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I have a, please don't judge me, Lenovo Pre Built PC. It has an intel i5 and a 8G ram. To improve I was looking to buy a SSD and graphics card. However I am unsure of which to buy and if they would be compatible. I have a budget around £300. Also with any of the Cards recommended would i need to upgrade the power supply (I an unaware of what I have at the minute & leave this out of the budget)
Thanks, Callum
 
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without knowing the exact model of your lenovo it is hard to guess


very high chance that if you want a decent video card you will need to upgrade the power supply yes

because pre-builts have crappy ones to begin with
 
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For 300 quid all-in, then this may be an option for you:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£43.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380X 4GB Video Card (£189.99 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £301.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

You'd definitely want to measure carefully though to make sure the GPU will fit into your case (and PSU, just in case you have a smaller-than-ATX requirement).
 
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Thanks this looks great but do I really need a 650W power supply would a 500W not do the job?
 
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Oh yes, something lesser would certainly do the job:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

But as I was looking through parts-picker, there was only a 7-8£ difference.....so went with a bit higher wattage as the value was good.
 
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