What Decent Cheap GPU for this PC

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Long story short I bought this PC a year ago, I upgraded the GPU to a gtx 660 ti and sold the gt 545 3gb it came with.

Now I have just built my own pc and plan to keep the 660ti, but I need to put a decent card in the old pc for re sale.

Looking for something under 50 GBP that will run games half decent for the next owner.

PC SPEC
i7 2600
8gb Ram
2 tb HDD
500w PSU

It shipped last year with a gt 545 3gb which I have sold, so need a card to replace it before I sell on in classified add.

Had a quick scout and found a refurb msi gt 630 2gb for 40 GBP

Any other suggestions would be great, Im selling this pc so there is no point in me spending a ton on a gpu for it. And no one will want to buy a PC of the above spec with no GPU in it.
 
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Madn3ss795
Whoever got this PC next is not a hardcore gamer, since even with a 50 GPB card added, this setup of yours is still not a balanced gaming rig ( which favors i5 + strong VGA cards more ). But he will most likely someone who work with encoding, 2D rendering,... stuffs, AKA professional programs, which utilize the power of your i7. People like them don't need strong VGA card, most likely just a decent one to play few casual games. The integrated HD3000 inside your i7 would do this just fine, unless your motherboard is a P67 one without graphic outputs for the IGP. In that case and the case in which you don't want to lose potential buyers, a GT630 like what you mentioned above will be a good card to put in, since it can play games like...
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Some suggestions:

nVidia: 650-Ti or Boost
AMD: 7750 or 7770

The problem in your case is that GT-545 or GT-630 are too weak to play games (to play games with nVidia you need to choose a card from their "GTX" line-up, GT cards are for desktop computing only). So I might as well ask the question, what's the point of wasting 50$ on a cheap video card if the new owner will have to replace it anyways? Might as well sell the PC with integrated graphics and the new owner will have the liberty of buying the video card of his choice. Or if you want the future owner to be able to play games without upgrading the card, I'm afraid you would have to spend more. I don't know but in my case, I would laugh if someone tried to sell me a "gaming" PC with a GT-630 as a video card.
 
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I understand what your saying, but the gt 545 it shipped with was actually not a bad card, if I recall I was able to get 50+ fps on bf3 on 720 p settings, it also play arma 2 dayz not bad either.

Im not selling it as a gaming pc, but if it has no gpu in it I just feel I will close half the market of potential buyers and i wont get as much money re selling the PC
 
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Whoever got this PC next is not a hardcore gamer, since even with a 50 GPB card added, this setup of yours is still not a balanced gaming rig ( which favors i5 + strong VGA cards more ). But he will most likely someone who work with encoding, 2D rendering,... stuffs, AKA professional programs, which utilize the power of your i7. People like them don't need strong VGA card, most likely just a decent one to play few casual games. The integrated HD3000 inside your i7 would do this just fine, unless your motherboard is a P67 one without graphic outputs for the IGP. In that case and the case in which you don't want to lose potential buyers, a GT630 like what you mentioned above will be a good card to put in, since it can play games like BF3/DiabloIII/WOW,... at decent settings, thus the CUDA cores inside that gt630 may come in useful in some designing apps. Better stick to that GT630. The gt545 OEM is stronger than the gt630, anyway ( gt630 is nothing more than a rebranded GT440 ).
 
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