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I usually advise getting a quality power supply but I think as long as you stick with low power demanding videocards you should be okay. Look into an RX 460 if you can't find a GTX 750 Ti for less money. If you are going to replace the power supply AND the videocard, do it one component at a time. I'd suggest doing the power supply first. Use your cellphone camera to record the way everything looks and is connected before you disconnect or unplug anything. After switching power supplies, fire up the computer and use it. Game on it, run stress tests. Make sure it's rock solid before you start on the videocard.

edit: to clarify, a 2gb RX 460 which does not require a 6 pin power connector is what you'd want
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I knew that it was an FX-6300 from your link. That's the CPU. But your PSU will determine the size card you can safely use.
 
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Sorry like I said not very tech savvy (need to work on that) it's a Leo's mxf1 350w
 
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Lepa. My phone autocorrected
 
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Yes. If you don't, you'll only have basic video. Drivers come on the disk with the card. They may not be the latest, tho. That's why it is always best to download the latest drivers from the website. In the case of Nvidia cards, that is here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Since you are now using an AMD card, it may be best to uninstall the old gfx driver before changing cards. The easiest way is to run Display Driver Uninstaller from safe mode. http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/display_driver_uninstaller.html
Have it remove the AMD driver, and then shut down to install the new card. After re-booting, you'll have basic video untill you install the new driver for the card.
 
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OK. And with my current PSU not being to good would you recommend upgrading the PSU first if it's possible before the GPU?
 
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I usually advise getting a quality power supply but I think as long as you stick with low power demanding videocards you should be okay. Look into an RX 460 if you can't find a GTX 750 Ti for less money. If you are going to replace the power supply AND the videocard, do it one component at a time. I'd suggest doing the power supply first. Use your cellphone camera to record the way everything looks and is connected before you disconnect or unplug anything. After switching power supplies, fire up the computer and use it. Game on it, run stress tests. Make sure it's rock solid before you start on the videocard.

edit: to clarify, a 2gb RX 460 which does not require a 6 pin power connector is what you'd want
 
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If you don't feel the GTX 750 Ti is enough for you, yes. List your total budget and we'll throw you some GPU/PSU combos.
 
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