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Erupza

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Ok so about 4 Months ago I purchased a Mid/Low range PC Just for school work and casual gaming, I am currently thinking about upgrading my Graphics card but i dont know if i can or what to this is where you come in and let me know specs are below recommendations are welcome! (Needs to work with HDMI And DVI)

Processor Intel i7-4770
8GB DDR3 RAM
GeForce GTX 660
Intel B85 Motherboard
1TB Memory + 128 GB SSD
Expansion card slots - PCO x1 PCI-E x 1

- Thanks Alfie
 
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Well, that doesn't seem very low end to me... though a RAM upgrade could increase the life of your SSD and improve performance, especially in the future where games will require 8GB minimum.

As far as graphics upgrades go, I wouldn't recommend anything less than a GTX 770 or R9 280X. The differences wouldn't be particularly noticeable without doing that much upgrading.

As to whether or not these cards will work... well, it depends on how much headroom your power supply has. The 660 is a 130~150W TDP, whereas the 770 is 230 and I believe the 280X is 250. You should be fine if you have a good 600+W power supply, though.

A third option is to not upgrade right now. That's a plenty fast card and newer ones will destroy it in a year or so, or at least bring the price of the current stock down.

Of course, this is assuming you don't intend to play Crisis 3 at max settings or do Eyefinity/Nvidia Surround.
 
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Anyway to tell you wattage without taking it out and looking on the PSU?
 
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You could tell us the manufacturer and model number since it sounds like you bought it pre assembled, but can look at the psu on the back side or by taking off the side panel and there should be a specification sticker some where on it, i don't know if you'll for sure be able to see it without taking it out.
 
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Erupza

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Acer Predator - G3-605, Not sure about the model number
 
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It looks like you got a 500W from what I could find so you'd be really pushing it for a 770. I'm sure you could swing it for a bit, but I'd save up for a new PSU if you want to upgrade. You can get a good 600W corsair for $50 on newegg right now. If you buy an evga 770 they have a step up program so if a new card comes out in 3 months, you can upgrade and just pay the difference, which might be a good idea because the low end 800 series might be out in 3 months.
 
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Erupza

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Since i'm new to the whole concept of upgrading a PC would replacing the PSU Be a lot of work meaning that other parts would need to be changed also or is it simply just in and out?
 
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Well, it's a lot of cables, but... unless your case is extremely tight, you shouldn't have to take anything else out... you'll just need to be rather careful to not bump the other parts with that brick.

That said, the PSU is one thing I -never- skimp on. You get what you pay for, and a cheap one (such as $50 or less) is going to reduce the life of the rest of your computer. It'll generate more heat, supply uneven power, and possibly not even supply it's "rated" power. Plus the significantly higher chances of the thing catching on fire... especially if you're sitting near the "minimum" power rating for a part.

The 80 Plus certification is usually a good indicator of parts quality. Typically, 80 Plus Silver and up require high-quality parts to meet that rating, and should be rather safe. I'd also go for some active PFC, especially if you live in a place with poor power reliability.
 
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In that case you can go for a higher watt PSU like 750+ or 800+, I would suggest you to get Corsair they are amazing when it comes to power. In future if you want to go with Multi-GPU 800 is essential.
 
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