What video card to get? Budget: EUR 400. Prefer amazon. + OC my CPU? What I need?

arleitiss

Some key points:
*Not looking for as cheap as possible (So not looking: You don't need that, you can just get XX for 150 Eur and spend the rest on something else, so as best as possible for that value)
*Other hardware: FX-8350 BE - Not OC'd, FirePower ZT Series 750W, 8 GB RAM @ 1333 Mhz, ASUS M5A97 R2.0 and GTX 560 Palit (jesus christ, 14-20 Fps in Far Cry 4)
*2 Monitors (1920 x 1080 and 1366 x 768)
*If possible: GPU that would support 3 monitors.
*Getting Oculus Rift soon.
*Possibly upgrading to 4K monitor in near future.

So which card can you recommend?


Another question:

How can I overclock my CPU? I never done it before and didn't try as I have currently stock cooler.
What do I need to additionally purchase? Any recommendations for cheapish-normal cooler?
This may sound funny but: I don't want liquid cooling, my radiator in my room is broken and my PC heats up room (4x4 meters) pretty well and I am warm during winter.

So any recommendations?

Also if you ask: I got FX 8350 because I do 3d modelling and amount of cores comes in quite well here, and FX 8350 was best I could afford for Prices/Cores ratio.

Thanks.


P.S - should I sell my GTX 560 for couple of euros or can I utilize it somehow?

Edited:

Forgot to mention, prefer Amazon but would also consider: Komplett.ie (For their cheap prices but **** delivery times)

N64

Best bet would be the AMD Radeon R9 290. Amazon have it for €293,09 including delivery.

4K gaming is incredibly expensive to get into and not worth it atm, so I'd recommend just getting a really good 1080p pannel if you aren't satisfied with your current monitor. If you really wish to go into 4K gaming, you can purchase another R9 290 card and crossfire them together when the prices go down in a few months.

Edit: As for CPU cooler, is very good and fits your CPU socket. Comes with a tube thermal paste as well. Both items come to EUR 328,47 delivered through amazon.

You can sell your old graphics card on adverts.ie. It really isn't any use since you are getting a new card, unless you want to use it in a old system.

arleitiss

N64 wrote: »

Best bet would be the AMD Radeon R9 290. Amazon have it for €293,09 including delivery.

4K gaming is incredibly expensive to get into and not worth it atm, so I'd recommend just getting a really good 1080p pannel if you aren't satisfied with your current monitor. If you really wish to go into 4K gaming, you can purchase another R9 290 card and crossfire them together when the prices go down in a few months.

Edit: As for CPU cooler, is very good and fits your CPU socket. Comes with a tube thermal paste as well. Both items come to EUR 328,47 delivered through amazon.

You can sell your old graphics card on adverts.ie. It really isn't any use since you are getting a new card, unless you want to use it in a old system.

Yeah apparently I purchased GTX 960 ASUS few hours ago, so can't change mind anymore, got it suggested on gaming forums. But R9 290 was also suggested.

ShadowHearth

arleitiss wrote: »

Yeah apparently I purchased GTX 960 ASUS few hours ago, so can't change mind anymore, got it suggested on gaming forums. But R9 290 was also suggested.

Are 960 series cards already out?

wotzgoingon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Are 960 series cards already out?

I'd like to know this as well.

arleitiss wrote: »

Yeah apparently I purchased GTX 960 ASUS few hours ago, so can't change mind anymore, got it suggested on gaming forums. But R9 290 was also suggested.

Where did you buy it?

arleitiss

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Are 960 series cards already out?

Crap, typo, I meant 970

brevity

What about this?

http://www.pixmania.ie/graphics-card/vtx3d-r9-280-x-edition-3-gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/22093758-a.html

VTX3D R9 280 X-Edition - 3 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 3.0

I'm in the same boat as you price wise, think I'm gonna go for it.,

arleitiss

I bought this, http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NFFAW50?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Apparently in morning when i bought it, price was 299 GBP.
Wow, few hours and price shifted.

N64

R9 280 is a pretty good card, yeah. I wouldn't order from Pixmania though as the customer service is incredibly bad. Amazon have it abouts the same price when you factor delivery into account

arleitiss

Got my 970 today, very happy with it, especially I love the ShadowPlay feature.

Luck100

arleitiss wrote: »

Got my 970 today, very happy with it, especially I love the ShadowPlay feature.

You can use your old gtx 560 as a dedicated PhysX card in the same PC as the new 970. I've never tried it but you should see the option in the nvidia control panel (same tab where you turn on/off SLI).