Graphics card and Monitor upgrade

Recurve360

Looking for a new GFX card and monitor for my rig. Getting both as xmas presents and budget is €350 for both. Cant afford to go more than 10-20 quid over this.

Current system specs here:
AMD FX6300 @ 4.5Ghz
Asrock Pro 3 motherboard
16gb G skill Ripjaws 1600mhz RAM
Cooler Master v8 CPU Cooler
Thermaltake Munich 430W PSU(only 1 6 pin adapter)
Cooler Master Elite 431 Case
5x CM 120mm BC Fans
Powercooler 6670 1gb gddr5
120gb Samsung 840 evo
1TB Seagate Barracuda
2TB Seagate Barracuda

Ideally looking for a 24" monitor or similar and with IPS( heard they have better colour density) and a card that can max out most games at 1080p and also do some rendering in Adobe CC.

I have looked at a few and this is what iv come up with:
Monitor:
http://www.dabs.ie/products/lg-electronics-24ea53vq-24--1920x1080-5ms-vga-dvi-hdmi-ips-led-monitor-8PLT.html

GFX:
http://www.dabs.ie/products/msi-geforce-gtx-660-gaming-2gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-twin-frozr-iv-oc-92X6.html OR http://www.dabs.ie/products/sapphire-technology-amd-radeon-r9-270x-2gb-gddr5-pci-e-hdmi-dual-x-oc-93Y4.html

Thoughts and suggestions welcome

BloodBath

You can get free delivery with amazon. I ordered one of these monitors myself last week for €141. It's €150 now though It's arriving tuesday. The one you picked is also good and on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BJHBUW0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=fczbkkcom04-21

I'd be a little bit worried about going for a high power card with an overclocked fx 6300 on that psu. A 660 gtx only uses 120w of power and would be a nice upgrade. It only uses 1 x 6 pin power connection as well.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-GTX660-PCI-E-Graphics/dp/B0099AOAUI/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1384744836&sr=1-1&keywords=660+gtx&tag=fczbkkcom04-21

Maybe use the extra money to add a couple of case fans if you have space.

SterlingArcher

Yeah that PSU is going to hold you back on any major gfx card updates. As it does not have the required PCI connections to even connect the card up.

Option 1 Bloodbaths seems the best option givin the circumstances


Or option 2

For a decent PSU you are talking 50 euro delivered. 150 for your monitor. Leaving just 100 for the card.

Option 3

PSU 50 euro. Monitor 150 euro. And for 120 on adverts you will get a 7870. Which is 4 times faster than your current card and practically an r9 270x.

Anyway there are 3 options for you. Let us know what you're thinking.

Recurve360

Cheers for that advice guys. The monitor I picked would have a 24"(really 23.8") panel. Does the one you linked have only 23"?

Also I know about the PSU being weak for upgrades and I have planned to upgrade this myself by xmas as my family were getting me the monitor and GFX card.

I did link a GTX660 in the op aswell. The MSI Gaming version which I heard is actually comparable to some 660ti's. Not sure if that is BS though. Would that be as good or better than the Gigabyte version? Not ordering for another week or two but said I would check with the guys on here first

Also running 5 case fans at the minute so no need for more right now. Theres no free slots anyway.

This was the other graphics card:
http://www.dabs.ie/products/msi-geforce-gtx-660-gaming-2gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-twin-frozr-iv-oc-92X6.html?q=gtx%20660&src=16

Also do amazon do free delivery to Ireland or do you use Parcel Motel?

BloodBath

Anything sold directly by Amazon is delivered to Ireland. You don't need to use parcel motel. Anything marked as super saver delivery has free delivery. The minimum order is about €30 to take advantage of this. Just make sure you chose that option when ordering.

Here's the 24" panel.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-24EA53VQ-24-inch-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00BSOT2LA/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1384855837&sr=1-1&keywords=24%22+ips&tag=fczbkkcom04-21

The MSI cooler is marginally better and quieter. Performance wouldn't be much different. The msi card comes clocked a little higher but you could overclock them to similar levels.

Recurve360

Cheers Bloodbath, didnt know that about amazon. Ok so im sold on the monitor so seeing as its a reccomended one and has good reviews.
Im kinda drawn towards the MSI card but thats not a major deal really.

Thanks for all the suggestions