Help and advice for upgrades? With specs

StormRoad

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Hey I always see alot of helpful posts here and I could really use some advice.
I want to see what I could upgrade my graphics card to without replacing my
power supply but I do not believe it is possible since it is only a 480W?


Specs:
Processor = AMD Athlon II X4 860K 3.70 Ghz quad core
Memory (RAM) = 8 GB DDR3 RAM
Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 ATX
Video Card = PNY XLR8 Nvidia Geforce GTX275 896 MB
Power = 480 watt power supply

I believe with my current card and CPU I may already be using to much power
so I think I should just upgrade the power supply anyway? Can I get help with
choosing a good power supply with my motherboard? And am I stressing my
power already to much? Thank you very much.
 
Solution
i would wait for the new 1060ti or 1060 card. the new 1070 has a 170w max usage. the newer pascal should be lower.
the newer 950 from evga use 75w. ones without the 6 pin power ports. there should be newer 1000 thta use 75w or less. at some point look at cosair or xfx units when there on sale on parts picker.
at some point i go with an i3 skylake or kurby lake and 8g of ddr4 ram. your slow cpu is going to hold back any newer gpu. also amd zen may be good at the end of this year.

GAMER_1

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Feb 28, 2016
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Why not get a better gpu? That wont play games good. What about a gtx 750? or a gtx 730 if you are really low on a budget. That pc wont last...
 
i would wait for the new 1060ti or 1060 card. the new 1070 has a 170w max usage. the newer pascal should be lower.
the newer 950 from evga use 75w. ones without the 6 pin power ports. there should be newer 1000 thta use 75w or less. at some point look at cosair or xfx units when there on sale on parts picker.
at some point i go with an i3 skylake or kurby lake and 8g of ddr4 ram. your slow cpu is going to hold back any newer gpu. also amd zen may be good at the end of this year.
 
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