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Deceptor

Deceptor

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I'm busy building a gaming PC on a strict budget since my laptop is pretty useless for gaming nowadays.

So far I've bought:

Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz
MSI Intel H81M-P33 Mobo
8GB DDR3 1600

Salvaging the following from my old desktop:

Cooler Master eXtreme Power 550W
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200

So now all I need is a graphics card for around R1000. Something that can handle the likes of Guild Wars 2 pretty well.
Would the R7 250 be a good choice?
 
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Deceptor said:
I'm busy building a gaming PC on a strict budget since my laptop is pretty useless for gaming nowadays.

So far I've bought:

Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz
MSI Intel H81M-P33 H81 Mobo
4GB DDR3 1600

Salvaging the following from my old desktop:

Cooler Master eXtreme Power 550W
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200

So now all I need is a graphics card for around R1000. Something that can handle the likes of Guild Wars 2 pretty well.
Would the R7 250 be a good choice?
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I've got an MSI GTX 550 Ti if you're interested?
 
Deceptor said:
I'm busy building a gaming PC on a strict budget since my laptop is pretty useless for gaming nowadays.

So far I've bought:

Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz
MSI Intel H81M-P33 H81 Mobo
4GB DDR3 1600

Salvaging the following from my old desktop:

Cooler Master eXtreme Power 550W
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200

So now all I need is a graphics card for around R1000. Something that can handle the likes of Guild Wars 2 pretty well.
Would the R7 250 be a good choice?
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The R7 250 is really slow, and R1000 for a GPU (new) is not enough. Look at spending atleast R1700 and get a GTX750 or R7 260X.

The 550 ti that [MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION] is offering is also faster than the R7 250, so maybe consider that as well.

If I were you I wouldn't go for the R7 250. [MENTION=21]The Joker[/MENTION] can also perhaps weigh in here.
 
Blazzok said:
The R7 250 is really slow, and R1000 for a GPU (new) is not enough. Look at spending atleast R1700 and get a GTX750 or R7 260X.

The 550 ti that [MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION] is offering is also faster than the R7 250, so maybe consider that as well.

If I were you I wouldn't go for the R7 250. [MENTION=21]The Joker[/MENTION] can also perhaps weigh in here.
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Basically this.

Also try carbonite if you're patient and wait for a deal.
I'm in the same boat with the same budget trying to salvage parts form my old PC.

However the reason for the upgrade is for Shadow of Mordor :p

Don't skimp on CPU/GPU I'd say. You're bound to find an awesome deal on carbz
 
Mate got this card if you want it let me know and I will send it to you should be able to run games and then you can save up a bit and buy a better card later on.
Club 3D GeForce GTS 250 Green Edition

Code: 
roduct Name: GTS 250 Green Edition
Product Series: GeForce 200
Item Code:  CGNX-TS2524GCI
EAN Code:  8717249407546

Interface
Bus Interface: PCI Express 2.0

Chipset
GPU Chipset: G92
GPU Clock: 675MHz
Stream Processors: 128
Shader Clock: 1485 MHz

Multi-GPU
Multi-GPU: SLI 3 way

Memory
Memory Size: 1024MB
Memory Interface: 256BIT
Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Clock: 2000MHz
Cooling Type: Active Fansink

3D API
DirectX version: 10
OpenGL: YES

Dimensions
Slot Width: 2 Slots
Profile: Standard profile
Card Size: 210*98*36.6 mm
 
Blazzok said:
The R7 250 is really slow, and R1000 for a GPU (new) is not enough. Look at spending atleast R1700 and get a GTX750 or R7 260X.

The 550 ti that [MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION] is offering is also faster than the R7 250, so maybe consider that as well.

If I were you I wouldn't go for the R7 250. [MENTION=21]The Joker[/MENTION] can also perhaps weigh in here.
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Thanks for the advice. I'm not looking to play GTA V or anything like that.
Mainly want to play Guild Wars 2 and some older games in my backlog at the moment.

Just want to get something affordable now, then I can get a decent upgrade in the future.
 
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Edelweiss said:
Basically this.

Also try carbonite if you're patient and wait for a deal.
I'm in the same boat with the same budget trying to salvage parts form my old PC.

However the reason for the upgrade is for Shadow of Mordor :p

Don't skimp on CPU/GPU I'd say. You're bound to find an awesome deal on carbz
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I've been checking carbonite daily but there is hardly any GPU's for R1000 or less. Mostly high end cards on sale.
 
Have you seen [MENTION=1487]Crzwaco[/MENTION]'s post yet? Do we have another [MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION] day scenario on our hands?
 
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