Video Card Upgrade Help needed

mychoads

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I am trying to squeeze some more life out of my current system before upgrading to the latest architecture and need advice on choosing a graphics card that will work with my current system and can be re-used in a new build when I upgrade. I built my current setup around 10 years ago and just upgraded the CPU for cheap off of eBay and got a new 23" 1080p monitor.

My current specs are:
PSU- Raidmax RX-420K 420 watts
Motherboard-
CPU- Q9300 overclocked @ 3ghz
GPU- BFGTech Geforce 9600gt overclocked
HDD'S- Seagate 250 gb 7200 rpm
WD 2 tb 5400 rpm media drive
RAM- 4GB DDR2-6400

I would like to spend around $100 on a graphics card so I will be able to play some newer games but am worried my PSU won't be able to handle the power supply requirements of some newer cards.
I've been considering the geforce 750ti for low power consumption or maybe a Radeon R7 370 for more performance. Are there any powerful "bang for your buck" type cards I should be considering?

Thanks
 

mychoads

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I would really like to avoid buying a new PSU right now. When the time comes I will just start a fresh build but I'd like to get some more life out of my current setup and the graphics card can't handle modern games at decent resolutions. The current 9600gt has a Max of 96w and uses one 6-pin connector so the 750ti should outperform it handily and use less power.

I also noticed a gtx950 is rated at 90w max and blows away the 750ti so I think I am leaning towards that card as long as the CPU wont bottleneck it.

I can run the CPU @ 3.25ghz but I have to bump the voltage up and it runs a little hot under load so I backed it off to 3ghz for 24/7 use.