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Asking for help in upgrading.

zMagix
By zMagix
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Hello so this is my first forum post.

I was wondering if anyone could give me suggestions on what graphics card to buy to upgrade my system.

The specs of it are:

8 GB of DDR3 

Intel i3-2130 clocked at 3.40GHz

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM (That's what GPU-Z says it is)

350 Watt OEM Power Supply (The one I use, I can swap it out with a 500 Watt one)

 

Thanks in advance.

 

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Buy an i9 9900k and a 2080 ti and your specs won't be bad anymore.

 

Or, if you really want, tell us your budget and where you're shopping, as well as your performance target.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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I dont know how the 2130 performs but seeing as its a hyperthreaded dual core from 2013 i wouldnt pair it with anything better than a 1050.

Gaming Rig:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x  Cooler: Wraith Prism    RAM: 32gb G.Skill Tridentz RGB 3200mhz     Mobo: Asrock X570 Taichi

Graphics Card: Powercolor Red Devil RX 5700 XT     Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Dark TG     PSU: Corsair RM850x     

Storage: 250gb Samsung 960 EVO, 2TB Seagate Barracuda

 

HTPC/VR Rig:

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600     Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a     RAM: 16gb Crucial Ballistix Sport 3200mhz     Mobo: Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro Wifi ITX

Graphics Card: Powercolor Red Devil RX 580 8gb     Case: Fractal Design Node 202     PSU: Corsair SF600    

Storage: 120gb Kingston A400, 500gb Samsung 860 EVO

 

Streaming Rig:

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 @ 4ghz OC     Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition    RAM: 8gb Corsair Vengence LPX 2400mhz     Mobo: ASRock B450 Pro4 MATX

Graphics Card: Powercolor Red Dragon RX 570 4gb     Case: Inwin 301 White/Blue     PSU: Evga 450BR    

Storage: 240gb Crucial BX500, 1TB Seagate Barracuda

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CAN you tell me your budget first? and what kind of game you play and resolution of your monitor?

  Spec: Macbook Air 2017    

ProcessorPU: ii5 (I5-5350U |    

| RAM: 8GB LPDDR3 |

| Storage: 128GB SSD | 

 | GPU: Intel HD 6000 |

| Audio: JBL 450BT Wireless Headset |

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