Budget Graphics Card

[teppic]

Both 5450s and 6450s are fine, but the 6450 tends to a cost a bit more. It's much better for games, but won't offer any benefit for just 2D work.

[satimis]

Theres no nvidia drivers with that board? its Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU

Oh, Yes.

I recall why I gave up considering this mobo. Because I prefer installing 32G RAM. Now I'm forced to install 16G. I can reconsider this mobo. Thanks

B.R.
satimis

[satimis]

Both 5450s and 6450s are fine, but the 6450 tends to a cost a bit more. It's much better for games, but won't offer any benefit for just 2D work.

Thanks

B.R.
satimis

[satimis]

Hi all,


My final config of the new box;


CPU:-
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AMD 8-Core FX-8120 3.1GHz/16M CPU [AM3+] FD8120FRGU BOX


Mobo:-
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ASUS M5A88-M AMD 880G,DDR3,USB3.0,SATA3 6Gb/s,M.ATX M/B
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD...specifications
with onboard graphic


RAM:-
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Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M4A1600C9 DDR3 1600 16GB Kit (4x4GB) Low Profile
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233197

Or:
Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M4A1600C9B DDR3 1600 16GB Kit (4x4GB) Low Profile
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...6GX3M4A1600C9B


Power Supply:-
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CORSAIR GS600v2 CMPSU-600GSv2 600W 80Plus Bronze
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=16381

or:
Zalman ZM500-HP Plus 500W Heatpipe (120MM BLUE LED FAN) SLI
http://www.zalman.com/eng/product/Pr...ad.asp?idx=195

or:
SilverStone Strider Plus ST60F-P 600W 80Plus Bronze Cable Management
http://www.silverstonetek.com/produc...rea=en&pid=256

abovementioned power supplies are certified by AMD.


Certified Power Supplies
http://support.amd.com/us/certified/...s/listing.aspx


Comment and suggestion are appreciated. TIA


Edit:

Hard Disk
WD Caviar Black 1502FAEX 1.5TB SATA3/64MB HDD


B.R.
satimis

[RobBerry23]

Either RAM is fine, They are just different coloured heat spreaders,

I'd personally choose the SilverStone Strider PSU as they are extremely good quality for bronze rated PSU's.

[Gallarian]

There are some really cheap GPU's that would seem to suit your needs - any of the NVidia GT 6XX range would probably do nicely

Anything more than the GT range would push you into the gaming range, which you said you dont need cos you dont game

[DanceswithUnix]

Note that if you ever re-purpose the box for running a Linux desktop (or locally log in to configure a kvm virtual machine on RedHat or Centos) then for some years Linux desktops have used the 3D support for rendering.

But as long as you avoid Intel integrated graphics, you should be fine.

[Bagnaj97]

As the others have said already, any cheap card will be fine. On the driver front things aren't as clear.

AMD/ATI has better support from open source drivers. Their proprietary driver, whilst improving rapidly, isn't a stable as Nvidia's.
Nvidia cards don't have such good support from open source drivers, but their proprietary driver is very fast and stable.

If you're not an open source purist and you're happy to load a proprietary "binary blob" driver then an Nvidia card would be better, otherwise get an AMD.

[brookheather]

You can get an HD5450 for £25 delivered from PCWorld:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/sapphi...23725-pdt.html

[Zak33]

it IS possible to slightly benefit from a larger frame buffer for large high res photo's, when lots are opened for editing....

but 1gig is enough for most of everything.

[royalpasion]

if you are really woried but budgettted you can get one 6450 i think for very cheap. With your needs its MORE than enough.