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chimado
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i have a PC that isn't for gaming it has a intel core i7 4770 3.4 ghz 4 cores 16gb of ddr3 ram a 320w psu an nvidia gt 730 and 500gb of hard drive no ssd and i was thinking of upgrading but then i checked and the motherboard is built so stupidly there was only 175mm of space for a gpu... so i found the msi radeon rx 460 4gb oc it can just fit and i was going to buy it but i thought that i should be asking here first. should i upgrade or replace my pc?

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That would be a pretty significant jump over your current card. Paired with that i7 you will be just fine. 

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Get a new PSU ._.

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If you upgraded the PSU, you'll be able to get a 1060 ITX GPU into that space :P 

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sad thing is he likely has a prebuilt so it likely has an OEM PSU in it so he probably wont be able to upgrade it :/

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3 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

Well the RX 460 has no power connectors...

I know this, was pointing this information out to the people clamoring him to get a new PSU first. 

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11 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

sad thing is he likely has a prebuilt so it likely has an OEM PSU in it so he probably wont be able to upgrade it :/

i do have a pre built... sadly

edit: i wanted to buy the 460 and then crossfire it later with a better build

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