HP Pro 3330MT and the AMD Radeon R9 285

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Some one got me the HP Pro 3330MT but its lacking a bit and i was hoping to upgrade it with a new graphics card and RAM.

Can the AMD Radeon R9 285 fit and function with this machine? If not, is there any similar Graphics Card that can work? Help please
 
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Any card in that range would work.I would look at the r9 280,it's often similar in price or even cheaper.
For the psu is a good 550watt good enough,you don't need 750watts for that.A list to help you pick one,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
look at tier 1 or 2A/B.If none out of those are available should one from tier 3 be good too.Maybe good with the psu in the top of that case that you look at a (semi) modular one.

If you need help with picking a psu can you ask here or make a new thread.is up to you.Maybe good to give a link to a site you're looking at in that case.
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Any card in that range would work.I would look at the r9 280,it's often similar in price or even cheaper.
For the psu is a good 550watt good enough,you don't need 750watts for that.A list to help you pick one,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
look at tier 1 or 2A/B.If none out of those are available should one from tier 3 be good too.Maybe good with the psu in the top of that case that you look at a (semi) modular one.

If you need help with picking a psu can you ask here or make a new thread.is up to you.Maybe good to give a link to a site you're looking at in that case.
 
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Vic, Thanks man.

One more thing: I have just discovered the motherboard is 2nd Gen with the Intel i5-2400s 2nd gen CPU. I would like to get a 3rd Gen CPU upgrade (an i7 preferably). Is this a good idea? or maybe the 3rd gen CPU under performs noticeably on a 2nd gen motherboard?
 
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I can't say for sure if that motherboard will support a newer type cpu.There are bios updates,but i can't again say that these make that support happen.Maybe ask on that HP site you started a similar topic.
For the bios updates,
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=5160082&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=4058
i think this is your pc but check for yourself too,again maybe get a second opinion on that HP site.

You could see if there would be a i7 2600 for sale,maybe even second hand for a decent price which should be supported according to that site you linked.This on it's own should give a performance boost looking at the speed differences which is 900mhz on all four cores stock.
A small,but better cooler like the hyper tx3 or similar,because they are better,would make it imo for such a cpu easier to use the turbo speeds.
 
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