HD7750 the right choice?

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I'm looking to buy a discrete graphics card to be able to play games on a higher quailty and multi-task withouth having fps drops in game or experiencing lagg while browing the web.
I'd also like to multibox on world of warcraft. So far I found I have no fps drops when having two WoW clients open, however when opening a third its starts dropping fps a lot. I'd also like to have multiple tabs in chrome open while playing WoW. I'm not looking to play BF4 or any of those kinda games that require high-end cards. Keep in mind I dont really know a lot about these things. Never built my own PC either. I'm also on a budget, so upgrading CPU is not an option.

Is the ASUS HD7750-1GD5-V2 the right choice for my current setup?
Do I acutally need a discrete GPU to be able to do the above mentioned or do I have to upgrade something else?
Does the ASUS HD7750-1GD5-V2 fit in the MSI FM2-A55M-P33 motherboard?
Will the card fit into the Cooler Master K-350 Advanced 3.0 Green case?
Is a 500W PSU enough to support the card?
I'd also like to connect the two monitors to the card, will it be able to handle that?
Any other tips or questions are welcome.

My setup:
AMD FM2 A6-5400K Dual Core 3,6GHz
AMD Radeon HD 7540D
8GB DDR3 Corsair
500 Watt Cooler Master
Windows 7 Home premium 64bit
LG 23EA63V-P Full-HD IPS LED x2
 
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That RAM is ok then.

The quickest and easiest upgrade you can do is change your APU. For your budget I recommend the A10-5800K for about $110 USD, it has only 10% more single thread performance, but it has 117% more multi thread performance (because it has 2 more cores). And the iGPU part, the Radeon HD 7660D, has about 52% more performance than your actual APU (all performance data taken from passmark software webpage, price from newegg).

AMD A10-5800K: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280

The other option (which is more expensive) is to change your APU for a CPU only + discrete GPU. For that option you can get an Athlon X4 750K + Radeon R7 250 GDDR5 for bout $160 USD. The Athlon is the same as the A10 i...
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Do you have a dual channel Kit RAM or it is a single stick? Do you know what frequency your RAM is?

The problem i see and judging by your description is your APU, actually the CPU part of the APU. The A6-5400K has not enough raw processing power.
The iGPU Radeon HD 7540D is not so bad, it is as powerful as the 4th gen Intel iGPU HD44000 found in the Core i3.

What's your budget?

BTW, the HD7750 is about 3 times more powerful than the HD7540D in your APU.
 
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The HD 7750 is the best choice to pair with that APU. Anything above this and you will start to notice a bottleneck. The card will fit fine.
 
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That RAM is ok then.

The quickest and easiest upgrade you can do is change your APU. For your budget I recommend the A10-5800K for about $110 USD, it has only 10% more single thread performance, but it has 117% more multi thread performance (because it has 2 more cores). And the iGPU part, the Radeon HD 7660D, has about 52% more performance than your actual APU (all performance data taken from passmark software webpage, price from newegg).

AMD A10-5800K: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280

The other option (which is more expensive) is to change your APU for a CPU only + discrete GPU. For that option you can get an Athlon X4 750K + Radeon R7 250 GDDR5 for bout $160 USD. The Athlon is the same as the A10 i mentioned, but without an iGPU. And the R7 250 has about 3 times more performance than your actual iGPU and 2 times more than the iGPU in the A10.

Athlon X4 750K: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113328
Radeon R7 250: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202093&ignorebbr=1

And the last option, which is the cheapest. OC your APU. Your APU has an unlocked multiplier, so you can OC it easily (both the CPU and GPU parts). Or you can OC the CPU part and buy a R7 250X/HD770 to avoid bottlenecking it.
 
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Oh, two more questions about the options you gave me. Will the 500W PSU be enough for that R7 250?
Does that CPU + GPU combination need like extra cooling or will I be fine with the current stuff?
There is some standard fan installed inside of the case, like right above where the GPU will be, no clue what it is actaully cooling now tho.
 
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A 500W PSU is enough for the parts i mentioned, but only if it's from a good brand like corsair, coolermaster, antec, etc. PSUs from generic brands don't deliver the wattage they say (i learned that the bad way), usually those 500W (example) are peak power, not sustained power, so when you demand those 500W the PSU won't resist that and will burn and it can damage other hardware.

No need for extra cooling for those parts.
 
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Awesome, thanks for the help. I made my decision. Im gonna buy the Athlon X4 760k, (its only like 5€ more then the 750k) + the R7 250 once I got the money for it. Thanks again.
 
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You're welcome.

If you're going to save to buy new gaming parts, the Athlon x4 760K is the CPU you need, but you should save for the R7 260X or R7 265 instead of the R7 250, with those you will have the best future proof budget gaming rig, very capable of FHD gaming low to mid settings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127762
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131572

Saludos desde México
 
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