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Graphics Card HELP and further knowledge

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December 27, 2013 11:42:52 PM

I have the very talked about computer for old computers, the Dell C521 and though there are a lot of discussions and forums dedicated to this everyone always says the same things: get a new pc don't waste the money on upgrades, and that GPU wont work because your PSU is to little...etc.

So I am doing weeks of research because I was given one of this, actually decent older pc's, and now I want to do some upgrades to play a few games. Mostly Steam stuff, Rift, Team Fortress 2, League of Legends etc.

I have upgraded the RAM from 512mg x 2 sticks, to 1gb x 2 sticks. And will be adding another 2gb of RAM soon. I also want to upgrade the HDD to an SSD just for speed mainly, as long as it doesn't take too much power from my PSU?

My GPU questions are because I can't find the answers anywhere, and I lack the knowledge on how to figure it out, so that I don't over buy and I get the very best I can that my system will actually use and not require addition power, ex. a 6pin connector.

First my specs (from CPUid):
AMD 64 x 2 4200+ Windosor 1.250V
Socket AM2 (940)
Chipset GeForce 6150
GPU Radeon X1300

Now the GPU's I am currently looking at are the:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... Not sure about this one because it says 2.1 x 16 and everything I have read says 2.0.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... is the second one I am considering.

But again I am unsure if these will work and be my best option, or if something else out there will be more compatible and perform better with my system. I don't want to upgrade my PSU or my CPU, just my GPU. So please any input on the GPU's I have been looking at or better ones you may know of would be greatly appreciated. A link would be even better of where I could purchase one.

Thank for the help!

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January 30, 2014 7:35:04 PM

I figured this one out. Thanks guys!
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