What to get?

[Blindeagle]

Hi there
So my spec is:
MSi z87-g45
corsair 750w modular 80+ bronze psu
i5 4670k
8GB (2x4GB) Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz

I brought these a week ago and was very happy so thanks for that but i now need a new graphic card and 8gb of ram.
My question is 1 which graphic do i pick for the grachic card. And also dose it matter what kinbd of ram i get or dose it have to be the same as the other ones? Thanks for the help. I am gaming at 1080p and budget is around 330.

Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING**
Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card

 

[PingPangBV]

If I was to choose between those two GPUs I'd probably lean towards the 280x just because the Matrix is a triple-slot card which I find just a little too big and bulky. The triple slot design also prevents you from running two cards in crossfire if you want to go that route in the future.

As for RAM you should use two identical memory modules. But I'm a little confused here, in your spec-list you say that you have 8GB of corsair vengeance RAM. If you think you need another 8GB of RAM then I must say that is totally unnecessary, 8GB is plenty for gaming and for day to day use.

 

[Blindeagle]

If I was to choose between those two GPUs I'd probably lean towards the 280x just because the Matrix is a triple-slot card which I find just a little too big and bulky. The triple slot design also prevents you from running two cards in crossfire if you want to go that route in the future.

As for RAM you should use two identical memory modules. But I'm a little confused here, in your spec-list you say that you have 8GB of corsair vengeance RAM. If you think you need another 8GB of RAM then I must say that is totally unnecessary, 8GB is plenty for gaming and for day to day use.

Ah thanks for that and ye i agree 100%| but sorry forgot to mention that i am doing some editing etc and rendering so i need a bit more to make it a bit faster