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I am currently running a MSI H55M-E33 with an i7 870@ 2.93, 8GB RAM (4x2GB), a GeForce GTS450 and a 500w PSU. What is the best video card I can get for about $200 that is compatible with this board?? Being that it is many years old now I wanted to make sure the modern cards would still work in it before I buy one.

The only game I am currently playing is WoW and I would like to be able to run it at 1920x1080 at ultra if possible. I am more concerned about the $200 budget than I am about running at ultra settings.

Thanks for all your input and help!!!!

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You have a PCIe 2.0x 16 Slot on the Mainboard for the GPU, and because all PCIe Slots are up- und down-compatible you can get almost every GPU on the market and it should work. A 500W PSU should also be able to handle almost every GPU so no problems there. I would go for a good GTX950 or a cheap GTX960 if you can find one for $200 or a r9 380 if you prefer AMD cards. Of course your CPU is bottlenecking the performance by a little bit, but it should generally work fine.
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You have a PCIe 2.0x 16 Slot on the Mainboard for the GPU, and because all PCIe Slots are up- und down-compatible you can get almost every GPU on the market and it should work. A 500W PSU should also be able to handle almost every GPU so no problems there. I would go for a good GTX950 or a cheap GTX960 if you can find one for $200 or a r9 380 if you prefer AMD cards. Of course your CPU is bottlenecking the performance by a little bit, but it should generally work fine.
 
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Up/Down compatible...thank you. This is the prefect bit I needed!

Will this board support a CPU upgrade if I so choose in the future? Or are the current i3/5/7 a different architecture?
 
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The problem with other CPUs is not the Architecture but the socket. The board has a old 1156 Socket and the biggest compatible CPU for that is the i7 875K. This will not grand you much more performance as it's almost the same as the one you already have. The only advantage would be that it has a free multiplier for easier overclocking. The newer CPU Sockets 1155, 1150 and 1151 are technicaly incompatible as the have a different pin layoutl
 
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What he said, except R9 380 will not work with a 500w power supply. It uses 100 more watts then a 960GTX.
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm This link shows power requirments for all GPU's on one easy to read page.
 
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