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Paul Jul 28, 2016 @ 3:12pm

PC Upgrade

I'm looking into getting a GTX 960 for my computer since I really cant play games smoothly with a R9 270X and I dont know if thie 960 card would work with my PC can anyone take a look and give me their opinon. I forgot to mention that i added a 650 watt power supply

PC - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883798515&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Desktop+PC-_-N82E16883798515&gclid=Cj0KEQjw2ua8BRDeusOkl5qth4QBEiQA8BpQcIiw24_Hgqcx6X9wF2moJA55z_vEYqXH5qS3l9MXRzYaAue88P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Last edited by Paul; Jul 29, 2016 @ 1:13pm

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The Giving One Jul 28, 2016 @ 3:15pm

These kinds of topics are probably best handled in the hardware and OS forum, linked below...

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/

EDIT..The great mods on Steam have moved the thread. Edited to show appreciaton here.

Last edited by The Giving One; Jul 28, 2016 @ 5:34pm

[AUT] Rurdo Jul 28, 2016 @ 4:55pm

well, the 960 isnt much stronger...
but its really not worth its money. also you have to buy a new psu.

Buy RX470 or 480 and a BeQuiet Straight Power 10 500W and you are good to go.

Bad 💀 Motha Jul 28, 2016 @ 5:00pm

Yea that would be a side-grade, not an upgrade. 270/270X and 960 are nearly the same performance bracket.

I'd look at RX 480 or GTX 1060

Rumpelcrutchskin Jul 28, 2016 @ 5:03pm

I presume you already swapped out the PSU if you are running R9 270X since original PSU of this bundle could not run squat.
Go for RX 480 instead, if you can run R9 270X then you can run this.
Your AMD APU will bottleneck it somewhat but not really that seriously.

SundownKid Jul 28, 2016 @ 5:05pm

That is not a real upgrade.

However, your PC cannot handle much more of an upgrade.

I recommend you sell that one and build a new PC.

[AUT] Rurdo Jul 28, 2016 @ 5:06pm

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
I presume you already swapped out the PSU if you are running R9 270X since original PSU of this bundle could not run squat.
Go for RX 480 instead, if you can run R9 270X then you can run this.
Your AMD APU will bottleneck it somewhat but not really that seriously.

original PC comes with exactly that card?
sure, this gpu only needs 20-50W...

Rumpelcrutchskin Jul 28, 2016 @ 5:14pm

Originally posted by AUT Rurdo:
Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
I presume you already swapped out the PSU if you are running R9 270X since original PSU of this bundle could not run squat.
Go for RX 480 instead, if you can run R9 270X then you can run this.
Your AMD APU will bottleneck it somewhat but not really that seriously.

original PC comes with exactly that card?
sure, this gpu only needs 20-50W...

His original bundle had integrated graphics with 180W PSU, you would know that if you would actually cheked out his link.

Paul Jul 28, 2016 @ 10:27pm

Yeah I forgot to add in that I have a 650W PSU in there and since you guys are saying the 480 what's the pins on it to put the PSU pins in, my PSU only has 2 6-pins but they can turn into 4-pins

Originally posted by The Giving One:
These kinds of topics are probably best handled in the hardware and OS forum, linked below...

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/

EDIT..The great mods on Steam have moved the thread. Edited to show appreciaton here.

Originally posted by AUT Rurdo:
well, the 960 isnt much stronger...
but its really not worth its money. also you have to buy a new psu.

Buy RX470 or 480 and a BeQuiet Straight Power 10 500W and you are good to go.

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:
Yea that would be a side-grade, not an upgrade. 270/270X and 960 are nearly the same performance bracket.

I'd look at RX 480 or GTX 1060

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
I presume you already swapped out the PSU if you are running R9 270X since original PSU of this bundle could not run squat.
Go for RX 480 instead, if you can run R9 270X then you can run this.
Your AMD APU will bottleneck it somewhat but not really that seriously.

Originally posted by SundownKid:
That is not a real upgrade.

However, your PC cannot handle much more of an upgrade.

I recommend you sell that one and build a new PC.

Originally posted by AUT Rurdo:
Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
I presume you already swapped out the PSU if you are running R9 270X since original PSU of this bundle could not run squat.
Go for RX 480 instead, if you can run R9 270X then you can run this.
Your AMD APU will bottleneck it somewhat but not really that seriously.

original PC comes with exactly that card?
sure, this gpu only needs 20-50W...

Paul Jul 28, 2016 @ 10:31pm

No the PC came with an R7 integrated I got the card for free

Originally posted by AUT Rurdo:
Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:
I presume you already swapped out the PSU if you are running R9 270X since original PSU of this bundle could not run squat.
Go for RX 480 instead, if you can run R9 270X then you can run this.
Your AMD APU will bottleneck it somewhat but not really that seriously.

original PC comes with exactly that card?
sure, this gpu only needs 20-50W...

ექსტრემალური ვიდეოnave Jul 29, 2016 @ 1:26am

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:
I'd look at RX 480 or GTX 1060

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[AUT] Rurdo Jul 29, 2016 @ 1:27am

k sorry i misread..

which PSU do you have right now?

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_I_ Jul 29, 2016 @ 7:33am

rx 480 would be a waste in the apu build
the r9 270x is about the limit of what the apus cpu can push

what brand/model psu did you put in it?

if you want a $200+ upgrade
swap the cpu/mobo/ram to an i3 board and ram

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZfLbsY
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($65.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $211.35

then think about adding the rx 480

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