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Where is the graphics card on my pc as it isn’t where i thought it would be out of curiosity and what would be the best way to upgrade my pc in general on a budget 

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Your PC has an APU, meaning the graphics "card" is with the CPU under your cooler. But your system is very old at this point, I wouldn't bother upgrading until you have enough for a brand-new rig.

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3 minutes ago, Mitsuaki07 said:

what is your CPU?

 

Not sure does this help 

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1 minute ago, Bob_101 said:

Not sure does this help 

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It's integrated into the CPU.

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1 minute ago, Bob_101 said:

Not sure does this help 

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your PC use AMD A4-6300. yeah your GPU are integrated on the CPU

How do you plan to use your pc after upgrade?

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5 minutes ago, Mitsuaki07 said:

your PC use AMD A4-6300. yeah your GPU are integrated on the CPU

How do you plan to use your pc after upgrade?

well i currently use my pc for scrap mechanic and a bit of Minecraft but i also use it for school work and some cad for a 3d printer and this all slows it down a bit, i would like to be able to run a CAD smoother and play some other steam games like storm works and potently record YouTube videos on it as it struggles doing this the only thing it does not struggle with is storage as it has 1tb

 

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1 minute ago, Bob_101 said:

well i currently use my pc for scrap mechanic and a bit of Minecraft but i also use it for school work and some cad for a 3d printer and this all slows it down a bit, i would like to be able to run a CAD smoother and play some other steam games like storm works and potently record YouTube videos on it as it struggles doing this the only thing it does not struggle with is storage as it has 1tb

 

How much did you want to spend? If you can find a dedicated GPU on cheap that might help. also adding more ram and an SSD will help a lot

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Just now, Mitsuaki07 said:

How much did you want to spend? If you can find a dedicated GPU on cheap that might help. also adding more ram and an SSD will help a lot

idealy less than £800

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I would get another 8gb stick of ram and maybe get a 3200g or 3400g if your motherboard can take it.

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6 minutes ago, FatApe79 said:

I would get another 8gb stick of ram and maybe get a 3200g or 3400g if your motherboard can take it.

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1 minute ago, Bob_101 said:

idealy less than £800

that might be a good budget to build a new system with a Ryzen CPU.  go something like this 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor £229.95 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £67.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £83.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £105.16 @ SmartTeck.co.uk
Storage Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £47.47 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £52.99 @ CCL Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £587.23
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-14 17:02 BST+0100  

 assuming you can use your old pc case. 

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6 minutes ago, FatApe79 said:

I would get another 8gb stick of ram and maybe get a 3200g or 3400g if your motherboard can take it.

are these what you mean as i dont know alot about pc and the only things i fo know i have only learned by watching linus tec tips

 

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8 minutes ago, Bob_101 said:

idealy less than £800

with the budget that youve got available, upgrading it isnt really worth as much as building a new one in the same case

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2 minutes ago, Mitsuaki07 said:

that might be a good budget to build a new system with a Ryzen CPU.  go something like this 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor £229.95 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £67.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £83.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £105.16 @ SmartTeck.co.uk
Storage Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £47.47 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £52.99 @ CCL Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £587.23
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-14 17:02 BST+0100  

 assuming you can use your old pc case. 

could i not use my existing hard drive and power supply or is it better to get a new one

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2 minutes ago, Bob_101 said:

could i not use my existing hard drive and power supply or is it better to get a new one

you can add your existing drive to your new pc. since you struggle with 1TB that you currently own. I add an SSD and a 2TB HDD. for the PSU. I would rather buy a new one because its the most critical part on a computer. Dont cheap on them

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11 minutes ago, Mitsuaki07 said:

you can add your existing drive to your new pc. since you struggle with 1TB that you currently own. I add an SSD and a 2TB HDD. for the PSU. I would rather buy a new one because its the most critical part on a computer. Don't cheap on them

ok and i just realised on the list there is no graphics card 

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12 hours ago, Bob_101 said:

ok and i just realised on the list there is no graphics card 

its the same with your current pc. built in the cpu. 

 

because you dont want spend all of your budget buying gpu from scalpers right now

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I have recently received a graphics card for my pc and I have installed it but I’m not sure I have put it in right as I cannot plug a hdmi cable into it because of a tiny lip on the case

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4 minutes ago, Bob_101 said:

I have recently received a graphics card for my pc and I have installed it but I’m not sure I have put it in right as I cannot plug a hdmi cable into it because of a tiny lip on the case

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That's installed upside down it appears... Did it click into the slot? PCI(-e) slots are keyed, so it should only fit one way.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, you can't install a PCI card upside down...

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1 minute ago, BadBoyHaloCat said:

That's installed upside down it appears... Did it click into the slot? PCI(-e) slots are keyed, so it should only fit one way.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, you can't install a PCI card upside down...

it looks like it is upside down but if it is then the ports are on the wrong end, this is my first ever graphics card i have installed

 

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it looks like it is upside down but if it is then the ports are on the wrong end, this is my first ever graphics card i have installed

 

Did it fit into the slot 100%? Looking from a more top-down view, do you see any of the golden connectors to the motherboard? (You shouldn't be able to.)

 

If I was to upgrade it, I would pop a SSD in, as just a spinning-rust drive is very slow nowadays - trust me, my daily driver laptop has only 1 slow HDD.

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2 hours ago, BadBoyHaloCat said:

Did it fit into the slot 100%? Looking from a more top-down view, do you see any of the golden connectors to the motherboard? (You shouldn't be able to.)

 

If I was to upgrade it, I would pop a SSD in, as just a spinning-rust drive is very slow nowadays - trust me, my daily driver laptop has only 1 slow HDD.

yeah it is in it just doesn't line up with the screw hole very well and i cant get the hdmi cable to fit in the port because of a lip on the case

 

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