A decent graphics card for under £50?

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alexjb

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Hello :)

My brother is getting a gaming computer that I'm helping build for him,

So far we have bought everything that we need apart from a graphics card and a monitor.

The problem is that he will have to save up for a monitor and a graphics card for a good while, at least 3-4 months for the graphics card then he will probably get the monitor in July for his birthday :) I have done really well to get him all the parts together so far and it's looking like it's going to be a good computer:good:

So far we have bought:

Motherboard:http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=VigLink+Inc

hard drive:http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=VigLink+Inc

DVD drive: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=VigLink+Inc

Computer case:http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=VigLink+Inc

Processor: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-i5-4690K-Processor-Graphics-LGA-1150/dp/B00KPRWB9G

RAM: http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-8GB...1417992673&sr=8-2&keywords=gskill+ripjaws+8gb

Power Supply: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=VigLink+Inc (same one as this but from amazon)

I have also ordered Windows 8.1 full version for him and also Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound, also we now have a desk and chair, rat 3 gaming mouse and mousepad, and a Razer arctosa keyboard and I'm hoping that he can use his TV for the time being to play games on :)

I think that's everything that we need so far? I'm hoping to try and build it for him this week so that it's ready for him to open as a present :)

I'm thinking that he can use the built in graphics from the processor but maybe it would be better to buy a cheap graphics card? I'm thinking we can borrow another £50 or less would be better, so that he can play some good games on his computer while saving up for a GTX 760 or maybe even a 970 :)

Please can somebody recommend a graphics card between £30-50? thanks so much :) Sorry I don't know alot about computers lol but I'm learning though :)
 
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Cisco001 said:
GT 730 GDDR5
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LMBRWUM/?tag=pcp0f-21

Amazon £5 off with paying by master card
promotional code MCARD5OFF

Case - suggest you get another 120mm fan such that 1 intake, 1 exhaust.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ARCTIC-F12-...8&qid=1418132113&sr=8-3&keywords=120+case+fan

PSU - I would got for CXM600 instead. However, since you already purchase, just leave it.
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Thank you so much :) the GT 730 looks nice and that is a great price! thanks for suggesting the fan, I was a bit worried about cooling and stuff so that is a good idea :)

Oh I thought that the CXM600 and CX600M was the same thing - oops lol, I did order it from amazon and I may have actually ordered the CXM600 - I will check now :)
 
There are two version.
CXM600 / CX600M is semi-modular. So you can detach unwanted cable when you are not using.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Bui...e=UTF8&qid=1418132757&sr=8-1&keywords=CXM600m

The one you link at novatech is CX600, which is non-modular
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Bui...?ie=UTF8&qid=1418133100&sr=8-1&keywords=CX600

BTW, For GT 730, you may also consider low profile card, which may make it easier to re-sell. There may be people look for video card for there pre-build SFF machine...
 
Cisco001 said:
There are two version.
CXM600 / CX600M is semi-modular. So you can detach unwanted cable when you are not using.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Bui...e=UTF8&qid=1418132757&sr=8-1&keywords=CXM600m

The one you link at novatech is CX600, which is non-modular
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Bui...?ie=UTF8&qid=1418133100&sr=8-1&keywords=CX600

BTW, For GT 730, you may also consider low profile card, which may make it easier to re-sell. There may be people look for video card for there pre-build SFF machine...
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thanks so much :) I think it's the semi-modular version that I bought from Amazon, I hope so anyway lol :) will they both work though? also thanks for letting me know about the low profile version :) I'm guessing it's just a smaller size so that it is ideal for a steambox or something?

Thanks so much :)
 
With the 600M, the only pre-attached cables are the 24-pin and 8-pin (the ones you need in 99.9% of all builds)
Rest (GPU, SATA etc) can be plugged in to the PSU as you need them, which makes for a less cluttered PC :) Modular is the way to go.
 
Jiniix said:
With the 600M, the only pre-attached cables are the 24-pin and 8-pin (the ones you need in 99.9% of all builds)
Rest (GPU, SATA etc) can be plugged in to the PSU as you need them, which makes for a less cluttered PC :) Modular is the way to go.
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Thank you so much! :) Yay great news! the power supply arrived today and it says modular on the box, so I think I ordered the correct one :)
 
I think we may be able to borrow about £100 for a graphics card now :) what do you think we should buy? I'm hoping we can get something good that will play games on medium-high settings :) his processor is 4690k i5 thanks :)
 
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