Video Card

I am thinking of buying a new video card for my computer. Would like to be able to play newer games such as

Splinter Cell Black List, GTA 5 when it is released in January.

Not sure what is a decent video card though. I don't want anything top end budget is around 150.00 or less

My rig is as follows:

Power Supply is 350 watt

270x

Here is a link to a 270X that is decently clocked has a solid cooler, and with all that has a $20 mail in rebate, with 2 free games. Best your going to get at that price range, everything else is considerably down clocked or a whole line down like the 760 or GTX 750ti.

The card

I have to agree with @ribstaylor1. The Radeon R9 270x is a really good graphics card for the money. However, I would also suggest changing the power supply just to make sure that the GPU runs smoothly without the PSU dying (and possibly taking the rest of the computer components with it). Corsair really makes good power supplies for reasonable prices. Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular

Ok thank you Now my PCI E X16 slot is 2.0 is the 3.0 compatible?

Damn didn't read the PSU;s specs. But ya I'd agree, getting a better PSU. Like this one 550w Corsair

@lykouse2012: Yes it will work.

Well going obviously for the best is nice but there are cheaper solutions if you like. And some might be better deals in the end.

Just a GTX750ti will work without changing the PSU. It offers 30% less performance than R9 270X though...

Also if you want to change your PSU you can go for a cheaper solution like R9 270 and a Corsair CX430 which costs only $42. R9 270X is just an overclocked version of R9 270 while it requires 2x 6pin.

The simple R9 270 requires only 1 6pin. Their performance difference is just 5%.

So you can clearly see that the 5% performance difference costs around $50 (PSU+GPU difference).

Its your choice in the end...

Your PSU should handle any 1 x 8 pin or 2 x 6 pin GPU.

Just make sure you have extra connectors available. If you already have 1 6 pin. Then all you would need is 12V 6Pin Adapter and 2 free Molex connectors.

I'm running R9 270x that is OC'ed with 6 case fans and a OC'ed I7 and my APB wattage meter is showing 270 watt load. That's with 27 watt monitor calculated in.

My PSU is platinum as well and the fact the CPU isn't 100%. I would say you would be running 300-325 watt with bronze or less PSU and 100% load.

Pref you would want a 400 Watt minimum.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9270xgaming2g enjoy

EDIT: your PSU is too weak, the 270X is already costs 160$ with discount to 140$ - any PSU with 500Watts will cost you about additional 20$

So I give you 2 options:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YPkgqs 180$ with 40$ mail rebate

or

as @Coseniath mentioned without spending extra money and replacing PSU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43757kr 130$ with 20$ mail rebate

Ok guys thank you very much for the info