x will perfrom slower then 980 if you turn on gameworks in witcher 3
 
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AMD is not optimised for Gamworks but Nvidia hardware doesn't seems to do only a bit better on some features (e,g. In the case of Withcher 3 hairworks significantly reduces fps even on Nvidia gpu's so it is better to keep it off to maintain a high and stable framerate). If I were you I'd pick the R9 390X or R9 390 and forget about the Gameworks features which very often don't work as intended or have a high impact on performance.
 
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even 970 at ultra settings with gameworks manges to get 40-50fps so if you buy 980 you can easyily achieve 60fps well every one have its own choice i used 980 ti for 1080p and it was working gr8 so now i 1440p so i got another andf sli them i bought 980 ti because i liked gameworks
 
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Not enough to matter, except "maybe" in systems that are doing work 24/7, like say a Folding @ Home rig for instance. That could possibly make a difference there, but even then, your power bill would be more affected by changes in the weather, due to heating and cooling, than what a PSU efficiency of bronze vs gold vs platinum.
 
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I say go for EVGA SuperNova G2 PSU 750 or 850 w if you want. It's very good quality (and efficiency) and not overpriced like platinum efficiency PSU's with high wattage. My initial advice remains: pick a R9 390/390x but if you absolutely want Nvidia features get a gtx 970 (I wouldn't spend money on a gtx 980 right now).
 
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I do not argue its performance. It is price, for the performance you get, that is the problem. It really isn't vastly faster than a GTX 970, yet is $150+ more. The 390x is nearly equal, and is about $80-$100 less. I would rather pick up a 390x, and use that savings on a 250gb, 850 evo.
 
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so 15 fps is not worth the extra and again if likes gameworks he must get 980
 
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This is what you want to get that you are spending 500 and after 2 months you have to change the gpu look at the requirements of the star wars battlefront
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-system-requirements-released/
 
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I agree. Now game coming out this year would need 16gb of RAM (let's say the cpu and gpu requirements are ok, but they are not)and Star Wars Battlefront (from what I've seen in videos) looks nice but not nice enough to justify that requirements.
P.S. I think that is a rushed game (in more than one way): no single player campaign etc, so my guess is that it will hav bad optimisation at launch.
 
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