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clayton2k9

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I would like to upgrade my video card. I currently have a Radeon R7 250 2gb (Saphire) and would like to get something like a Radeon 7950 or 7970. Unfortunately my Power supply is only 350watts. (model number here IP-S350CQ2-0)
im kind of new to this scene but would like to upgrade my power supply but have no idea what i need to buy. the minimum wattage for a card at my interest level is 500 watts.
Could someone possibly assist me with this? :)

Thank you for your time
 
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ak47jar3d

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The power supply is the same size and even if you have a mid tower I would expect the card to fit. If the psu doesn't have the right connector, you can buy cheap converters that will solve that problem with little effort. If you don't know which converters you need to get and ask me. :)
 
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Mephikun

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ak47jar3d! Why are you recommending a Tier 3 Power Supply for a build that is going to draw a fair amount of power? At least a Tier 2 if not Tier 1 for a build like this.

clayton2k9 what CPU do you have? If you get a high end GPU and have a low end CPU it's going to bottleneck (hold back its potential) the GPU.
 
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Mephikun

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Woahhh hold up there. If you're not doing any EXTREME editing or 3D rendering and just gaming go ahead and step down to the i5-4670 and 8 GB of RAM. Even for editing anything more than 16 GB is excessive.

Radeon R9 cards are currently way overpriced because of cryptocurrency miners buying them in bulk. At $650 this is the best Single GPU card on the market.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $649.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 22:59 EDT-0400)

Don't even touch the PSU ak47 sent you for a build like this. Get one of these. They are extremely good quality PSUs built by Seasonic.

EDIT: I posted the wrong one before. I updated the link below.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $99.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 23:01 EDT-0400)
 
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