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xroe
Unfortunately that case only supports full sized atx motherboards and not the micro atx that your current computer uses. You can find bigger basic cases easily and usually starting at 20$ usd. I would wait until you can buy a new case and a new power supply until you start upgrading.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/25BI5

I would buy that psu and case first then worry about a GPU which can be subject to change depending on budget.

I would also recommend upgrading the motherboard and cpu but by then you may as well just build a new computer as you would have to buy a new copy of windows if you changed the motherboard for another.

For now that combination should work fine and its not too costly.
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You can but due to the case and its power supply you are incredibly limited on what you can replace it with. Unfortunately the best thing I can recommend is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103236
which is better then your current GPU, just don't expect battlefield 4 at 1920*1080 with 60 fps

I would first upgrade the case and psu before upgrading the GPU as you will have more options to upgrade then.
 
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an xps case isn't going to be much better than that one. Basically, the motherboard needs to have at least 1 PCI-e x16 slot and the card has to fit inside the case. Also, if you only get slot in the back of your case you'll have to limit yourself to a single slot card, not the dual slots.
 
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with that CPU you're only going to be able to actually get full potential out of a 7770 or gtx 650(maybe a 650ti) the mobo is most likely only single slot and very small case so you'd be limited again to a single slotted 7750 or 650,
the case you want more airflow anyway, and since I don't know all about it oh well.
and the gpu... yeah, you need one.
 
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Unfortunately that case only supports full sized atx motherboards and not the micro atx that your current computer uses. You can find bigger basic cases easily and usually starting at 20$ usd. I would wait until you can buy a new case and a new power supply until you start upgrading.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/25BI5

I would buy that psu and case first then worry about a GPU which can be subject to change depending on budget.

I would also recommend upgrading the motherboard and cpu but by then you may as well just build a new computer as you would have to buy a new copy of windows if you changed the motherboard for another.

For now that combination should work fine and its not too costly.
 
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The problem with that is that he would then need a new copy of windows to go with the new motherboard as the old copy would be useless since it binds itself to one board
 
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My advise is to buy the case psu and GPU and use them for now, but in the future upgrade your motherboard and cpu. If you upgrade the motherboard and cpu right now your going to have to fork over an additional 80$ for windows.

You will also see more of a performance boost with the gpu then with the cpu if gaming is your intent.
 
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