Ok so, not bought a GPU for a long time, however following a m/b failure i have decided to upgrade what i have (though on a very limited budget).
A few years ago i had to sell alot of things to get by, no need to bore you all with a long story, but after stay in hospital. I put together a machine with a bunch of old parts, some of it from storage, some of it from friends who sold me some old gear.
It was an m2n sli deluxe, with a phenom II x4 945, 6gb of ddr2 and a 580gtx.
I'm doing better these days, nearly recovered from a long term injury, but still on a very tight budget.
The old board finally died, so i looked at my options, despite intel's superior cpu's, i have decided to go the AMD route.
i have ordered this board
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P
and 8gb of this RAM
GSKILL RJX 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ
For just under £100 in total.
The plan, such as it is. Is to upgrade the phenom II to a 8320, or 8350, (which i have seen priced fairly cheap) at some point next year, but my priority is an upgrade for the aging 580gtx.
should be noted the resolution will be 1920x1080 and that i'm fine with putting that down until i can spend on the cpu. (probably next year,)
So i was hoping for some suggestions for a good replacement for the 580gtx, preferably in the AMD range.
If i am going to drop a large chunk of cash, i'd prefer to do it on the GPU.
Long term (maybe 2018) will hopefully be in a much better position and who knows maybe by then AMD will have gotten their CPU's up there. Can sell on whatever i have and spend on something more heavy duty, but for now..
Build will be
Be Quiet 1000w PSU
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P
GSKILL RJX 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ
Phenom II x4 945 (replaced by 8320/8350 sometime next year)
120gb SSD
1TB HDD
Looking at around £200 budget for the GPU.
thanks.